A SENSIABLE STEP TO CONTROL GUN VIOLENCE.

 Maine has always been a wilderness state, and back in the 1960’s most Maine men owned guns: deer rifles and shotguns for hunting.

  

There was no killings epidemic going on back in those earlier days.   There were no military assault weapons, the country was not flooded with handguns and there was no open or concealed carry for the average person.   Occasionally a man might be shot by his brother-in-law while out deer hunting, and later you find out he beat his wife - and there would be suspicions.   That was pretty much it for gun violence.

 

It is not just about the availability of guns.   Today there is also a kill mentality, a kill mania that goes along with the purchase of military style assault weapon and hand gun.

Most of the people that buy guns today are not hunters; they are buying a gun with the specific intent to be able to kill other human beings.    Many of these people live in a mindset where they fantasize a situation where they could use their weapon on another person, believing it would make them appear macho.

  

So how could we control this gun mania without confiscating guns?

Back in the sixties, in most New England states, you could not transport a gun unless you had a valid hunting license and there was an open hunting season.  If you wished to transport a pistol or rifle to a firing range, you had to drop by the police station and pick up a transport chit for that specific activity.   There was no open carry and you could not get a concealed carry license without a specific need.    You did not have to register you guns and you could have as many as you wanted in your home; you just could not carry or transport them in public without a reason. 

An assault weapon band sounds logical, but there are already too many assault weapons in circulation; and gun confiscation is not an option.   What we need is a federal law limiting the carry and transportation of firearms.   It would not be popular but it would solve the problem.

Why do these men need to carry their weapons in public?   They don't.

Kids dying in elementary school is a step too far.   We need serious federal gun control on the transportation and carry of firearms.

the Ol’Buzzard

  

A TRIBUTE TO CHARLTON HESTON

"You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold dead hand."

Charlton Heston

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the Ol'Buzzard

THE NAVY YARD SHOOTING AND OUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS

The Navy Yard shooting

Our Second Amendment Right

13 confirmed dead

Our Second Amendment Right

Big fucking deal

Our Second Amendment Right

Get over it

Our Second Amendment Right

This is the America we live in

And this is our Second Amendment Right

So get use to it.

We have Second Amendment Rights

America is not a safe place

Because of our interpretation of the Second Amendment

I once thought that at some point there would be a heinous, senseless crime of violence committed with firearms; and it would be so blatantly disgusting that America would have to reevaluate its views of the Second Amendment: that Americans have the right to own and carry any type of firearm any place they might choose. 

Then there was Sandy Hook Elementary where 20 children and 6 adults lost their lives to a nutcase with a semi-automatic rife with extended clips.

This surely had to be the incident.

But, I was wrong.

Basically; we just don’t care any more – we accept it as inevitable.

The insane inmates have taken over the asylum, and like stepping off a cliff – we can’t go back.    There is no amount of meaningless killings that will result in a change to America’s gun culture.

The Second Amendment Rights are bullshit and should be rewritten: a new definitive Amendment II-B.   But, this will never happen.   America will go down in history as the gun culture.

I will add an Ol’Buzzard codicil to the Second Amendment: 

1. If you carry a loaded weapon into a variety store, or a grocery store, or a restaurant – you are not a patriot – you are an asshole. 
2. If you feel you should walk around your town with an assault rifle strapped to your shoulder – you are a sick mental moron. 
3. If you feel you must carry a pistol every where you go – you are a pussy – a man wannabe – a coward hiding behind a gun.
4. And if you carry a pistol into a bar, you are not macho – you need to be locked away for the safety of society.

Americans should have the right to own firearms for the purpose of hunting, competition, and protection of their homes – and collection under special license.  The type, transportation and use of firearms allowed should reflect these sensible norms.  

THE OL’BUZZARD'S DISCLAIMER

I am not a liberal anti-gun person.  I have owned firearms all my life.   I still have the first 22 cal. rifle that was given to me when I was fourteen years old.   In the military I earned both the Expert Rifle and the Expert Pistol awards.   I was a member of the Quonset Point Navy pistol team and scored high enough to qualify for all-Navy competition (but was unable to compete because of deployment schedule.)  I have fired practically every type of weapon that was available up until my retirement from the Navy.  I no longer hunt (it is a moral thing with me) but it would be a lethal mistake for anyone to invade my home.

We have had days of news mania coverage focusing on the Naval Yard shooting.   I am sick of the news hype when these shootings happen.   Nothing will result from any possible gun tragedy; so the news media should just mention it in a sidebar and move on so people can watch America’s Got Talent and Honey Boo Boo. 

 the Ol'Buzzard