Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So much bullshit, so little time... Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Dec 16, 2012, at 8:19 PM, jon.streeter wrote: > The Second Amendment is not about duck hunting. The idea that citizens > are "permitted" to own guns for government-authorized purposes should > chill the blood of any people who value their freedom. > > The greatest threat to safety all people face, as has always been the > case, is from their own governments. > > The Founding Fathers, who understood this, put in writing that the > government was foreclosed from abridging a natural right that exists > independently of laws and governments. That the US has over 20,000 gun > laws is testament to the discomfort governments feel with an armed > citizenry. > > A low crime rate is, on the surface, a worthy goal, but it is sometimes, > if not frequently, achieved at the expense of freedom. > > Benevolent government is an oxymoron. Governments with very strict gun > control -- few guns owned, all guns registered, guns locked up in police > departments to be checked out for approved uses -- are attractive to > would-be despots who, as Hitler put in writing, cannot stay in power with > an armed citizenry. > People throughout history who have traded freedom for security have found > this out the hard way. > > Once freedom is lost, it is difficult to regain. > > America does not have a culture of violence. It has a culture of freedom. > Movies are not reality, and audiences can tell the difference. There has > never been a reliable study to show that watching movies with violent > themes and content makes people emulate the characters in those movies. > > Hollywood, that is, the entertainment industry, is in business to stay in > business. Movies are produced to appeal to a worldwide audience -- a > worldwide audience, mind you -- based on the experience and judgment of > people who stay in business by producing a product consumers want. > Judging by the amount of money American movies bring to this country, not > ti mention the extent to which China shamelessly pirates American movies, > the American business people are supplying the worldwide audience with a > product they value. > > America is unique in history in several ways, most of all in that it began > as an experiment by people who were aware that they had created something > destined for greatness. In considering what is the most important thing a > people can possess, freedom must be number one, for without it nothing > they care about will matter to a government which rules over them, not > personal safety, not the environment, not women's equality, not religious > freedom, nothing. > > Boast about how safe the streets are in your various countries. Today. > But tomorrow, when you have ceded your freedom to a government that has > promised you security? > > Don't worry, America will, as always, be here as a shining example of > liberty, and may well, again, send your rescue squad. > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "David Ching" <davidhhching1 at yahoo.com.sg> > To: "photo.forrest at earthlink.net" <photo.forrest at earthlink.net>, > <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] Gun Control > Date: Sat, Dec 15, 2012 9:18 pm > > > I suppose you use your hammers more often than guns. Or had improper > training. Hence the smashed fingers. > > By the same logic, as you are more careful as you are with guns, you are > less likely to shoot yourself or others by accident. Same goes for the > hammers. > > BTW, guns are permitted by the authorities in Malaysia, Thailand and > several other Asian countries for wild-life hunting especially in farmed > lands. Will you really need guns to protect yourself from other humans > assuming all the two-legged do not own guns? But only to get rid of > dangerous animals? > > Despite certain civilians being allowed to have guns under strict rules, > there has never been incidences of mass killings amongst the civilian > populations here. Obviously guns are too easily available despite all > measures of gun control in the USA. > > Interestingly it was the armed civilians of pre-Independent America who > got rid of the English. But today, who are the armed citizenry of America > trying to get rid off. The drug lords, the mafia, the school bullies? Arm > the peace-keepers only. Let them do their jobs. Disarm everyone else, > except farmers and the like. > > And let the rest of us shoot our cameras in peace. > > For the sake of our children, bite the bullet. > > David Ching > > H.P. Tel. no.: +84 904684321 (Vietnam) > : +65 92321098 (Singapore) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >