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 'Loose Talk'
By Benjamin Benedict
Gun Law
Hitler watched as the top German marksman was hopelessly outclassed by the Swiss competitor. “Your man is a brilliant shot,” he told the leader of the Swiss team.
“Not at all,” the Swiss replied. “We have many thousands more like him.”
This remark and the mountainous nature of the Swiss terrain were the main reasons why Hitler did not include Switzerland in his European expansion plans. It goes to show just what a protective force guns can be in the hands of a well trained citizenry.
No doubt that is what the Founding Fathers of the United States of America had in mind when they confirmed their citizen’s right to bear arms. However, there is also no doubt that the Swiss, who do not endorse the same universal mandate of gun ownership as exists in America are pro-rata, a good deal more expert in the use of their weapons than their American counterparts. Can the Founding Fathers have missed a trick somewhere?
It is a toss-up as to whether in America ‘Gun Law’ reached its peak in the ‘Wild West’, or whether in fact it is even wilder today, but what we do know is that in the days of the six-shooter and shotgun, when it came time to waste the bad guys the Marshall would have everyone leave their weapons on the edge of town. But surely that was in direct contravention of the American Constitution? Could it be that Wyatt Earp was a yellow-bellied pinko, and not the legendary lawman we all take him for, or was he simply doing what desperately needs doing again today?
This question might well be asked of the Republican ‘pro-life’ Vice-Presidential nominee, as well as the others who are running for high office. The answers would surely be the most evasive load of bull because, like it or not America’s idea of democracy is a two-party system in which the power of the lobbyists reign supreme.
Of course the ‘arms’ referred to in the American Constitution were muskets and flintlock pistols, not rapid fire weapons capable of decimating a bull elephant at half a mile. Who cares? After all, it’s just a bit of sporting fun. Say, how about having some long-legged bimbo in a bikini and Stetson loose off an AK47 at a cactus bush or a pic of Bin-Laden? That should boost sales some. And let’s have everyone carry an Ithaca pump under the driver’s seat and a three-fifty-seven Python in the glove box. It could come as standard on all full spec 4 wheel drives. How about that?
And you think that Barack will make a difference? Well, do you? What I know is that if he does a flak jacket won’t help him at all.
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