Monday, September 16, 2019

What If?



What if the grim reaper (a.k.a., the DJT’s guard dog) were to allow the Senate to vote on the bill passed in February of 2019 on universal background checks on all gun purchases? It is time that everyone does their job.

What if more companies refused to sell AR-15, AK-47 and similar assault weapons and large capacity magazines (e.g., more than 15) for all weapons?

What if cities and counties refused to allow gun shows to be organized in their jurisdictions?

What if the sale of weapons of any kind through the Internet were made illegal?

What if everyone knew what was actually written in the second amendment to the US constitution:
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." 
What if the second amendment were to be expanded to include bazookas, grenades, surface to surface and surface to air missiles? Tanks? 50 caliber machine guns? The slippery slope slides both ways.

What if we, the people, in order to form a more perfect union, decided to stand up and be counted in opposition to the separation of families and the incarceration of immigrant  children, or in opposition to denying temporary protective status to neighbors escaping the devastation of a sustained hurricane 5, or against sending back to countries of origin those previously granted protective status so as to provide them with life-saving medical care … what if we, the people, really understood the blessing of liberty and decided to be a shining country on the hill of humanity?

What if the justices on the supreme court were to actually behave like impartial and independent justices interested in the welfare of all as in “we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all …” as stated in the Declaration of Independence as the obligation of governments in response to absolute despotism, which is the current direction of these divided states under #45.

What if people everywhere embraced the following from the Book of Leviticus  in the Hebrew Bible:
“When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. 10 And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God.
11 “You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another. 12 You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
13 “You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired worker shall not remain with you all night until the morning. 14 You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.
15 “You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor. 16 You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life[a] of your neighbor: I am the Lord.
17 “You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him. 18 You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.”
What if the temporary resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC understood and lives by those words?

What if the “American eagle were to really spread its wings and straighten up and fly right?”

What if you were to add ideas to this short list of musings of worlds yet to be realized?

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