Violent America

        I detest violence of any kind. War, hatred and violence are never justifiably in my eyes. Yet we DO live in a violent society. It is a common fact of life that there are people who are so twisted that they will find a way to do harm to the innocent.
      Part of the cost of living in a FREE society is to let people go about their business lawfully and peacefully, unobstructed , to let people have free will, even when we are all not bent on leaving this world a beautiful, peaceful place.  99% of the time the people of this country and the world go about their business and voice their opinions in a peaceful manner.
      It is the alarmist, the power hungry, the knee jerk reactionist that would have you believe other wise and use it to infringe upon your constitutional freedoms in the name of "Public Safety".  Guess what? you can out law guns, knives, put every one who buys fertilizer and electrical wire on a bomb makers list. You can out- law public gatherings and walking down the streets. But ya know, only the law abiding citizens will follow along, the sheep. People with the notion, the intent of doing harm, they don't pay attention to laws and will find a way to circumvent the law and carry out their destruction, the wolves.
     I don't mean to make light of recent events. But there will be people pounding their chest and nashing their teeth and some with all good intent to try to legislate in the name of  "protection".
    9/11; the government would have you believe that all the terrorist were caught and justice was done. Guess what? The terrorist won! Because of what they did, our society changed. Thanks to the "Patriot Act" ( an oxymoron if there ever was one)  we are not as free as we once were. Now these same people want to limit our rights to gun ownership. They chip away at our freedoms little by little in the name of "Public Safety". Don't be fooled by this.
       Our fore fathers didn't need big government to protect them. They believed and created this country so a man that worked in his community free from government intervention could also be free enough to take up arms and protect his community from threats, big or small.
         I don't believe in guns but I'm a dreamer and believe in a Utopian, educated, peaceful, free society.
It would be more realistic if every one of an adult age were required to take a gun/shooting class and then were required to carry a shot gun at all times. If the sheep are armed and observant the wolves of the world will dissipate. Wolves are pack animals, they don't think for themselves and are rarely up for an armed resistance. They are motivated by ideology, fanaticism, greed and power. When they see this scared reaction-ism, it makes them  more powerful. The best thing to do in the face of a bully is to brush yourself off and carry on as usual. If we change and cower behind and increasingly intrusively government, we are truly lost!