By Jolly Green

The
Second Amendment provides U.S. citizens the right to bear arms.
Ratified on December 1791, the amendment says: A well regulated
Militia, being necessary to the security of a Free State, the right
of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

It is
quite obvious to any fair-minded person that this was never meant to
be interpreted in the same way today. The original militia member
existed before the USA was properly organized; he was the
citizen-soldier. The official militia of any US state today is the US
military and state police forces. The right of the people to keep and
bear arms could never have meant to carry automatic weapons because
they were not invented at the time.

So what
personal weapons existed in 1791? Swords bayonets pikes and knives
were used for close combat. Single-shot Matchlock and flintlock
rifles, muskets and pistols were the limits on personal firearms.
Nothing fired more than one shot, and then required loading with
black gunpowder, wadding and a ball shot, more wadding, ramming with
a rod to compact. Only then was the weapon ready to fire again.

We can
be quite sure none of our ancestors or founding fathers thought for
one moment the words used “the right of the people to keep and bear
Arms, shall not be infringed” meant someone could own and use a
weapon that was capable of firing dozens of shots without reloading.
They would never have dreamt that in the future, a person could walk
into a school or any other gathering, pull the trigger, and kill
multiple people. I doubt anyone ever dreamt or thought that anyone in
America would ever want to do that either. If they had at that time
multiple shot weapons and schools and supermarkets and one incident
happened you can be sure those terms would never have been included
in the Constitution.

America
is a sick society, not just the shooters who kill innocent people.
Most politicians and almost everyone in America is a sicko; even the
President can be grouped into the same category. So arguing that the
killers are all mentally ill, we can say with some certainty that the
Lawmakers, the President and many in between are also mentally ill,
if they were not they would do something today to rectify the crisis
Americansss find themselves in. As for Senators who take payment from
the NRA, they are not just sick but should be classified as
criminals. That money is Blood Money.

Firearms
were used for personal protection and to ward off attacks by others.
Today guns are used and owned by people who consider them adult toys
— something to have fun with and to own sometimes as many as
possible. You can only fire one weapon at a time, so why are there
collections if they are not considered toys. Firearms were used to
protect themselves from Native Americans and at some time the
British.

Firearms
beyond a single weapon for personal and family protection is all that
is required of any man or woman today. Of course, the hunters should
have their hunting rifle, and a limited assortment of different gauge
shotguns, perhaps. There is no longer a threat of invasion by the
British, and there are no Native Indians on the warpath.

I am not
suggesting that Americans should only be allowed muzzleloading
firearms and use the weaponry of 1791. Although for sure this would
cut down the slaughter of innocents. It cannot be right that gun
owners have more right to life than the innocents.

It also
cannot be right that private people should be able to own multi-shot
automatic weapons such as assault rifles and other such weapons. They
do not need mortars and rocket launchers either.

The
National Rifle Association has become so powerful a voice in the gun
lobby, paying many dirty senators to back and support the NRA.
Perhaps it is time to consider that unless the association is willing
to reform itself and to help the nation reform the laws regarding
firearms, they should be compulsorily abolished and regarded as a
terrorist organization.

2005,
March 21, Red Lake shootings, Red Lake, Minnesota. 10 killed
including the gunman, wounded 5. [Type: Glock pistol and a shotgun]

2007,
April 16, Virginia Tech shooting, Blacksburg, Virginia. 33 dead
including the gunman, 23 Wounded. [Type: a 9-millimeter handgun, a
22-caliber handgun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition]

2009,
March 10, Geneva County massacre, Geneva and Samson, Alabama. 11
killed including the gunman, 6 wounded. [Type: a Soviet-made SKS and
a Bushmaster semi automatic assault rifle, and a 38mm hand gun]

2009
April 3, Binghamton shootings, Binghamton, New York. 14 killed
including the gunman, 4 wounded. [Type: a 9mm and a .45-caliber hand
guns-- as well as a hunting knife]

2009
November 5, Fort Hood shooting, Fort Hood, Texas. 13 killed including
the gunman, 30+ wounded. [Type: FN Five-seven semi-automatic pistol]

2012,
July 20, Aurora shooting, Aurora, Colorado. 12 people killed, 70
people wounded.

[Type:
AR-15 Colt Tactical Carbine assault rifle with armor pierced shells]

2012,
December 14, Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Newtown,
Connecticut.

28
killed including the gunman and the attacker's mother at her home. 20
of the dead were children aged 6–7 years old.

[Type: a
.223 caliber “Bushmaster” semi-automatic rifle and two pistols,
a Sig Sauer and a Glock]

2013,
September 16, Washington shooting, Washington Navy Yard, Washington
D.C. 13 killed including the gunman, 8 wounded.

[Type: a
shot gun and a 9mm hand gun, also another 9mm taken from a security
guard who was shot in the head]

2015,
June 17, Charleston Church shooting, Charleston, South Carolina.

9
killed, 1 wounded.

[Type:
Glock 41 {13 shot} .45-caliber handgun, reloaded 5 times]

2015,
October 1, Umpqua Community College shooting, Roseburg, Oregon

10
killed including the gunman, 8 wounded.

