ALLOW ASSAULT WEAPONS IN CONGRESS

The gun control debate is often very illogical, therefore unreasonable, which leads us to an ugly place. One of the themes of this blog sight is that if behavior is illogical on of the first things to consider is that the behavior is innate. For example, self protection is innate, we all have the need for self protection but some of us do not trust the police while other do—a reasonable debate about the trustworthiness of the police or even the army at a national level. That is reasonable but I find the argument of self-protection shallow when used by Federal and State Legislators.

Law making bodies control both the police and the army, they tell them what they can do and cannot do and they do it in our behalf.  However, when they pass laws that say it is legal for people to run around the streets with both canceled and open carry weapons, when they can purchase assault weapons with huge ammunition clips and carry these weapons on the streets they have crossed a line. Here is my line of logic; people can carry these weapons everywhere, the streets, political rallies, Federal parks, liquor bars, everywhere. It is, they declare, a constitution right. So why can I not carry a loaded assault weapon into a legislative chamber such as the House of Representatives or in to the balcony above the Senate Chambers? I cannot even legally suggest you that you test the law in this regard—that would be tantamount to inciting an act of terror. Legislators are adamant that people can carry loaded weapons of all sizes and shapes on the streets where I live but not into the places where they work, yet, if they do it, it is not inciting terror. Of course, I argue that it is exactly what they are doing; Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech, and Aurora. Do they assume “hot” arguments only happen in those chambers and not on the streets?  Do they assume that people on the streets are more reasonable then they would be in legislative hearings? Does the second amendment of the Constitution die at the door of their work places?

The answer is simple. They want deference accorded to them as leaders. They are leaders and you are followers, their safety is more important than your safety, they do not believe in the police protection, or they have been bought and paid for by a gun lobby that wants to make money. Need I remind you that greed is an innate behavior even stronger than self-preservation?  

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