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I grow weary and tired!

daddodaddo Member Posts: 3,408
edited March 2002 in General Discussion
I constantly write to my Representitives and any politician who will read my conserns over the attacks on our constitutional rights. I usually get back messages of assurance that all will be fine and that they agree with my complaints, yet- I see only advances in favor of the opposite. I talk not only of the 2nd amendment but all amendments of our constitution which are fading away, word by word, line by line, section by section. We, "the people" have less and less political help to maintain "GOD" given rights, as now the attitude is "government" given rights which are expendable. Our government does, no longer, follow the constitutional law, which makes them criminals in the eye of the system, yet "they" (the government) exempt themselves from these grievenses. Since the begining of this great country, our rights have been dwindling a little at a time,and now I feel the government has allowed itself too much power and it's too late for Americans to hope to gain back what is lost *forever*. I always hoped americans would stand up and say "thats enough"! That we would group together and fight if we must, to take back what is rightfully ours. I am waking to the fact that there are far too many people who don't care and would actually call it criminal to fight for these rights! There are a few Americans who would be willing to fight, but that isn't enough. The "power of the people" is rusted, faded, and won't exist much longer. It will be the day when we wake up and find that all rights are gone and we are no more than cattle being herded by government that we will say "what happened" how did we get here?! There are so many laws- you will break a few just going to work in the morning without doing anything wrong! The police will be on every corner watching every move you make- thus; the "police State"! It's going to happen people, and we will be helpless to stop it because we are too buisy to be conserned and won't stick together. I'm tired now and going to bed. Good Night.
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I "stuck together" by joining the most powerful pro-gun organization in the country and by supporting pro-gun political candidates and critiquing those who make anti-gun comments. This is a nation under a constitution, and laws are made that the law-abiding follow. If there's a law we don't like, we try to change it. I find there's enough common sense in the world that if one tries hard enough within the system, one can prove a bad law unconstitutional. In the meantime, we stand for the ideal that gun owners are law-abiding citizens. If we were otherwise, we would simply prove the anti-gunners right. We still have plenty of rights to use plenty of guns for plenty of useful purposes -- thanks largely to the fact that the Brady Bunch don't get their way very often, and when they do the pendulum often swings back to our side. Right now, concealed carry permit laws are passing in more states, and since Clinton is out of office we have hope of getting some of the more restrictive laws mitigated. This is not a nation that is likely to have a revolution over the gun issue or even those issues surrounding the gun issue. While personal privacy and freedom is expected to be one of the key issues of the 21st Century, it will be sorted out in legislatures and courts of law. That's why it's important to support good candidates, or become one if necessary. This nation may have begun with a revolution, but it has matured beyond that necessity thanks to the awesome strength and resilience of our Constitution. From now on and for the foreseable future, revolutionaries and discontents who resort to unlawful means to try to carry their point of view will be arrested. Things aren't really so bad. If I felt as you do, I'd look into Prozac -- I'm not entirely kidding. I hate to see a fellow in such a bad space, and there's no reason to give up. There's a lot of us who have no intention of letting the Second Amendment cave. In fact, at the moment, we're winning, mostly. We have a chance to prove all the things we've been saying about responsible use, safety, proper training, and the positive benefits of guns in appropriate places in society. Nobody wants the wild West in America. Nobody wants guns lying around for toddlers to pick up. We are sticking together for real, mature freedom, not chaos. I don't need to show off my weapons to feel good. I want the right to own for defense and for recreation, but concealed carry is all the luxury I need. I'll give them my fingerprints and I'll register for a permit -- because I have nothing to hide, so far. Some day I suppose the Bradys might succeed in "criminalizing" me (despite my accomplishments). If so, I'll consider civil disobedience, maybe, but even then I have no plans for revolution, nor do I believe it's a rational concept. Don't mistake my pro-gun views for anti-American views. It's a nation of laws under the Constitution, and for the last couple hundred years we've worked peacefully WITHIN the system for change. Even Martin Luther King Jr. knew that, and in this caucasian's opinion that was his truest wisdom and best legacy.
    "The 2nd Amendment is about defense, not hunting. Long live the gun shows, and reasonable access to FFLs. Join the NRA -- I'm a Life Member."
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  • daddodaddo Member Posts: 3,408
    edited November -1
    Thanks for your comments and on the most part,I agree with you. However; if you read your words about happy with a permit to carry- I think you will agree that we have that state of mind that-1. It must not be a constitutional "right" to arm ourselves so we get "permission" from the government to carry, and allow ourselves to be fingerprinted when we have broken no law.2. We must be breaking the law if we use force to regain what is rightfully ours, because the government says so. This is my point- a little at a time, our state of mind has changed and we accept restrictions on our rights until they are all gone. I like your optimism, but sooner or later our state of mind will be- "gosh I'm just happy the government allows me to have 5 rounds of ammo a year- what a great country"! Am I Right?
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    No, because 5 rounds a year is a far cry from where we are now and I'd be a political activist full time long before that.
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