Posted by
The New THOMA$ REPORT on Monday, May 05, 2008 8:32:56 AM
Everybody's always arguing about whether or not
honest, law-abiding people should be allowed to carry guns concealed for
self-protection. But what's the argument about? The Constitution clearly
states "No American shall be deprived of arms," that silly
addition about "militias" notwithstanding. At the time it was
written, militias, as "agencies of government" did not exist. The
"militia" was ALL THE PEOPLE. At that time, government recognized the
fact it could not defend us, and they expected us to defend ourselves against
attack from another person and EXPECTED us to have the means to that defense.
They recognized that "gun laws" merely made it harder on a criminal
who used them to commit crimes, not to prevent EVERYBODY from carrying them. What is so hard to understand about that, that they have to argue about it hundreds of years later? It
was only when Eastern liberal elites began to take over in the
"hinterland" that laws were made to prohibit self-defense and the
right to carry and use the means to that end. I keep asking the
"unanswerable question" of "anti-gun freaks" and they have
never been able to answer. They predictably start "calling me names,"
immediately. The question is: "What makes you think CRIMINALS, whose
entire life is devoted to breaking the law, will OBEY a law that says they
cannot be armed?" Colorado finally made a sensible law about
"concealed carry" when a Republican was governor and it had a
Republican majority in the legislature. I've been watching for the new Democrat
legislature and Democrat governor to try and do something about that, and it is
happening now. And they're still fighting about something even the Supreme Court
agrees is an INDIVIDUAL right. What the hell don't they understand about that?
They think they can lower violent crime rates by taking away from honest people
the means to defend themselves. They're wrong. Gun laws should only apply to
criminals who use guns to commit crime and should not be routinely used as
"throw-away charges" to get confessions out of criminals by
"dropping" them. They should be enforced to the limit in such cases.
(Denver Post)