After reading the title of a recent news article entitled, Government backs off from banning assault rifle bullet,
quite a bit of information is offered; some of which is intentionally
misleading. The article, which I’m sure
has multiple variations scattered throughout the nation on virtually every
media outlet,…where was I… the article claims that a public uprising has
stemmed the government from stripping away yet another portion of our 2nd
Amendment protection from government; that’s right, the 2nd
Amendment was written to protect citizens from
their government.
“Amid a massive outcry from gun enthusiasts, the government
has backed away from a proposed ban on a specific bullet used in assault rifles
that can pierce vests and body armor worn by police officers.”
For some reason a rifle which looks very similar to a
military weapon in many ways has been allowed to be called an ‘assault rifle’ as if the AR-15 style
semi-automatic rifle is the same as a fully automatic version the military
uses. The AR-15 is not an assault rifle; there isn’t such a
thing, it’s a made up term.
Rifles are supposed to shoot ammunition; that’s about the
extent of their purpose. What the rifle
is aimed at; now that becomes a decision of whoever is pointing the
weapon. Why a weapon is used is also up
to that individual; it’s not up to anyone to presuppose a weapon’s purpose
based on what it may or may not look like.
As for the kind of ammunition used in any given rifle,
again, that is up to the individual based on purpose and how much the
ammunition costs.
Unlike government
agencies which have unlimited resources (taxpayers), individuals can’t buy up
massive amounts of ammunition without considering the cost. Then there’s the type of ammunition to
consider; target practice ammo is considerably less expensive than ‘field ammo’
used to ‘inflict death and destruction’ on what ever target is picked.
That brings up a secondary topic; why did the Department of
Homeland Security order over a billion and a half rounds of ammunition, to include several thousand rounds of hollow point ammo? Hollow point ammo isn’t made for target
practice and is intended to be used to ‘inflict death and destruction’. The Department of Homeland Security has been telling the American public that the purchase was for training
government employees?
“… at the height of the Iraq War the Army was expending less
than 6 million rounds a month. Therefore 1.6 billion rounds would be
enough to sustain a hot war for 20+ years. In America.”
I don’t recall ever getting a straight answer from the
Department of Homeland Security.
The only logical explanation would be that the Department of
Homeland Security was planning to go to war; and since they are tasked with
policing Americans the logical answer would be that our government is planning
to go to war against…you got it…its own citizens. (look up the definition of tyranny).
Getting back to the original article on why the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) planned to ban a particular
type of ammunition, their explanation was to “protect police officers”. That’s interesting since, presumably, most
of police officers targeted by ‘cop killer ammo’ were play actors in a movie, Lethal Weapon.
There really is no factual basis for calling them ‘cop
killer ammo’, it’s a myth;
but for the same reason folks call the AR an ‘assault weapon’ these
same folks think ‘cop killer ammo’ sounds more sinister.
“So what are the “cop killer”
bullets now? According to the Brady Campaign, it is any hollowpoint bullet on
the market. For those of you that don’t know what a hollowpoint bullet really
does, it is designed so that it does not over penetrate instead relying on it
doing more tissue damage and expending all of its kinetic energy inside the
target. This means that is less likely to penetrate a vest than other solid
bullets. Wait, I thought “cop killers” were designed to penetrate polices
vests? Well, it would seem once a bullet gets painted with the capricious
“cop killer” brush, you don’t have to let a little things like “precedence” and
“reality” get in your way.”
Even if there were ‘cop killer bullets’; and any bullet that
strikes in the ‘right place’ is a killer, criminals who are intent on killing
police officers would figure out how to obtain them. Criminals haven’t been kept from obtaining
heroin, cocaine or guns even though there are laws prohibiting these
items. Criminals don’t give a crap about
the law, that’s why we call them criminals.
(news flash - neither do our elected representatives or those appointed
to serve in government agencies)
I guess the ATF really wants to stop average law abiding
citizens from purchasing lethal bullets, armor piercing bullets; oh why stop
there; the ATF wants to eventually ban ALL bullets. You can keep your guns; but they don’t
operate without bullets. There, now it’s
‘out there’ as Billy Crystal would say.
Once it’s out there, it’s out there.
The message sent to Washington
wasn’t from ‘gun enthusiasts’ as the article said; no, the message was sent
from citizens who recognized that our government was attempting to whittle away
an important part of the 2nd Amendment. Our right to own and bear arms was
specifically addressed because the Founding Fathers understood the biggest
threat to liberty would come from an all powerful centralized government;
something like we are quickly approaching.
If and when this monster sized central government turns on
the citizenry, may it never happen in my lifetime; but if and when that happens
citizens will be forced to use what ever weapons and ammunition they can lay
their hands on. It won’t matter if it’s
a militarized police unit coming to remove ‘undesirables’ from society’ as was
done in Pre-WWII NAZI Germany, or if
it’s your local Army Reserve Detail coming to haul right wing conservative nut
jobs off to a FEMA camp. The purpose of
having a weapon and ammunition is to kill; there’s no nice way of saying
it.
Our Declaration of Independence was issued as an open letter
to a tyrannical King; but it applies equally to any tyrant with the intent and
ability to enslave American citizens.
The time draws ever closer when citizens will be forced to defend
against such tyranny.
This article has been cross posted to
The Moral Liberal, a publication whose banner reads, “Defending The
Judeo-Christian Ethic, Limited Government, & The American Constitution”.
2 comments:
What George Washington actually Said in his address to Congress on January 8, 1790:
A free people ought not only to be armed but disciplined; to which end, a uniform and well digested plan is requisite: and their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories, as tend to render them independent on others for essential, particularly for military supplies.
What Republicans and Stupid Pro-Gun idiots hear:
A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.
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