Neurotic Anxiety Part 3

Neurotic Anxiety   Part 3

Long time ago, in 1532, Machiavelli

understood and wrote about the ability to manipulate and rule the masses. He believed that the employment of fear was necessary, a powerful motivator and a means to an end.  That end was security for the one in power. He may have said “the ends justify the means;”  “violence may be necessary for the successful stabilization of power;” as well as “deceit including extermination” may also be necessary. Politicians, gun manufacturers have understood that the use of fear as a motivator works. When the media or social media spreads the rumor that guns are going to be confiscated, restricted, etc. what happens? There’s a run on buying ammunition and guns. When a politician says build the wall, stop the caravan, deny immigration from Muslim countries, immigrants are murderers, rapists, and etc. fear is produced. This message is music to the gun manufacturers. Incidentally, automatic weapons are for use in wartime, and not for hunting.

Recent statistic pointed out that only 3.1% of all gun related deaths were used for defensive purposes. My friend Paul, an honest to goodness hunter who served in the military, talked about the idea of using a gun for defensive purposes. He said that it takes time to secure a gun, load it, and shoot accurately with daylight and other environmental variables affecting one’s aim and vision. He adamantly said that it was very difficult and problematic to use a gun for protection.

A living Constitution would likely not use “we the people” unless it really meant men, women, children, gays, criminals, drug addicts, psychotic individuals, etc. it would likely not promote the use of automatic weapons as well. Hopefully, a Second Amendment would be rewritten to include the current madness in our culture. The framers were right on. Because of Man’s nature, including irrationality, it makes it dangerous to have the availability of assault weapons in our neurotic anxiety filled society.