The Right to Bear Arms

Personally in the hotter weather I find long sleeve shirts less comfortable and would really object to some objecting to my right to where short sleeve shirts.  Why is so wrong with having a right to bare arms?

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Dear Anonymous 08/26/2009 - 13:46,

You should apologize for feeling “...squeamish about Joe Blow being able to carry a gun...”.  Consider who your allies are against private gun ownership: Adolph Hitler who oversaw the killing of MILLIONS of Jews, Joseph Stalin who oversaw the disarmament of 20,000,000 people who were later murdered in mass executions, Mao Tse-tung who forced the disarmament of 20,000,000 people who were later slaughtered by the thousands and buried in mass graves, Pol Pot who disarmed and enforced executions of 1,000,000 educated people.  Oh, almost forgot, the other criminals in the Cayman...

While you are still trying to understand why criminals commit crimes, people are being murdered.  The fact remains that without a firearm, wherever you are, you are defenceless against certain criminals.  You clearly support providing a risk free environment for criminals to run things – no thank you!  We cannot address violent crime by running and hiding from it.  In my view, if anyone is going to be running, it should be the criminals!

You say, “One thing about getting into a fight if you have no weapon I am going to find something simple a rock a piece of stick something simple to over-power you.”  If you have the time to search for “something” to defend yourself, I would advise you to run from the scene.  Furthermore, it is more sensible to have a defensive device on your person, because you should not be required by law to unnecessary risk your life by hoping you find “something” to prevent or stop an unlawful violent attack against yourself.

You say, “Right now it appears to be a certain sector of our community who are committing these crimes why not nip it in the bud now before it escalates into an island wide disaster.”  Good suggestion, but how would you suggest we actually accomplish your desirable goal?  By disarming the law-abiding residents?  Can residents sue you or the police when the police fail to protect them?

It has always been “lame” to be criminal, but if you think that economic prosperity is the answer to eliminating crime, you’re wrong.  Very wrong!  The illegal drug industry thrives in prosperous societies and where there are drugs there are weapons of every kind...  Sigh!  We will never totally eliminate violent crime, wish you were correct, but the need for a means of self-defence will remain until Christ returns.

You said, “For the hardened criminals be it local or expatriate the thought of being caught should be so frightening that stupid incidents like a drive by shooting at 8pm on a main road would be unheard of!!!”  Let me tell you what is frightening to criminals: looking down the barrel of a gun in the hands of law-abiding residents defending themselves as the criminals drive-by.  There are more of us than there is of them.  Our prison is no deterrent and you appear to be suggesting that we run and hide!

Since you are “Anonymous” to me, it is not possible for me to excuse your ignorance on the above, because you might be a repeat offender!

I absolutely agree with you that some officers abuse their power, but thanks to anonymous people like you who are too afraid to live up to your responsibilities as citizens of this polity, we enjoy less progress on this front.  Nevertheless, because an officer may at some point act inappropriately or even criminally does not mean that we can ignore the need for some officers to be armed.

Please think about it.
 

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