From: "Dr Chris R. Tame", [EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.sierratimes.com/albenson.htm > >An Internet Publication for Real Americans >{PageLastUpdated();} > > Â > > >Sorry, Folks - Gun Control Won't Work >At least not like they told us it would >By Al Benson Jr. - Posted: 01.02.01 > > > > The news media was all agog this week over the shooting of seven > people in Boston by one Michael Martinez (aka Michael McDermott). > There were the usual hand-wringing questions--"How could such a > terrible thing happen? How can people do such horrible things?" and > on and on, ad nauseum. If you want a quick answer as to why people > can do such horrible things, go to the Holy Scriptures and look up > Jeremiah 17:9 or Romans 3:23. The verses are brief, and you should > be encouraged to read some of the verses around these to get the > context, but the answer is there for anyone who really wants an > answer. > > > One thing I have not noted up to this point, though, is the usual > Washingtonian cry for more gun control. If some comments have been > made in this area, I must have missed them, or perhaps my local > "newspaper" (which I get to keep track of the weather reports) > missed them, also, for I have seen very little there. Maybe now > that Slick Willie has to pull his freight out of the White House, > the need for more gun control rhetoric on his watch has diminished. > > > Also absent from the news reporting on this incident is the fact > that the state of Massachusetts has been on record as one of the > most paranoid in the country in regard to guns. I don't know where > they are on that issue now, but in the past, Massachusetts had gun > control laws that a dictator would have loved. I was even told one > time, several years ago, that they had signs at some of their state > borders that warned people that it was a crime to being in or carry > a gun in Massachusetts. That must be why all the Massachusetts > folks that want to go deer hunting go to Maine. > > > At any rate, all the gun control laws the politicos have foised > upon us over the years under the guise of "fighting crime" do not > seem to have worked in this, or many other cases. According to the > "news" reports, Mr. Martinez (McDermott) had quite a stash or > firearms and even some bomb-making material. With the anti-gun > ordinances on the books to keep the rest of us in line, it kind of > makes you wonder how he got all the stuff he had. I'm sure he > didn't go down to the local gun shoppe and walk out with it all > under his arm. I wonder how many federal and state firearms laws he > violated with his arsenal. > > > And then there is the case of the four masked gunmen in > Philadelphia that blew away seven more people in a crack house > there. I doubt if they purchased their weapons at the local K-Mart, > either. The city of Chicago has effectively disarmed all of its > law-abiding citizens in the interest of "fighting crime", but, > somehow, the thugs, crooks, and gang members always manage to get > hold of the semi-automatic weapons they use in their weekly > drive-by shooting there. If a private citizen in Chicago chanced to > use a pistol to defend himself or his family against a criminal he > might, owing to the discretion of some judge, be put away for the > illegal use and possession of a firearm. > > > The whole point is--gun control doesn't (and can't) work as they > tell us it is supposed to. It will never work that way because it > only disarms honest people. Somehow the gang members and career > criminals never quite get around to registering their weapons--such > an inconvenience might cut into their social schedule. > > > Therefore, I submit, and I think that most thinking people will > agree with me, that gun control is not, nor has it really ever > been, about fighting crime. The total agenda of the vast majority > of the gun control advocates is confiscation. In their hearts they > really want us to offer no resistance either to the criminals or to > the government (is there really much difference) as they go about > to impose their agenda upon us. No personally-owned guns--no > resistance! It's that simple. The way things stand now, should the > feds seek to implement some really draconian measure, there might > be considerable resistance and it could get bloody. Some of the > jackbooted thugs now in the employ of the feds might get whacked in > the process. Worse yet, some of the potential resistors might get > the idea to go looking for some of the bureaucrats that caused the > problem, so it's much easier for the government types of our Second > Amendment rights are sort of, you know, abrogated, all in the > interest of "fighting crime and terrorism" of course. > > > Comparing the crime rates in places like our nation's capital, > which has restrictive gun control laws, and a place like Kennesaw, > Georgia, where people are encouraged to keep weapons in the house, > would be an interesting exercise. To use the old phrase "gun > control is really people control" is not out of line here. Crime > control has never been the real issue, but people control is. As we > trundle off into the new year, let us continue to bear that in > mind. Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________ T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. 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