We are finally getting back to our normal, non-series, single topic blog format. If you did not get the opportunity to view the last two months of our series on TRANSPHOBIA, you need to go back and read each blog in sequence beginning on April 3, 2022. It should challenge your thinking about what the trans issue is all about, and the reasons for the explosion of trans issues facing our Nation today. It should change your mind about many things, and should ignite a serious scientific study to answer the question, “Why?” Today, we take another look at the surge in gun violence within our Nation and look into forces never considered as to why gun ownership grows each and every year. We will begin by stating the obvious reasons, which we discussed at length in our blog on April 25, 2021, titled, “WHY THE 2nd AMENDMENT”.
The ownership of guns is the reason we enjoy our FREEDOM and LIBERTY today. It began as a response to the British Crown’s authoritarian bullying promulgated upon our fledgling colonies from 1765 to 1775. The prevailing mantra has been the need to arm ourselves to protect ourselves. But protect ourselves from what? From a potential thief or burglar? From a perverted abuser? From wild animals, or a potential attack from outer space aliens? If you go back to the founding of our Nation, you will realize weapons were critical in securing our FREEDOM and LIBERTY from the British Crown. So, do we need them now for that reason? We no longer need to secure our FREEDOM and LIBERTY from a foreign aristocracy, but what about from a national, or local aristocracy? We feel we have a huge reason to keep our citizens armed for just that reason. Those in powerful positions fear an armed citizenry. If it were possible, those currently in power in our Nation would disarm all citizens so they could effect their will upon the masses without resistance. But this is not the core reason for this blog. Herein lies the The Irony. In a nutshell, if the government would stop targeting weapon ownership, the fear of government control would diminish, and increasing gun ownership would diminish.
Think of it in terms of fluid dynamics. When watering your flowers on the nozzle’s sprinkler setting, the tiny, separated drops land gently on the flower blossoms and leaves. However, if you turn the nozzle to the jet setting, the orifice is restricted, and the stream becomes more focused and is ejected at a much higher velocity, strong enough to blow the flowers and leaves off of your plant. Creating pressure by reducing the opening of the nozzle only serves to increase the exiting speed of the water. The same amount of water comes out, but it happens much faster and harder. So it is with the attempt to restrict weapons, regardless of the methods, however seemingly innocent or restrictive. Blowing out a candle is not done with your mouth wide open. Power washing anything is not done with the pump motor off. Try spitting more than 10 feet without your lips puckered up. Need we go on?
The current government’s continued focus on weapon restrictions creates a continued pressure of fear and an increasing need for personal protection. The question needs to be asked, “What is creating that FEAR?”
“Sales of Guns Soar in U.S. as Nation Weights Tougher Limits” – DemocraticUndergroung.com, January 12, 2013.
RACE RIOTS in 2020 and the unprecedented PANDEMIC LOCKDOWNS cast FEAR in multiple cities throughout our Nation. “Gun Sales Soar 80% in May Amid Race Riots, Government Lockdowns” – The Spectator-info, June 2, 2020. “Gun Sales Soar as Calls to Defund Police Grow Louder: Report” – WashingtonExaminer.com, June 25, 2020. “Gun Sales Soar Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, George Floyd Fallout” – NYPost.com, June 26, 2020. The upcoming ELECTIONS also increase the FEAR. “U.S. Gun Sales Soar Amid Pandemic, Social Unrest, Election Fears” – New.Yahoo.com, October 15, 2020. It wasn’t just an ELECTION that created the FEAR, but who might win the ELECTION. “Liberals, Women and Minorities Send Gun Sales Soaring” – DailyMail.com, October 15, 2020. “Gun Sales Break Records With Gun Control Legislation Likely If Democrats Win” – Newsweek.com, October 26, 2020. “Record Gun Sales a Vote of No Confidence in Democratic Leadership” – Leo Terrell, June 1, 2021. Now it’s time to add in some other FEAR factors, namely STIMULUS PAYMENTS, with people making more money by sitting at home rather than working, and MASS SHOOTINGS. “Gun Sales Soar From Stimulus and Biden’s Gun Control Plan Amid Mass Shootings” – Forbes.com, April 1, 2021. Let us continue to throw into the mix a few other FEAR factors, like VIOLENCE, ROBBERY, THEFT, MUGGINGS, and CAR JACKINGS. The “Defund The Police” movement, and the reduction of police and response times, added more FEAR. “Gun sales Rise Among Black People as They Look For Firearm Training and Education” – CNN.com, June 23, 2021. Who do we have to thank for the creation of all this FEAR, increasing the pressure to buy guns for personal protection? “Gun Sales Still Booming, Thanks to Democrats” – PJMedia.com, September 2, 2021.
The Democrat Party has created an enormous swath of FEAR in what they have chosen to do, and by what they choose not to do. The 2nd Amendment to our Constitution is here to stay. It is sacrosanct. It is Absolute. It is what created, and what is maintaining our FREEDOM and LIBERTY. If we allow those currently in control of our government to take just one inch off of our 2nd Amendment, it will eventually lead to a mile of more restrictions, confiscations, and prohibitions. Let it never be said of our generation that we were weak-kneed, irresponsible cowards, and willingly gave up what so many before us died to give us.