Journal Times letter writer Sherry Trentadue-Forman pointed out that the United States Constitution hasn't "done a damn thing to eliminate the problem of looney toons with weapons." Or pens, but I digress.
Now that I think about it, the Constitution has been a major disappointment. The Constitution has done nothing, absolutely nothing, to ensure for me a lucrative career in the NBA. I even have trouble getting into a pick up game at the Y, thanks to that useless historical artifact.
Is there still hunger and poverty? Wars? You bet. In fact, some of the most horrific wars in history occurred after the US Constitution was written. Did the Constitution even bother to lift a finger?
Our economy is teetering on the edge, Muslim terrorists want to blow us up, the temperature on earth changes daily, and I still have a wart on my right hand. And what is our Constitution doing about these pressing issues? Nothing!
"Or pens, but I digress." Heh!
ReplyDeleteI was going to post a comment on the JT site as well. Mine was going to be that we should Re-write and limit her freedom of the Press, and of speech since she is unable to control her own loony-ism.
ReplyDeleteDemocracy ala carte - I'll take the side salad.
ReplyDeleteIf only the murderer had had a musket, the weapon available at the drafting of the Constitution, instead of a Highly Concealable, High-Powered Weapon of Mass Murder with an easily changeable High-Capacity magazine.
ReplyDeleteIt is all true Sean. I think that fact calls for a creative reinterpretation of the meaning of the word "arms".... or an amendment, but then I am so old fashioned.
ReplyDeleteI once had an argument with a fringe-nut who thought he should be able to have a cruise missile. After all, it is an "arm" and he felt he had a right to have it to protect himself against the government.
ReplyDeleteObviously that's ridiculous, imagine if the shooter or a terrorist had a weapon with a fraction of that kind of force, like a gendae/rocket launcher or a bazooka. Clearly the founders never imagined these kind of weapons.
There needs to be a balance between the right to bear arms and public safety. I believe a weapon like the shooter used with 31 round, quick change magazines crosses that line. It's way more than anyone needs to defend themselves.
A couple killers stocked with weapons like that in a crowded place could murder scores of people and with access to them it's just a matter of time before it happens.
sean, I already have a good idea of how much of my money you're willing to spend to show how compassionate you are, but how much of my freedom are you willing to take to purchase a small amount of personal safety?
ReplyDeleteDear Anemonous, I probably make about as much money as you do, so whatever amount you'd be paying, I'd be paying too.
ReplyDeleteAnd if you think freedom comes in 31 round clips and that my position is based on an interest in My Personal Safety, I feel sorry for you.
Question for you sean-of-the-north. Mrs Nemo and I do quite a bit of hiking north of Hwy 64. Thanks to our friends at the DNR, wolf packs are becoming more and more common in this area. We are also seeing more bears too. Since you state that 31 shots is more than I would need to fend off these beasties, please post the link that states the number of shoots needed to 100% guarantee my wife's and my safety. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteSorry about you being over taxed also. I assumed with you being a liberal and all that tax evasion was just the unspoken part of the mantra (see list of current POTUS cabinet members).
Heh.
Oh you should have a machine gun Nemo, because of all the wolf on human attacks in Wisconsin and elsewhere. You both should wear lightning rods on heads as well. Sheesh.
ReplyDeleteSorry sean, I missed that 100% guarantee shot count site. What was that again?
ReplyDeleteThe only thing in this life that's a 100% guarantee Nemo is that you'll come up with a ridiculous argument based on a ridiculous standard of acceptance 99% of the time.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your continued service.
So sean, just to be clear, when you say that 31 shots is more than I would need, you based that on your knowledge of rocks and rhetoric. I guess I would rather get my security advice from people that know security and guns rather than propagandists with a sound background in witlessness and granite. Just seems safer. Heh.
ReplyDeleteBOO!
ReplyDeleteGobblingly Yours,
T.B. Bad Wolf, Esq.
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