Last week, I
was writing about gun rights pertaining to the Second Amendment.
There's another angle here, that I feel is necessary to point out.
We've all heard
people who RATIONAL people refer to as “crazy”; they're the ones
who insist that the government is coming to take their guns, and
they'll have to use their guns against the government when they do
it.
They claim that
the Second Amendment is what allows them to have and keep their guns.
Simply put,
they're wrong. Here's why...
… Yes, the Fourth Amendment... NOT
the Second!
… and what the FOURTH Amendment says,
is that you're secure from UNREASONABLE searches and seizures, and
any such actions must have a warrant attached to it...
Notice how the word “unreasonable”
stands out to me? That word means that yes, if you are perceived to
be a threat to yourself or other people, then the government can,
indeed, come and take your guns.
In some cases, yes, they SHOULD come
and take your guns...
Would you have supported the government
taking the guns away from people like Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris,
or Adam Lanza, or James Holmes; in order to prevent their massacres?
If your answer is yes, then why
shouldn't the government come for ANYBODY'S guns if they perceive an
imminent threat?
Do you believe the government will
perceive YOU as being an imminent threat?
If not, then no... the government will
not and should not be coming for your guns.
If, however, your answer to the
question “should the government EVER be allowed to take guns away?”
is no, because any government that takes guns away from people is
tyrannical, then I recommend you SERIOUSLY re-examine your priorities
and values.
Let's be clear, here... if you're
planning a mass shooting, then I would say that the government
DEFINITELY has good reason to take your guns!
If you're planning an insurrection
because you're a whiny little crybaby who can't stand the fact that
the election didn't go their way, then yes, the government DEFINITELY
has a good reason to take your guns!
If you're planning on attacking the
police, either out of vengeance or because you're a dumb-as-a-rock
“sovereign citizen,” then yes, the government DEFINITELY has a
good reason to take your guns!
On the contrary position, there are
lots of people who are screaming “The government is NOT coming to
take your guns!!!”
Given the fact that yes, there are some
people who should have their guns taken away, I don't think it's
entirely fair for them to say that. You never know who you're
talking to, and if it really IS someone who should have their guns
taken away.
Now, did I say that people shouldn't
have guns to protect themselves from criminals?
No.
Did I say that people shouldn't have
rifles or handguns for sporting reasons?
No.
I just said that SOME PEOPLE shouldn't
have guns... I think we can all agree with that, can't we?
People seem upset that CRIMINALS get
guns...
Most people don't want CRAZY PEOPLE to
get guns...
So, given the fact that we can all
agree that some people shouldn't have guns, doesn't it stand to
reason that the guns SHOULD be taken from SOME PEOPLE?
As I've laid out in my Fourth Amendment
argument, the government CAN take your guns, and as long as they have
“probable cause,” they can do it!
I just have to wonder if some of the
people who fear that the government is coming for their guns secretly
know that they're one of the people who SHOULD have their guns taken
away. I mean, if it's something you fear, maybe it's because deep
down, you know you're either too stupid or crazy to be in possession
of them...
Is that it?
Do you think the government is coming
for your guns because they have “probable cause?”
If so, then why do you have them?
Doesn't that make YOU a criminal, by your own definition? If the
government can and should take guns away from some people, and you
think they're coming for your's, then doesn't that mean that you see
yourself as a criminal?
… and the avalanche of insecurity
begins...
“I'm not a criminal... the government
is just coming for my guns just because they think they can...”
No... they're not...IF they're coming for your guns, they're coming for
your guns because they have a reason to, and you know it! I mean,
you claim to be such a “Constitutional scholar” based on your
knowledge of the Second Amendment, but if you TRULY knew the
Constitution, you'd know that the Fourth Amendment proves that your
premise is founded in bullshit.
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