Why I Support the 2nd Amendment

The gun debate has roared to life again. I think the Left is eventually going to win the debate even though I don’t want them to. I support the 2nd Amendment here in the United States. In light of the debate, I will provide my reasons—in no particular order.

• Hunting—if you eat what you kill, I don’t really have a problem with hunting. And if you hunt game, you will need a weapon of some sort. I’m hardly an expert on the subject, but the first options that occur to me are: gun, bow, or crossbow. Of the three, I think the gun is the most deadly and, therefore, the most merciful. Of course, the second amendment gives us the right to bear arms, not sporting goods or dining accoutrements.
• Self-Defense—I have a black belt in the martial arts, so I am familiar with the concept of self-defense. The Left seems incapable of acknowledging the notion that you can’t really control the actions of anyone but yourself. If someone wants to do you harm, they make that decision, not you. A gun can keep you safe from those individuals a little too quick to anger or nefarious actions. Especially women. Men and women are equal before the Law. However, they are not equal in physical ability. Physically, I would guess (not scientifically) that for every ten physical confrontations between untrained men and untrained women, the men will win 7-8 times. The gun is the great equalizer.
• Defense against a tyrannical government—This is probably the most important reason. The Founders may or may not have intended to limit guns to militias—I do not know—but I do know that I do not wish to limit them to militias. I want citizens to have access to weapons beyond a sling shot if the government steps out of line. You can point out that the government has tanks, but, as Glenn Beck points out, the Afghans certainly put up a significant fight without tanks. Also, if the citizenry have guns, and they find themselves fighting a tyrannical government, they (particularly in America) might find some of the military defecting to their side. And if they don’t, guns might allow you to bring the fight to the military and capture a tank or two. Hopefully we will never get there, but I support the right to bears arms for this reason. The U.S. Constitution outlines a System of Checks and Balances. The Final Check is the 2nd Amendment. The Left accuses Donald Trump of being a Fascist bent on subjugating everyone to his “white-supremacist will” and they still want to take all the guns away. Just to make sure they are defenseless to his Fascist actions.
• Defense against external hostile powers.—Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and Communist China are all on record saying they didn’t want to invade the U.S. because its Citizenry are armed. Need we say more? Russia and China are no doubt waiting for our country to disarm.
• Don’t Punish the Innocent—Those who obey the Law and legally carry firearms as is their God-given (not government-given) right should not be punished for the actions of some looney idiot.
• Other Weapons—There are other weapons of mass slaughter like trucks, chemical agents, or what-have-you. You won’t be able to get rid of them all.
• Soft Targets—Gun Free Zones are just an open invitation to looney idiots looking for easy prey. That should be obvious.
• 3-D Printers—I don’t own a 3-D printer, but if it is anything like other technology, they will be accessible to the general public within ten years. At which point, producing your own gun probably won’t be too difficult.

In closing, I doubt I could get a gun (not many people claiming to be the antichrist can pass the background check), but I rest easier knowing that other people have them. And, if it were up to me, I would allow hand grenades to ex-military unless they are suffering from mental illness. And probably ex-cops, too.

(Not sure I should have made that comment about being the antichrist and getting a gun, It was kind of flip and light-hearted and this subject shouldn’t be dealt with in that light).

Predictions of the AntiChrist

In the spirit of the previous post, here are several predictions I’ll make as the antichrist. I hope I’m wrong on all of them:

No truth—the no truth movement (a.k.a. moral relativism, post-modernism) will gain the upper hand and begin persecuting and ultimately executing religious individuals as they (the no-truthers) will have the backing of “science”. I am most confident in this prediction.

No more gun rights—the Left is going to win the gun-control debate in the United States.

Electronic money—the United States, and the rest of the world, will ultimately embrace electronic money.

Success of socialism—the United States will eventually become a socialist country. This will likely lead to widespread poverty across the globe.

Civil War in United States—the Constitution won’t go easy. Gun-rights activists and other capitalists are going to have it out with the socialists and environmentalists.

Global economic collapse when America falls—when America goes under as a result of civil war and the rise of socialism, the whole globe is going under with it.

Super AI will arise, spread into the Internet, and will attain power exceeding any corporation or government, and will be answerable to no one.

Transhumanism advances will begin. Those participating will becomes slaves of the Super AI when it eventually turns on us.

Global War will occur, probably started by SAI, although that may not be realized at first. There will be multiple factions fighting across the planet.

