December 2012

I don't know how I missed this, but earlier this year a law was passed in Indiana that allows citizens to shoot at police. This very law was backed by the NRA:

Every time police Sergeant Joseph Hubbard stops a speeder or serves a search warrant, he says he worries suspects assume they can open fire -- without breaking the law.

Hubbard, a 17-year veteran of the police department in Jeffersonville, Indiana, says his apprehension stems from a state law approved this year that allows residents to use deadly force in response to the “unlawful intrusion” by a “public servant” to protect themselves and others, or their property.

“If I pull over a car and I walk up to it and the guy shoots me, he’s going to say, ‘Well, he was trying to illegally enter my property,’” said Hubbard, 40, who is president of Jeffersonville Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 100. “Somebody is going get away with killing a cop because of this law.”

The NRA and gun nuts in this country are bound and determined to take us back to the days of the wild west. They don't realize the biggest threat facing this country is them. I believe it's past time to classify the NRA as a terrorist organization and treat them as such.

This is troubling to new levels:

An Indiana man convicted of setting fire to a mosque in Ohio told a judge on Wednesday that he committed the crimes because Fox News and conservative talk radio had convinced him that “most Muslims are terrorists.”

Randolph Linn, 52, accepted a plea deal in which he pled guilty to all charges in connection to setting a fire in the prayer room at the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo on Sept. 30. Under the deal, Linn is expected to serve 20 years in prison instead of 40.

Linn explained to the court that he had gotten “riled up” after watching Fox News.

“And I was more sad when Judge [Jack] Zouhary asked him that, ‘Do you know any Muslims or do you know what Islam is?’” one mosque member who attended the hearing recalled to WNWO. “And he said, ‘No, I only know what I hear on Fox News and what I hear on radio.’”

“Muslims are killing Americans and trying to blow stuff up,” Linn also reportedly told the judge. “Most Muslims are terrorists and don’t believe in Jesus Christ.”

Sure it isn't the first time we have heard such things. Countless times, when the authorities bust some person or group planning to bring down the government, we find out their reading material includes Bill O'Reilly, Michelle Malkin and Rush Limbaugh. The hatred spewed by these right wingers has been breeding this kind of behavior for years now, and it has got to stop.

It's interesting that this happens while our nation is in a big debate over our constitutional rights. What Republicans fail to realize is that with those rights comes responsibilities. Sure, you have a right to arms, but if you use those arms to cause harm or damage to others, then you face punishment. The same must be said about our right to free speech.

They are too idiotic to realize it, but it's the pro-gun idiots out there that are pushing our nation to tougher firearms control. Take this story out of Salt Lake City:

A 6th grade student brought an unloaded handgun to West Kearns Elementary School Monday.

The 11-year-old boy told other students his parents encouraged him to bring a gun to school for protection following the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday.

The boy reportedly pulled the gun, a .22-caliber pistol, out of his backpack during recess Monday morning.

“At recess, he pointed a gun to my head and said he was going to kill me,” said Isabel Rios, one of the boy’s fellow 6th grade students.

First off. These parents, who by the love of God should not be allowed to reproduce, much less own weapons, put their child in more harms way. Pulling an unloaded weapon is extremely dangerous in violent situations. It makes the perpetrator take instant notice at you, and the most you can maybe do is throw the weapon at them. Smooth move, idiots! Hopefully your child is taken away from you.

Second, this shows that not everyone should have the right to own a gun. These parents sure as hell shouldn't considering they have given a firearm to a child. The parents should also be facing charges for child endangerment, but there is no word on that either.

One can only suspect that the parents are big pro-gun nuts. These are the people that think the only solution to any problem is with a firearm. These people are the biggest threat to the 2nd amendment we have.

Since Sandy Hook last week, we are seeing a big shift in opinion, both from the public and politicians. One more Sandy Hook incident and we will see even a bigger shift. A couple more and there will be enough support in this nation to repeal the 2nd amendment. So what's that say to the gun nuts?

Yesterday David Gregory said on Meet the Press that all 31 pro-gun rights senators refused to come on the show. On Friday, following the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, the NRA hid their Facebook page.

Why are these people in hiding and not out defending what they believe in? Do they realize that they are only hurting their own cause?

What happened Friday may have a silver lining. Sadly it took the needless murders of some of our most vulnerable, young children, but we may finally have the national discussion our country has so needed for years. We might finally get to talk about what is causing so many of our citizens to snap and kill so many innocents and what we can do to prevent it.

Needless to say gun control will be part of this debate. That part of the debate is very much needed, as is the part of mental health, violence in movies and video games and lyrics in songs. We need to discuss everything that can be contributing to this to see if a solution lies in that aspect. Ignoring one part defeats the whole purpose.

So why are these pro-gun rights advocates in hiding? Now is the time for them to make their cases and be heard. The very much need to be part of the debate, just like those against all guns. Without all sides of the arguments being heard, we can't come to a reasonable conclusion.

Like many other Americans, I do believe in our right to bear arms. I also believe that the second amendment has been outdated and technology advances need to be considered in changes. We no longer have the days of musket loaders that fire a single shot every 30 seconds. We live in a time of high power, automatic weapons that can shoot a dozen rounds per second. These are guns with a single purpose - to kill mass people.