It was a sad weekend for our Nation and especially the people of Arizona
Okay let us look at why Sci-Fi is bad for Traffic Jams. Check out the scenario below:
A super sci-fi fan is heading home from his job as a programmer for some big software company.
He is driving an all-electric car one of the few futuristic things he owns and something he should have recharged the night before. He is driving along, hmmm, let us say I-5, 405, I-90, or 520, or any other high traffic roadways in the Seattle Seattle
He tries desperately to find an alternate route to no use; he is stuck. He starts to stew.
To take his mind off things he thinks of different sci-fi shows and some of the fancy gadgets that will exist in the future, like flying cars. He thinks about how when he was younger he thought the flying car would exist by now and he feels let down, he stews a little more.
An hour or so goes by and he wishes there was a transporter to instantly, well transport him from one place to another. He realizes this will probably never happen and again he stews.
His anger is stewed enough where he dreams of phasers and photon torpedoes to blast away the vehicles in front of him to clear his way. This bit puts a smile on his face for a moment.
Hours later, the sun long set, his show half way over, and his car battery about dead the traffic lets up and he is free. Still stewing he hurries as fast as the Energizer Bunny can carry him but 5 minutes his home his car dies. He wishes his darn car ran on something more futuristic some endless supply of power and he reaches the boiling point. Behind him he sees head lights approach right up to his bumper, angry he flips the bird to the newcomer. Blue lights flash and he really wants that transporter. Traffic and Sci-Fi bad combo.
The 2nd Amendment another highly debated part of the Bill of Rights. There are different interpretations as there are stars in the sky it seems. Some people see it as the right to posses a gun and use it how ever they want. Others believe it is to keep the government in check, still others see it a basic right for defense of family and property.
Intent is the key here. What was the intent of our founding fathers? To understand that, we need to understand the situation at the time the constitution was written. In the beginning of our country we did not have a real standing army to protect the country and its citizens from the external dangers (other nations)
And most towns did not have law enforcement. Seeing the writers of the constitution wrote the amendment so our nation would be protected. The intent was not for the citizens to raise arms against the government if they were to become dissatisfied. The constitution is written to take the dissatisfied citizens, the freedom of speech, the right to assembly, and change our representation (our lawmakers and therefore laws).
In our modern times with our Armed forces (including the National Guard our states’ militia) we do not have to rely on a militia to protect our Nation and way of life. Some may use this argument as reason to repeal (I don’t think it can done) the second amendment, I do not agree. Why I believe that there is virtually no need for citizens to form a militia to protect us today, I do believe in the right to bear arms to protect ones self and family. I also believe there our individuals who should not have access to firearms because they are either criminal elements, unstable, or both. There is the rub. How do you determine who should not posses a gun? Hard to do.
I do not own a firearm, nor do I want to ever, but I will not limit some ones write to as longs as they are competent and do not intend to use it for criminal purposes.
Never should violence be used in our country to change our lawmakers, use the constitution not abuse it.
Any errors are because I am watching the BCS Championship.
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