Just got done watching a rented DVD of the Oscar-winning documentary,
Bowling for Columbine.In it, National Rifle Association president/Hollywood has-been Charlton Heston was shown speaking at pro-gun rallies in two different towns, immediately after kids had shot and killed other kids at the schools in those towns.
At both rallies, Heston used a phrase to signify his commitment to the cause: "From my cold, dead hand."
I shall be hoisting a few when that fine day comes, I'll tell ya.
I must say, kudos to director Michael Moore for a deeply affecting and thought-provoking film, but an important detail was surprisingly overlooked. Amendment II of the Bill of Rights -- the principle upon which the NRA hangs its hunting cap -- reads as follows:
"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."
Now, I'm no lawyer, but I do own a dictionary and a thesaurus, and I can't help but interpret it this way:
"An organized and sanctioned armed forces will not be deprived of the right to use weapons to keep the nation secure."
I can't see how any reasonable person can read it and come to the conclusion that "every Tom, Dick and Son of Sam has the God-given right to pack heat."
Funny how the entire first half of the Second Amendment is so casually ignored by the gun lobby.
