Recently, we wanted to mention something when several People got shot somewhere...where was it? It is easy to begin losing Track. Then, 13 People, including the Killer, got shot and killed at the Washington D. C. Navy Yard.
The Situation in some distant Places is also dire. 60-70 People died over the Weekend at a Shooting in a Mall in Nairobi, Kenya and it is not over yet.
Schoolchildren got killed. Innocent People got shot at in Public Parks or, in some Cases, worse yet, killed, in Chicago and elsewhere. An Arizona Congresswoman got horribly injured and several innocent People around her got killed in a Shooting. People got killed while matching (albeit a violent) Movie in Colorado. Students shot Students in Schools. Some got caught in Time but others didn't and they wound up killing their fellow Students. We could go on and on but it is not necessary, we don't think.
In the Middle of all this this comes Wayne la Pierre; he is the Leader of the National Rifle Association; with a Suggestion: place more Guards, more „Armed Personnel” as he put it under the Scenario, „Arm more good Guys to Keep the bad Guys at Bay (or simply shoot them, we surmise)”
http://presspass.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/22/20636650-nras-lapierre-calls-for-more-armed-personnel-after-navy-yard-shooting?lite
Aside from what we think are the obvious Problems with that Line of Thinking, we see another Problem; we are wondering if Mr. la Pierre and others see the Problem too. There used to be a Time when everything, well, almost everything, was easily accessible; Government Offices, Courts, Schools, Hospitals, Airports and more. All this has changed now, of course. What makes it particularly worrysome is not necessarily those who live and work in these armed Fortresses, but those who have been left outside.
Ordinary Citizens. Be it in an Automobile, on the Street, in a Shopping Mall, even in a Home or an Apartment. Clearly, there simply isn't enough Money, either in the United States or elsewhere to have Guards everywhere. The logical Conclusion of such an Argument, ad Absurdum, would be to have almost as many Guards as People who Need to be guarded, Police and quasi Police everywhere.
All Firearms are by Definition deadly. Having a Pistol for Self Defense or a Rifle for Hunting are Rights protected by the Constitution.
However, allowing the Citizenry to posess sophisticated automated or semi automated Weapons which have clearly been designed for Warfare, for Conflicts between States, in the Hands of everyone is simply bringing Warfare into our Cities, Communities, Places of Work, Places of Worship, Places of Entertainment, on Streets and Parks, everywhere.
And while Mr. la Pierre (and others) may think it is a swell Idea for a whole Bunch of „Good Guys” to posess such Kinds of Weapons, meanwhile, countless Individuals who are simply going about their ordinary every Day Business, who do not own such Weapons, who may not want to own them, who may not have the Money to own them, who may be too old or too young to own them, are simply unwitting Targets for an incredible Carnage which is taking place in Front of our very Eyes.
The Situation in some distant Places is also dire. 60-70 People died over the Weekend at a Shooting in a Mall in Nairobi, Kenya and it is not over yet.
Schoolchildren got killed. Innocent People got shot at in Public Parks or, in some Cases, worse yet, killed, in Chicago and elsewhere. An Arizona Congresswoman got horribly injured and several innocent People around her got killed in a Shooting. People got killed while matching (albeit a violent) Movie in Colorado. Students shot Students in Schools. Some got caught in Time but others didn't and they wound up killing their fellow Students. We could go on and on but it is not necessary, we don't think.
In the Middle of all this this comes Wayne la Pierre; he is the Leader of the National Rifle Association; with a Suggestion: place more Guards, more „Armed Personnel” as he put it under the Scenario, „Arm more good Guys to Keep the bad Guys at Bay (or simply shoot them, we surmise)”
http://presspass.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/22/20636650-nras-lapierre-calls-for-more-armed-personnel-after-navy-yard-shooting?lite
Aside from what we think are the obvious Problems with that Line of Thinking, we see another Problem; we are wondering if Mr. la Pierre and others see the Problem too. There used to be a Time when everything, well, almost everything, was easily accessible; Government Offices, Courts, Schools, Hospitals, Airports and more. All this has changed now, of course. What makes it particularly worrysome is not necessarily those who live and work in these armed Fortresses, but those who have been left outside.
Ordinary Citizens. Be it in an Automobile, on the Street, in a Shopping Mall, even in a Home or an Apartment. Clearly, there simply isn't enough Money, either in the United States or elsewhere to have Guards everywhere. The logical Conclusion of such an Argument, ad Absurdum, would be to have almost as many Guards as People who Need to be guarded, Police and quasi Police everywhere.
All Firearms are by Definition deadly. Having a Pistol for Self Defense or a Rifle for Hunting are Rights protected by the Constitution.
However, allowing the Citizenry to posess sophisticated automated or semi automated Weapons which have clearly been designed for Warfare, for Conflicts between States, in the Hands of everyone is simply bringing Warfare into our Cities, Communities, Places of Work, Places of Worship, Places of Entertainment, on Streets and Parks, everywhere.
And while Mr. la Pierre (and others) may think it is a swell Idea for a whole Bunch of „Good Guys” to posess such Kinds of Weapons, meanwhile, countless Individuals who are simply going about their ordinary every Day Business, who do not own such Weapons, who may not want to own them, who may not have the Money to own them, who may be too old or too young to own them, are simply unwitting Targets for an incredible Carnage which is taking place in Front of our very Eyes.
