Every year during the summer months a number of Chicagoans get killed because of gang violence. The politicians are always called upon to do "something." The most "media friendly" thing to do is to blame it all on gun ownership.

The media had a great time this month covering all the anti gun marches. They were staged by, none other than the "King of Political Correctness," Rev. Jesse Jackson, aided by his comrade, the pastor of Saint Sabina Church, Father Michael Pfleger. Chicago's Mayor, Richard M. Daley, threw in some anti gun rants of his own, while TV cameras rolled.

On one occasion Jackson and Pfleger marched on Chuck's Gun Shop in Riverdale. According to several sources, Father Pfleger twice threatened to "snuff out" the owner of the store. I'm all for free speech, but it's interesting how hypocritical "political correctness" can be. Don Imus just made a bad choice of words on his radio show. His mistake was spread by the media throughout the world and eventually resulted in his firing. Father Pfleger, on the other hand, threatened to kill a law abiding citizen, yet there was very little mention of it in the media. It seems that if you're on the "pro-media" side, you are allowed freedom of speech, otherwise, your reputation could be ruined.

Another headline grabbing program was the plea to turn in your gun at designated churches and police stations with no questions asked. For this good deed you would get a one hundred dollar debit MasterCard.

On Saturday July 22, 2007 the city of Chicago, collected 6700 guns from its citizens. This "event" gave the local media days of the "heart wrenching" news coverage they crave. According to the media, this year, Chicago's gun turn-in program was the largest ever, even beating all other gun turn-in programs throughout the country.

There are several reasons why I think such programs are bad for America.

1. The guns are turned in anonymously. Some of the guns could have been used in the commission of capital crimes. It will be harder to prosecute someone if the weapon he committed the crime with was turned over to the city and destroyed.

2. Guns that are old and don't work well can be turned in to get a down payment to buy a more modern weapon.

3. Instead of destroying all the guns, some may wind up as police secondary weapons known also as "throw aways." Recent events have shown that the Chicago Police Department can't be trusted.

4. Hardened criminals, who aren't concerned with ditching the evidence, will never turn in their guns.

5. Statistically, gun turn in programs do not reduce crime.

God-given rights are protected by the U.S. Constitution. One of the God-given rights is the right to life. It, then follows, that you have the right to protect your life. In the modern world, gun ownership is a reasonable means of protecting your life from criminal elements. Chicago's law prohibiting gun ownership in the city is not only unconstitutional, but violates a God-given right to protect one's self.

Chicago leaders insist that we can adequately be protected by the Chicago Police Department. This month the media discovered the existence of a list of hundreds of police officers that had more than ten complaints from the public. Recently, there were officers on trial for robbing drug dealers, beating up a female bar tender, and assorted other night club incidents. I've been told by a former policeman that there are a lot of alcoholic officers out there, but related statistics are hard to find. With such a reputation, it's hard to believe that the current police force can effectively act as our "guardian angels."

Even if the police force is perfect, officers only arrive after the crime has been committed. Having a weapon can deter the criminal and save our lives and the lives of our loved ones. Chicago's law, however, makes it illegal to save your own life if it's done with a firearm.

Taking guns off the streets does not reduce crime, but doing the opposite works a lot better. Everywhere concealed carry laws (laws that allow ordinary citizens to carry weapons) have been enacted the crime rate plummeted. Guns in the hands of reasonable people lower crime.

Kennesaw, Georgia is known as "Gun Town USA." In March 1982 the small town of Kennesaw unanimously passed an ordinance requiring each head of household to own and maintain a gun. Kennesaw's law was amended in 1983 to exclude convicted felons, those who conscientiously object to firearm ownership, and those with a mental or physical disability that would make firearm ownership dangerous. The crime rate fell after this law was passed, and even though the population grew five fold, the crime rate is still lower than the pre-1982 rate. This town has also remained murder free during the past twenty-five years.

Realistically, Kennesaw doesn't have street gangs like Chicago. The citizens of Chicago haven't been able to legally own guns since 1982, yet gang related shootings are still common. It is illogical for Chicago officials to think that stricter gun laws are going to stop the gangs. Gangs don't care about the law, and they'll still be able to get as many guns as they want. On the other hand, law abiding citizens have to depend on Chicago's highly flawed police force for their protection.

For the record, I don't personally own a gun. I've fired a rifle many years ago when I was in the airforce. Right now, I carry a small can of mace as protection. One day, I expect the city's control-freak lawmakers to even ban the mace. If it were legal, I'd get a small pistol and carry it in addition to the mace. I'd learn everything about my weapon and periodically go to a gun range so that I could practice hitting my intended target properly. Ever since I've been carrying my mace(30 years), I've never had to use it. The same would hold true if I was carrying a gun. The difference would be that I'd have a stronger sense of safety and more peace of mind.

It's time for Chicago politicians and preachers to wise up. Reverend Jackson, Father Pfleger, and you too Mayor Daley, more gun control will not affect the carnage. The nature of our corporate alien society is what drives the gangs. Rising poverty, dissolution of the family, "politically correct" schools, and "audience hungry" media are some of the real factors that need to be addressed

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Have you ever wondered why liberals are in favor of more gun control laws? Looking past the obvious and stated arguments put forward by liberals (crime, etc.) we delve into the minds of liberals – offering a few possibilities for their strange behavior.

