LFS: The Storyteller

--> ©2016 by LeeZard   I have so many feelings and emotions, anger, sadness, despair, frustration, hopeless and helpless. Did I mention anger? I don’t know what to do. What can I do? What can we do? It may be too late to do much of anything; the genie is out of the gun safe.   I’m talking, of course, about the horror in Orland, FL, its aftermath and the ensuing predictable debate over gun control mixed with the platitudes of, “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and victims.” I want to vomit. Sorry, folks, even if you do believe in some great deity, thoughts and prayers don’t mean squat. Let’s face it; the sad truth is that even if weapons such as the AR-15 are banned nationally, nothing will change, at least not in the foreseeable future. I’m sure you’re thinking, “How can you say such a thing, LeeZard? We absolutely must ban assault weapons!” First of all, the AR-15 is technically NOT an assault weapon. According to the Christian Scienc...

©2013 by LeeZard AMENDMENT II A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. Let’s start the political war of the century. Let’s try to amend the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. YOIKS! Of course, the Second Amendment is at the core of the debate over gun control. What gets lost in this emotional debate is the discussion over the intent of the Second Amendment. Did the framers of The Constitution intend that each individual has the right to keep and bear arms or did they mean that the state must be free to keep and bear arms for a “well-regulated militia?”   Signing of the U.S. Constitution While the National Rifle Association is very clear in its interpretation of the Second Amendment, the issue is clouded by such groups as the American Civil Liberties Union, the beacon of individual rights against an encroaching government, which contend...