Absolutely in no possible way. The founding fathers wanted the government to be kept out of the people’s personal affairs. Keeping a gun in your home to protect your family is your business. If they take away the right then there will be even more violence, because you can kill someone without a gun and it is often more brutal and vicious than a gun. Guns are our right. We need them for protection, and we use them for hunting. They have been part of our lives since they were created. No one likes aggression, but people have a violent nature. Everything can be used for the wrong reason. In addition, I think even thieves would tell you that they would rather be shot by a little old grandma trying to protect her grandkids than have dull kitchen knives thrown at them. The choice to own a gun is our right. If the government has a problem with it then they can request that the person who tries for the license to own a gun go through a course of how to use the gun safely. You cannot focus on the awful things that happen because of guns. Many people die each year, and more die from car crashes than by someone shooting them. The government should learn that they cannot control the people, and the people should raise their voices in protest against this extreme crossing of our rights. You cannot sign our rights that we fought for as a country away on a little sheet of paper and expect people not to rebel. All it will cause is more people to go underground to get them. I would think they would have more things to do than worrying about who owns a gun in their home. I have two words for the morons who are against guns: Black Market. Stopping the legal ownership of guns will not stop the ownership at all. And if you think the people who are using the guns for ill will turn them in willingly, then you have lost your marbles. And by taking away the people who only own a gun for protection, then you are stopping them from protecting their families. Their blood will be on your hands. You have as good as murdered them.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Friday, January 11, 2008
A.R.K.
A.R.K.
When most people hear the word ark, they think, Noah. But if God ever asks me to build an ark, I look at it this way. Since he said he would never cause another flood like that, there has to be another meaning. A.R.K. Acts of Random Kindness. There are a lot of people in the world, and if you think about it, that's not such a bad idea. If I could make somebody's day better by just giving them a hand with the stuff they are carrying or smiling at them in the hallway, then that would be an act of kindness. Have you ever helped someone, and then got a smile so big, that you feel like you just handed them the world? I have, and let me tell ya, it feels great. I didn't do it to show I could be nice to someone, in fact, I didn't think about it at all. But that thoughtless act proved to make that woman's day. I just helped her carry her stuff, but maybe I did more than that, I don't know. Maybe she had had one of those days where the boss was yelling and you can't please anyone and you can't do anything right. I don't know. What I do know, is that she couldn't stop thanking me. It made me feel as if I had done something great, and it was so small a thing, and didn't take any up any of my time. (Thats the excuse isn't it?? That we're to busy?) Like the Free Hugs movement that is sweeping over the world, the littlest things make a difference, now no, I don't really want to go up and hug a random stranger, I would rather help the random stranger to the car, or hold their place in line if they are chasing after their toddler. But, to each their own. My act of random kindness today might just be telling you about this bigger picture. Life is to short not to treat it as if it were a huge adventure. And so, I start building my ark.
When most people hear the word ark, they think, Noah. But if God ever asks me to build an ark, I look at it this way. Since he said he would never cause another flood like that, there has to be another meaning. A.R.K. Acts of Random Kindness. There are a lot of people in the world, and if you think about it, that's not such a bad idea. If I could make somebody's day better by just giving them a hand with the stuff they are carrying or smiling at them in the hallway, then that would be an act of kindness. Have you ever helped someone, and then got a smile so big, that you feel like you just handed them the world? I have, and let me tell ya, it feels great. I didn't do it to show I could be nice to someone, in fact, I didn't think about it at all. But that thoughtless act proved to make that woman's day. I just helped her carry her stuff, but maybe I did more than that, I don't know. Maybe she had had one of those days where the boss was yelling and you can't please anyone and you can't do anything right. I don't know. What I do know, is that she couldn't stop thanking me. It made me feel as if I had done something great, and it was so small a thing, and didn't take any up any of my time. (Thats the excuse isn't it?? That we're to busy?) Like the Free Hugs movement that is sweeping over the world, the littlest things make a difference, now no, I don't really want to go up and hug a random stranger, I would rather help the random stranger to the car, or hold their place in line if they are chasing after their toddler. But, to each their own. My act of random kindness today might just be telling you about this bigger picture. Life is to short not to treat it as if it were a huge adventure. And so, I start building my ark.
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