Friday, December 14, 2012

Newtown CT Elementary School Massacre: When Will Corporate Executives Address The Issue of Gun Control


This writer has often used this blog as a tongue-in-cheek vehicle to spotlight the interesting, and sometimes ludicrous corporate marketing messages. The event that took place in Newtown CT--a few towns from where I live--compels me to opine from a different bully pit.

The topic of gun control in this country has been dominated by the NRA. The underlying thesis advanced by the gun lobby--and the one that waves the 2nd Amendment i.e. "our right to bear arms" is ostensibly embraced by an overwhelming number of American citizens. Who can't scratch their head when being told "Guns don't kill people, its people that kill people" ??


Let's put aside the fact that 'the overwhelming number of American citizens' are lemmings who take for granted the nonsense spewed by the media, or through the media courtesy of advertising paid for by those attempting to influence "the overwhelming number of American citizens." And it works--as best evidenced by the 'overwhelming' number of lemmings that are elected to public office and find themselves in the position to legislate.

The 'framers' of the Constitution introduced the 2nd Amendment because we lived in a world that required Americans to defend themselves against  a foreign government that wanted to impose its muscle on a people that fled that country (and many others in Europe) in order to build a democratic, law abiding, free land.  Ironically, Britain--the country we wanted to arm ourselves against, has always had rigorous laws prohibiting citizens from acquiring fire arms.

But, I digress. Let's take a look at the United States in 2012. The events in Newtown CT were caused by someone using an automatic weapon. How or why any individual citizen should be allowed to purchase an 
automatic weapon, or the ammunition needed to fire such a weapon  is beyond any rational explanation.

Gun proponents claim that aside from the "rights granted by the Constitution",  they use assault rifles/automatic weapons for hunting. Hunting what?! Deer? Rabbits? Elephants? Is it actually "normal" to believe there is a sport in killing animals with machine guns??