Liberals tend to be in favor of reducing personal responsibility while increasing the responsibility of government to look after the welfare of people. This is seen in the liberal position on abortion (why should a woman be held responsible for her actions – just kill the unborn baby), gun control (people don’t kill - guns kill), welfare (people can’t earn money – give it to them), etc. Is it possible the liberal thought process is more like that of a child than an adult? Is it possible that liberals are merely children who have never fully developed adult thought processes?

Just as liberals attempt to remove responsibility away from the individual - children are not quick to take responsibility for their actions. However, liberals are clever enough to attempt to disguise their positions with interesting (but childish) arguments. For example, a woman’s lack of personal responsibility and subsequent accountability has been cleverly disguised as “a woman’s right to choose”. This type of reasoning makes little sense to the educated mind.

Seen again in the welfare debate – liberals attempt to diminish personal responsibility by suggesting the government give people money – simply because they don’t work. Again, the unstated assertion is that people should not be held responsible for having a job and earning money – they should be cared for by others.

While the arguments in favor of more gun control tend to revolve around crime, the assertion is that crimes would not be committed if there were no guns. Any fully developed adult mind will quickly recognize this argument as childish. However, there are a large number of adults in this world (known as liberals) who hold these views and attempt to convince others of their validity.

Regardless of the argument, the question remains – why would any adult with a fully developed mind attempt to convince others of these childish ideas? Even worse, how can an adult – with a fully developed mind – believe these childish ideas? Perhaps we’ll never know the answers to these questions. However, as science progresses and research methods become more sophisticated – answers will be revealed.

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I'll keep this one short and simple, I'd like simply, and honestly to clarify some things for my most recent article on human extinction. The article was not an attack on, nor was it a blame on group or individual person. I was merely attempting to bring to light some of our greatest, and easily fixable mistakes as a species during our tenure on this planet.

Some of you may think that I'm neglecting our past indiscretions (WWII, Cold War, Bay of Pigs, Rodney King, etc), I assure you I'm not.

I was simply stating that what we have learned from these horrific tragedies has yet to be applied on a large scale. If these statements have offended anyone, or prompted you to label me as, "fucking nuts," then that's fine all I ask is that you think and explore recent political and societal goings on; not only in your nook of the planet but abroad before labeling me as such.

Well, I'm done and leave you with a song/video to think about: Right In Two By Tool
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Myles Taylor


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Here we are in 2007, and this is quite possibly the second most frightening time to be alive. Why? well its quite simple we as a species are a complete failure, for example we are the only species to, on a regular basis "kill for fun" and not feel ashamed.

We are also the only species to openly, and outwardly defy Darwin's theory of survival, which in-part states: A species survives because it develops a survival advantage over other species. Here's a newsflash we have Billions of dollars of "survival advantages," yet at this rate I may not live to be 40!!

I certainly feel an immense fear when I wake up every day, not because I'm worried some adrenaline junkie asshole may walk up and shoot me for "fun," hell at this point I'd welcome that kind of eventual death at age 90 while standing in a bank; rather them say, waking up tomorrow and having a two-ton hydrogen-based "survival advantage" dropped on my fucking head!!

Humans whilst possibly being the most interesting species to study, are at times the worst to be a part of, for we are the only species who hunt their own for no "logical" reason whatsoever(not that lions killing their own because they tried tried to hunt outside the pack is anymore "logical" but at least there's a certain justification to be noted by them doing so). and we are also the only species to unjustifiably murder our young.

So who's to blame for these so-called "failures?" that's an easy one..... we are this is such because we lack one key component that every other species has, that is the ability to come together as a species (blacks, whites, etc. and stand up for our right as human beings of all creeds, races, and religions to survive, and function freely and unopposed amongst each other.

OK, that's all, now if you'll excuse me I'm off to got hit a dear friend of mine with my car repeatedly because he wears red shoes.
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Myles Taylor


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So what can a lowly blogger/nerd teach you about politics? (probably no more than a monkey can teach you about evolution, but I'll give it a shot anyways.) So let's start with one of the most heated and highly debated topics around: Racism. Why start here? well because its as I said, the most debated, heated, and complex topic around, yet it is the simplest to explain, and exile from existence. Let me begin by taking you backwards to the time of Fred, Barney, and Wilma our local cave people, now let's say Fred and Barney are on their way to church(separate churches for the purposes of this piece.) their conversation on that walk to church would probably resemble this:

Fred: "Hey Barney, old chum where you off to?"
Barney: "Oh hey Fred I'm off to the church of the Stegosaurus, and you good pal where you off to?"
Fred: "I'm off to T-Rex-- What church of Stegosaurus??? T-Rex Temple is waaaaaaaaay better."
Barney: "No Stegosaurus is better!!!"


At this point they'd pull out their clubs and bash each other to death....or so we thought

During the Fight
Fred: "Hey food!!!"
Barney: "Let's go get that dinosaur, I'm starved!!"


Now the two stop fighting and overcome differences for a greater cause...... SURVIVAL!!

My point is, is that we can do the same and should, and that the only reason that differences cause societal schisms is because only now are we "smart enough' to consider them negative differences and attach to them a negative(and quite destructive) "consequence" that we call Religious Differences/war.

You may be asking, duh what can I do boss??? well its quite simple don't qualify a friendship that you've had for twenty-years as dead because your friend's a Catholic and your a Jew, don't exit stage left on something that may very well be the Best thing in your life at the moment just because a book written/interpreted by someone who may very well be your friend's Great(x800)uncle. Hell if I'd done that I'd be all alone right now and forever (sniffs, I love you couch.)

Well until next week, Read chapters 1-4 in your textbook.
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Myles Taylor

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