What did you expect? Thoughts on the NRA & Gun Control

When you have a society that 1) applauds Governors with the highest rate of executions in their states' history; 2) a Congress that won’t even pass background checks; 3) Allows AK-47 guns to be bought through the mail; 4) Allows the NRA to buy politicians & elections; 5) Enacts "Stand your Ground" & "King of the Castle" gun laws that allow people to indiscriminately blow people away; plus give teenagers access to guns; and hot-headed adults that can’t solve disputes without shooting someone; plus you have African-American kids driving around ….just being black!....(that seems to be the crime in most cases); you have road rage cases where two people fight and someone gets killed…in other words, mass hysteria and dogs and cats living together….what did you think would be the result? Less deaths from guns?

If the NRA would like to experiment with the notion that everyone should strap on a gun, including all public school teachers, I would invite them to a freedom farm home on the range. Perhaps Cliven Bundy would accommodate those who want out of the US? They could see what it’s like without laws, police, firemen, rules, societal norms or public schools. Then perhaps we would see if the experiment works. The love of neighbors and the desire to pull together as a community of gun totin’, law hatin’, lovers of freedom would have to suffice. That I would pay money to see!

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