Has the Supreme Court Turned Every City into a Shooting Gallery? 
In the June 30 Seattle Post-Intelligencer a Letter to the Editors addresses the recent decision by the Supreme Court which, through misinterpretation of the Second Amendment of the Constitution, says that "militias" have the right to keep and bear arms. This passage was misconstrued to mean that everybody has the right to a gun.
Lawrence Jacobson of Mercer Island, Washington wrote the following:
"What will be the likely outcome when our government urges every citizen to carry a loaded gun? Do law enforcement officials think our streets will be safer with more guns in the hands of everyday citizens, including the angry or mentally imbalanced? Do you trust Antonin Scalia to decide your children's safety when they go to school?"
"The Supreme Court ruling endorsing a personal right to own a gun is another onslaught on America's children. I would like to introduce Justice Antonin Scalia and the majority to some children who have been victims of random shootings in their own neighborhoods, like the child we serve with a bullet ledged in his lung that cannot be removed.
"This dangerous decision will have an incredibly negative effect on all children in this country. Once again, our children will be the victims of misguided legal decisions."
Ellen Wiest of Santa Monica, California wrote the following to the New York Times June 29:
"The first 13 words of the Second Amendment, `A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state,' indicate their importance. And coming, as they do, at the very beginning of the amendment indicates that the clear intent was that gun ownership required participation of the local militia."
Claude M. Gruener of Austin, Texas wrote the following to the New York Times Letters to the Editors June 29:
"(O)ne hopes (this decision) will get more thoughtful voters out to ensure that a president is not elected who will move the Supreme Court even further to the right."
With this Supreme Court decision, some interesting facts emerge that might cause concern.
The U.S.A., according to CNN talk show host Lou Dobbs, buys two-thirds of all drugs sold in the word. Considering that the U.S.A. represents only 5 percent of the world's population and the drug culture is so prevalent that two-thirds of the world's drugs are being consumed here.
Could it be that the crime waves in the major cities are closely linked to this heavy drug traffic?
When ex-President Ronald Reagan approved legislation closing down major mental health hospitals in the U.S.A., Margaret Thatcher took a similar approach as Britain's prime minister.
In both the U.S.A. and Britain, mental patients were provided residence in residential areas. The idea was that this would be less costly for government and more appealing to the mentally disturbed.
Without close supervision into medical oversight, many mental patients often fail to take their medications. Some with little self-control drift into alcoholism, drug addiction and crimes of every description. Knives are often used by uncontrolled, mentally ill individuals.
Now, with the Supreme Court decision regarding guns, what next?
KEYWORDS: Supreme Court decision on Hand Guns, Tragedies of Cities Coping with Guns, Gun Situation in Washington, D.C.
Sign up for a Complimentary Member Account... Join the community! It's fast. And it'll allow you to take advantage of all this site's great features!
| < Odinga and Kenya Strike Perfect Note on Mugabe | How the American Dream Collapsed into the American Nightmare > |
