My take on the "Gun Problem".

Here's my take on the "gun problem".

The shooting in Webster, NY took place within sight of my house on Lake Ontario. The shooter was a convicted felon, obviously crazy and NOT a member of the NRA! None of these shooters were members of the NRA. And as a convicted felon he was not supposed to possess a firearm. So much for the bad guys obeying the law.

There is never one cause nor one solution to a problem. In this case it goes far beyond the mere ability of the American population to possess firearms, a right guaranteed by the second amendment. Several takes on this follow.

The American population is generally and legitimately afraid. The law abiding citizens are afraid of the spreading violence in society which is not caused by guns. The overall decay of our societies morals, the soaring number of out of wedlock births, the failure of our education system to instill the difference of right and wrong, the closing of mental health facilities to save money or at the insistance of civil rights activists, and the despair generally felt throughout society caused by this never ending recession.

I blame the liberals!!! And here's why. If there was no demand for drugs there would be no drug runner violence. I consider illegal drug users accessories to murder. Yes, even supposedly harmless pot. Gun owners are afraid they will not be able to defend themselves if the liberals have their way and disarm every gun owner with pie in the sky notions that guns are the problem and without guns we will all be safe. NONSENSE! We will never be "Safe". Bad things happen with or without guns but people prefer to be able to defend themselves if some crazy invades their home, their business, school or workplace.

We are spending too much money ineffectively on non-necessary things. We used to be able to take care of the mentally unstable. But now due to budget constraints and liberal attitudes, parents, employers and school authorities are not able to get the help they need or are afraid of being sued if they try to protect us from someone who needs help.

Strict gun laws in other countries have not prevented mass murders or crime. And once again, none of these shooters were members of the NRA! The thing that would help in the long run is better education, more mental health help, self reliance instead of the entitlement mentality and the ability to get a job in a thriving economy instead of this never ending malaise we are stuck in for the foreseeable future under Obama and the Progressives.

Right to Work fight in Michigan

Right to work commentary

12/11/12

The real reason Right to Work has worked in all states that have that option is that the workers are allowed to be productive! Union work rules prevent the workers from being efficient. In the beginning their primary goal was to create safe jobs for fair pay. But soon every job became a specialty. The carpenter couldn’t touch a screw driver and the electrician couldn’t pick up a hammer. Simple! But now the unions do not protect the worker, only the dues they can extract from the workers in order to have a job. Most workers just want to do a good job and get paid without the union telling them what they can and cannot do. The UAW has driven the consumer to buy non union vehicles of higher quality and lower price for years and their membership has steadily declined. My personal experience came years ago when I had to install one of my products in a UAW plant in Flint, Michigan. It took me three days to do what I could have done in a half hour! Right to Work does not limit collective bargaining and does not lower pay or benefits but it does help companies compete free of union work rules. It also allows the worker to choose whether or not he or she wants to join the union and pay dues that are many times used to support politicians that the worker does not support.. All the union arguments are old, outdated and basically untrue. The Right to Work laws do not prevent collective bargaining and do not harm the worker, they free the worker. Right to Work states are growing jobs, have lower taxes and compete very effectively with the non Right to Work states. That's why they continue to grow.  The unions may have won the presidency but they continue to lose in the states and with the worker as their ranks continue to dwindle.