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OK, I WANT THE RIGHT

The battle over the Second Amendment is over for awhile.

Citizens have the right to bear arms whether they are in a militia or not.

The Supremes sang their song today.

No surprise there.

I am OK with this, incidentally. I am not a knee jerk lib.

I want the right to bear arms for myself.

I do not happen to have any arms just now but I might change my mind and if I did I wouldn't want an impediment.

I would even like to bear arms openly in a holster.

Or concealed.

Why?

Because there are some crazy fucking bastards out there and, from time to time, they can get out of control.

Oddly, I am more concerned about the crazies of the right wing than I am about gang bangers or the random serial killer.

The wing nuts say some pretty scary things. Especially about homos.

I am not a paranoid kind of guy but I know when I am threatened.

I am about to get married in the midst of some controversy.

The controversy will come to a head on the same election day that I plan to vote for our next President.

I am not naive about the repercussions if the ammendment is defeated.

That is just one example.

I had firearms in my house once. My Dad's. They made me so uncomfortable that I gave them to my son to hold on to.

So, I don't know if that would happen again. Probably.

I don't expect to bear arms. I don't think that I will ever have to. I hope to hell I do not have to. I am a lousy shot.

But I would go down shootin' if I had to. Or not. I just want the choice. Me.

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