Just some miscellaneous ramblings from an Upstate New Yorker.


Friday, April 12, 2013

The Hot Topic of Guns

Gun control. And honestly, it's so posted on the news that the economy has taken a back seat to that. We've been arguing about this for years with no sense of resolution on the issue.

And why I don't think we'll ever see true gun control in the United States? We're a nation that plays by our own rules. It doesn't mean that we take off our pants and run around like a bunch of hooligans, it more means that we don't use the metric system, we don't sign international treaties, we don't have socialized medicine, we seem to disregard high speed rail in the political arena, we believe in isolationism while at the same time invading other nations. This is my take on gun control: why do we need guns other than recreational hunting? Honestly, if we are that scared of our federal government, then something needs to change. Not government itself (even though some elected officials should have the luck of getting defeated for reelection) but the fact that we're the only country I can think of where the citizens have a fear of government, other than nations that are brutal dictatorships.

When my brother was home for Easter break, I found out that fear of government was why he owned a gun, and reasoned that the reason there are so few murders in Vermont is because everyone has a gun. And that had me thinking: are we a desensitized nation, where things that should make us sick to our stomach we're completely comfortable with?

But then again, I think everyone is bats--- crazy. AND WHERE DID THE ECONOMY GO???

*** NOTE: This is just my opinion on the issue, no facts are implied here.***

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