I’ll specify a time period: I expect all this to occur by 2032—(4 yrs of Trump, + 8 Democrat). Note: I’m not a seer. I had no vision of this. I’m just predicting this on the basis of how I perceive the level of discontent in the current populace and how I expect AI and Transhumanism to go. I hope I’m wrong. I probably am.

None of these are exceptionally unique to me. Oh, well.

Avatars of Satan, Possession, and a Little Reverse Psychology

Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while may recall that at separate times in the past I have accused both Barack Obama and Donald Trump of being avatars of Satan. Let’s examine that for a bit: I reached that conclusion with respect to Obama by his meteoric rise to power; he was treated a bit too much like a quasi-messiah-like being. Many thought he was the antichrist (he’s not—I am). I kind of reasoned that since I wasn’t going to be President, Satan needed someone else to fill the role. Not anyone else, though; rather, he would fill the void created when I refused. Once I got the notion that Obama was Satan (or, more specifically, an avatar of Satan), I concluded that Satan wanted the Presidency and he would take it. I “realized” that Satan (a shape-shifter(an understatement)) would keep claiming the Presidency regardless of who we elected. So, I figured the current President and all future Presidents would really be just avatars of Satan. Alternatively, Satan may just possess the both of them, either all the time, or, perhaps if he is in the mood to be subtle, just at specific times when he wants to accomplish some specific end through them. To be fair, I do not see a little horned devil when I look at Trump or Obama. Nor do their actions seem totally Satanic—although Trump is an obnoxious brute and bully, while Obama is practically a communist. When I look at them they seem to be two people with normal characteristics with opposing political views. So, if push comes to shove, I can’t claim that I really know they are avatars of Satan or victims of temporary possession by him. Which, may make my accusation of such things seem to be irresponsible.

Unless Satan really does exist, he wants the Throne of God for himself, and he is quite capable of manipulating people and things to his liking.

So, for a moment, entertain the notion that I really am a rebel antichrist doing his best to thwart Satan and his plans. How best to accomplish that? First, Satan may just laugh me off (that’s the most probable thing), but one thing I suspect he doesn’t want me to do is to go around and announce his plans and credibly expose him. So, he will see me labeled a lunatic and quietly pushed into a corner. How can I fight back? At the moment, one of the few things I think I can do is to predict him as best I can. Let’s reason this out. Suppose Satan wants the trade war with China to escalate into a nuclear war … no, let’s start with something smaller. Suppose Satan wants to tear the United States apart by pushing Presidential selections back and forth between two increasingly polarized perspectives (I think he does). So, he’ll start with Obama, go to Trump, move to Super-Obama, followed by Super-Trump, etc… If I predict that in advance, I may actually gain some credibility (probably not much; others—like Glenn Beck—have said similar things sans Satan). However, if Satan doesn’t want me to have any credibility, he may actually change his plan. So, I may be able to thwart Satan’s plans (a little bit) by predicting them and thereby forcing him to change them. So, if I say that Trump is being repeatedly possessed by Satan, or is an avatar of Satan … that prediction will probably alter nothing, because hardly anyone will believe me. But if I say, the basic tenets of democracy are going to be overwritten by the continual over-reliance on science such that the United States will begin to experiment with weighting votes such that Ph.D’s will get more votes than Masters who in turn will get more votes than Bachelor’s who in turn will get more votes than Associates or whatever (and there may even be some form of specialization involved such that a Ph.D. in Environmental Science will get 5 votes on topics connected to Climate Change, etc…), the very act of me stating such, may help prevent that from happening. For the record, I don’t want that to happen, but I suspect something like that may be in the works eventually. Anyway, the point is, I can kind of use reverse psychology on Satan. Although he knows fully what I’m doing, he still does not want me to have any credibility. So, to recap: Satan doesn’t want me to predict him. So, accusing Trump and Obama of being Satan may be a good way of preventing them from being possessed. It’s reverse psychology for the devil. Suppose I really am struggling with the devil (humor me); I might just say that an asteroid is going to hit Texas because the act of saying it (or posting it) may change Satan’s mind if he doesn’t want me to gain a reputation as an accurate seer. So, I try to predict what Satan’s going to do, so he doesn’t do what I expect. So, I hope to be the most unreliable seer in all of history. 😊

In that light, kindly go back and reread my posts: “A Warning from the AntiChrist” and “The Mark of the Beast.”

