Just thinking about this great gun debate...

I have enjoyed reading about the pistols, Colts, S&W, Glock, and others - love passion exposed. But I have been a bit uncomfortable with the 2nd Amendment Right nonsense - about the people being armed so the government will respond to them. That doesn't work for me, in a country where the longer movies are almost three hours, somehow the people start to expect that rebellion would last a couple months max... one season and we will have their attention. Never happen, it would never happen that fast and never will it be easy.

First, Rebellion is the last thing intelligent people want, sane ones certainly. I think I can talk and vote the fools out of office and work to do good things daily with the people around me.

If there were, for some terrible reason, a complete collapse of good government and responsible adult citizens then I know what I would be doing. Not picking up the rifle and a couple of bullets, and my favorite pistol - they would be with me already. Nope, I would be looking for people that I can join and go get some artillery and rounds - 105mm or 155mm, some anti-tank stuff, some tanks, I am with Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys, the enemy would have more weapons than warriors, go get the weapons. See, the 2nd Amendment isn't about WAR, it is about defending the Free State - if the politicians stole it away, get better politicians and re-establish it.

The other thing that has made me uncomfortable about the Gun Thing is the ease some people talk about shooting other people, even practicing fast draws and multiple targets and various situations - which are great fun, aren't reality. Nice people don't go looking to shoot other people, crazy people go looking to shoot other people, nice people use gun control to make sure only a crazy person dies by their well aimed shots.

There is a war on, I have visited other battlefields, and remember how fickle America and its media are with wars that are dangerous and can't sell many products as a REALITY show. So I will give you a link to that war, mostly under-reported for many reasons. 173rd in Afghanistan. I can read their story, and figure out how I would have tried to do it, had I been there - but I am not but their story and talking to them about how they fight off a larger enemy force - well armed, well led, and insistent on winning a to the death struggle. And I can try to make sure they have real support for their efforts, no fun to fight alone and unwanted.

Yeah, the Great Gun Rights debate is pretty much meaningless to me - like I am a cowboy hero that will save the day - or some super anti-hero killing fifty drug dealers daily - it isn't going to happen except in Hollywood, and the ladies and laddies there seem to have screws and morals loose, they can't cut it in real life unless they are special and away from California. You want combat effectiveness? You teach your children to cooperate, to be brave, to learn, to pay the price for victory -- and you can't buy that, you can pay in support but you can't buy victory in war. Nope, costs a whole lot of love to achieve victory in battle and it makes me sad to see that America is going to listen to the media; who say the Economy is key to the Presidential election. My vote will go to the leader that understands War, its importance. I also know that only the value of the dollar is controlled in Washington DC, the economy is built on the backs of the people engaged in commerce.

Sorry, I am rambling, while watched taped delay NBC Olympic coverage - sorry, no Gun Debate here - every citizen has the Right to keep and bear a weapon, with it the responsibility to defend the Free State (is your state really free?).