piratepatriot's Blog

No one can possibly deny that the shootings at Virginia Tech were nothing short of tragic.  However, after reading the remarks made by some foreign governments and newspapers, I became VERY annoyed.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard said that his country "took action to limit the availability of guns and [we] showed a national resolve that the gun culture that is such a negative in the United States would never become a negative in our country."  Italy's newspaper,  Corriere della Sera, particularly annoyed me with its story,  "Guns at the Supermarket." they wrote....

... "The latest attack on a U.S. campus will shake up America, maybe it will provoke more vigorous reactions than in the past, but it won't change the culture of a country that has the notion of self-defense imprinted on its DNA and which considers the right of having guns inalienable." ...

It amazes me that a culture would think the Right to bear arms and self defense was an offensive or less-evolved belief.  It's that very Right that has prevented a Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Mao Zedong or Kim Jong Ill from coming to power here in the United States. The founding fathers believed the Right to bear arms was essential in deterring tyranny. I for one, agree 100% with them!