Month: January 2016

As most of you know, I am all in for sensible gun laws and responsible gun ownership. You want a gun or even a few guns to hunt or target shoot? Knock yourself out. I’m lucky, I grew up with guns that are owned by adults who handle them safely and responsibly; and taught me to do the same. But, I could not give less of a fuck what anyone thinks of my views, especially those who think that the 2nd Amendment should exist without any limits (like the limits on ALL of the other Amendments in the Bill of Rights). Let’s be honest–it SHOULD NOT be easier to amass an arsenal than it is to buy a box of Sudafed. Think that I’m exaggerating? Go try to buy several boxes of Sudafed at once. Oh, and I really don’t want to hear about how gun laws restrict your freedoms. LAWS ARE MEANT TO RESTRICT YOUR SO-CALLED FREEDOMS. That’s why they exist–they are basically a codified version of the social contract that exists between humans and allows us to (relatively) peacefully coexist. And as for the tired, lame-ass argument that criminals will get guns anyway? Yeah, no. We don’t just shrug off any other crime that way–imagine if we did. Gee, well sorry that your kid was murdered, but there’s nothing we can do because the killer will murder people anyway, regardless of what we do–so we aren’t going to do anything at all. Or maybe this–well, sorry that the guy on the corner sold your kid some crack (or whatever) and is making the neighborhood a dangerous shit hole–but if we lock up this guy, your kid and all of his other customers will just find another way to get their crack (or whatever) and your neighborhood will still be a dangerous shit hole, so we won’t do anything at all. Is this really how you want law enforcement issues handled? Really? Then you are a fucking idiot who needs to go read a book (or 50) and get an education–preferably one that covers the concept of social contracts and the origin of laws/legal theory. Oh, and if you have a problem with my views on this, either scroll on or unfriend me. I’m not going to argue about this issue or some imaginary boogieman who is coming to take your guns. No one is coming to take your guns unless YOU make an affirmative act that causes that to happen–like being the subject of a restraining/personal-protection order or maybe being convicted of domestic assault. Then you deserve to have your guns taken away so your dumb ass doesn’t cause any further harm.