National Rifle Association

The NRA is an organization that promotes the second amendment to the US Constitution...  it does not promote the killing of either adults or children in the United States...  nor does it promote or sanction the use of firearms in the commission of a felony...  the organization has a lot of powerful, wealthy members who exercise their influence in the House and in the Senate to keep strong gun control laws from being passed...  however, strong gun control laws will not stop individuals from committing crimes nor will it stop criminals from finding a way to own a firearm...

We need a strong Congress to not just pass laws to regulate the use of firearms when committing felonies but we need courts that will actually send these people to incarceration camps for long periods of time to discourage that type of behavior...

Blaming the NRA is not the answer...  blaming the gun manufacturers is not the answer...  blaming the munitions manufacturer is not the answer...

WE MUST BLAME OURSELVES AND THE SOCIETY THAT WE CREATED...

The Second Amendment

The amendment itself contains 27 words: 

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” 

This provision references both the collective right of a militia and an individual right.

As a Vietnam Era Veteran, I defended the US Constitution and the freedoms contained therein...  two of which I am particularly keen about:  The First and Second Amendments indicating our:

• Freedom of Speech
• Right to bear arms

While I will never hold another gun in my hand as long as I live, I am NOT OPPOSED to everyone in the United States owning a firearm and going through a weapons safety class followed by firing range practice...  and, if they want to, apply for a carry permit.

Not only should law enforcement and criminals like drug dealers be armed with weapons, so too should our general public be armed with weapons.

Not only should white supremacist groups and black lives matter groups and ANTIFA be armed with weapons, so too should the general public be armed with weapons as well.

As we continue to promote DEFUND THE POLICE movements, we should also promote ARM YOURSELF WITH WEAPONS movements because it is necessary to meet force with an equal (but never greater) than the force being applied against us.

The GREAT CONCEPT about the United States is that we have the First and Second Amendments and as long as we have both those amendments and a willing general public to take advantage of those amendments, we SHALL NEVER BE CONTROLLED by either a foreign or domestic threat.