Running gun battle/Alabama's excess football riches

In the third letter down at Ft. Wayne’s Journal Gazette web site Richard Moessner’s letter entitled “Responsibilities tied to our rights” butchers the 2nd Amendment.


In what has become a nearly daily exercise, Lex fired off this response. In a shocking bit news, this letter cleared the first hurdle toward publication.

Among other things, Richard Moessner wrote “…some people think that because the military has automatic weapons, citizens should be able to have them as well. This is stupid.” Stupid or ignorant?

What’s really ignorant are people who do not know the difference between automatic and semi-automatic. Private ownership of unregistered fully automatic weapons is banned by the National Firearms Act of 1968. In addition, a federal excise tax on fully automatic weapons makes them prohibitively expensive - most in excess of $10,000. All the guns used in recent tragedies have been semi-automatic.

What’s really ignorant are people who think the 27 plainly written words of the 2nd Amendment are subject to the whims of gutless politicians, a misinformed MSM and an emotional public every time a gun tragedy occurs. It is not.

What’s really ignorant are people who think that the 2nd Amendment has anything what-so-ever to do with hunting. It does not.

What’s really ignorant are people who raise red herring arguments conflating military weapon systems that can neither be kept nor borne by an individual with those that can.

What’s really ignorant are people willing to cast their rights and those of their neighbors aside because of the actions of a few nut jobs.

What’s really ignorant is thinking a nut job who probably broke a hundred or more laws carrying out his heinous deed is going to be affected by a couple or couple dozen more.

There is an orderly way to amend the constitution. If it’s time to amend the constitution with regard to the right of the people to keep and bear arms, let’s have that discussion. However, the rights of the people are not subject to the knee jerk reaction of an ignorant few, or even a majority who, in the face of tragedy, think the 2nd Amendment is stupid.

THE Ohio State University undefeated and clearly the best team in the country
After Alabama’s man-handling of Notre Dame last night, one thing is undeniable. THE Ohio State University is the only undefeated college football team in America.  If the NCAA really wanted to punish The OSU, they would have made them play Alabama last night.

Aside from not being able to rush the quarterback, cover a receiver or stop the run (Betty White would have rushed for over a 100 yards last night), the vaunted ND defense looked impressive. Aside from not being able to throw or run the ball against an Alabama defense that looked as if it should be playing on Sunday’s, the ND offense looked pretty unstoppable.

The one bright spot for the Irish was their punter. He buried the Crimson Tide deep on numerous occasions forcing them to drive the length of the field in order to score, which they did with relative ease.

I think it is time LB and the Demo-Dopes looked into Alabama football and begin redistributing football talent out of that school and then the entire Southeaster Conference. Shouldn’t the WAC, MAC, PAC 12, ACC, Big 12 and Big 10 get some of that speed and talent? Why should Alabama have both, Lacy and Yeldon? Isn’t that a grotesque display of college football riches? Congress needs to step in, level playing field and make these schools redistribute the “extra” talent they clearly do not need.

Congrats to Alabama. Regrets to nephew Adam who had to get up early this morning to raise an Alabama National Championship Banner. One hard earned Lex dollar is in the mail to big Sis.

I’m thinking about writing her a check. It’ll cost her more to deposit it than the dollar is worth.