Truth Behind Politics

• As pointed out in a previous post, In 1856, the U.S. Supreme Court (South v. Maryland) found that law enforcement officers had no affirmative duty to provide such protection. In 1982 (Bowers v. DeVito), the Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit held, “…there is no Constitutional right to be protected by the state against being murdered by criminals or madmen.” In 2005, in the case of Castle Rock v. Gonzales, the Supreme Court found that Jessica Gonzales did not have a constitutional right to police protection, even in the presence of a restraining order.

• Anti-domestic violence and women’s groups create the impression that guns are always part of the problem and never part of the solution. Really what they need to focus on is that often times a gun would be the only thing that could save a woman’s life (by helping level the playing field) if confronted at home, in a mall parking lot, a movie theater or any other place by someone who is obviously physically able to overtake the woman by force.

• One of the places that is most vulnerable in this country to massive slaughters of innocent people is college campuses and other school zones.
  • These have those wonderful signs out front that say “GUN FREE ZONE” which tells anybody who ever wants some free kills without any armed resistance that this should be their first destination where they can stage a 5-10 minute shooting spree (ummm….Virginia Tech or Columbine come to mind maybe?) before the police arrive. Even once the police arrive they cannot and will not just barge into buildings to stop the shooting because of their “procedures”. So while the police are standing outside going over strategies and possibly waiting for the SWAT team to arrive, more innocent people (including those who normally would carry concealed weapons all other places they go, but chose to obey the law and leave their gun locked in their trunk instead of carrying in to class) are at the psycho’s mercy at that particular moment. Because of our cowardly, ignorant, or idiotic (you choose one or all) politicians students are left only with their books and pencils to throw at and defend against their attackers…oh or they could jump out of a 2 or 3 story building to “safety”(once again Virginia Tech and Columbine).

• Most people’s initial reaction (including hardline conservatives) has something to do with how college students aren’t responsible enough to carry on campus and they associate drinking and drugs with college students which do not mix well with guns.
  • The students and faculty who would be allowed to carry weapons concealed on campus are the same legally licensed and trained adults over the age of 21 who already carry concealed all over the country according to the law at grocery stores, in their car, movie theaters, restaurants, banks (depending on the state) and many other non-secured locations. Just as it is now, it will always be illegal to carry a weapon with drugs or alcohol in your system, and that will not change with a change in the law to allow concealed carry by licensed adult individuals on college campuses. If guns are outlawed, only the outlaws will have guns.
• The Brady Campaign always likes to use the line “if we allow guns on college campuses then…[typically refers to some violent act that will happen]”. What they don’t realize is that they do allow guns on college campuses. Anyone at any time that wants to walk onto a college campus with a loaded weapon can do so. If they want to open fire on students they can do so currently because it is not a secured location (there are not metal detectors and police officers at every entrance to a campus).

• These people act as if some law they pass or “GUN FREE ZONE” (see the attached picture) sign that they post will somehow deter psychotic murderers who are ready to kill themselves from walking over that “magical gun-free line” and killing people. Are these murderers really going to be concerned about 3-5 years in jail from breaking a statute after they shoot and kill 36 people and then blow their own brains out? Of course not.

• And that tiny insignificant phrase in the Declaration of Independence  about “certain inalienable rights…among these are Life, Liberty and  Property [Pursuit of Happiness].”  I am concerned with protecting people’s right to life, and making sure that you, me and any other legally licensed adult can, if they choose, carry a weapon to defend against people wishing to take away that inalienable right.

• You can name a place a “gun free zone” and make it illegal to carry in that location, but that cannot and will not ever stop someone who wants to bring a gun to commit a violent act from doing so. Whenever and wherever guns are “criminalized” it means that only the criminals will have guns. This is what the murderer at Virginia Tech realized when he chose that building to commit his massacre. He understood that the government officials had labeled the school a “gun free zone” and so it was very unlikely that anyone on campus was armed, therefore he knew he would not face any resistance. He was right; he didn’t face any resistance for quite some time which allowed him to murder the 32 victims at his leisure.

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