The Government is NOT Coming For Your Rights. And If You Think They Are? You Don't Pay Attention

I like my guns, and have plenty of them.  I also worked in law enforcement for 23 years.  So I have some friends who are a little more touchy about their guns than I am.  Some of them are outright nuts about their guns.  If they are too nuts, we don't usually stay friends.

And I keep getting these posts on Facebook about how the Government is coming for your guns.  And it's just bullshit.  There is not one piece of Federal Legislation being proposed, or one Executive order that directs anyone to TAKE guns already lawfully owned by people who are not Felons, or the mentally ill.  Not ONE!

There was one particularly galling post tonight of a guy wearing a Glock on his belt and it said, "THIS IS YOUR RIGHT".  OK.  As far as that goes.  But under that, in much smaller letters it said, The Government is taking away your rights one at a time.

Bullshit.  NAME ONE right that has been taken away from you since Barack Obama was elected President!  ONE!  You can't do it, cause it hasn't happened.  You still have the right to buy and own a gun.  You still have the right to show up at a shopping mall wearing an assault rifle, even though that's about the dumbest thing I've ever seen.  You can still vote, even if you're stupid.  You still have the right to buy a bunch of ammunition, though even if you fill your basement with it, you could still NOT hold off the Government if they DID come for you guns.  I don't know the mathematical formula, but I'm pretty sure the correct answer is: Tank > Than Your Assault Rifle and all your ammo.

There is one right you might have lost.  The right to be a dead beat asshole when it comes to taking responsibility for your own health care!  Starting next year, you have to have health insurance, which greedy, insurance companies are going to have to make available to you, even if you're all ready sick.  And quit going to America's Emergency Rooms, and taking up space that should be for people who are REALLY sick with your ear ache.  If you don't?  You will have to pay a fine.  GOOD!  You want government to be more accountable with YOUR money?  This is a GREAT start.

So, right wing guns nuts of all stripes, QUIT SAYING THE GOVERNMENT IS COMING FOR YOUR GUNS, OR YOUR RIGHTS WITH ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE TO BACK IT UP!  You are just lying assholes.