The Charleston Church shooting was a terrible tragic one that the political and media elites think should never be repeated. And yet we have almost become chilling numb in the face of such violence. From the Charleston shootings to Aurora school shootings to this kind of evil senseless violence has almost become routine in the psyche of America. The question is why?
It starts with guns of course. Weapons or tools that can be used for combat or sport, to defend rights or take life. I am in firm defense of the 2nd amendment yet the founding fathers under no circumstance intended the 2nd amendment to be a cop out nor government nor the citizenship from acting responsibility.
Yes, yes I have heard it before. According to many conservatives “studies” show that takings guns away from law-abiding citizens will only empower criminals. While that would probably happen in some cases I doubt it would be the national trend. Indeed if one examines (almost) every developed democratic nation in the world besides the one will find that gun massacres so common stateside are non-existent.
Of course the argument swings back around. This is the United States of America we are not like those other countries they say. It is true we are not like them. We broke away from the most powerful nation in the world and then took on the tremendous task of restoring democracy to the world after it had been lost for thousands of years. And with the forming of our nation we created our Bill of Rights. One of the most powerful of these rights is the right to bear arms with the theory that should the need arise the average American would be able to defend against the federal government.
I agree that the average citizen should fight against a nation that had become tyrannical, uninhabitable for those who strive for freedom and equality. Yet what happens when the amendment designed to protect Americans ends up causing pain where men, women, and children of all colors and creeds are sacrificed in order to preserve tradition. I believe that Americans should always have the right to bear arms yet not a right to bear all types of arms. It must be reexamined that some states can allow all manner of firearms into the hands of their citizens. We often look outside our own nation to enemies whom would take our cherished rights away. But what happens when a fellow citizen deprives another of one of the most important rights; life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
Demos Rhino 