My interpretation of the government's attempt to regulate firearms is that the government is trying to exert more control over American citizens, plain and simple. Obama, Reid, Pelosi, Feinstein, Boxer, Schumer, Dodd, Kerry, Kennedy, et al. and their ilk do not appreciate being challenged by us lowly commoners with our “simple educationsâ€. They feel that their wealth & Ivy League educations entitle them to make decisions for, and dictate to, the rest of us. We are nothing more than "uninformed and ignorant masses" in their eyes. With government, any government including ours, it always boils down to control. It doesn’t take a degree in astrophysics to see that and 6,000 years of human history bears this out. History is full of government (all forms of government) oppression of its subjects. Even the Greeks who are touted as the fathers of democracy and western civilization kept slaves and treated their women as property fit for nothing more than bearing the next generation. Democracy was only enjoyed by male Greek citizens who owned land. America is the first country in history to truly allow freedom for all. Our founders were fully aware of the corrupting influences of governmental power. That is why they instituted a “Bill of Rights†in an attempt to guarantee our continued liberty. They knew that without it our noble experiment was doomed to failure. Unfortunately we have allowed those rights to be severly eroded over time. The 2nd Amendment is about checking the out of control power of government (which includes the right to defend yourself), PERIOD! This is a natural human right that can't be granted by any government, king, prince, or potentate. Every living creature has the natural right of self defense, unless of course you live in England or some other such country where they have attempted to strip that right away. They have the audacity to punish those who attempt to protect themselves from muggers even with briefcases and umbrellas. Never mind guns, which are now non-existent except in the hands of criminals and the government. Is there even really a difference anymore between the two? The criminal steals your wealth by taking your belongings and the government steals your wealth by the exorbitant and excessive taxes levied against your labor and other things. Without the 2nd Amendment we are nothing more than servants of the state, obliged to follow whatever laws, rules, or regulations they dictate, even when those laws are unfair, unjust, or unconstitutional. When we are disarmed and no longer have the power to resist, as the current regime is so intent on rendering us, and they are in complete control, I can guarantee you that they will no longer even bother with the pretense of trying to show us that they care how we feel. Their true colors will finally be blatantly obvious for all to see, even those in our country who have deluded themselves for all these years from the truth as long as they had the newest electronic gadget or other material comfort. At that point we will have finally slipped back into a state of servitude and be nothing more than a modern day serf for the state. Unfortunately 500 years of slow and agonizing forward movement in the pursuit of liberty with all of its attendant sacrifices for the cause will have come to an inglorious end.
I for one will not go gently into that good night!
