Guns and Ammo

It was a bit slow at the coffee shop today. We talked about the holiday and what we did on our time off. The only thing of any importance that we talked about was the shooting of the 4 police officers out in Washington State. These cops were apparently shot by a man who should not have been out of prison to start with. Anyway, this lead to a discussion about guns, and gun control. I have guns, and I guess most or all of our group owns guns. I truly believe the old cliche that "if guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns". The types of people that can purchase guns worries me more than the ability to purchase a gun.

It seems to me that the people that are going out and purchasing the assault rifles and military type weapons have a larger agenda. Let me back up a bit. I'm generalizing, and I really don't mean to imply that everyone that buys a gun fits what I'm about to describe. It seems to me that a lot of these dumb asses think that they are going to run out and defend liberty and the constitution from the left wing liberals. Since the democrats have gained the majority in congress, and the presidency, I have read that gun sales are up significantly, and the threats against the president have increased. People need to pay more attention to world news, and take a look at countries where armed conflicts are taking place. I prefer to assert my views verbally, and in the voting booth.

Speaking of asserting views, when it comes to the Internet, we need to be careful about whose views are being asserted. I received an email from a friend urging me to vote on this link he provided which asked the question. Does the second amendment give individuals the right to bear arms? yes or no? I don't think that this is a black and white question to be resolved by public opinion. I do know that the presenters of the email urging me to vote, prefaced the email with this statement. "Obama"s attorney general has already said that removing our guns is one of his major issues". I want someone to show me where he said that. Anyway, it shows where the people that issued the email are coming from, and I'm not going to help them out.