December 19, 2012

Never Waste A Good Crisis

By Tammy Derouin

Watch as those on the Left work their magic to remove more of our rights.  It always helps when you have the backing of uninformed or mislead people to help push your agenda.  Hitler stated, “How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.”   

The killing spree at the Connecticut Elementary school was indeed tragic.  Let’s not let one tragedy lead to another.  The government is more than willing to strip us of our rights.  Obama has already used this opportunity to imply that gun control will be a priority.  We need to look at the real problem.  The people who commit such crimes are to blame, not their weapon of choice.  We cannot allow anger to rule our actions.  With rights come responsibilities.  If you are not responsible, you will lose your rights through the court system.  Living in a free society requires individuals to be responsible for their actions.  Those who have abused their rights or those who are mentally impaired must be dealt with differently.  The rights of responsible gun owners “shall not be infringed,” as stated in the Constitution.  The alternative is government control.  There is no such thing as guaranteed safety and security.  Ask yourself, are you willing to give up a valuable right for something that nobody, not even the government can guarantee?

Last week I mentioned Rahm Emanuel’s statement, “Never waste a good crisis.”  We will witness how quickly the Left will move to capitalize on this crisis.  Hollywood is doing their part.  Celebrities are coming out in support of gun control or gun bans.  One actor blatantly called for people to give up their rights.  Hollywood is the land of the privileged and the elite.  Obama is part of this privileged group.  Do you really think people of status are going to go around unprotected?  When a right or privilege is denied to the population only those with money and means continue to have rights.

The weapon of choice in this case was a gun.  What about knives or blunt objects?  Two hands of an angry and out of control individual can be life threatening as well.  How far are we going to take this?  Car accidents kill people too.  What about alcohol?  Alcohol is a big contributor to crime and abuse.  What should we do, ban alcohol?  Oh wait, the government did ban alcohol.  How did that work?  The elite and the privileged still had access to alcohol.  The average citizen who attempted to make and or sell a homemade version became the criminal.  Crime increased due to the government overreaching its power.  Hey, the government created jobs by outlawing alcohol.  The government also sent you to prison for your entrepreneurial creativity.  Never mind the fact that those in power never had to give up their right to alcohol.

I never thought I would agree with Pravda but maybe they’re right in this particular case.  Maybe the American population is illiterate.  We are destroying ourselves and we don’t even know it. We are giving up our rights in hopes the government will protect and provide for us.  The government wasn’t designed to take care of every aspect of our lives.  The government will however, step in and mismanage every aspect of our lives if we let it.  The population has embraced governmental care at every level.  Pravda is right once again, we haven’t learned from the mistakes of the Soviet Union. 

Europe is teetering on collapse and the United States is following.  We are doing everything that Europe proved doesn’t work.  The desire to be cared for from crib to casket has blinded us from the stark reality that government fails miserably at managing our lives.  We are individuals.  We don’t settle.  We will always aspire to do better.  It is human nature to compete and that’s precisely why socialism and communism do not work.

An unarmed population will only put the guns in the hands of the government and criminals.  You could argue they are one in the same.  If we allow the government to continue to overreach their authority, we will eventually lose all of our rights.  The government will state it’s for our protection.  The right of the collective is becoming greater than the right of the individual. 

You may be in favor of stricter gun laws or maybe even banning firearms all together.  What happens when the government targets something that is important to you?  Do you enjoy speaking your mind?  Do you enjoy reading books, periodicals or newspapers?  How about the internet?  Do you enjoy the ability to look up anything of interest?  Do you enjoy traveling?  How about eating and drinking what you enjoy?  Our freedoms are in danger.  If the government successfully ends one of our rights, the others will soon fall.

“The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.”

Thomas Jefferson