Sunday, December 16, 2012

The Right to Bear Arms

The Constitution of the United States says:
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
The Bible says: "Thou shalt not kill".

The Supreme Court of the United States, in it's infinite wisdom decided a "militia" could be as small as one private citizen with a gun. This is the best example of the power of the NRA to influence government at the highest level. What chance do we, as innocent private citizens have against the power of a government that decides we are fair game for target practice by looney gun owners?

I'm not saying all guns should be banned. What I am saying is that high powered rapid firing guns should be strictly regulated, and not allowed to fall into the hands of ordinary citizens. The founders of our country and the writers of the Constitution had no way to forsee the advances of firearm technology. I'm sure they would be aghast at the slaughter perpetrated by one deranged individual armed by a military style weapon.

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