copy of email I sent to those I communicate with...
Why do I feel like I am shouting from a watchtower?
For those of you not watching the reports, several of our Washington State legislators have been proposing very intrusive and invasive bills. Several center around the concept of "gun control". Now some of the democratic party members, instead of trying to work on our current budget crisis ( I think 1+ billion deficet qualifies) are following the tactics of the current republican administration, eg using scare tactics (picture 9-11, mushroom clouds and weapons of mass destruction and terrorist alerts) to "direct" public thinking.
Nevermind the actual problems that exist in our state. Never mind the problems with the DSHS, the viaduct, jobs, transportation, energy independence, the homeless and hungry, displaced families..and so on. Trot out the favorite scare tactic and rivet the attention of the media.
But now the proposals of the "reps" are becoming more and more onerous. One even wants to ban semiauto matic rifles, and requiring a yearly inspection of the home storage by police, along with fees. How does this dovetail with "protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic"?
Some how, people have been led to make the assumptive leap that guns are bad, evil and if they go away everyone will be safe, or safer. Couple this with the suppression of reports that being armed actually saves people from being complete victims of crime only furthers to confuse people and leave them with just their hysteria or misinformation to rely on for judgement.
Two english speaking countries, that we have ancestral ties with, Austrailia and Great Britan have banned guns. Essentially all of them. Now, armed crime has increased in both tremendously. There, unless you have a policeman in your pocket, one is at increased risk at the hands of a law disregarding ARMED person. Obviously, there are not enough policemen for every pocket. So some people lose. They lose their safety, possessions, sanctity and sometimes their lives.
This is America. Read the Constitution. Read the Federalist Papers to gain a flavor of the times and further supplement your understanding of the goals of the founders.
To blindly go along with what is proposed (gee, that sounds like a good idea) is taking each of us, our spouses, brothers and sisters and our most cherished, our children and grandchildren into a future where true freedom and a civilian government will be long lost forgotten, where slavery and feudal systems will once again be the rule of the land.
Its 230 in the morning and I couldn't sleep. Please read and think on this.
Why do I feel like I am shouting from a watchtower?
For those of you not watching the reports, several of our Washington State legislators have been proposing very intrusive and invasive bills. Several center around the concept of "gun control". Now some of the democratic party members, instead of trying to work on our current budget crisis ( I think 1+ billion deficet qualifies) are following the tactics of the current republican administration, eg using scare tactics (picture 9-11, mushroom clouds and weapons of mass destruction and terrorist alerts) to "direct" public thinking.
Nevermind the actual problems that exist in our state. Never mind the problems with the DSHS, the viaduct, jobs, transportation, energy independence, the homeless and hungry, displaced families..and so on. Trot out the favorite scare tactic and rivet the attention of the media.
But now the proposals of the "reps" are becoming more and more onerous. One even wants to ban semiauto matic rifles, and requiring a yearly inspection of the home storage by police, along with fees. How does this dovetail with "protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic"?
Some how, people have been led to make the assumptive leap that guns are bad, evil and if they go away everyone will be safe, or safer. Couple this with the suppression of reports that being armed actually saves people from being complete victims of crime only furthers to confuse people and leave them with just their hysteria or misinformation to rely on for judgement.
Two english speaking countries, that we have ancestral ties with, Austrailia and Great Britan have banned guns. Essentially all of them. Now, armed crime has increased in both tremendously. There, unless you have a policeman in your pocket, one is at increased risk at the hands of a law disregarding ARMED person. Obviously, there are not enough policemen for every pocket. So some people lose. They lose their safety, possessions, sanctity and sometimes their lives.
This is America. Read the Constitution. Read the Federalist Papers to gain a flavor of the times and further supplement your understanding of the goals of the founders.
To blindly go along with what is proposed (gee, that sounds like a good idea) is taking each of us, our spouses, brothers and sisters and our most cherished, our children and grandchildren into a future where true freedom and a civilian government will be long lost forgotten, where slavery and feudal systems will once again be the rule of the land.
Its 230 in the morning and I couldn't sleep. Please read and think on this.
