Re:Usual Talk Radio Nonsense (Score 1)

Incase you people forgot, our forefathers (the people who wrote the constitution) added the right to bear arms in because we wanted to have the right to have militias, (groups that could if needed oust the government if it went awry), the right to bear arms was to protect ourselves from tyrannical governments. Ofcourse at the time no one had huge missles and nuclear weapons. Take notice of the part "security of a "FREE" state". "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." We could easily make the assumption that it is speaking of our military, I belive that is one of the regulated militia's, but it normally isn't militaries that fight revolutions, especially against governments, our revolution was fought basically by the hands of would-be farmers and normal people who had a vision, a vison of freedom of oppression., they did not try to turn around and become what they had just fought, which is why we have crazy ammendments like freedom of speech. what government that wanted to completely control people would put that into a bill of rights? To be able to freely speak out against the government? who it their right minds would add that if they were to be the government. they didnt want this country to be controlled in the same opressive manner like the ones before it. They wanted everyone to have a voice to be heard. If we give our government our guns then we have no way to fight against our government should we need to, or defend ourselves against an invasion should our own military fail to do so. I for one do not own a gun, but the right to do so is clearly needed to keep our freedoms. Are we so blind and liberal to think that if we throw guns away no one will die? yes in countries like japan and south korea guns have been outlawed and yet their murders are still pretty frequent much like here, but instead they use knives, swords, baseball bats or clubs. The people are part of the problem not the device. In the case of little gangster bob running around shooting up your neighborhood you should probably thank his parents for his moral and ethical values, and not to mention the influence of quality TV like (BET) which teaches us to be thugs and gangsters cause its cool. Now I guess we will have the age old discussion of Nature Vs. Nurture. I hope not everyone is blind enough to think we should just hand all of our rights over to the government, else one day we wouldnt be able to have these kinds of forums ..other than under closed curtains and dimly lit rooms, and if found be tried for treason.