Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)

Saw an article about a new product line. The items mentioned are based on some very common items you see all the time. The unique aspect of these particular items is brought about by a very real concern that has been created by a gross misinterpretation of the 2nd Amendment.
If you are guessing at what this product line might be, well glory be, it is bullet proof products for your child to attend school. Backpacks, pencil bags, note books, just to name a few. Do we dare ask why this has even been thought of? The answer is simple, the phrase “The Right to Bear Arms” .
Every time there is a school shooting or a shooting involving a minor the advocates of the 2nd Amendment that scream and holler about their rights should all have to walk around with a label on their chests so the rest of society knows who to blame. Sounds punitive doesn’t it ? The tale of the Scarlet Letter or the sign the Jews had to wear in Nazi Germany come to mind. Both the result of punishment for doing or being something not approved of.
So what has brought this armor plating to our schools is the lack of common sense. Guns may have been invented for purposes other than killing other humans, but that sort of technology always advances during times of war. The number of wars and the number of advances in ways to kill have been numerous during mankind’s history. The items that have been developed specifically for use in conducting war need to remain in the hands of those that are going to war, not John Q Public.
The father that bought his son a weapon of war while the son was underage in Georgia has now been charged with equal crimes as the son who used that weapon to kill people. Lack of common sense or abject stupidity.
Those are the obvious causes for why the gun laws in this country are so obviously screwed up. The right to have access to, or carry a weapon should be weighed against the potential harm that can be done with that weapon in the wrong hands. What are the wrong hands? Well think about the people you know and the different personality types you encounter. Someone that is not quite bright, someone that gets angry at the slightest provocation, someone that has a habit of demeaning or threatening others, all of these types need to be evaluated before they are even considered for gun ownership.
It seems that the gun advocacy people are not concerned with public safety but rather only with their right to have guns at any cost. Common sense still says they don’t need weapons of war unless they want to be consolidated into a militia and drilled and prepared to be utilized for war as the nation sees fit. The other common sense thing that needs to happen with guns is to treat them like the law treats pets, boats, rvs, automobiles and income and tax them annually. The more you have the higher the cost, the type makes a difference as well and they must be insured so that any death caused by one of those instruments provides compensation for those left behind. That requirement alone could easily be enough to make the selfish attitude of “I gotta have it” a serious reassessment.