My Opinion on the 2nd, just my opinion

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I am not a constitution or bill of rights expert but I do have an opinion. Here it is:

• The second amendment seems pretty clear and the federalist papers associated with the constitution and bill of rights provides some clarity as to the intent of the founding fathers. It is highly recommended one read them, study them, re-read them again and again under study then ask a constitution/bill of rights expert - not one but several to get a consensus of different minds with different perspectives and perceptions that are influenced by their expertise on the subject.
• In home self-defense it all depends. It depends on your environment, i.e., home, neighborhood, community and country because along with cultural and social conditions and conditioning, not even mentioning laws and legal systems thereof, drive how we all make use of the 2nd amendment in the spirit of it and our way of life.
• Third, owning such weapons are, in my humble opinion, are sacrosanct as to the spirit and intent of the second but I have a line I draw that governs their use, i.e., in the home - NOT to be used or are even necessary. Disparity of force comes into play here because even in the military fire power is governed by conditions spelled out by combat requirements, laws, and other factors to include levels of necessary force, etc. In a home environment such firepower is way over the top because other adequate self-defenses are available to the home owner. 

Note: Such firearms while approved for ownership are necessary to protect our way of life in the event, even if rare and its probability remote, others come to our country in attempts to overthrow and take away our way of life. Consider this, if certain factions intent on destroying us and our way of life do infiltrate our country they can, could and would do so in our very communities and the 2nd is mostly, my opinion, our ability to protect self, family, community and country from such possibilities. Note that even remote to chance having the capability present and available still fulfills that amendment in my book as a deterrent, i.e., knowing we have the will, the ability and the intent to secure and defend our way of life without hesitation and with deadly ability is just that - a deterrent. 

• We already have certain requirements that must be met to meet the legal requirements in self-defense so if I own a AR-15 means nothing and adheres to the spirit and intent of the 2nd unless I use it in an inappropriate way. If the level of force it implies as dictated in self-defense, not in defense of our way of life against a foreign enemy in or out of our land, then that person failed to meet the social, legal and legal systems demand for appropriate force, etc., mandated to meet self-defense. We still need the availability of such weapons in case war comes to the domestic land we call home - it is not impossible and modern events indicates that the possibility is real.
• Let the states, as indicated in the spirit of the constitution and bill of rights along with help from the federalist papers, do their jobs for each state and regulate not our 2nd amendment rights to keep and bear arms but rather regulate how those arms are used because like self-defense if use properly and with appropriate forces is necessary. Self-defense is drastically different from defense of nation in both foriegn and domestic realities. Govern and regulate accordingly.

You see, in my humble opinion we are misdirecting our efforts causing all this discord, disagreement and continuous argumentative and combative environment when we could actually come together to remain true to the constitution and the bill of rights in governing and mandating how we use our weapons for both self-defense and for protection of God, country and our way of life against all enemies both foreign and domestic. 

Thanks for Reading, Listening to the message and Understanding the Opinion,

Charles

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OPINION: When They Don’t Like You …

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When they don’t like you, when they fear you and when they get all emotionally tied up with that then the microscope comes out and the detailed scrutiny is activated where any slight, often perceived emotionally ignoring the logic and facts, they leap on it as if their lives depended on it and then the old lizard brain adrenal stress chemicals kick in further blocking out our human logical thinking processes. Then all hell breaks loose and a combination of cognizant dissonance and confirmation bias grab hold and the attacks and fear and anger just keep right on rollin along like the old monkey dance seen in the movie clip, Jumanji. 

We are all suffering from that stage right now because we see things as the dark and unknown. We know as humans that facing the dark, those things lurking in the dark places we humans fear to go, and the unknown of it the flight, fright and fear process grabs hold in tandem with the adrenal chemicals and off we go into the WILD, CHAOTIC (see, I can use a form of Chaos to make my point too) and dangerous actions seen around lately. Trust me, we won’t get off that wagon until it or the other are upturned and dumped down a chasm. 

Is it truly dark? Not from where I sit. Are people over emotionalizing things? You betcha, and that is kind of normal but what is missing is the understanding of what that really means, accepting it and then taking appropriate actions - kind of like the old adage of counting to ten before you speak or considering before you speak if it is, “necessary,” and/or “kind” and/or “is it true?” - to stop ourselves from making that leap into the black depth of a chasm of emotional immaturity thereby leading to actions, deeds and words inappropriate to the situation of the moment. 

Now, the only reason this is happening is because the entity involved is an unknown, i.e., we all are well aware and have become comfortable with the status quo and since that has never killed us we are averse to changing from that model. So, when an entity like we have today begins doing things unexpected and perceived under these obstacles we freak out, panic, become scared to the ninth degree and the take actions according to not what is relevant and true but as to how we feel and since we feel the panic, anger and fear we go right into survival mode we are all gonna die emotional state of mind and then we act in very unusual, inappropriate and often dangerous ways. 

Now, here is where I am really going to piss off that side, “Grow up, get a grip and let things progress with a diligent awareness and keen observation as the process goes forward so, IF, things go awry then we can take appropriate actions with minimal emotional attachment and make relevant, efficient and valid decisions on how to proceed.” 

In short: People who don’t like you tend to do three things: First, they set you apart from themselves; second, the tend to stigmatize you; and third, they tend to other you!