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The Second Amendment is about Self Defense

The Second Amendment is about Self Defense
by Ron Willis, Detective
Gresham, Oregon Police

The Second amendment is about self defense. It is not about hunting, and it is not about the approaching King's Royal Army. It was and is about self defense. That is just as important today as it was in 1776, or 1876, or 2006. The government (and no one knows this more than the police) can not be there to protect any individual citizen. In fact, the courts have ruled the police have no duty to protect anyone. Sure, we will do our best to catch the killer, or rapist, or burglar, but only after the damage is done. It is up to individual citizens to protect themselves, their families and neighbors. Your right of self defense does not stop at your doorstep. It is a God given right. It is a basic instinct.

Only modern day, politically-correct man is arrogant enough to attempt to limit or infringe on what was given to us by God.

Which parts of the Constitution, as written, do not apply now? Particularly when it concerns the Bill of Rights? Which rights are you willing to give up in order to be politically correct? Is not self defense important in the year 2000? Sure, we do not have bands of raiding native peoples attacking wagon trains, or cavalry troops charging into villages, but we do have a very, very serious problem with a violent, decaying, immoral, irresponsible and spoiled-rotten society.

So if we ban the private ownership of firearms, then by definition, only honest, law abiding people will surrender their weapons. Then, we will have armed criminals, armed government, and the rest of us totally at the mercy of each.

It is a bit Utopian to think we can eliminate violence by banning firearms. That is nonsense. There was violence, crime and war for centuries and centuries before the invention of gunpowder. It would be nice to live in a totally crime and violence free society, but do you really believe that will happen by disarming private, honest, citizens? With over 20,000 gun laws on the books now, don't you think that just maybe the problem may be people, and not machines?

There is an element of truth to the old bumper sticker, "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns."

My heart breaks for those who have lost loved ones to the senseless and brutal killings. I know the pain they feel. I wish it were not so, but wishing does nothing to change the situation. I wonder what would have happened, if the killer in Los Angeles today had walked into the Jewish Community Center and was met with the receptionist or another staff member who was armed?

No, I believe he, and others like him, feel some comfort in selecting targets that are relatively "safe" from their point of view. We can all be comforted by the fact that the government has seen to it that schools are gun free zones, and there are no lawfully carried or possessed firearms to spoil their fun.

And finally, I'll ask this question. If it were a possibility that we could prevent another mass killing by not making a major media event out of it, and spawning copy-cats, would you be willing to repeal, infringe or restrict the First Amendment?

Ron Willis, Detective
Gresham, Oregon Police

http://www.ci.gresham.or.us/departments/pd/headquarters.htm

Disclaimer: All comments are the personal opinion of the writer and not intended to represent any government agency, whatsoever.

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Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached, and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of. Notwithstanding the military establishments in the several kingdoms of Europe, which are carried as far as the public resources will bear, the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. — James Madison, The Federalist Papers, No. 46

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