gcomeau wrote:Amazing how those strict literalists so concerned with original intent always manage to forget the entire first half of the amendment they are so reverent of and that whole part about well regulated militias.
Which says
NOTHING about "members of the 'well regulated militias' only." The first part is a preamble for the anti-gun nuts. The actual phrasing of the Amendment states clearly "shall not be abridged" not "for members of the militia only."
The police keep claiming "don't take matters into your own hand! Call the police and let us take care of it." but when crimes do happen, were are they? What do they do?
answer; At the donut shop and "come over and write a report,
and a ticket if we can find an excuse."
What happened when my car was stolen?
They came over and wrote a report, then drove around looking for tickets to extort, until someone called (a week later) to complain about a (my) abandoned vehicle. Where was it you ask? oh, at the back of the cemetery, across the back fence from the police station, about a hundred feet from their coffee pot - that's were! How did they help me, oh yea, towed my car and made me pay a towing fee - I couldn't have made it without that fee, it saved my life!
When my friends pickup got stole, what did they do - same thing, only
I actually found the thief and called it in, but he got away, I wasn't willing to run quite so many stop signs, not that there were any cops to be found. To be fair, they did catch him later, and gave him a ticket then let him go
WITH THE TRUCK!
Then there was my friends purse - idiot put it on top of the car and we went back looking for it. Some psycho came out of a nearby house waving a gun (yes a gun - probably illegal and unregistered) and yelling. I called the cops and - where were they - still waiting for them to show up.
So - Why do citizens need their own guns? With all this police protection ... how are there any citizens left?
Saw and old Laurel and Hardy movie, tells it like it is;
Desk Sergeant standing behind the front desk at the station:
phone ringsHello ... WHAT! Someone's been murdered?! Aw ... that happens all the time, call back when you've got some news. (hangs up)
phone ringsHello ... Los Angeles is burning down?! oh, all right, I'll send someone to take a look. (hangs up)
phone ringsHello ... there's a car parked on the wrong side of the street?
CALL OUT THE RESERVES!!! (
bell-ding! ding! ding! ding!)