FIRST OFF-I AM HAVING A BIT OF
TROUBLE WITH MY BLOG, AMONG OTHER THINGS, MY FOLLOWERS LIST HAS DISAPPEARED—HOPEFULLY
THIS POST WILL MAKE IT ON LINE—HERE WE GO…..
I’M THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT ISN’T
COMFORTABLE IN THE CITY..FOR THAT MATTER I DON’T EVEN ENJOY BEING IN A MALL OR
FINDING MYSELF IN A CROWD..I DO LIKE PEOPLE BUT I AM JUST A ‘COUNTRY BOY’ TYPE
OF GUY..
HOWEVER, THERE ARE ALWAYS
EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE..THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN I ACTUALLY LOOKED FORWARD TO
BEING AMONG LARGE NUMBERS..THREE EXAMPLES: BACK IN THE SEVENTIES CONNECTICUT
LAW MAKERS SAW FIT TO PASS A HELMET LAW..THOSE WHO TOOK PART IN THE PROTEST
RALLIES THAT FOLLOWED NUMBERED IN THE THOUSANDS AND I EAGERLY TOOK MY PLACE AND
STOOD AMONG THEM..ANIMOSITY BETWEEN CLUBS WAS SET ASIDE AND WE UNITED TOWARDS A
COMMON GOAL, RESPECTFUL OF ONE ANOTHER—THE LAW WAS REPEALED..
ANOTHER EXCEPTION TO THE ‘I NEED
MY SPACE’ MENTALITY WAS WHEN I SERVED AS A MARINE..PICTURE US MILLING AROUND
TOGETHER, EACH WITH AN M-16 (A REAL ASSAULT RIFLE WITH 20
ROUND MAGAZINES) HAND-GRENADES, M-60 MACHINE GUNS, 45 CALIPER PISTOLS, BAYONETS
AND A FEW CLAYMORE MINES..STANDING IN THE MIDST OF ALL THESE LETHAL WEAPONS AND
EQUALLY LETHAL WARRIORS, I WAS COMPLETELY AT EASE..IN SPITE OF OUR DIFFERENCES
WE HAD COMPLETE RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER-WE KNEW WE WERE SAFE..
THE MOST RECENT EXCEPTION TO MY ‘ANTI-CROWD’
MIND-SET WAS THE PRO-GUN RALLY HELD AT THE STATE CAPITAL..I EVEN LOOKED FORWARD
TO BEING A PART OF THIS GATHERING OF HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE (I AM
UNSURE OF THE NUMBERS)..MANY WOULD BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD BE A MOST DANGEROUS CONGREGATION..YOU’VE
HEARD THEIR VOICES, YOU’VE HEARD THEIR PROCLAMATIONS THAT ‘GUNS KILL PEOPLE.’ I
AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT IN SPITE OF THE HUNDREDS OF GUNS BEING CARRIED, NOT ONE
GUN JUMPED OUT OF IT’S HOLSTER AND SHOT ANYONE..
WE STOOD UNITED IN OPPOSITION TO
LAWS PASSED IN IGNORANCE, UNITED AGAINST THE BLATANT INFRINGEMENT OF OUR RIGHTS
AS LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS WHO SEEM TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND PUNISHED FOR THE
ACTIONS OF THE LAW BREAKERS AND THE MAD-MEN WHO HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THE GOD
GIVEN GIFT OF LIFE OR THE LAWS THEY PASSED..WE STOOD UNITED AND IN SAFETY
KNOWING THAT GUNS DO NOT KILL PEOPLE—NEITHER DO
KNIVES, SCISSORS, BASEBALL BATS, BOWS AND ARROWS, OR HI-JACKED AIRPLANES, NOT
EVEN PRESSURE COOKERS KILL PEOPLE-THE SIMPLE, BUT UGLY AND UNDENIABLE TRUTH IS—PEOPLE
KILL PEOPLE…THE ABERRANT EPISODES (HORRIBLE AS THEY ARE) BY A FEW
DERANGED INDIVIDUALS IS NOT LEGITIMATE GROUNDS TO PUNISH THE MILLIONS OF
LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS..WE ARE NOT THE PROBLEM …
SCENARIO::MARTIAL LAW IS DECLARED
AS LAW ENFORCEMENT SEEKS A SUSPECTED TERRORIST..HE IS WELL TRAINED AND
MOTIVATED, NOT JUST A YOUNG FRIGHTENED FUGITIVE RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE..INSTEAD
OF SEEKING TO HIDE, HE REALIZES THE MUCH GREATER VALUE OF TAKING HOSTAGES..HE
DOESN’T JUST PICK A HOUSE AT RANDOM..HOW MANY CARS ARE IN THE DRIVEWAY?? PERFECT,
A MINI-VAN WITH A CHILD’S SEAT AND A ‘SOCCER MOM’ BUMPER STICKER ALSO!! CUTS
THE PHONE LINE AND STARTS TO KICK IN THE DOOR…WHAT HAPPENS NEXT??? WELL, IF HE
WAS UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO PICK A HOUSE WHERE ONE OF THE MANY PEOPLE IN THE PICTURES
I’VE POSTED LIVE—THE END…
****************TILL THE NEXT TIME****************
*************STAY SAFE AND HAPPY**************
DO NOT SURRENDER THE RIGHT TO PROTECT YOURS AND YOURSELF
***********************************JIM******************************
5 comments:
Excellent Jim! Very well said as always! So glad that I was at the rally with you and so many like-minded Americans!
This is now my THIRD attempt (and last) to leave a comment, Honestly blogger is a pain sometimes! Aside from the seriousness of the post Jim, I have to say the building in the first photo is absolutely exquisite.
Since Australia was disarmed (so to speak) the black gun market (of which the deranged, or otherwise can easily access) is more rampant and healthy than its ever been.
That's right guns don't indiscriminately kill innocent people, the deranged person firing it does - the deranged person who can easily and illegally obtain the (to-be) banned weapon.
Thanks Kevin--I see kids with their folks in some of the pictures on your blog (pigzfly's world)..The families must have realised they were much safer at a pro-gun rally than they would have been hanging out with their friends at the mall or someplace else..let's hope we can overturn these foolish laws-and stop the politicians who are trying to decay America from the inside out...
Thank you for your persistance Rose-always good to hear from you..It seems the politicians live in a make-believe world (most anyway)..A few have the courage to admit that the laws that have been proposed would have done nothing to stop the Sandy Hook disaster..The only thing that will prevent such horror is respect and honor for one another-regardless of social-or religous belief-regardless of race or ethnic back ground..and remembering the words-"THOU SHALT NOT KILL"
As someone who legally owns and can fire her 38 special, well said
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