I live in the South. I have friends and family who own guns. I have owned guns. I learned how to shoot a handgun & I
rifle when I was ten. I would defend any
American’s right to own a gun. But the
second amendment to the Constitution is not what the NRA is about. The NRA is a lobbyist group for a multi-billion
dollar gun industry. They are supporting
the selling of military weapons, not just the shotgun my Grandfather kept
by the door. They are responsible for
allowing weapons meant for military combat to spill into civilian society with
no restrictions. The NRA is pointing a
finger at those who would dare oppose them and saying you are not our idea of
an American if you object to any weapon sold in your neighborhood.
Guess what? I’ll take that chance. I’ll take the chance Thomas Jefferson and our
Founding Fathers had no idea that a weapon like the Bushmaster could be
designed. I’ll also take the chance of
being called un- American if that means one less child will die because our
government outlawed deadly assault weapons.
If it means our schools are safer I will be called un- American. If it means my child will not grow up in a
military state where every teacher carries a gun, I will be called un- American.
If it means that the people of America
are being ruled by the men and women they voted into office, instead of one
group looking after the financial interests of an industry, I am willing to be
called un-American.
Here’s a news flash; our Constitution
had more than one amendment. Our Founding
Fathers were brilliant men who made the Constitution a living and breathing
document. It was to be amended through
time as new circumstances presented themselves.
I can say it no better than Thomas Jefferson who stated, “Some men look at
constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the arc of the
covenant, too sacred to be touched; who ascribe to the men of the preceding age
as wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment.
Let us follow no such examples, nor weakly believe that one generation is not
as capable as another of taking care of itself, and of ordering its own
affairs. Each generation is as independent as the one preceding, as that was of
all which had gone before.” In other words,
do not allow the dead to rule the living.
It is time for America to stop
fearing groups like the NRA. We should
start living as our Forefathers would have wanted us to live, with audacity of
courage to enforce the will of the people. Rather than waiting for the response of any
group we must insist that our government be ruled by the consciences of those
we have elected. If any of those elected
officials are afraid or lack what is the essence of a true American then let
him or her leave office quickly. We have
much to do to keep our world safe and no time for those with weak stomachs.
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