Gun control....

http://www.examiner.com/article/gun-control-advocates-arrests-highlight-irony-and-hypocrisy

Copy and past the above link in your browser and have a look at this guy.  The man is the epitome of hypocrisy and ignorance!  I read the article above and a couple others regarding the same man and same situation.  I wish I knew the guy personally.  Hopefully it would change my opinion of him.  It's doubtful, however.  You've heard of the "perfect storm"?  This guy is what I like to refer to as, "the perfect asshole".

I respect the notion that this man is so against violence, so against gun violence, that he makes a stand against it all.  He condemns it!  Won't have anything to do with it and rallies the troops to stand behind him.... then gets caught with a gun on a school campus.  The beauty is, he will be facing a very strict law that he helped enact.  If there is a God, he'll be sentenced to the fullest extent of the law.

But what about the people who followed this guys lead into this fight?  These were people who are just as strong on their convictions as this man seemed to be.  Where do they stand now?  Are they standing behind this guy or do they have an axe to grind?  Hopefully, someone is grinding axes.  I don't think they have to have a vendetta against this guy, but I think it is completely reasonable if they want him held completely accountable for this.

A few of our nations politicians are like this man as well.  They are anti-gun all day long, but they feel THEY have the right under the 2nd Amendment and feel that the very same right does not apply to the general populace.  All of these people want the freedom to protect themselves with guns, but don't want to afford you and I the same right?  Does that sit well with you? 

What's more, so many people within the anti-gun group are completely uneducated on the subject.  The abundance of facts compiled by the nations leading law enforcement group(s) like the FBI don't mean a thing to these people.  They freely discount facts in order to be able to tug at each others heart strings.  For a group of people who claim to be logical, they are the most illogical people out there to so readily discount the facts.

And the subject gets much deeper when you really get to digging around in it.  Who should and should not be allowed to possess a firearm for protection?  Right now it seems as if the major focus is on the mentally ill....  It seems as if everyone who is running around shooting up day cares, schools or movie theaters is "mentally ill".  No shit?  But how do you restrict these people from getting guns?  How do you go about getting the guns out of the hands of criminals?  If there is a conversation to be had about "gun control" here's where it begins but it stops when you try to take a gun that is legally owned and possessed out of the hands of someone who is legally allowed to have said gun.  It stops there immediately!

This is a people issue and not a "gun" issue.  Not everyone who owns a gun is a "potential" murderer.  Not everyone who owns a stove and a frying pan are good cooks.  Spoons don't make people fat and guns don't make people murderers....  Why does that not make sense?  If someone hijacks a plane and flies it into buildings in an act of terror, nobody blames the plane.  It is insane to do such a thing.  If someone bombs a building, nobody blames the bomb.  It's equally insane to do so.

Changing gears a little bit here...  I was born into a household where there were guns.  I and my sister were raised around guns.  Most of my friends were raised around guns.  The thing that all of us were taught is that guns are no mystery and they certainly aren't toys.  We were all taught that if we wanted to know anything about guns, all we had to do was ask.  My dad was a gun smith and could tell me/you everything you needed to know about how any particular gun works.  It was an education process that started early in all of the households I frequented as a kid, where there were guns present.  All of my friends knew that guns are a serious matter and handling them was a giant responsibility!  We all took instruction from our parents as kids and later most of us took further instruction from paid professional instructors.  To date, none of my friends have shot or killed another person.  Why?  Not everyone who owns guns are murderers....

"Accidental discharges" is a misused term, but as a last defense some of the anti gun folks like to ask the question "how many people die in accidental discharges?".  Accidental discharges don't just happen.  They can't happen on their own.  It takes a person, with their finger in the trigger guard, not paying attention to have an "accidental discharge".  As you can see from the description, it is no real accident.  Certain things needed to happen in order for the gun to discharge.  This revolves around complacency or lack of proper handling skills.

Above I mentioned that a sizable group of anti gun people are uneducated on the subject.  There is no mistaking that.  These people normally won't spend the time or money and aren't personally responsible enough to get a proper education.  They won't seek out professionals.  They won't talk to people who handle guns every day for a living.  They will rely upon the mother whose child 'accidentally" shot and killed a sibling...  (Responsible gun owners would not have allowed that gun to be available to this kid.)  They will listen to someone who lost a child in a drive by shooting.

Face it.  Our media and government has done a real good job portraying guns as our nations #1 problem.  (And why wouldn't they with all of the other bullshit going on in this country?)  But more hypocrisy abounds when the government gets involved because they were recently caught up in the illegal gun running debacle called "Fast and Furious".  We basically put guns in the hands of people who were not going to use the guns in a reasonable manner... Brilliant, right?

In closing, I'd like to say that I do respect any one's stand regarding gun ownership.  I do believe if you are anti-gun, you should spend ample time gaining a formal education on guns, gun handling and gun ownership.  It could only bolster your opinion and maybe even change your mind.  (I've seen it happen.)  It would certainly add credibility to your belief and give you something to stand on.  After this formal education, if you still decide that guns aren't for you... by all means, do not run out and by a gun.

                                                                         
As well, if you are going to become a gun owner or currently own guns, do yourself and everyone who will ever shoot with you and get the same education I mentioned above.  You can't take enough of an education on the subject if you ask me, and being responsible with your gun is the number 1 priority.