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I have to start start out with a disclaimer:I am pro~gun.I don't care if you own just a shotgun.A handgun.I don't care if you own a cache of automatic weapons.I don't care if you are into missile launchers.Hell....if you got some nuclear weapons...just how does that affect me?

We are all responsible adults,here.

But people,the rhetoric that we have a Constitutional right to bare arms only holds up if we are consistent in our love for America,it's whole Constitution and the love of the freedoms that go along with it.The laws were made for Americans,not Americans for the laws.

For instance,in the wake of untethered gun violence-as free peoples-to say that any discussion on how to stop such future attacks should not include curtailing our gun rights is a popular argument.'Guns don't kill people;people kill people', is a somewhat valid point.

But,then,by making the discussion about how to stop these bloody massacres all about not taking away our guns is not a very valid point at all.Is it?

This-by our own admission-is not about the weapons.It's about stopping this violence.

How do we stop loose cannons with itchy trigger fingers from gunning down Americans?

Sadly,the discussion hasn't gotten to this point just yet.

Certain factions are making sure that we are still on the NRA talking point that owning guns is a Second Amendment guarantee.

Come on people,think this through.

First off,Tea Partiers are big on saying our government guarantees that if we are unhappy with the way Washington is run that we have the right to tear it down and start all over again.The Tea party practically runs all of it's campaigns on this idea.

Second,what is it about the word 'amendment' you don't understand?

Just because it is an amendment to our Constitution doesn't mean we can't repeal it..ie..get rid of it!

I mean...we have done it before.

The United States Of America repealed the 18th Amendment of the Constitution with the 21st Amendment!

Why?

Because of the violence it created.

The violence!

So,if you believe they won't take away our guns because we have a right to them:WRONG!

What in our current political atmosphere or our previous history would even make you think or begin to believe this?

I know,I know..you'll say that I am mixing my apples and oranges.

I am taking what the Tea Party says and thinks out of context.

Nah.

I don't think so.

Take the Boston bombing as an example.Bombings done by an American citizen.

What exactly does the Tea Party believe,here and now?


This is what they say,but not according to the media arm of the party:FOX News.Watch how liberal watchdog,Jon Steward,exposes the true thoughts on this idea.

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If you are willing to just throw away all  the other Constitutional amendments 'willy~ nilly',than that probably means your true agenda is not American justice at all.

Especially if your reasons for pushing the gun violence discussion away from 'cure' to gun sales is already suspect.

According to this Gallop poll,91% of Americans support gun background checks.

This only makes sense.Wal*Mart sells a lot of guns.Wal*mart is also into tracking all of your purchases.

In fact,Wal*Mart is not the only giant retailer tracking our purchases.Target is also....something that makes Big Brother seem quaint.

But,somehow,just because Target is the liberal version of Wal*Mart ( it does not sell either guns nor ammo), that doesn't necessarily mean that Wal*Mart's personal purchasing tracking is any less affective.Somehow,I feel that Wal*Mart being Wal*Mart that just the opposite is true!

Thank God for friends being able to still sell guns to friends.Your major store purchases are already being tracked and in the machine.

Doesn't this almost make being against the government background checks a mute point?Or worse..hypocritical?

It's Okay for Wally World to access your gun information,but...

So,if 91% of Americans are for background checks,and most gun purchases are already being tracked,why would a bill to open a discussion about having a discussion  about gun violence be voted down by our USA senators?

This is why.All but three that voted no receive money from the NRA!

I am all for congressmen voting their conscience,but when they vote against  91 % of what their constituents believe because they receive money from a powerful lobby,I say that verges on treason!

TREASON!

If  our senators and congressmen only vote with their pocketbooks,then they are not representing the people:they are voting against the wishes of America!

Sure,it's only the NRA this time.

What if it's Saudi Arabia next time?

The Banks?

The Tea Party is creating the very thing they are complaining about!

White man speaks with forked tongue.

To love America,it is right and true to believe in the whole of our Constitution.Not just the second Amendment,but the document as a whole.

Why?

Because our United States of America Constitution guarantees us our freedoms.

It is a proud document.

As our American flag waving proudly shouts out to the world our right to be free,so does the Constitution spell out these freedoms!

Stay free America!Live free or die!

Frog Applause Is Dead

Sad news today.It seems my favorite comic strip,Frog Applause is gone.The wording on this-the last strip- seems very apropos.I started every day with this strip,and it's companion,Frog Blog.I will miss,I mean,really miss it.Good luck to Frog Applause author and artist,Teresa Burritt on all her endeavors.Thank you,Ms.Burritt:-)You have made my life better.

JESUS IS MY GUN

Greeting,my Face Book friends and family.I hope all is well with you.

I have been patiently waiting for someone holier than me to state this.Someone who has led his or her flock;fed the poor;visited the sick.Someone,by their Christ led actions,have made their opinions count for something.

For I am a sinner.I do none of these things.At best,I am lukewarm water.My voice does not carry nearly the magnitude needed for any opinion to truly matter.

But,I have waited long enough.I can not contain my voice any longer on this issue.I must shout my voice and hope  that someone-anyone-will listen.If no one else is going to say this:I must.

I ask your forgiveness for my vanity.

The issue of gun control in The United States of America is a dividing issue.Most people are afraid.Some want the continued right to bare arms.They find the American right to protect themselves with firearms,not just a Constitutional right,but,in reality,a modern necessity.Others feel that gun violence needs to be confronted.We have to do something to stop these mad loose cannons with trigger happy fingers from shooting our society apart.

I personally don't care where you stand on this issue.

But,this is my stance:

JESUS IS MY GUN.He is my sword,my shield,and my scabbard.If you build an army to defend yourself,and The Lord is not with you,you build in vain.If it is my fate to die a martyr for The Lord,I can know of no greater glory.I can only pray that I am up for the task.

For I tell you that I will love my enemy.If he wants my overcoat I will give him my jacket as well.

If The Lord is with me,who can be against me?

My faith is not in any weapon!God will be with me through many my trials and tribulations.Yea,thou I walk through the valley of death,I will fear no evil...for JESUS IS MY GUN.