You are cozy in bed, it is late at night, you hear a noise in the living room and you jump from your bed as the noise approaches. All of the sudden you see a man in black (ski mask and all) standing at your door with a gun. What do you do? Well, if you are a gun owner and the substitute for House Bill 1122 passes you will have to kindly ask the intruder: “Oh, hey Mr. Burglar, could you just wait here while I go get my gun out of the safe?” How well do you think that request would go over?
Well, if the anti-gun legislators have their way that is exactly what will happen and chances are it won’t go over all that well and you will get robbed because you are left defenseless against an intruder in your own home. The police won’t come to help you - the burglar won’t let you get to the phone, your neighbors won’t hear your screams – their lot is too far away, all you can do is pray that the criminal takes off with your goods and leaves you unharmed. I don’t know about you, but I would like a little firepower to backup that prayer.
| According to the NRA ILA website (one of my daily reads) and an article titled: Washington: One Anti-Gun Substitute Dies in Committee, Another is Headed to the House Floor published on Thursday, February 16, 2017 a substitute for House Bill 1122 (Sub HB 1122) is headed to the House floor where it will be reviewed and voted on. As summed up by the article, the bill will “require the locking up of one’s firearms or else they would potentially face reckless endangerment charges. Further, under this bill the penalty for a reckless endangerment charge involving a gun storage violation would amount to a Class C Felony.” Wait…what…come again?!? |  |
So if this Sub HB 1122 passes, I will be legally required to store my guns in my home in a way that the GOVERNMENT sees fit rather than how I see fit? I won’t lie to you, we sleep with loaded guns on our night stands every single night, it is just something we do and have always done. When we lay our heads on the our pillows, both HD and I know that we are safe an protected beyond the locks on the door (which, by the way, are not really there for our protection) and the two “guard” schnauzers sleeping next to the bed. If those guns had to be locked up in a safe (even if it was a small safe inside the bedside table drawer) I would NOT feel safe. The amount of time it takes to remove the gun from the safe could be the difference between walking out of the house on my own two feet and being wheeled out of the house in a body bag.
If the federal government doesn’t like the way I store my guns I can be charged (and convicted) with a class C felony which can carry sentence terms of 10 to 40 years and monetary fines of $10,000 to $100,000 (per www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/what-is-a-class-c-felony.html). Why is the government so interested with what is going on in my house. We are not harming anybody; nobody has been injured or died in our house by readily accessible firearms. The claim is that children are being accidentally killed by loaded and accessible guns in the home. I don’t argue with that, we see it in the news every once in a while, one child shoots another because they were playing war with daddy’s handgun. The problem is NOT the gun, the problem is that daddy never taught little Johnny that a gun is not a toy, respect for the weapon was never established, instead, the weapon became a temptation, something shiny that goes bang little Johnny was told not to touch all the while he sees daddy playing with the toy. I have seen the ad campaigns, some actually very funny, driving home the point:
If the federal government doesn’t like the way I store my guns I can be charged (and convicted) with a class C felony which can carry sentence terms of 10 to 40 years and monetary fines of $10,000 to $100,000 (per www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/what-is-a-class-c-felony.html). Why is the government so interested with what is going on in my house. We are not harming anybody; nobody has been injured or died in our house by readily accessible firearms. The claim is that children are being accidentally killed by loaded and accessible guns in the home. I don’t argue with that, we see it in the news every once in a while, one child shoots another because they were playing war with daddy’s handgun. The problem is NOT the gun, the problem is that daddy never taught little Johnny that a gun is not a toy, respect for the weapon was never established, instead, the weapon became a temptation, something shiny that goes bang little Johnny was told not to touch all the while he sees daddy playing with the toy. I have seen the ad campaigns, some actually very funny, driving home the point:
It is my belief that if you bring up a child with guns as a tool (something like an electrical outlet or kitchen knife that when used with safety and intention are totally safe, but that when misused can be dangerous and even deadly), it diminishes the excitement and moderates the taboo. If children were educated about the firearms, and firearms safety, in their home at an early age (as my husband, his siblings, and all of his cousins were – and now all of their children are) there would be far more respect for the tool and far less curiosity and eagerness to play with it as a toy. It is really this simple: Guns are a tool, NOT a toy!
It all comes down to this one action: taking responsibility for yourself and your children! Don’t look to the government to keep your children safe, that is your job, you are their parent, if something were to happen to them because you failed to teach them safety and respect for firearms that is your fault! Why should I sit back and let your actions (or lack of action) make it more difficult for me to protect myself and my family? When we look at the big picture of Sub HB 1122 that is really what it is all about. Some think that by leaving a loaded gun in my home I am recklessly endangering others (especially children), but I keep my firearm with me and don’t leave it, or children, unsupervised in my home, so I disagree. I think that if you have a gun, even if you lock it up most of the time, and yet fail to educate those in your home about its use and safety precautions – you are the one who is recklessly endangering others.
So I have a question for all of you, which is better and why?
More laws and regulations that strip law-abiding Americans of their 2nd Amendment Rights, leave them vulnerable, and invite big government inside our homes?
Or:
Educating all citizens in the use, handling, safety, and storage of firearms and then letting them decide how to incorporate the tool into their homes and if they wish to exercise their 2nd Amendment Rights?
More laws and regulations that strip law-abiding Americans of their 2nd Amendment Rights, leave them vulnerable, and invite big government inside our homes?
Or:
Educating all citizens in the use, handling, safety, and storage of firearms and then letting them decide how to incorporate the tool into their homes and if they wish to exercise their 2nd Amendment Rights?
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