[Type:
Glock 19 and Taurus PT24/7]

Following
the shooting, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agents launched a
campus-wide search for explosives. Six firearms were recovered from
the crime scene: five handguns and one long gun. None were owned by
his mother. The long gun, a 5.56x45mm Del-Ton DTI-15 semi-automatic
rifle, was not used during the incident. The perp also had a flak
jacket and "enough ammunition for a prolonged gunfight".
Police said they found eight other firearms at his apartment, and
that all of the weapons were purchased legally by him or members of
his family.

2015,
December 2, San Bernardino attack, San Bernardino, California. 14
killed, 22 seriously injured. Killed and wounded by firearms,
attackers also had pipe bombs by never used them. [Type: Two
.223-caliber semi-automatic assault rifles which had been modified to
defeat California's magazine release requirements, and two 9 mm
caliber semi-automatic pistols]

2016,
June 12, Orlando Nightclub shooting, Orlando, Florida.

50
killed including the gunman, 53 wounded.

[Type: a
SIG Sauer MCX semi-automatic rifle and a 9mm Glock 17 semi-automatic
pistol]

2017,
October 1, Las Vegas shooting, Las Vegas, Nevada.

59
killed including the gunman, 851 wounded, 422 from gunfire, 429 by
stampede.

[Type:
An arsenal of weapons,
associated equipment and ammunition that included fourteen AR-15
rifles (all of which were equipped with bump stocks and twelve of
which had 100-round magazines), eight AR-10 rifles, a bolt-action
rifle, and a revolver]

2017,
November 5, Sutherland Springs Church shooting, Sutherland Springs,
Texas.

26
killed including the gunman, 20 wounded and an unborn child not
counted in the 26 dead was also lost. [Type: Ruger AR15-type semi
automatic rifle and two handguns]

2018,
February 14, Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, Parkland,
Florida.

17
killed; 17 wounded. [Type: AR-15-assault rifle]

2018,
May 18, Santa Fe High School shooting, Santa Fe, Texas.

10
killed, 14 wounded, including the suspect.

[Type: a
shotgun and a .38 revolver]

2018,
October 27, Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

11
killed, 7 wounded, including the suspect.

[Type:
AR-15-style assault rifle and three handguns]

2019,
January 23, 1901 US 27 S, Sebring, Florida. 5 killed, 0 inj.

[Type:
9mm hand gun]

2019,
January 26, 42350 Church Point Rd. Gonzales, Louisiana. 5 killed, 0
inj.

[Type:
Unknown]

2019,
February 11, 3628 FM 3126, Livingston, Texas. 5 killed, 0 inj.

[Type:
Unkown]

2019,
February 15, 641 Archer Ave, Aurora, Illinois. 6 killed, 6 injured.

[Type:
40 Smith & Wesson semi automatic hand gun]

2019,
February 16, 1214 Foxhill Dr, Clinton, Mississippi, Mississippi. 5
killed, 0 inj.

[Type:
Unkown]

2019,
May 31, 2405 Courthouse, Drive Virginia, Beach Virginia. 13 killed, 0
inj.

[Type:
45 Auto hand gun]

2019,
June 8, 5151 Medicine Valley Rd., White Swan, Washington. 5 killed, 2
injured.

[Type:
22 LR semi automatic rifle]

2019,
June 21, 519 West Taylor St. Santa Maria, California. 5 killed, 0
inj.

[Type:
9mm hand gun]

2019,
June 23, 568 Habbitts Court, San Jose, California. 5 killed, 0 inj.

[Type:
9mm hand gun]

2019,
July 6, 1921 Chambers Rd. Saint Louis, Missouri. 5 killed, 0 inj.

[Type:
unknown]

2019,
August 3, 7101 Gateway Blvd. El Paso, Texas. 22 killed, 24 injured.

[Assault
weapon 7.62 AK-47]

2019,
August 4, 419 E 5th St. Dayton. Ohio. 10 killed, 17 injured.

[Assault
weapon AR-15]

2019,
August 31, 8250 TX-191, Odessa, Texas. 23 killed, 8 injured.

[Assault
weapon 223 Rem AR-15]

2019,
September 2, 25019 Ridge Road. Elkmont, Alabama. 5 killed, 0 inj.

[Type:
9mm hand gun]

These
are a few of the people who have been firearm slaughtered, because of
the numbers I have not listed and recorded firearm slaughter deaths
under five. But there are thousands. In fact since 1968, more than
1.5 million Americans have died in gun-related incidents, according
to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Forget
the crap sayings like its people that make the killing, not the guns.
The people should never have automatic and semi-automatic firearms,
assault rifles, and machine pistols. Because if you look; the larger
the number slaughtered at one time, it’s inevitably those kinds of
weapons which are used. Forget the crap about its mentally sick
people, because anyone who wants or craves these types of weapons are
all mentally sick. There is a need to control these weapons, and it’s
right now.

President
Obama failed the people by not confronting head-on the out of control
firearm situation. Now President Trump is doing the same, but seeing
as he is still in power he still has the opportunity to come good.

American
people have been dying at a wholesale rate, and still, are. The
slaughter has been long and relentless. The leadership thinks more
about doing lip service to the NRA and worrying about loss of support
than they do the people.

I am not
an American citizen, but I am looking in and looking on, and it’s
appalling. The cowardice of American leadership is appalling.

Just a
few other appropriate words; spinelessness, gutless, wimp, failed
leadership.

Jolly Green

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