Okay call me cynical, but as I wrote my last blog-post about the ‘Midnight Shooter‘ something kept nibbling away at the back of my brain. I went to sleep on it with the hopes that this brain-eating problem would make itself known when I woke up in the morning.
It did.
The thing that kept ‘pinging’ my brain was the phrase “Fast and Furious.” Now unless you’ve been under a rock for the past year or on another planet, you’re going to be aware of the ‘scandal’ associated with that phrase. But just in case you missed it, here it is.
In 2011 it was discovered that the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) had been operating a ‘sting’ operation which sold guns to Mexican drug cartels. For years. The ATF’s version of events was that this was done to aid in the identification of said cartel’s and ease the shut-down of the identified drug running organizations.
I cannot begin to imagine who in the world thought this was a good idea. What kind of sting operation arms criminals?
It now appears that the whole Fast and Furious plan was about helping instigate new and stricter gun control laws. I can get behind the idea of stricter sales procedures for weapons as long as they don’t become too constrictive. The government have to make sure that they don’t go the way of England and make it practically impossible for an honest law-abiding citizen to own a gun.
If you ‘google’ the question how many mass shootings occurred in the last year you will get an array of answers. The highest amount quoted is 20 per year. Now as that source relied on information gleaned from a Russian website, I feel that the numbers might be a little exaggerated. Despite Russia’s new political “freedom” they still are not card carrying members of the “I heart USA” club.
What I am wondering about, is how this latest in the headline grabbing world of mass murder will help support the gun control advocates cause? I will freely admit that the conspiracy nut part of my brain embraces the idea that the ‘news‘ of the Midnight Shooters arsenal collection via the internet combined with the ‘fact’ that he bought his weapons at four different gun outlets plays very nicely into the hands of the gun control advocates.
In a time period where the United States Government is hell-bent on controlling the world’s internet and the same government’s agencies provide weapons to Mexican drug cartels in order to force gun law changes and now have unmanned drones that can take a picture of the average American’s navel fluff, is it that huge of a leap to think that this whole ‘midnight massacre’ plays very conveniently for the “Say no to guns brigade?”
We need to be paying very close attention to what is going on here. This whole ‘control’ thing is getting out of hand. Our government is there to protect and by extension act for us, not against us. This “scaremongering” needs to stop. If we keep focussing on stricter gun controls and ignore the constitutional right to bear arms, we could wind up like the UK . A place where juvenile gangs and other criminals have ready access to guns and the average citizen has to practically sell their soul to own a shotgun.
The same citizen who, if he defends his home and family a bit too vigorously will be penalized and imprisoned. That’s what losing the right to bear arms means. It means that you can no longer protect your home or loved ones from the evil that walks the streets.
Yes, what happened in a movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado was vile, horrible and terrifying. So is losing the right to defend yourself.
Related articles
- Gun control: A fatal mistake (wnd.com)
- Cordial and Sanguine, Part 40: Seen and Unseen (aaeblog.com)
- Issa: Gun-Control Agenda Behind Fast and Furious (thenewamerican.com)
- Something else you MUST remember about Fast and Furious (thedaleygator.wordpress.com)
- Fast and Furious (kansascity.com)
- Guns Didn’t Kill, Bureaucrats Did (personalliberty.com)
- Fast and Furious Falling Apart (americanthinker.com)
- Was Fast and Furious Intended To Promote Gun Control? Another View (powerlineblog.com)
- Not So Fast And Furious (themoderatevoice.com)
Unfortunately it appears to be a rot that is world wide. I had thought for years that the USA was not as bad as other countries governments only to realise that simply wasn’t the case. You know it’s bad when the average person when asked, what do you think the government does, will say- ‘Lie to you.’ Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Look back over the last 30 years at the incremental losses of our freedoms. Still, America was the last place to run to. We were friends with a man in his 90’s who raged about government being out of control. If we have noticed so much in just 30 years, what must it be like for him? He must have felt like he was on another planet. I have seen recent immigrants trying to work hard and live the “American Dream” only to be harassed out of business by local government. “This isn’t up to code. That has to be fixed.” They finally had to close their doors. The man’s wife was very bitter and said that America isn’t really a free country as rumor had it. It’s so far gone now, I sometimes think only divine intervention can fix it.
The first thing I thought of when I heard about the midnight shooting was “Fast and Furious.”
Our government is rotten to the core.