An Understanding of Guns and Gun Control

Everyone older than 3 years of age has seen a razor blade. By itself, it is a thin piece of metal, with an edge that slices with surgical precision.
It all depends on who picks it up, as to what happens next. In the steady hand of a working man, a boxcutter can neatly and orderly slice through carpeting as he lays it in a room. In the hand of a surgeon, a scalpel can excise cancerous tissue and ensure that a woman will be there for her daughter's wedding day. In the hand of a businessman, a razor can give him a sharp, crisp businesslike appearance, giving him the edge he needs to provide for his family. In the hands of a bumbling oaf, it can slice the crap out of an extremity or amputate a digit, necessitating a trip to the emergency room. In the hand of a rapist it can become a weapon to keep his victim terrorized enough to not resist. In the hands of a murderer it becomes an angel of death. In the hands of the mortician, it conducts an autopsy that can bring the killer to justice. And so it goes.

The terrorist attacks of 9/11 were carried out with box cutters. But you don't see anyone jumping up and crying out for razor control. Why??

Because they are worried about gun control. By itself, a gun is an inanimate metal object with moving parts. Its sole purpose is to fire a bullet or other projectile to kill an animal or a human being. Do not look to me to shy away from telling the truth for that is exactly what it is.

As with a razor blade, dependent on who picks it up, is what happens next. In the hands of a policeman it can save a life. In the hands of the military it can be used to defend American freedom. In the hands of a criminal it can be used to commit crimes. In the hands of a law abiding citizen, it can become an effective means of defense against that man who broke in to rob you and rape your daughter.

It's this last category that they are worried about. They haven't come out and outlawed all weapons yet. (I stress yet). But God forbid that they let us have our Second Amendment rights without thoroughly scrutinizing us before hand. Background check this, talk to a judge about a permit that. Even that doesn't always work out... as the unfortunate people in Fort Hood soon found out, when an Army psychiatrist went apeshit and starting shooting up the place. Too bad that doesn't always work out, isn't it?

They are in fear because an armed citizenry is an unpredictable one!!!

Or take my dog. (Please!!! hahaha!!!) Nature equipped him with both his weaponry and his nonhesitation in using it. His fangs, his claws, his powerful body, his jaws, all work together to put anyone who crosses the line with him in a wretched state of woe. Normally, he is a peaceable, loving, friendly dog. But as he wields the power to bite and break bones doing it, he is unpredictable. (I've seen a dog bite before, inflicted on a family member who decided to take it upon themselves to abuse the dog in a nasty way, and it was ugly.)

We humans in contrast are equipped with flimsy nails, little to no hair on our body, varying amounts of physical strength ranging from brute force to couldn't open a pickle jar, and little else. Give a person a gun and he suddenly becomes more powerful than even a dog, able to kill instantly. He or she then becomes unpredictable.

And you need only pick up the paper to see that we are the most unpredictable mother fuckers alive. Which is why some (not all) police officers will skip the reasoning and the admonition part and go straight to the tasering.

Granted, some people should NOT be allowed to possess weapons. But it won't be long before they stretch that "some" to include us ALL. This is what they call "Gun Control".

Shades of Oceania. George Orwell, here we come...

The basics of a background check includes prior convictions, psychiatric treatment, etc. But what of the events at Fort Hood? The Army shrink was a Muslim who before he opened fire yelled "Allahu Akbar" (God is great) Will the background check be expanded to include religious beliefs? Political affiliations? NRA affiliations? Discordant thought patterns? Thought police?
Won't be long before we'll be saying, "I have a cellphone and I know how to use it..."