Well, I guess you get the idea, and if you follow this link back to The Blaze, you’ll see that pretty much all of the dots on that hysterical Everytown map have turned out to be misrepresented, grotesquely misrepresented. Charles C. Johnson has taken the trouble to research the map, and detail the circumstances of each shooting, not one of which turned out to be a mass shooting at a school. Most were gang related incidents of violence that occurred somewhere other than at a school. So, to all of you who’ve passed this blatant lie along with the message that, “it’s for the children,” please consider the message you’re sending to those young skulls full of mush when you use blatant fabrication as your argument to destroy America’s Second Amendment Rights.

Every day now, one of my liberal progressive, friends forwards some piece of propaganda advocating for the abrogation of America’s right to keep and bear arms. The latest bit of dishonesty claims that we now have one incident per week of a school getting shot up and kiddies being slaughtered. The trouble with that meme of course is that once even the smallest bit of scrutiny is used to look at their evidence of the great American Abattoir, the story falls apart completely, and what we’re left with are liberals running amok, mostly due to liberal policies having been enacted to keep them from ever facing consequences for previous poor decision making.

Now I get that you guys don’t want to see children hurt, and that your entire world view is ruled by your emotions. Your bigger than mine caring heart does you credit. With that being said however, there is a reason why George Mason insisted upon inclusion of the Bill of Rights as a part of the original Constitution before getting on board with ratification of this document as our primary national law, and the founding of our republic. Included within the 8 Amendments authored by Mason was the Second. If some of you wish to see that part of our Constitution wiped away, then I respect your opinion. I think you’re wrong, but have your say so.

Our Founding Fathers were intelligent enough to know that they weren’t perfect, or that times would change. That is why they’d had the foresight to include two, count them two, methods for changing the Constitution in Article V. Incrementally legislating away this basic right, granted not by government or our fellow man, but as a part of our birthright as human beings, is itself disingenuous and dishonest. Putting aside all other arguments, the Second Amendment is the only device we have that will ultimately protect us from facing our very own tyrannical behemoth. It is not a deer hunting or bird hunting amendment. It is not about feeding a family. It is not even really about protection from home invasion or masked marauders. It is about thwarting a government that has wrestled power from the people, and keeping that government in check by those governed. There is no possible argument in my mind which could possibly trump that consideration, however, please feel free to try. If you wish to take away our guns, do so through the Article V process. That would at least be consistent with how America is supposed to work.

One final thought for my progressive friends. Every time we get into it, you and I, I am doused with comments advising me to stop watching Fox News, or listening to Rush Limbaugh. By the way, I really do very little of both, but that’s beside the point. In every instance of this advice, not once has specific example been made as to why either source is not worthy of my attention. I’ve seen the Fox lies claim, but it’s always been a blanket charge. There has not been one single instance, ever, where this charge has been substantiated. Here however, is that substantiation of your argument being not only a lie, but one of epic proportion. What ever grudging emotional support for you position I may have had has now been wiped away for ever. That is the back lash for this fallacious piece of baloney that you’ve seen fit to forward without thinking. Looking back over the years, at the tortured statistics, misapplied economics lessons, mined quotes, quotes taken out of context, distorted historical perspectives, and flat out fabrications, I realize that the political left has not offered one honest argument to support anything they’ve posited. You can single out Fox all you want, but look in the mirror when you wish to point out something not worthy of trust. At least be truthful when discussing your plans for America. Honesty after all is what’s best for the children.

Cross Posted from Musings of a Mad Conservative.