Stricter gun control laws will only be fallowed by the law abiding citizens. Who does this leave armed? It allows for armed law enforcement but even more important armed criminals. The people that commit gun crimes will be the only ones left with weapons. This leaves the average citizen defenseless against the gun crimes committed by the gun toting criminals. It is not right to disarm citizens. It takes away their means of protection and security. Criminals have to think twice about whether their victims are armed. If you take the weapon away from the victims this is a free ticket for even more gun crimes.

We have a right to bear arms. Our country was founded on the idea that you need to fight against unjust dictatorship and laws that do not represent the people as a whole. Our democracy works because the people have the power. We will lose this if rendered defenseless against hostile take over. We must keep our right to bear arms for this is one in the same with our right to uphold our citizen based government. Our ability to fight back is our ability to stay free.

Our founding fathers wrote it in the constitution. All states need to have more relaxed laws like those in Arizona. Gun stores and ammunition factories create a positive market for the economy. If seized fire arm were resold to law abiding gun owners instead of being wastefully destroyed they could make a profit while also helping a charity such as starting a fund for officers shot in the line of duty.

As a woman I personally believe that owning and operating a firearm helps me feel safer in a world where home invasions are common. Men are just stronger but if confronted by one or more a gun gives me a lot better chance to stop an opponent and get away unscathed.

It goes without saying that guns used for hunting and competition should be allowed and encouraged as a great drug free focus for the youth of America. We need to teach them the sacred art that is the hunt. Empathy for the killed animal can truly be learned no other way. Survival, truth and skill are lessons that firearms can teach us.


 

Most of us living in The United States of America know very little about countries like Afghanistan.  We only begin to evaluate those countries when their actions have impacted some areas of our existence as citizens of The United States of America.  Again, most of us Americans knew nothing about Afghanistan until our President George W. Bush announced that we were attacking Afghanistan to capture the named villain of the September 11 attacks on American ground, Osama Bin Laden.

The terrorist had plotted with other Arabs living in the United States, to hijack planes and to attack targeted areas in the United States.  America was not at war with Osama Bin Laden.  We knew nothing about him until we were told that he was the instrumental mind behind the attacks.  Terrorism has been used by Arabs since the 1980's in a calculated psychological ploy to undermine the world's sense of security.  Terrorism is not an act of war, but an abusive hate act perpetrated by abused people against whoever happens to be around.  Like their abusers, terrorists do not target those who are targeting them.  Because abused people are frightened of their abusers.  Abusers do not attack who turned them into demonic haters because their abuser has gained control over them through fear.

Fear is what these terrorists are after.  They know what has turned them into abused haters.  And, they use the same tactics on whoever is around to exact a pound of flesh for a pound of flesh or more.

Afghanistan was attacked by American forces to capture a non-American citizen who had plotted the criminal acts of legal immigrants in an effort to force the United States to attack his abusers.  Since the government of Afghanistan had covered Osama Bin Laden, and they made no effort to effect his capture and to follow the laws of the civilized world in having him extradited to the United States, the President of the United States had to assume that Afghanistan is not a country governed by civilized law but by roving bandits, holing up in caves.  As such, Afghanistan has been seen by the civilized world as outlaw territory.  The President had every right to send in American forces to bring an outlaw to justice.