The Gun Made Me Do It

John Dillon

Seems the time is right for discussion of the right to bear arms.

It is summertime, after all.

WKMS munitions specialist Chris Taylor is on his second Front Page story in two weeks about firearms, and we have a listed posting about “Armed Insurrection” based upon various comments transmitted via NPR.

As CBS Commentator Andy Rooney would say, “YOU KNOW WHAT I HATE?” Well, it’s the term “gun violence,” as in “four people died in gun violence over the weekend in some town.”

This would imply that the gun has free will; stood up on its own little grip; and aimed and killed people all on its own.  No human provocation or responsibility involved.

Well, if anything can be recommended, it’s to disconnect the firearms from the violence. We are living in a time of anger and hostility — middle fingers thrust high in the air and disrespect for our fellow humans everywhere.

Incivility has hit its high for my lifetime, I attest.

And fear.  Everybody is scared about losing their job or getting ripped off on the Internet, or date-raped. We within culture do not trust each other very much.

Just keep the guns holstered meanwhile. True, some agitated or criminally minded people seek to use them. Also true is that some lawfully-minded people seek protection through them, but given fundamental firearms training, that is their privilege.

MAKE YOU A DEAL: You don’t blame the guns and I won’t blame the multitude of social sins that lead people to misuse them.  Poverty of spirit and usually opportunity.  Neglect of children, which leads to abusive adults.

My gosh! I said it again! “Guns don’t kill people — people kill people.”

morning cram [x-drive edition]

“The finished product weighs just over 700 pounds — far less than a typical compact car — and unlike most other entries in the X Prize competition, it’s not electric or a hybrid.”

~NPR hitches a ride.

KENTUCKY~ A Hopkinsville police officer is hospitalized after overnight wreck. Paducah consultant: 2 hotels better than 1. Murray’s (alleged) home invaders & company will see a Grand Jury next month. Private forest owners affected by the 2009 ice storm can get free consulting from forestry professionals. As furloughs encroach state workers, lawmakers hear their outrage. State golf courses could go private.

TENNESSEE~ A Fort Campbell soldier is charged with threatening a judge on Youtube. Henry County commissioners OK clerk duty swap. Watch Senators probe the US Army Corps of Engineers‘ response to May’s deadly floods (starting @ 9:30am here). A Corps report details their response.

ILLINOIS~ Those blighted pumpkins! (could affect other crops).