So now there is talk within the Obama administration of banning the sale and ownership of automatic weapons. Why? Apparently, to reduce violence in Mexico. Mexico. Not New Mexico. Regular Mexico. My first reaction to this piece of news was 'why should I give up my supposed unalienable rights for people in another country? Why doesn't the Mexican government deploy competent police officers to crack down on the cartels and root out the corruption within the government and military? Obviously that is a daunting task, but quite honestly, that won't persuade me to give up my rights. However, I soon realised that Mexico's problem is in a way our problem. The cartels are pouring drugs into the U.S. over our ill-kept border. This is obviously not good. But is it enough to cut and paste our constitution to fit the Obama administration's whims and fancies? No. It's just not.
The problem here is that the Mexican drug cartels are buying automatic weapons here in the U.S. and by using them have become too powerful. They then send drugs back into our country. The solution to this problem is not to limit our right to bear arms. True, I don't need an AK-47 to go hunt bears. But it is my right to buy one.
Anyway, here's my solution: First, finish constructing the border fence. If we don't let Mexicans in, they can't get guns or sell us their drugs. Second, DON'T TOUCH THE SECOND AMENDMENT. What can we possibly use automatic weapons for? Shooting Mexicans that try to cross the border. And third, stop raising taxes. But that's another story.
There is a third step to my plan. However, I don't know enough about international law to explain it. As that is, I will do my best. Look at Darfur. A government sponsored genocide has occurred, and is still occurring, and all the world does is send food, which is often hijacked, stolen, and burned by Janjaweed nomads. Admittedly, the fighting forces of our own country are too busy to play peacekeeper in the Sudan, but still, one important value of this nation is that the people who have the means to help have a moral obligation to help those in need. What do those people need? Yes, they need food, but even the food we send is stolen. The rebels need support in terms of strength, guns, ammunition, and fighters. When the government's of the world are too slow to act, the citizens of the world must act for them. There are very few things I would like to do more than organize my local Amnesty International chapter or whoever wants to go (probably just my World Literature Class), buy some serious firepower and tons of ammunition and head on down there to do whatever I can to help. Whether it's protecting U.N. food convoys or "villages" of displaced Africans, if I had the means, that is what I would like to do. Is it legal? Probably not. But it should be, and that is one excellent reason why Obama CANNOT assault weapons. (Yes, that was a ridiculous reason, but you know I'm right)
Thursday, February 26, 2009
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