In an effort to make our society safer, I have compiled a list of eleven things that should immediately be written into law. I feel that these things should not be mere suggestions….NO !!! These should be hard, fast laws that require the offender to spend a specific amount of time in prison.
They are as follows……..
1) The killing of another person
2) Robbing a convenience store, liquor store, or any other type of store with a gun, knife, baseball bat (or the kind of bat that flies and lives in a cave….as well as any other flying mammal in the order Chiroptera…including, but not limited to flying squirrels, gliding possums and colugos)…..or any type of sharp or blunt instrument that could cause bodily harm.
3) The use and/or selling of cocaine (powdered), methamphetamine, crack cocaine, LSD, Heroin, or any other drug that can lead to addiction and death
4) Driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol
5) Child pornography
6) Child abuse
7) Taking advantage of handicapped or elderly persons
8) Rape, sexual abuse
9) Identity theft
10) Harming a helpless animal
11) Wearing white after Labor Day
Some people right about now are saying to themselves…..”I think those are darn good ideas….let’s do that”. Others are saying…..”Uhhhh….all of those things are already against the law you moron”….and they would be correct. (well except for wearing white after Labor Day…and that one should be).
So what’s my point? Please read on………
In the light of 4 police officers being shot and killed in Florida within the last month…..some lawmakers are starting to talk about passing what they refer to as “stronger gun control laws”. My response to that is…..”Really?....do you think that will help?” I laugh every time I see a sign on the outside of a building that says “No Firearms Or Weapons Of Any Kind Allowed In This Building”. Here’s why……Let’s say a disgruntled former employee or angry husband is going there to exact revenge on former fellow workers or a cheating wife…..He goes and gets a gun….drives to the office with the idea of killing his wife or as many others as possible. He pulls into the parking lot….gets out….walks to the door and sees that sign and says to himself….”Oh crap….my plans are thwarted, because guns are not allowed in the building…I guess I’ll just go home and forget about my sinister plan of killing massive quantities of people”. That’s how it would end right? (After all….there’s a rule against taking a weapon into the building). NO….he would walk in and start shooting just as he planned….and the only people who wouldn’t have guns would be those who pay attention to the rules….so in this case they would be helpless to defend themselves against someone who doesn’t follow the rules.
I said all of that to say this…….Laws and rules only apply to those who are willing to follow them. If a person is strongly motivated to kill someone…..is there any chance that even though owning a gun might be illegal….that the law alone would stop them? Of course not…..Why, you ask? (lean in really close to your screen)…..BECAUSE THERE IS ALREADY A LAW AGAINST KILLING PEOPLE AND YOU’RE WILLING TO IGNORE THAT ONE….SO WHY WOULD A LAW AGAINST HAVING A GUN MATTER ????!!!!! All of the things listed in the beginning of this piece, are already against the law….(except the Labor Day thing and you know how I feel about that one)….and it hasn’t…doesn’t….and won’t stop people from doing them. Some people would argue….”Well then why have laws?” Well, because without laws, we would live in total anarchy. Someone once told me that locks on doors were for the honest people…..That same logic is why we have laws……so that “law-abiding” people can live in some type of order. There will always be those who ignore the law and do whatever they want to do….My argument is that you don’t take away my car (and everyone else’s car) in order to stop people from driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol. You don’t castrate all men, in order to assure that there will not be any more rape, sexual abuse, or child pornography. You don’t outlaw playing baseball….so that there will be no need to make baseball bats….with the logic that it will stop someone from robbing a 7-11 with one of those evil bats.
Here’s what I think………….if a person walked into a business, or broke into a home with the idea of robbing or hurting someone….I believe they are more likely to have second thoughts about their actions, if they knew that there was someone in that business or home who had a gun….than they would simply because there was a law saying that you can’t do that…..or a sign that says “Please Don’t Kill Anyone Here”. As for me.....I think I'll just keep carrying my gun. Then Again….That’s Just Me
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