Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)

We are at a confusing and dangerous time in our nation. We have a centralized government, Congress and the President and associated departments. Then we have 50 or 51 separate governments as each state has its own copy headed by a Governor and again a Congress of representatives.

Each seems to feel that they have the authority to write laws to suit the local ideals and wishes. This is causing some divergent situations as the various laws are enforced state to state.

Gun control is one of those issues that has been addressed in a number of ways. Some states are adamant that guns that are specific to use in war have no place on a city street and should not be in the hands of John Q Public. Others have the view that no gun is too much for ownership, if you can afford a tank you can have one and more power to you.

The person in Tennessee bought 7 weapons and no one noticed. How is this possible? If there is a waiting time between request to purchase and pickup date is this not registered with some sort of official system that is monitoring all the details of this kind of transaction? If there is not a system in place then someone has really dropped the ball.

The state of Tennessee must be heaven for the NRA it seems that they have no controls on the sale or purchase of weapons. I would have thought that you would have to fill out paperwork for the background check and that would have to go to a central office for clearance so they would catch multiple applications or so it seems they would. Multiple purchases of the same type of weapon should be a red flag. How utterly devoid of control things are there but we cannot interfere with the 2nd amendment.

So from almost no oversight to total restriction. Utah has passed a law that makes it possible to remove almost any publication from schools if it mentions SEX. I am not sure if it is just that word or any reference to gender blending. The group behind it is a white supremise organization, go figure, and an overzealous state official. The only thing that makes the law worthwhile is the fact that a very savvy parent has called for the banning of the bible. This of course is meeting some opposition as they never intended for the bible to be banned. As the saying goes, live by the sword, die by the sword, or in this case make laws just don’t pay attention to what you are asking for.

Another area of complete opposites is abortion and the laws that have been enacted. Some states view the issue as the woman’s right to determine her needs as she sees fit. Others have said that once a heartbeat is detected then stopping that is murder and any and all that assisted in any way can be charged. So the woman that is pregnant calls the airline to book a flight to a state where she can have this done and then hires an uber driver to get to the airport and none of these people are aware of any thing other than someone wants to fly out of state can be tried as accessories to the crime of murder, to include the pilot that flew the plane. The state does not have to spy on anyone for all this to happen because they have offered a reward for anyone reporting such things to the state. Hello this is how the  Nazi’s and the Communists managed to control the masses. 

Now the really wonderful part of this is that should the baby be born and the mother is pushing the stroller along the street and there is a shooting that erupts and a stray round hits the baby it is just too bad that child was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. One state even had a case where a pregnant woman and another woman got into a fight and the other woman pulled a gun and shot the lady with the baby. The bullet hit the baby and killed it and the woman with the baby went to jail because she got into a fight and endangered the baby.  

Additionally the states that are the most restrictive on birth control, as in you will have the baby, are the ones that have the least in public assistance for maternity leave, day care assistance, lowest minimum wages, no school lunch programs, and not assistance for much of anything that might seem like socialism. Once again I will say that the people that wish to tell others how they must conduct themselves in the event of unwanted pregnancy or if someone wishes to end pain and suffering from cancer etc, are the ones that will absolutely fight you tooth and nail over a shot to keep from getting sick or passing it on to others. This is because they can tell you but you cannot tell them.

Many of the decisions that are being made are counter productive to society and life in general. They are being made in a vacuum, the vacuum of ignorance, bias and prejudices that is obvious to everyone but totally denied by those in the decision process. No one wants to view anything from any angle but their own point of view. Each of us is different from our fingerprints to our attitudes about everything. 

If we took a moment and realized that others do not have the same opinion as we do and let it go at that we would all be better off. No one has to read something that is offensive to them, no one is forced to drink intoxicants if they do not wish to, no one can push you into a church if you choose not to go, and if you are allowed those courtesies then why can you not allow courtesy to others?

As our world becomes more populated we are going to have to give consideration to others, like it or not. More apartments are being built or houses that nearly touch each other and we are all seeing increasing sizes in cities, schools on the road and everywhere. Some rules we need to be able to live together, some are so that we can be peacefully close without disturbance, like no loud music after 10 at night. Other rules are truly not needed as each of us can make decisions on our own values so if a certain practice is legal but not for you then do not take part but do not interfere with others that do unless it is absolutely necessary. Many cultures have lived very close for centuries and they have learned to allow the space needed to be comfortable with one another. Most people would not have sex in the company of their minor children, but if you lived in a one room shelter, hot or cold, how are you going to engage in that activity without others being present?