THEY SHOOTIN...aww made you look.
So word on the street is The Supreme Court overturned the gun ban that had been in effect in the District for 30 years now. Many opponents to the ban thought it to be unconstitutional which is true; but there is also the assumption that the right to bear arms make its right to bear arms.
Here is my 13 cents:
Coming from a spiritual view point, I do not think that morality can be legislated. To put it clearer we cannot use law to scare someone out of doing something that they really want to do. Murder is a crime on all levels yet murders still occurs around the world. In fact the most murders are carried out by the very legislative bodies established to prevent murder. War involves murder. The very premise of War is Murder (i.e. "We are gonna go kill the bad guys so they can't do anymore bad things to good people like us") Of course we have to have laws in order for the society to function justly but there are laws of the universe upon which the laws of mankind must be predicated.
Gravity for example is a law of the universe and though it is not illegal per se to throw oneself from the roof of a building. The law of Gravity will prove it to not be wisdom and the law of karma, of sowing what you reap, of cause and effect will prove that you get what you give. And as a officer told me when I said, " I didn't know the speed limit was 25." Ignorance of the law is no excuse and here's your ticket.
Why do people desire to carry/own guns; the world in which we live has not been made safer or more peaceful by the presence of weapons either in the the hands of individuals or nations. Well there is the logic of protection from other people/nations with guns; the only things this has done is create a desire for fancier weaponry (I can kill you better faster and from farther away than you can kill me) There is also to logic of taking by force people/nations acquire guns so they can take by force what they desire from other people/nations. The questions is do either of these reasons make the world a safer place to live or do both of them in fact create a more dangerous society?
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Me personally, I am not opposed to people bearing arms, but I don't believe it is necessarily necessary.
But let me share a little story. As you know, I am a distance runner and cyclist, and I frequently do trail cycling and trail running. Since I am a woman and I am on foot, I am at highest risk of being the victim of a crime. Unfortunately, I have been stalked many times in my life and one time while rollerblading down a trail, a guy snuck up behind me, grabbed me and attempted to drag me into the woods, this was in late 2003. Now, if it were not for me having the strength of the average man and being well versed in the martial arts( kickboxing and krav maga), I could quite conceivably be dead. I now, like many runners/cyclists/in-liners, always carry pepper spray. It does make me feel safer. Because if for some reason I am not able to fend off an attack with my own strength and abilities, I have back up, and I know how to use it.
As much as I wish we lived in a world where a woman can venture outside her door for some strenous excercise and fun without having to wonder who could be hiding behind the trees of if that guy on the corner is up to no good, we don't, plain and simple. So, I do not leave my townhome on foot without my pepper spray. Anyone who has a problem with me defending myself can go to hell LOL
Having said that, even with my previous experiences, I do not have intentions of purchasing a gun. What other people wanna do is up to them and it is not my place to judge someone else. I am not God, I am just Emily. I just stay aware of what is going on around me and I am not one of those folks dumb enough to be running/cycling/etc. with an IPod on because if you don't know what is going on around you, you are sitting duck for someone who is looking to do harm..
Just wanted to share..I agree with you totally. A gun is not a substitute for vigilance and, well, to a certain degree, lack of trust LOL