Opinion by Martin
06/19/2016
Today we are in a discussion.
No, it’s a war, as much of a war as anything that we have ever faced
throughout the history of our Nation.
We
are fighting for our Constitution and Bill of Rights against an implacable foe,
as dangerous the British were during the Revolution, the Germans of World Wars
I & II and the Soviet Union of the Cold War Era. We, as Citizens, are facing a resolute enemy,
one who wishes to grind our Founding Documents under heel and subjugate the
American Spirit under the yoke of a tyrannical central government with Progressive
politicians in charge.
The discussion in which we are involved is about the Second Amendment
of the Bill of Rights, your Right to own and keep firearms as a Citizen of the
United States of America.
We have a group of people who say that they are “deathly afraid” of
guns and because of that, they feel that you should not be allowed to own a
firearm for the defense of your home, your family and yourself. These people believe that the government
should provide all your needs and that the police (local, county, state and
federal) should provide your protection and that you should cower in your homes
while criminals rule the streets.
The term to use for this fake fear of firearms is “Hoplophobia”. Coined by a well-known fire expert, this term
was mocking the anti-gunners.
HOPLOPHOBIA :
This definition
was copied from a couple of locations including Wikipedia. It is not recognized by the medical field as
a true medical problem.
American firearms
expert and retired Marine Colonel Jeff Cooper coined the word in 1962 to denigrate
and anger proponents of gun control by implying that their thoughts were
"aberrant" and unreasoning:
"I coined the term "hoplophobia" in 1962 in response to
a perceived need for a word to describe a mental aberration consisting of an
unreasoning terror of gadgetry, specifically, weapons. The most common manifestation of hoplophobia
is the idea that instruments possess a will of their own, apart from that of
their user. This is not a reasoned
position, but when you point this out to a hoplophobe he is not impressed
because his is an unreasonable position. To convince a man that he is not making sense
is not to change his viewpoint but rather to make an enemy. Thus hoplophobia is
a useful word, but as with all words, it should be used correctly.
The term was
constructed from the Greek ὅπλον – hoplon, meaning, amongst other things, "arms," and
φόβος – phobos, meaning "fear." Cooper
employed the term as just another alternative to other slang terms, stating:
"We read of 'gun grabbers' and 'anti-gun nuts' but these slang terms do
not [explain this behavior]." Cooper's
conjecture was that "the most common manifestation of hoplophobia is the
idea that instruments possess a will of their own, apart from that of their
user." Writing in an opinion piece,
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review columnist Dimitri Vassilaros said that the term was
intended by Cooper as tongue-in-cheek to mock those who think guns have free
will.
As you can see, I am not the first person to attempt to explain to the
‘sheeple at large’ the difference between an AUTOMATIC ASSAULT RIFLE and a
SEMI-AUTOMATIC SPORTING RIFLE!!
1.
An AUTOMATIC RIFLE fires numerous rounds
down-range each time that you pull the trigger.
The Germans are given credit for manufacturing the first effective
individual automatic rifle, the Strumgewehr 44 (Stg44) or ‘Storm Rifle’, to
counter the submachine guns of the Russians.
The Stg44 is considered the ‘father’ of the AK47 and the M16 and many
other battle rifles. The Automatic Rifle
is owned and operated by the military and, for a civilian to own one of these
rifles, he/she must have a Federal Firearms License which is subject to an
additional tax above and beyond the cost of the firearm. Some people collect fully operational machine
guns which are belt-fed as well as the famous Thompson Sub-machine Gun.
2.
A SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE fires one round
down-range each time you pull the trigger.
You can purchase numerous rifles and shotguns in semi-automatic from
manufacturers such as Remington, Ruger, Mossberg, etc. The majority of these rifles cannot be
modified to fire automatically. You can
purchase semi-automatic rifles and shotguns with standard wood furniture or
with the familiar polymer black or camouflage furniture of the scary “black
rifle”. The Semi-automatic Rifle can be
owned by a person who passes a background check and has no outstanding wants,
warrants or questions about their sanity or personal background.
Not one semi-automatic fire arm
of any type, that I'm aware of, will come out of the closet, out of the gun safe, off the front
porch, load itself, then walk off your property, go down the street in your
neighborhood and randomly select targets at which to shoot. It is a physical impossibility! It takes a sick individual, whether motivated
by a mental deficiency or a religious fervor such as shown by Radical
Islam to load a firearm and target other human beings.
The majority of revolvers,
pistols, rifles and shotguns remain quietly in their closets, safes and on
porches harming absolutely no one. The
firearms are used for target practice at the range, competition, hunting and
home defense. They are tools just like a
hammer, baseball bat, automobile and crowbar.
If you can’t figure this out, you should never own a firearm of any
type.
Any questions???