Death of a Trigger

I have some good news to report: I think I killed one of my triggers. That is, something that used to “trigger” me, no longer does so. I used to get down every time I was in a conversation with someone talking about their son, daughter, niece, nephew, or whatever (be they related to me or not) accomplishing something and moving into some new stage of life. I think I’ve finally moved beyond that. I was talking to my sister about one of my nieces getting a new job and I did not get depressed. Normally, I start ruminating on how little I’ve accomplished with my life from the capitalist perspective. I’ve basically done nothing; I’m pretty much a pauper; and that’s likely not going to change courtesy of my antichrist issues. Nevertheless, I did not get depressed at all when I heard about my niece getting a new job.

How did I kill my trigger? Beats me. My guess is just by posting on it, here on my blog. Basically, I think, reflecting on it and delineating its existence in detail helped me face it and overcome it. I guess. Because I have no other idea what else could have done it. Maybe confessing that I’m a narcissistic egomaniac who stupidly challenged Satan in a daydream did the trick. But that doesn’t seem to be connected, so, I’m inclined to go with writing on Triggers a few weeks back was the first step to recovery. In that regard, I am happy to report, “Mission Accomplished. Trigger squelched.”

Plastic Bags and Other Madness

I live in NY State. A liberal bastion. We’re about to ban single-use plastic bags provided by stores to carry out goods. I don’t think it affects individual citizens as citizens (qua citizen 😊).

For a while, I thought it meant I wouldn’t be able to use plastic trash bags in my home. Thankfully, that doesn’t appear to be the case. I’m sure that’s probably coming eventually, though. Currently, it affects mostly just grocery bags. It will be a serious inconvenience for many people, and will likely have many unforeseen consequences. It goes into effect March 1, 2020.

Plastic is probably one of, if not the, most useful materials we have ever invented. What are we going to replace it with? Paper bags in the grocery store? Kill some trees? Or force everyone to purchase recyclable bags? Well, they’re doing the “nudge” thing. They’ll likely be charging for the paper bags, so you’ll be more inclined to purchase reusable bags “on your own.”

I can’t help but think the whole thing is foolish and serves as a perfect example of how liberals approach every societal problem. In this case, they want to ban plastic bags to help “save the environment.” They want to force you to comply to their liberal agenda. I don’t have any scientific studies to back this up, but I’m inclined to think raising awareness is enough. Make me aware of the problem, and I’ll do what I can to help. I recycle most of the plastic grocery bags in my house; I hold on to a few because they have a number of specific limited uses. Suppose 80% of the citizenry will recycle plastic bags on their own, is it really worth it to pass a law and try to get that number as high as you can, like, say 95% (You’ll never get 100%)? I say “No.” We’ve got too many laws as it is. Look at our 70,000ish page long tax code. What was it Plato said when describing the country of non-virtuous men? “And they shall multiply their petty laws” or something like that. I’m more of the mind that, if you want to help the environment, clean up the park yourself, don’t try to force others to do what you want them to. Most people, I’m sure, contribute in their own ways. We don’t need any more friggin’ laws, just as a general principle. Raising awareness should be enough. Besides, litter has some uses. Courtesy of my antichrist experience, I’ve spent some time as a homeless vagabond wandering across the country. During that time, I made ample use of a number of items I found lying around the roadside, including: a military canteen to fill with water and drink from; a small, rusted, can in which I cooked soup; various articles of clothing; and a pillow. None of them were in perfect condition (and in the case of the soup can it was likely highly unsanitary), but I made use of them on the road. So, I say clean up the park, but leave a couple things behind. Stripping all areas of all litter will likely have a similar impact on the homeless that electronic money will.

In some ways, liberals kill me. They are hell-bent against absolutes of any sort (and they are wrong about that) and then they go and pass a horde of inflexible laws. What is a law, but a rule society has supposedly agreed to regard as absolute? That road is what has led us where we are now, drowning beneath an avalanche of laws so vast only a computer could hope to keep up on them. It’s just stupid. Now onto a tangent for a bit: they want to ban plastic bags while keeping something like abortion legal. Compare the two. One plastic bag in a field is virtually irrelevant. One aborted baby is not. Plastic bags become a problem when they accumulate. 65 million plastic bags is an issue. 65 million aborted babies is a dead country. Now, off the tangent.

I had more to write, but I got interrupted and lost my train of thought. Oh, well. Nope. Still hasn’t come back to me. All I remember is that I wanted to discuss some of the uncommon uses of plastic items. Plastic straws, for example, can be very useful to help start a fire by blowing through them. I think I had some other examples, but they escape me now. So, I think I will end it here.