Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948), political and spiritual leader of India. Location unknown. Français : Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), Guide politique et spirituel de l’Inde. Lieu inconnu. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I just don’t get it. The consistency is one thing (that deserves some dubious praise), but the notion that this is 1776 and the British are coming leaves me scratching my head. I know there is a force out there headed by the banking industry and others desperate to control everyone’s lives, but if Gandhi taught us anything, guns are useless against these forces.
The Constitution and Bill of Rights are still great, often applicable documents in today’s world, but even the Founders could not have imagined what has transpired in the past 300 and some years ago. The New World Order, if you believe George H.W. Bush, is a different kind of animal that cannot be destroyed by firearms. They have far more of them than anyone else could get their hands on, and still enough people support the government that a violent revolt would be foolish and lead to annihilation.
So what’s the deal? Why this obsession with guns? It’s not even as if anyone has ever lived in colonial days to be able to appreciate the comparisons and the differences to our time. Well, except maybe for John McCain. That guy is so old, people in retirement homes should form a choir and visit him.
At any rate, if Gandhi taught us anything, it is that violent revolution is not only an impossibility if Americans want to retain some semblance of their country, it’s ludicrous. Gandhi taught us all that nonviolence is the only way to succeed. Certainly, it is much harder these days with 24 hour propaganda networks like Fox News and MSNBC, but not impossible. In any case, your guns are entirely useless against this sort of enemy. You’re fighting ideas. Ideas cannot be destroyed by firearms. They can only be destroyed by better ideas and people to fight for them peacefully. Gandhi knew that he couldn’t make the British leave through war even if he had the arsenal and capability to do so. Nothing can stop an idea whose time has come. There’s an inevitability to certain things. Eventually, even if it takes a long time, people grow tired of fascistic rule and demand their freedom. Jesus ordered his disciples to resist the temptation to wage a revolt against Rome, but his mere presence led to the fall of that empire.
Gun or no gun, good inevitably always triumphs over evil, even if it’s not in a time frame we would prefer. The media will tell us our problems are as simple as one political party and that solutions can be fixed by a ballot system that increasingly has proven to be fraudulent. But in the end, we must take comfort in the acceptance that no one can stop an idea whose time has come (thanks, Dr. Paul).
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If Gandhi thought guns were useless, why did he think disarming the population was bad? My wife stopped a kidnapping with her equipment. Bad guys avoid the area where I live because lots of rednecks, Cubans and other minorities live there and they believe in self-defense… Jesus ordered Peter to lower his weapon when it was time but that’s because Peter had the sword. Jesus had made sure they were ready to defend against some trick the devil might throw in the person of a gang attack.
After the people were disarmed -by law- came the slaughter of Armenians, Ukrainians, Jews, Gypsies and the handicapped, Chinese, Cambodians, the American Indians, and Ghandi’s India might have seen a lot more if they Brits had not been constrained by the influence of the legacy of Christian culture.
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Your ignorance is poignant. You state:
“…often applicable documents in today’s world, but even the Founders could not have imagined what has transpired in the past 300 and some years ago.”
They are very applicable. If you truly believe what you wrote then you need to learn more about the US Constitution; especially, the reasons for what was written. Additionally, the independence of the United States was declared in 1776, which was 237 years ago. Therefore, the Founders knew what happened “300 and some years ago” because it was history to them.
The US Constitution is the central document defining our rights and government. Until it goes away it is very relevant and always applicable. Until it is Amended, the second amendment remains, which is very clear that the right to bear arms “shall not be infringed.” The reason for this Amendment is to allow people to defend themselves and to have a last resort to an oppressive government. So if the ideas, of which you speak, turn into actions and laws that create a situation where we must have another civil war, then we the people will be armed. If you think this is impossible, then you are foolish.