Florida Respects the Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms
It's good to live in Florida. Our fair state is at the forefront of states that elect not to infringe upon the right of the People to defend themselves from predators. And this is an exceedingly good thing.
The Brady Campaign has given Florida a grade of F+. And while this is a really good score as far as our fundamental rights to self-defense are concerned, there is still room for improvement. We need to make sure the state legislature passes the "Guns in the Workplace" bill (HB 129 & SB 206). It is unreasonable that anti-gun employers can keep their employees from being able to defend themselves. We are not asking them to allow their employees to walk around carrying guns, we are asking them to not infringe upon their employees rights to defend themselves from violent acts that may occur on their trip to and from work.
Now I'm sure, especially in this county, there will be people reading this who will think that I am some sort of a bloodthirsty maniac for wanting everyone to have access to guns. I assure you that this is not the case. Do you think predatory humans (robbers, murderers, rapists, etc.) feel more or less comfortable when it is easy for law-abiding people to get guns? I assure you, they get more nervous the more likely it is that the person they attack might be armed. In places where it is nigh impossible to get a gun, the predators have super powers -- they will get guns no matter what through illegal means. This means that they can attack people without having to worry much about whether they could get hurt or die in the process. Therefore they have little deterrent to attacking people. If they have to consider that their prey is likely to be armed, they are more likely to think twice before attacking. As Robert A. Heinlein said, "An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life."
Need I remind you that one of the most peaceful, civilized countries in the world is Switzerland, where everyone has a fully functional military assault rifle in their house?
The fact is, that gun control does nothing to deter criminal behavior. All it does is to make law-abiding citizens more vulnerable to predators, and make the predators less afraid of the law-abiding citizens. The government has to know this. And you have to wonder what they are up to that they think they need to disarm the People. Maybe it's so we won't shoot back when they try to herd us all off the FEMA camps so they can steal our property.
As a closing note, I would like to point out that when my father and grandfather were in school, schools had shooting clubs and children brought guns to school. There was no problem with school violence back then. The problem with gun violence is clearly not caused by the availability of guns.
A tip of the hat to David Sanchez over at A Republic, if you can keep it for drawing my attention to this.
This information can be found online at:
The Brady Campaign, http://www.bradycampaign.org/
and
Florida's Grade, http://www.stategunlaws.org/viewstate.php?st=FL
The Brady Campaign has given Florida a grade of F+. And while this is a really good score as far as our fundamental rights to self-defense are concerned, there is still room for improvement. We need to make sure the state legislature passes the "Guns in the Workplace" bill (HB 129 & SB 206). It is unreasonable that anti-gun employers can keep their employees from being able to defend themselves. We are not asking them to allow their employees to walk around carrying guns, we are asking them to not infringe upon their employees rights to defend themselves from violent acts that may occur on their trip to and from work.
Now I'm sure, especially in this county, there will be people reading this who will think that I am some sort of a bloodthirsty maniac for wanting everyone to have access to guns. I assure you that this is not the case. Do you think predatory humans (robbers, murderers, rapists, etc.) feel more or less comfortable when it is easy for law-abiding people to get guns? I assure you, they get more nervous the more likely it is that the person they attack might be armed. In places where it is nigh impossible to get a gun, the predators have super powers -- they will get guns no matter what through illegal means. This means that they can attack people without having to worry much about whether they could get hurt or die in the process. Therefore they have little deterrent to attacking people. If they have to consider that their prey is likely to be armed, they are more likely to think twice before attacking. As Robert A. Heinlein said, "An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life."
Need I remind you that one of the most peaceful, civilized countries in the world is Switzerland, where everyone has a fully functional military assault rifle in their house?
The fact is, that gun control does nothing to deter criminal behavior. All it does is to make law-abiding citizens more vulnerable to predators, and make the predators less afraid of the law-abiding citizens. The government has to know this. And you have to wonder what they are up to that they think they need to disarm the People. Maybe it's so we won't shoot back when they try to herd us all off the FEMA camps so they can steal our property.
As a closing note, I would like to point out that when my father and grandfather were in school, schools had shooting clubs and children brought guns to school. There was no problem with school violence back then. The problem with gun violence is clearly not caused by the availability of guns.
A tip of the hat to David Sanchez over at A Republic, if you can keep it for drawing my attention to this.
This information can be found online at:
The Brady Campaign, http://www.bradycampaign.org/
and
Florida's Grade, http://www.stategunlaws.org/viewstate.php?st=FL
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