It's also time for Americans to recognize that the worship of guns is a form of idolatry. Specifically, it is a form of fetishism, which is the belief that an inanimate object (the fetish) has religious or mystical properties. But a gun is just a machine. Hunting rifles and shotguns are machines designed for turning animals into carcasses. Handguns and military weapons are machines designed for turning human beings into corpses. Guns do not generate a magic force field that deflects bullets, which is why it's foolish to imagine that a gun is useful for self-defense. In fact, gun owners have an alarming tendency to end up being shot by one of their own guns, which is evidently what happened to the mother of the shooter in the Newtown, Connecticut massacre.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
OpEdNews - Article: The Unspeakable Original Intent of the Second Amendment
The problem of gun violence in the United States is complex, and as H.L. Mencken observed, "For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." Advocating that we arm elementary school principals and kindergarten teachers is not only wrong but insane. We must stop allowing this kind of insanity to prevent us from having reasonable gun control legislation.
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