Got into an argument with the GF last night. She was adamant there was simply no need for citizens to have 'assault rifles'. This opinion was shared by her parents (even though her dad was a cop in Lowell for many years, now retired). She told me I should 'get rid' of mine. I asked her if she could define what an assault rifle was, unfortunately, she couldn't- only saying the rifle scared her and it was 'ugly'. I then asked her if she thought it was a bit hypocritical that her dad was able to use these weapons to protect himself and the lives of his partners on the force while on duty, but I shouldn't be able to have access to one to protect myself and my family?
More dangerous than assault weapons has been the recent assault on personal liberties and our Constitution by this presidential administration. The 2nd amendment was not put into place to provide the common citizen hunting and sporting purposes, it was put there to ensure that our government would always recognize that they are only servants of the people, and not the other way around. Our government has mistaken their role, and assumed a tyrannical view of this country and its people. We are viewed more as slaves than active participants. Using the confluence of the heavily controlled media, this administration has been setting dangerous precedents which have dramatically changed the landscape of what used to be a free country. I think we would be astounded to learn of the parallels between what Obama's administration has done to our country and Hitler's Germany.
There must have been those who understood what was happening in Germany before Hitler took total control and the horrors which followed. Those who saw what was coming, but were unable to convince others- nobody would listen. I would like to believe that people today would have learned from recent history, however, the evidence reveals otherwise. If the government truly wished to set the example on violence and the dangers of weapons, it would be a standard they would be forced to live by as well. The contradictions and hypocrisy are at all time highs- the government forces FFL dealers to sell thousands of high powered guns to Mexican drug cartels and routinely uses drone strikes to kill untold numbers of innocent woman and children unabashedly, but a random incident of violence and now the entire US population of law abiding citizens must pay.
Where is the outrage?!? Oh yeah... George was right again:
"We control life, Winston, at all its levels. You are imagining that there is something called human nature which will be outraged by what we do and will turn against us. But we create human nature. Men are infinitely malleable. Or perhaps you have returned to your old idea that the proletarians or the slaves will arise and overthrow us. Put it out of your mind. They are helpless, like the animals"…George Orwell, “1984″
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