An open message to those who think it’s time to take the guns

Claire Wolfe bats one over the fence. Read it all. Be sure to follow the links. Especially the ones for the genocide in the last century.

I am a woman of a certain age. I have silver hair. Wrinkles. I’m tired. I don’t like conflict. I have never been arrested nor committed an act of violence. I want to lead a peaceful life. I sincerely hope you get to live in peace, too.

I am also a gun owner. Some of the guns I own are ones you want to take away or limit my ability to possess or use. You want to do this despite the fact that I’ve never used them for any aggressive purpose — and don’t want to. You want to do it to other people I know, despite the fact that their guns are no threat to you or yours.

As a gunowner who hopes to live a long, peaceful, free life and be a valuable member of my community, I have this to say to you. I speak only for me.

But I am not alone.

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So you believe guns will go away after you’ve forbidden them? They will go away exactly as much as liquor did during the 1920s, as much as illegal drugs have. Welcome to Prohibition. And the drug war. And all the futile violence they spawned, times ten.

So you imagine your loved ones will be safer because you’ve made ourloved ones subject to your whim? You are putting everyone at greater risk.

So you believe that only police and soldiers should have guns? So didmillions of other people, who died at the hands of their paid “protectors.” Study the history of genocide.

So you’re a member of some elite class and you believe you and your privileged friends will always be protected by armed guards, police, or soldiers? Fine. Enjoy the history of the Praetorian Guard.