IN THE OLD DUTCH EAST INDIES THERE WAS A FORM OF SUICIDE WHERE A PERSON RAN WILD THROUGH THE TOWN KILLING PEOPLE...USUALLY WITH A KNIFE... ALWAYS ATTEMPTING TO KILL AS MANY PEOPLE AS HE COULD BEFORE BEING KILLED BY THE TOWNS PEOPLE...
THIS WAS CALLED "RUNNING AMOK"...AND THAT IS WHERE WE GET THAT TERM IN ENGLISH...
"RUNNING AMOK" SEEMS TO HAVE ENTERED THE US CULTURE VIA THE CULT OF VIOLENCE AND GUNS THAT HAVE DOMINATED THE AMERICAN SCENE FOR A LONG TIME... AND THE CURRENT ECONOMIC DEPRESSION SEEMS TO BE BRING THESE PEOPLE OUT OF THE WOOD WORK NOWADAYS...!
MOST SUICIDES ARE VERY ANGRY AND DEPRESSED PEOPLE...THEY COULD LASH OUT IN ANY NUMBER OF WAYS... BUT THIS NEW AMERICAN STYLE OF "RUNNING AMOK" IN SCHOOLS AND SHOPPING MALLS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES SEEMS TO BE A NEW TREND IN THE WEST...
CAN GUN CONTROL STOP IT...? PROBABLY NOT... BUT IT COULD SLOW IT DOWN... NOT GIVING ORDINARY PERSONS THE ABILITY TO TAKE LIFE EN MASSE ... SO EASILY COULD STOP THE WORST OF THESE CASES...
YES, THEY COULD MAKE A BOMB, ETC ETC...BUT MOST OF THEM WON'T...OR DON'T KNOW HOW ..OR WILL KILL THEMSELVES BY THE USUAL OLD STYLE MEANS...
THE FASCINATION WITH GUNS AND THE RISE IN GUN SALES SINCE THE ECONOMIC DEPRESSION STARTED IS PROBABLY NOT A COINCIDENCE...
VERY LIKELY GUN SALES WILL NOW SOAR AGAIN AFTER OBAMA'S SPEECH IN NEW TOWN LAST NIGHT... AS SOME PEOPLE TRY TO BUY UP LARGE GUNS BEFORE ANY BAN KICKS IN...
THE UNIVERSE OF PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY "NEED" LARGE ASSAULT TYPE GUNS AND RIFLES ...IS SMALL... BUT THEY ARE A GROUP WITH A DANGEROUS PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE...
THESE ARE NOT SPORTING GUNS...THEY ARE DESIGNED TO KILL PEOPLE EFFICIENTLY AND IN LARGE NUMBERS... NORMAL PEOPLE DON'T WANT OR NEED THIS KIND OF GUN...
THE FIRST QUESTION ON ANY GUN SALE PERMIT...SHOULD BE "WHY DO YOU NEED THIS WEAPON...? THIS IS A VALID QUESTION BECAUSE THE PRESENCE OF THIS GUN IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE...
AND THERE IS REALLY NO GOOD ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION...
IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT THE 2D AMENDMENT "RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS" WAS PREFACED BY THE NEED FOR A "STATE MILITIA" BACK BEFORE A PROFESSIONAL STATE POLICE FORCE WAS ESTABLISHED...
STANDARD RULE FOR LEGISLATIVE CONSTRUCTION DICTATE THAT YOU READ THE WHOLE PARAGRAPH OF A LAW IN CONTEXT...AND NOT JUST ONE PIECE OF IT...!
BEARING ARMS IS THEREFORE NOT AN UNLIMITED RIGHT...IT SHOULD BE LIMITED BY AND TIED TO THE STATE MILITIA LAWS...AS DETERMINED BY THE STATES...
IN OTHER WORDS THERE COULD BE A "BACK DOOR" INTO THE RIGHT TO HAVE GUNS...BASED ON THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE MILITIA...WHICH DOES NOT EVEN EXIST IN REALITY IN MOST STATES NOW...!
THIS WAS CALLED "RUNNING AMOK"...AND THAT IS WHERE WE GET THAT TERM IN ENGLISH...
"RUNNING AMOK" SEEMS TO HAVE ENTERED THE US CULTURE VIA THE CULT OF VIOLENCE AND GUNS THAT HAVE DOMINATED THE AMERICAN SCENE FOR A LONG TIME... AND THE CURRENT ECONOMIC DEPRESSION SEEMS TO BE BRING THESE PEOPLE OUT OF THE WOOD WORK NOWADAYS...!
MOST SUICIDES ARE VERY ANGRY AND DEPRESSED PEOPLE...THEY COULD LASH OUT IN ANY NUMBER OF WAYS... BUT THIS NEW AMERICAN STYLE OF "RUNNING AMOK" IN SCHOOLS AND SHOPPING MALLS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES SEEMS TO BE A NEW TREND IN THE WEST...
CAN GUN CONTROL STOP IT...? PROBABLY NOT... BUT IT COULD SLOW IT DOWN... NOT GIVING ORDINARY PERSONS THE ABILITY TO TAKE LIFE EN MASSE ... SO EASILY COULD STOP THE WORST OF THESE CASES...
YES, THEY COULD MAKE A BOMB, ETC ETC...BUT MOST OF THEM WON'T...OR DON'T KNOW HOW ..OR WILL KILL THEMSELVES BY THE USUAL OLD STYLE MEANS...
THE FASCINATION WITH GUNS AND THE RISE IN GUN SALES SINCE THE ECONOMIC DEPRESSION STARTED IS PROBABLY NOT A COINCIDENCE...
VERY LIKELY GUN SALES WILL NOW SOAR AGAIN AFTER OBAMA'S SPEECH IN NEW TOWN LAST NIGHT... AS SOME PEOPLE TRY TO BUY UP LARGE GUNS BEFORE ANY BAN KICKS IN...
THE UNIVERSE OF PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY "NEED" LARGE ASSAULT TYPE GUNS AND RIFLES ...IS SMALL... BUT THEY ARE A GROUP WITH A DANGEROUS PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE...
THESE ARE NOT SPORTING GUNS...THEY ARE DESIGNED TO KILL PEOPLE EFFICIENTLY AND IN LARGE NUMBERS... NORMAL PEOPLE DON'T WANT OR NEED THIS KIND OF GUN...
THE FIRST QUESTION ON ANY GUN SALE PERMIT...SHOULD BE "WHY DO YOU NEED THIS WEAPON...? THIS IS A VALID QUESTION BECAUSE THE PRESENCE OF THIS GUN IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE...
AND THERE IS REALLY NO GOOD ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION...
IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT THE 2D AMENDMENT "RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS" WAS PREFACED BY THE NEED FOR A "STATE MILITIA" BACK BEFORE A PROFESSIONAL STATE POLICE FORCE WAS ESTABLISHED...
STANDARD RULE FOR LEGISLATIVE CONSTRUCTION DICTATE THAT YOU READ THE WHOLE PARAGRAPH OF A LAW IN CONTEXT...AND NOT JUST ONE PIECE OF IT...!
BEARING ARMS IS THEREFORE NOT AN UNLIMITED RIGHT...IT SHOULD BE LIMITED BY AND TIED TO THE STATE MILITIA LAWS...AS DETERMINED BY THE STATES...
IN OTHER WORDS THERE COULD BE A "BACK DOOR" INTO THE RIGHT TO HAVE GUNS...BASED ON THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE MILITIA...WHICH DOES NOT EVEN EXIST IN REALITY IN MOST STATES NOW...!
