I am someone to be watched. Because I buy lots of ammunition, MRE's, Night Vision and all the stuff I circled. Ammo cans are good for storing tools so the don't rust in Texas Humidity. Meals Ready To Eat, (MRE's) are good for when the kids and I go to the beach or when I'm driving to St. Louis, My night vision monocular lets me know if the dogs are barking at a coyote or someone is walking through the property, High capacity magazines make it a lot easier to enjoy shooting instead of reloading a magazine after 5 or 10 rounds, plus they're fun, bi-pods make it so I can shoot more accurately at long distances such as when I wanted to enter competitions. But according to the DHS, I'm a possible threat. What a load of malarkey.
The only possible threat I can be is to someone who wants to hurt myself or others. I have no intention of hurting anyone, in fact I abhor violence. That doesn't mean however that I will stand idly by while someone attacks someone else. I will contact the police and if I see that someone's life is in danger, I WILL step in. All life is precious and no one has the right to hurt someone else for any reason outside of war. When I joined the Army Reserve way back in 85 I joined up to be a medic. I wanted to serve my country, however I didn't and still don't feel comfortable with the idea of taking the life of another. That doesn't mean however that if push came to shove, I will use whatever means necessary to save someone's life. Even if it means I have to take the life of another. If it ever came to pass that I had to use deadly force, I probably would need to see a psychologist for a bit.
I was born in St. Louis, Mo. However I spent many a summer at my Uncles farm in North Central Arkansas. I learned many valuable lessons from my uncle. I learned that racism is wrong from a man who was as racist as a Klansman, but he had served in the Armed forces where black men saved his own life many times. As my uncle told me once, "I was raised a racist, I'm not raising you to be that way." He knew he was racist and he admitted it, just as he admitted that he knew it was wrong, but every day of his life he treated everyone white, black, indian, asian it didn't matter, the same way. With respect. It was from him I think I got my feelings about taking a life. He had been in war, had killed men from far away and up close and personal. He told me, that you did everything you could to avoid doing it, but when the time comes there is no other choice, well, you don't have a choice morally. You do what must be done to protect others.
It is people like me, that the DHS says are a threat. Returning servicemen and women, veterans, people who care about what this country is and what it is supposed to stand for. We are threats somehow, because we believe that no one should have to live their life in fear of assault, robbery or personal harm. And yet the people who commit those crimes are not even on the radar of federal law enforcement agencies. Instead the federal agencies are trying to enforce another countries laws on our businesses and citizens.
What happened to us?
Mark
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