{"id":12434,"date":"2012-02-29T13:15:44","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T18:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=12434"},"modified":"2012-02-29T13:15:44","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T18:15:44","slug":"the-children-are-throwing-tantrums-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=12434","title":{"rendered":"The Children Are Throwing Tantrums Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Des Moines Register<\/a>\u00a0posted an article today about the Iowa House Democrats who have left the Capitol to protest two gun bills the Republicans are bringing up. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has accused the Republicans of not giving enough notice so that Democrats could amend the bills.<\/p>\n

I’m not even going to go into the details of this–I just want to show you the two bills as reported in the article:<\/p>\n

House Joint Resolution 2009: Iowa Right to Keep and\u00a0Bear\u00a0Arms\u00a0State\u00a0Constitutional Amendment<\/strong><\/p>\n

This resolution would begin a process to amend Iowa\u2019s constitution to include a \u201cright to keep and bear arms.\u201d The proposed amendment echoes the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, saying \u201cThe right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

To pass, the resolution must be approved by both the House and the Senate in two consecutive general assemblies before voters would weigh in on the issue.\u00a0 It means that the earliest a vote could occur would be 2013, should the legislature act this year and next.<\/strong><\/p>\n

House File 2215: Reasonable force\/Stand your ground<\/strong><\/p>\n

The bill would rewrites the law on \u201creasonable force\u201d so that a person may use force \u2014 including deadly force \u2014 against someone who they believe threatens to kill or cause serious injury, or who is committing a violent felony.\u00a0 The bill specifically says that a person is presumed to be justified in using deadly force if the person reasonably believes that deadly force is necessary to avoid injury or risk to his or her life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iowa\u2019s current law allows potential victims to use deadly force against a perceived threat only if an alternative course of action also entails \u201ca risk to life or safety.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first bill does nothing except echo the Second Amendment. What is the problem? The second bill simply allows a person to defend himself. Again, what is the problem? What amendments are needed?<\/p>\n

Somewhere along the line, we have lost the concept of having the right to defend ourselves and our property. I don’t think that violence is always the solution, but I do think we have lost the distinction between right and wrong in our victim mentality society. If someone murders someone, the murderer is often painted as a victim of some evil in society–poverty, bullying, disturbed childhood, etc. Parents are told not to spank their children and parental authority is undermined in our schools. If we are to survive as a society, we need to relearn the concept of good and evil and learn to deal with evil when it rears its ugly head!<\/p>\n

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