Oh, and I want you to turn the "newer, safer, better" D.C. scenario into a screenplay. I would DEFINITELY watch that, especially if Grandma Death was played by somebody like Jessica Tandy or Bea Arthur.

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Alright, that does it! I have had enough of gun control laws and the silence on this blog, damn it! So I am killing two birds with one stone by venting my frustration with one of my (in)famous political rants. The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in a case involving the District of Columbia's absolute ban on hand guns. A 65 year old security guard challenged the law as a restriction on his Second Amendment rights. The pivotal issue the Court must consider is a as follows: does the Second Amendment guarantee an individual right to bear arms, or does it merely reflect a general right of the states to keep militias. If the Court decides that the Second Amendment grants an individual right to bear arms, then hundreds of gun control laws will be deemed too restrictive and struck down. Now that you have some background, here is my opinion. Gun control laws are nothing but a stupid obfuscation by irresponsible politicians that only hurts honest every day citizens by depriving them of their constitutional right to bear arms. Crime is on the streets, people get killed by criminals carrying guns. We all know this for a fact, but do the politicians crack down on the source of crime, namely the perpetrators themselves? Hell no! That would mean raising taxes to pay for more jails, or expanding the application of the death penalty so violent offenders are permanently removed from society instead of just being rotated in and out of prisons. But what politician wants to be yelled at by a communist crazed left for getting tough on the poor criminals who come from impoverished neighborhoods when there is a rich gun industry to crack down on. That's right, don't think that money isn't a part of gun control laws, there's always money involved in fat cat Washington deals. The trial lawyers lobby constantly supports gun control laws because they back their attempts to sue gun companies for millions in gun related deaths. The greatest argument I can make against gun control is that it has no impact whatsoever on actual criminals who commit gun related crimes. Criminals by their very nature don't obey the laws. Has a ban on handguns actually stopped a criminal from arming himself on the streets of D.C.? Of course not, that would mean there would be no gun violence at all on the streets, but the sad fact is that criminals are going to get guns illegally no matter what the gun control laws say. Only honest citizens are going to disarm themselves under gun control laws and what the hell does that accomplish except make them easier targets for muggings and shootings? Here's a scenario for you to put it all into perspective.

Imagine a McDonalds now in D.C. A seventeen year old crack crazed punk wielding a sawed off shot gun (already illegal under existing gun control laws) runs into the place shouting "Give me all your money!" A little eighty year old lady with three children and eight granchildren doesn't have much money to give the punk to feed his filthy habit. So, the punk says "Up against the wall lady!" and when she complies he blows her away and runs out the door. The police catch him, but his ACLU lawyer parades his family and a host of experts in front of a jury all sobbing like Elvis about the cold win that blows in the ghetto. He gets off with a lesser charge and lesser sentence. The government feeds and clothes this punk for 5-10 years after which time he is released and gets on government aide only to use the money for more crack and another shot gun which he uses to rob again.

Now imagine D.C. in a new and better world after the Supreme Court declares that everyone has an individual right to bear arms. The same punk comes into the McDonald's and tells the little old lady to get up against the wall. "Go to hell you little bastard!" the old lady shouts, and with that she whips out a Glock 9 mm that her son bought her for Christmas and which she has practiced with every week for a month. She fires two quick shots into the punk's chest, dropping him like a sack of potatoes. The police haul his miserable carcass to Potter's field where the county pays burial expenses and that's it. No more money for jail, lawyers, judges, juries, drug counselors, medical assistance, prisons. To top it all off, Granny gets to finish knitting the eight sweaters she was working on for her grandchildren and countless innocent lives that might have been shattered by the former scenario are spared. The freaking end!

Now, I say to you. Joing me in hoping that the Supreme Court makes the right decision and says with Chuckie Heston "FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!"