23 Jan 2023 11:21 am
ScottMon » 23 Jan 2023, 11:00 am » wrote: ↑ oh there are plenty of guns. Anyone can get a gun. Doesn't matter anymore. Kids are just collateral damage.
We have become a nation of self-absorbed sheep. We refuse to take responsibility for ourselves, and demand someone else do it for us. SO many who support gun control and gun bans also support stripping police of funding for training/recruitment/equipment, and letting violent criminals out without bail.
We have a right of self-defense. Thomas Jefferson wrote of "every American's right AND DUTY to be at all times armed." (Emphasis mine). But, even in states where the people are "allowed" to be armed, only a small percentage of the population accepts that responsibility at any given time... yet we have far more lawful defensive gun uses (DGU's) than we have homicides or injuries. But far too many Americans are willing to be blithely put into pens with the rest of the sheep rather than accept the responsibility of being prepared to defend themselves. As Franklin put it: "Those who would trade essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
If Americans actually took responsibility for themselves, pursued training and knowledge in self-defense and effectively armed themselves, we would see a lot more societal predators choosing to avoid confrontations. Mass shootings would drop precipitously due to these cowards who don't want their would-be victims shooting back at them choosing not to pursue their murderous agendas.
Oh, and the kids?? PUT PROPER SECURITY PERSONNEL IN THE SCHOOLS if you don't want them to be "collateral damage"!!