It is an ugly time to be a gun owner. You feel set upon by powerful and nefarious forces. Deadly psychopaths have run amok and given The Great Big Government, led by the African-Probably Not American-Quite Possibly a Communist president, an excuse to try to restrict your purchase of semi automatic weapons and accompanying ammunition clips. You know, the single magazines that hold more rounds than were fired during the entire battle of Lexington. Yes, what happened in Aurora, Colorado, Newtown, Connecticut, Albuquerque, New Mexico and dozens of other places were tragedies, but if only one of us had been there with our AR-15 we could have stopped it. If they take away our ability to buy more guns chaos, anarchy, and mayhem will ensue. Indeed, cold sweats, panic and delirium tremens are setting in even before any sort of prohibition has been enacted.
But wait, all is not lost yet!
MSN Now is reporting that Colorado state representative, Perry Buck is ready to propose a law that ensures that convicted non-violent felons can legally purchase firearms once their sentences have been served. She believes it is "irresponsible," not to let them have access to weapons.
Sheriff Tim Mueller of Linn County, Oregon has sent a dire warning to Vice President Joe Biden. In part it reads, "Any federal regulation enacted by congress, or by executive order of the president offending the constitutional rights of my citizens shall not be enforced by me or my deputies, nor will I permit the enforcement of any unconstitutional regulations or orders by federal officers within the borders of Linn County, Oregon." Obviously Sheriff Mueller is enamored by long winded sentences even more than I am. It is also interesting to note that he sounds a tad imperial when he promises to protect the rights of my citizens.
Not to be outdone, the Utah Sheriff's Association has sent Barak, By God, Obama himself a letter concerning the rights of people to bear arms against "tyrannical subjugation." The letter ends this way, "In conclusion we, like you swore a solemn oath to protect and serve the constitution of the United States and we are prepared to trade our lives for the preservation of its traditional interpretation."
Down in Texas, republican state representative Steve Toth wants to pass legislation making it a felony for any federal officer to try to enforce gun control laws that would "ban ownership of semiautomatic weapons or reduce the size of ammunition magazines." He refers to the president as "King Obama" proving he really doesn't understand the American election process, or various forms of political systems. Toth insists that if a federal officer comes into Texas to enforce a federal executive order he or she should be subject to criminal prosecution.
It is nice to know sheriffs in Utah and Oregon are required to be scholastically astute when it comes to a history of the American government and its execution of federal statutes prior to their taking office. It is also comforting to realize that they and they alone, rather than the judicial branch, are the final arbiters of what is constitutional and what is not. After all, you can never trust a judge to do what you want and that whole separation of powers thing just gets in the way when push comes to shove.
This is all highly reminiscent of the infamous Karl Rove election night meltdown on Fox News. These grotesque assholes are driven mad, not to mention delusional by the fact a majority of Americans voted to give Barak H. Obama the go ahead with his agenda for another term. An agenda that, incidentally, didn't include any viable gun control legislation until after the Newtown massacre.
In fact the slightly queasy feeling here is that this is a fight Obama didn't really want, but loons like James Holmes and Adam Lanza forced his hand. Five hundred or so murders in Chicago during a single year can be swept under the rug because they didn't happen all at once and most of the victims were of color. However, when middle and upper income white people start getting gunned down in droves in a single night or morning and the national press gets involved you have to act.
So there we have it. The sheriffs have spoken. They will interpret the constitution, they will selectively enforce the laws of the land and without any legislative or judicial authority they will arrest federal officers. Local law makers are as busy as beavers making sure everyone can get a Bushmaster .223 and one hundred round drum clips. This, all in the name of freedom. The babies and teachers in Newtown, the movie patrons in Aurora, the family in Albuquerque, they are just the price we pay for it.
I guess that popular bumper sticker is right when it says. "Freedom isn't Free." Just ask them in Chicago, Colorado, Connecticut, and New Mexico.
Just ask any parent who has had to bury their child after he or she was shot multiple times because, well, it just happens.
media vita in morte sumus
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