Guns Have No Place in Civil Society
By Christopher di Armani
Guns have no place in civil society. Unfortunately we do not live in one.
From Webster's Collegiate Dictionary:
1) civil: adequate in courtesy and politeness
2) society: a community, nation or broad grouping of people having common traditions, institutions, and collective activities and interests
Canada is NOT a nation of common traditions, institutions or collective activities, Hockey Night in Canada notwithstanding.
We are a nation of fractured and lost cultures, with a government more insistent every year that we destroy any vestiges of our own Canadian traditions and cultural heritage, promoting instead the heritage and culture of other nations over our own, Heritage Canada notwithstanding.
We are a nation where our politicians pit urban Canadian against rural, eastern Canadian versus western, law-abiding Canadian against... oh yeah, the law-abiding. All to further their own self-interest: to get re-elected.
The thought of being "adequate in courtesy and politeness" never enters the minds of our politicians. If it did, we would not be pandering to the voters of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver with such things as Martin's ill-proposed handgun ban.
Only a fool believes we can prevent crime by harassing law-abiding citizens. And every single person who has a firearms license is exactly that. They are NOT the people shooting up our city streets, contrary to the rantings of the likes of Wendy Cukier and Heidi Rathjen.
Now, if banning the guns of law-abiding Canadians would actually DO THAT, I'd be all for it. But that's dream-world living, not real-world living.
If history teaches us anything, it is this: Prohibitions Do Not Work.
Alberta Premier Ralph Klein noted that recently quite eloquently. "[I]t's not going to stop the bad guys from getting a handgun and shooting someone."
Thirty-eight US states have enacted "concealed carry" legislation, understanding the following fundamental truths:
1) The Police cannot be protect everyone all the time;
2) Criminals always act where the Police are NOT;
3) Firearms in the hands of law-abiding citizens stop criminals and save lives.
Anyone in doubt of this should read Lyn Bates' account of Maryann Watkins' encounter with a would-be rapist. The article is titled Bitches with Guns, the phrase Maryann's would-be attacker repeated over and over as he was forced to reconsider his options. (http://www.lizmichael.com/bitches.htm)
We can no longer afford to hide behind the delusion that the violent criminals among us care about us, and that if we only "understood their feelings of exclusion" all would be well.
We live in a society where there are predators. Animals. Vicious and cruel human beings willing to rob, steal, rape and kill. They must be stopped.
That cannot possibly happen by attacking the law-abiding citizens who are NOT shooting our children.
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Christopher di Armani is a freelance writer and filmmaker who resides in Lytton, BC, Canada, with his wife Lynda and their two dogs, Koda and Tuco.
He is a strong believer in the most basic of individual human rights, the right of free speech and the right of self defense, which includes the corollary right to acquire, possess and use the tools necessary to exercise those rights. Christopher strives to awaken the passion for liberty that exists inside every person. It is this passion that motivates Christopher in every aspect of his life.
As a director of the Bruce Montague Court Challenge for Liberty and Rights (http://www.brucemontague.ca) Christopher also collaborates with Katey Montague on her series of Rights Awareness videos, currently available on YouTube http://www.YouTube.com/kateysfirearmsfacts.
He is also an IDPA and IPSC shooter, hunter and enjoys loading his own ammunition.
Christopher can be contacted at christopher@diArmani.com or http://www.diArmani.com.
By Christopher di Armani
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Guns have no place in civil society. Unfortunately we do not live in one.
From Webster's Collegiate Dictionary:
1) civil: adequate in courtesy and politeness
2) society: a community, nation or broad grouping of people having common traditions, institutions, and collective activities and interests
Canada is NOT a nation of common traditions, institutions or collective activities, Hockey Night in Canada notwithstanding.
We are a nation of fractured and lost cultures, with a government more insistent every year that we destroy any vestiges of our own Canadian traditions and cultural heritage, promoting instead the heritage and culture of other nations over our own, Heritage Canada notwithstanding.
We are a nation where our politicians pit urban Canadian against rural, eastern Canadian versus western, law-abiding Canadian against... oh yeah, the law-abiding. All to further their own self-interest: to get re-elected.
The thought of being "adequate in courtesy and politeness" never enters the minds of our politicians. If it did, we would not be pandering to the voters of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver with such things as Martin's ill-proposed handgun ban.
Only a fool believes we can prevent crime by harassing law-abiding citizens. And every single person who has a firearms license is exactly that. They are NOT the people shooting up our city streets, contrary to the rantings of the likes of Wendy Cukier and Heidi Rathjen.
Now, if banning the guns of law-abiding Canadians would actually DO THAT, I'd be all for it. But that's dream-world living, not real-world living.
If history teaches us anything, it is this: Prohibitions Do Not Work.
Alberta Premier Ralph Klein noted that recently quite eloquently. "[I]t's not going to stop the bad guys from getting a handgun and shooting someone."
Thirty-eight US states have enacted "concealed carry" legislation, understanding the following fundamental truths:
1) The Police cannot be protect everyone all the time;
2) Criminals always act where the Police are NOT;
3) Firearms in the hands of law-abiding citizens stop criminals and save lives.
Anyone in doubt of this should read Lyn Bates' account of Maryann Watkins' encounter with a would-be rapist. The article is titled Bitches with Guns, the phrase Maryann's would-be attacker repeated over and over as he was forced to reconsider his options. (http://www.lizmichael.com/bitches.htm)
We can no longer afford to hide behind the delusion that the violent criminals among us care about us, and that if we only "understood their feelings of exclusion" all would be well.
We live in a society where there are predators. Animals. Vicious and cruel human beings willing to rob, steal, rape and kill. They must be stopped.
That cannot possibly happen by attacking the law-abiding citizens who are NOT shooting our children.
---
Christopher di Armani is a freelance writer and filmmaker who resides in Lytton, BC, Canada, with his wife Lynda and their two dogs, Koda and Tuco.
He is a strong believer in the most basic of individual human rights, the right of free speech and the right of self defense, which includes the corollary right to acquire, possess and use the tools necessary to exercise those rights. Christopher strives to awaken the passion for liberty that exists inside every person. It is this passion that motivates Christopher in every aspect of his life.
As a director of the Bruce Montague Court Challenge for Liberty and Rights (http://www.brucemontague.ca) Christopher also collaborates with Katey Montague on her series of Rights Awareness videos, currently available on YouTube http://www.YouTube.com/kateysfirearmsfacts.
He is also an IDPA and IPSC shooter, hunter and enjoys loading his own ammunition.
Christopher can be contacted at christopher@diArmani.com or http://www.diArmani.com.
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