Relatively
new in existence, the United States’ Department of Homeland Security recently made news by purchasing 1.6 billion rounds
of ammunition. With the recent
shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut it seems
consumer level gun advocacy has increased along with its brother, the federal government. It is a complicated issue. The gun violence has spread and now
includes malls, movie theaters, and schools. It in the wake of dying elementary school children it must be
addressed, and it seems logical a ban on large clipped semi-automatic rifles is
appropriate. While the gunmen
carry a compliment of artillery including pistols with multiple clips, the ease
of destruction provided by an assault rifle seems to facilitate the act of mass
murder. This gruesomely and
graphically was depicted by innocent school children found laden with
bullets. It was appropriate our
President Obama recommended some call to action. The NRA, one of the largest lobbying institutions in our
history, responded as did the American public. Feverishly it seems many Americans began to buy more guns
and ammunition in response to what could become an encroachment upon America’s
second amendment rights to bear arms.
The kicker is, the DHS’s purchasing of that many bullets cleverly has
stoked a conspiracy theory that is credible. Very much like each and every other “bubble” that has been
created, this action is being prosperous for a select few. Who’s to say Smith and Wesson’s
stockowners do not deserve the 40% increase in sales, but who are they? Who’s to say whether the troubled
teenager that committed the murder
was being coerced by a larger party? Isn’t it plausible citizens exhibiting mental instability
could be manipulated by the properly trained institutions? Isn’t this what terrorist networks have
proven to do? They bring
foreigners onto the United States’ native soul and train them with our own
educational systems thus manipulating our own infrastructure. It is possible cults historically
driven by mental illness created the mold. While entertaining this possibility is secondary to the
issue at hand, it is important.
More importantly is how Capitalism plays into this scenario. Who is profiting from this
violence? The United States
traditionally herself has profited from war, but is this how we want to
continue fertilizing our economy?
Warmongering is not a reputable activity nor is it inspiring
artistically, spiritually, or socially.
What is inspiring and fueling to our ailing economy are grassroots
programs to return America to a likeness of her former self. It seems we as a populace driven by
what has become a corrupt media and telecommunications industry, have lost
sight of our own history. With the
exception of certain notable television networks such as the History Channel,
The Learning Channel, and The Discovery Channel the rest of media like
Hollywood has turned into a metro-sexual, pop, group masturbation. The intent is to disguise and then destroy
our ability to distinguish gender and make responsible decisions based upon
logic, wisdom, and self-preservation.
The dramatic intentional decline in support of our public education
systems seems to have reduced our young people’s ability to find a traditional
quality American education. Even
schooling by rote driven by the act of trial and error has been circumvented as
traditional social systems of interacting in person have been replaced by
gaming devices and social media.
We are building a non-work force of weak, emotionally stunted, spineless
androids. With no new jobs on the
front, what’s the difference? We
have digressed so miserably from America’s former greatness who cares? Do we even want to take a stand? Along with this mis-education an
infringement of our Second Amendment’s rights to establish a well armed militia is
disconcerting. Not only are we not
educating our young people, we are priming them to be submissive, passive,
compliant citizens. This is
alarming. With its recent purchase
of 1.6 billion bullets, in addition to gun manufacturers becoming more
prosperous, the availability of ammunition for OUR well-armed militia, our last
line of defense against invaders, has become compromised. In an ironic twist some cities are
having trouble providing proper
ammunition for their local police forces. It seems no one wins, except for our
federal government. It seems some
clarification is in order. Why was
such a massive purchase necessary at this time instead of more moderate
pro-rated purchases? Isn’t it
necessary to ensure the rights of America’s citizens? We are after all the people for whom the federal government
should serve, although many of our Washington lawmakers have forgotten
this. It seems history is
repeating itself, but who is teaching this? The once powerful trusts that controlled industry also
controlled the government. Sound
familiar? In a very deliberate but
incognito program the path of America has been chosen and implemented.
Before this well known but misunderstood group of affluent
individuals is mentioned, it is relatively clear with recent events Americans'
toes are being stepped upon with what seems to be a growing Communistic
movement. I do not mean
Socialistic, as I for one as a citizen of the United States favor the
quintessential nature of Socialism over Capitalism. It simply is a publicly owned “Means of Production” rather
than a privately owned one employing a
public work force. It has been
well documented in many other countries man is not ethical or moral enough to
uphold the principals of Socialism.
It failed and developed into
Communism. This trend of
government spending both for our military and now for arming of civilian
government employees including agents of our Social Security system (with its
existence threatened regularly) seems questionable. Who is the priority?
Is our right to a well-armed militia, the right of citizens to be able
to obtain and purchase suitable firearms and ammunition, usurped by the need of
the Department of Homeland Security to train its agents? I think not.
