Jeremy vs. The Second Amendment

If I didn't have this gun, the King of England could just walk in here anytime he wants and start shoving you around. YOU WANT THAT? DO YOU???

Source: Homer Simpson explaining to Lisa why the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution is not just a remnant from revolutionary days.



The following is a letter I read the other day in the New York Times:

To the Editor:

In “Eight Years After Columbine” (editorial, April 17), you call for more gun control. With 40 states permitting law-abiding citizens to carry handguns for protection, the evidence teaches that prohibiting carrying such weapons leads to tragedy.

Virginia Tech is one of the “gun free” zones in Virginia where gun possession is prohibited — a place criminals know that they need not fear an armed response. The prohibition did not stop the gunman, but it did prevent anyone on that campus from stopping his murder spree.

Daniel Schmutter
West Orange, N.J., April 17, 2007

Thank you, Daniel. I know the one thing I was truly upset about in college was the fact that more people didn't carry firearms. My safe haven of learning would have been so much safer. All those drunken fights at parties never would have escalated. Imagine how much safer the football games would have been. And the games we lost, when the entire campus was upset and angry? Much much safer. Who doesn't want more guns around in a place where a bunch of people are fresh out of their parents' homes, feeling lonliness and angst for the first time? According to a recent survey by the American College Health Association, 15 percent of college students were formally diagnosed with depression last year. So what if they all have their own firearms? As long as more than that 15 percent are armed, the world is a safer place, right?

Of course, by law, each and every handgun owner would have to be a responsible and upstanding individual. And if they weren't and they still managed to get a gun? Well, I'm sure there would be another responsible and upstanding individual waiting around to shoot them in case things got out of hand.

I like this plan. I'm happy to be a part of it.

It's Not Depressing If You Focus on the Paprika

Guns don't kill people. People kill people. Guns defend people against people with smaller guns.

Source: American Dad (from the creators of Family Guy)



Explanation: You'll have to forgive me - I just feel like ranting about guns for the rest of the week.

My Heart Is In Blacksburg

In this world where only two things can be said to be certain, if you find that taxes are your biggest concern today, count your blessings.

Explanation: Benjamin Franklin is often attributed with saying that "the only two certain things in this world are death and taxes." Federal income tax returns are due to the IRS today.

Yesterday a maniac went on a killing rampage at my alma mater. The halls of a school that I love are now tarnished with blood. I wish taxes were my biggest concern right now.