A couple of points here. First, as Tekla's comments on guns in the U.S., four police officers killed is tragic especially when it is in one city within a year but it still doesn't equate to "bodies piling up on the streets" or a "bloodbath." 99.9% of the time, the general public goes about their business without dealing with violent criminals. Also, California bans by law AK-47 rifles. That means that the criminal already broke gun laws before he committed murder. Like those gun laws did any good in your state. Here in Arizona, anyone who is not federally prohibited from buying a gun (felons, mentally ill, etc.) can purchase an AK-47 from a gun shop and leave with it that very day, no permit, no registration required. Guess how many shooting rampages this state has had recently? Zero.
Criminals start to realize that when laws make it easy for law-abiding citizens to carry that the stakes go up for them. If someone walks into a restaurant anywhere in Arizona to shoot up the place, chances are several other patrons will also be carrying guns and they will quickly put an end to the mayhem just barely after it starts. In California, where nobody can get a concealed carry permit unless they are very well connected and where virtually any type of useful firearm is illegal as they consider them "assault weapons," Californians can be sure that in public places that the only people carrying guns are criminals.
It may be true that gun control may work better in countries that haven't had guns around for a long time. In this country, however, there are hundreds of millions of guns in circulation and the last time I checked statistics, there are over 80 million current American gun owners. You liberals cannot take away our guns no matter how hard you try. Additionally, it is in our Constitution that we have the right to keep and bear arms and the Supreme Court has ruled on this as well. If the government tried to ban firearms, the first house they knock on will be the next Waco, TX incident. Regardless, it is common sense that a free sovereign individual has the human right to self-defense and they have the right to protect their friends, family, loved ones, and innocents from harm. The Supreme Court has also ruled that law enforcement is under no obligation to protect you from criminals. That responsibility is yours.
Second, let's take a look at some comments here on Obama. While he hasn't been in office that long, most of his ideas and plans are very disturbing and are unconstitutional. His economic bailout plan for the most part has used our tax dollars to bail out failing businesses. Instead, he should let the businesses fail. They started the mess and they should pay the consequences. Instead, he could have used all of this tax money to go directly back to the people similar to Bush's $300-$600 checks. The sheer size of the bailout plan could have allowed much larger checks to go out such as in the $2,000-$5,000 range. This would stimulate the economy because consumers would spend and thereby help businesses who were having trouble, and they could pay back some of their credit card and other debts helping the banks become more solvent again. I also don't like these vouchers giving people credit to buy homes or cars. People need to understand that nothing is free. If you go and buy a car and get a $4,500 credit from the government, that means that part of MY paycheck is paying for YOUR car. That is socialism and it is stealing. Responsible people should not have to pay for irresponsible people's shortcomings.
He also has a man named John Holdren as the Department of Science and Technology chair. This man co-authored a book in the 70s promoting forced abortions, sterilization, and surgeries to control the world's population. Obama's healthcare plan includes mandatory signups and fines for people who don't register. He also supports mandatory community service for youths and young adults as part of the "Give Act." Just look at this man's endless grins and smug looks. He is an elitist who believes that you don't know what is best for you but that he sure does.
I have never asked for a freaking handout and never will. I would like to get a boob job some day and SRS may eventually be in my plans. But I will not stand in a government office and wait for their approval to do those things. I determine my life, not them. I can't afford those things now but I would sure save enough money to pay for those surgeries myself before I'd go living off the government dole. Nobody should be required to pay for anyone else's problems. I don't ask for handouts and likewise nobody should be asking me to take care of them. Everytime a person appeals to the government to take care of a personal problem, they are relying on other people to take care of them instead of doing it themselves. It is literally sacrificing freedom for the sake of a little bit of security. Obama may not publically announce it but it seems obvious that he desires to take over every aspect of our lives where individual liberty is a concept of the past. Likewise, anyone who comes knocking on my door to require me to turn in guns or other possessions that I had legally obtained, forces medical testing or treatment on me without my consent, or requires me to perform labor (slavery), it will be the last door they knock on. Enough said.
