Ignorance on Guns
Every now and then a news story comes along that angers me and it isn’t about religion. I always find it amusing that I am an Atheist yet on the side of gun rights, from my limited experience most Atheists are very liberal. I could be wrong so feel free to correct me!
This Gem came along on CNN today:
Outside President Obama’s town hall today, a man showed up with a semiautomatic rifle hanging off his shoulder. He defended his legal right to carry a firearm in public in Arizona by saying, “I’m exercising my right as an American in Arizona. Well, I come from another state where open carry is legal, but no one does it, so the police don’t really know about it and they harass people, arrest people falsely, and I think that people need to get out and do it for so they get kind of condition to it.” He was not alone. About a dozen others were also in the crowd armed. Are they merely invoke their right or part of what could be a dangerous trend here? (There is also a video in the original article here.)
In the video I found it interestingly amusing that Campbell Brown said something along the lines of “I am from Louisiana and I know allot of people with guns, I don’t see them carrying around semi automatic weapons” what Mrs. Brown fails to realize is that most handguns carried by folks are indeed semi automatic weapons. Fully Automatic weapons are not permitted without a full cavity search. Actually you can obtain them in some states but it is extremely difficult.
On to the ignorant comments in the article:
People who carry guns to any large assembly, especially political, may have 2nd amendment rights We the law abiding citizens without arms also have a fundamental rights to feel safe in public places. Since overwhelming majority do not carry semis therefore those lunatic fringe should be lawfully removed from such public events.
The 2nd amendment is clear on this we are allowed the right to keep and bear arms this right was upheld by the Supreme Court in ‘08. This obviously varies state by state but let’s get to the point here. If the gentleman carrying a gun should be removed from the event than so should everyone else who is there. He is no less american than those who are “afraid” or “offended” by the display of a firearm. Like it or not, people who carry firearms concealed or open often times prevent crimes from happening in the first place. In fact I myself feel safe in public because I know there are likely people around me (Including myself soon enough) that are carrying firearms.
Law abiding citizens with licenses to carry firearms are on our side.. criminals who obtain weapons illegally and kill people with them are bad guys. The amount of law abiding citizens that committed crimes when licensed to carry is so minute its not even worth mentioning.
Bottom line, this country allows us various basic rights. It allows us to keep and bear arms. The forefathers knew how important that was to the start of this country and it is critical we maintain this today. As Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto of the Japanese Navy once said:
“You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.”
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