The Gun issue is two pronged. The most obvious problem with law abiding citizens having guns is that it hurts lawyers in their most precious place, their wallet. Most (though not all) lawyers main source of income, be they judges, prosecutors or defense lawyers, is crime and criminals. In jurisdictions where law abiding citizens own and even carry guns, crime is a dangerous business and thus does not attract so many craftsmen. Criminals do not fear the police. If the police treat them harshly, their lawyer will sue and that lawsuit may yield them more money than they get from their criminal activities. (Remember Rodney King and his lawyer split $17 million). If the police treat them gently, their lawyer will probably get them off or a reduced sentence. Either result is OK for both the criminal and his lawyer. If the criminal has to spend a little time in jail, he is guaranteed free food lodging and medical care and usually a nice private room with TV and sometimes telephone, and a time each day to spend in the gym, beefing up those muscles - also, contacts with other criminals where he often learns new tricks of the trade.
 

However, if the criminal gets shot by a law-abiding householder while robbing, raping or mugging, the lawyers make nothing and if the criminal dies or gets too scared to continue his occupation, the lawyer makes nothing more from his activity. Hence, lawyers have an important, built-in interest in banning guns. Most legislators - both state and federal are lawyers and/or supported by such. So, legislators have a very important reason to be in favor of “gun control” (gun banning).
 

There is another, more subtle issue. What is now the United States of America was once the possession of the British King. It was private citizens who got so disgusted with this arrangement, they revolted. They could not have revolted without privately owned guns. Most of us don’t even think about that - but certainly, politicians who seek more control over us do. The recent actions to totally “change” America and make it more government dominated and dictated has alerted the politicians to the possibility of a second American revolution. Hence, a new push to get guns out of the hands of    ordinary citizens.
 
 

         What’s that you say? The US military of today has so much fire power that private guns would be of little or no help in a revolt? Maybe not. How successful would the government be in getting US military to fire on US citizens?   Federal cops will, for sure - we saw that at Waco and Ruby Ridge.  But, the US military is not a separate class.  They are us. They tend to be conservative and the politicians fear them as much or more than they do the rest of us.  (Janet Napolitano says so - for good reason).   Think about it.

Marv
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