Unconstitutional Laws at Work

My heart goes out to those families involved in yesterday's senseless act of violence at the National Holocaust Museum. Especially the loved ones of Stephen Johns, who was killed doing his job. I also want to extend my prayers to the family of the shooter, James von Brunn, because he is obviously a very confused and lost person. Unfortunately in a country where free thinking and individual ideas are supposedly protected; you will always have an element who decides to take away the another's pursuit to life, liberty and happiness.

I did want to note, that the 88 year old white supremacist managed to somehow, circumvent laws in Washington, and bring in illegal firearms. Yes, even with a Gun-Ban in place, he somehow still managed to carry weapons within the district. Like a stealthy spy, he concealed and blatantly violated a law. How are we supposed to sleep know that law abiding citizens will not exercise their 2nd Amendment Rights, while seedy criminals will? This is a Gun-Ban dammit! It is supposed to stop crime.

Yet gangs, criminals, thieves and murders continue to use unregistered, illegal firearms. The government also continues to act in a completely unchecked, tyrannical manner. Because police cannot be everywhere at once, we rely on private security forces. Even with private security guards present, a shooting and a murder occurred. I am not arguing that privately armed citizens may have made a difference, but without legally concealed weapons and a death penalty, what did an 88 year old gunman have to lose? At worst he would be in jail till his death, or at best he would die a martyr to his scum cause.

Given that we live in a world where the constant threat of terror is very real, and given that ANYONE can obtain and carry a weapon; why are the law abiding letting this continue. In Chicago, where violence has escalated at an obscene pace, a Gun-Ban continues. The solution: a proposed highway speed camera system that uses fines to fund an elite urban commando force. The solution is never to generate legal business in gun sales, lessons and licensing. It is always the opposite, enforcing stricter fines, increasing infrastructure and adding more powerful policing units to the street with little effect.

Thomas Jefferson once wrote, "The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes....Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man."

He knew in 1764 that in order to be independent, courageous and bold, you had to be armed at all times. Also, that carrying a firearm also places great respect and responsibility on the citizen. If our own history is not taken more seriously, we will be doomed to repeat it.

The indicators are all there, and I feel sorry that more could not have been done to instill fear and respect into the mind of von Brunn so he would never attempt such a heinous act of cowardice. This isn't about gun lobbying, or using violence; this is about our constitutional rights to protect ourselves and generate respect for those who wish to control us. The sovereignty of this country lies within the people, not the law makers. We must exercise our freedoms as is written and protected. Otherwise, those who wish to violate the constitution will continue unchecked to take the lives, liberties and happiness of others.

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