The Reverse Logic Supporting Capitalism And Gun Rights

Sometimes an explanation really argues against what it is suppose to support. Such is true with the explanations supporting Capitalism and the use of the 2nd Amendment to oppose restrictions and regulations on the purchase and owning of guns. Why they are being mentioned together here is that these explanations are related.

How are these explanations related? It goes like this. The support for Capitalism and for those who use the 2nd Amendment as stated above rely on the presence of sin to justify their positions. Regarding the former, Capitalism makes room for the sin of greed while Socialism, according to some Capitalists I've discussed this with, can only work in an ideal world. Here, we should note that what is mostly meant by Socialism in this explanation is the idea of sharing. So what is being said here is that in an ideal world, it is realistic to expect people to share and thus Socialism could work. But in today's real world, such sharing flies in the face of reality so we need an economic system that is built on how people really are.

Regarding those who use the 2nd Amendment to oppose gun restrictions and regulations, they too believe that people are sinners. And so to counteract the harm of what sinners, especially evil ones, can do with weapons , which they will obtain regardless of what laws exist,  we need good people to have unrestricted access to as many weapons as possible. Only then can we say we have an effective deterent against the bad guys/girls who have guns.

These explanations, both revolving around sin, seem to make sense until one starts to think. For example, if people are as greedy and sinful as those supporting Capitalism say they are, does it make sense to reduce or eliminate those laws that place some limits on the exercise of that greed? If people are as greedy and sinful as supporters of Capitalism say they are, don't we need restrictions on how people can both acquire wealth and use it? That to let greed go wild, which is what today's Neoliberal Capitalism is designed to let happen, invites not only the rewards that come with exercising greed, but the costs and detriments too. And those costs include people exploiting others and the environment in order to acquire more wealth as well as people using their wealth to acquire more political power.

A similar challenge can be made to those who use the 2nd Amendment to oppose all gun restrictions and regulations. Without restrictions and regulations, do we not make as easy for those who are evil to acquire and carry weapons as those who are good? And if there is such a clear demarcation between gun owners who are good and those who are evil, wouldn't some more gun laws possibly reduce the number of bad people carrying guns? In fact, without such a clear demarcation, don't we need gun regulations and restrictions to limit the number of bad guys with guns. Yes, no set of laws can stop all instances of bad people acquiring and carrying guns. However, that is not the issue. The issue is whether we can reduce the number of evil sinners who are packing heat.

Unfortunately, the bottom line behind supporting the most unrestricted form of both Capitalism and the ownership of guns is the dollar.  That is because there is an inverse relationship between the making and keeping of wealth and the number of regulations and restrictions that are made a part of our economic system. Here we should note that this inverse relationship really applies only to certain elites in the private sector. The same inverse relationship exists between the number of restrictions and regulations placed on the owning of a gun and the profits made by gun manufacturers. So in other words, those conseratives who argue for fewer regulations and laws for the owning of guns are really blessing only a few, the manufacturers of guns, while putting more and more people at risk. Thus,  Conservatives who oppose more restrictions and regulations on both our Capitalistic economic system and the owning of guns are doing someone else's bidding. And they do so convinced that they are either acting on principle or that they are acting in their own best interest.

So while those who are against regulations and restricitions on our economic system as well as the owning of guns claim to be guided by principle, it seems that the only principle that exists is that of many being misused by a few for the benefit of the few.

ONIM For October 12, 2015

Christian News

• Amish Girl's Cancer Court Battle Ends -- Christian Today (UK)
• Why It's Still So Dangerous To Be A Christian In North Korea -- Christian Today (UK)
• Theological Gulf In Scotland Deepens Between Evangelicals And Liberals -- Christian Today (UK)
• Putin 'Serves The Christian Cause', Airstrikes Are A Source Of Hope -- Syria Archbishop -- Christian Today (UK)
• Leaving Patriarchy In The Past -- Christianity Today
• The Pope's Growing Evangelical Flock -- Christianity Today
• Why Gospel For Asia Got Kicked Out Of The Evangelical Council For Financial Accountability -- Christianity Today
• Megachurch Pastor Matt Chandler: Did Jesus Really Descend To Hell As The Apostles Creed Says? -- The Christian Post
• 4 Characteristics Of Gospel Love -- The Christian Post
• The Story Behind The Planned Parenthood Undercover Videos -- The Christian Post

 
World News

• Owasso Officer Charged With Felony, Misdemeanor In Nowato County -- Tulsa World 
• Australia Calls For International Boycott Of U.S. Travel Until Gun Reform Is Passed -- Occupy Democrats
• Why Does The U.S. Care If Russia Bombs Al-Qaida And Its Allies In Syria? (Video) -- Truthdig
• Scott Walker, Legislature Altering Wisconsin's Way Of Protecting Natural Resources -- Wisconsin State Journal
• Trans-Pacific Free Trade Deal Agreed Creating Vast Partnership -- BBC
• TPP Deal 'In Best Interests' Of Canadian Economy, Stephen Harper Says -- CBC News 
• The Conservative Evasion On Guns -- Truthdig
• U.S. Supreme Court Won't Hear Appeal From Ex-Scott Walker Aid Kelly Rindfleisch -- Milwaukee Wisconsin Sentinel Journal
• Obama Considering Plan To Leave Significant Force In Afghanistan -- The Washington Post
• Obama Lobbied Corporate Leaders To 'Say Positive Things' About TPP Trade Deal -- ReaderSupporterNews.Org
• Video Shows Cops Brutally Punching Unarmed Woman For A Seatbelt Violation -- U.S. Uncut
• Saudi Clerics Call For "Jihad' Against Assad, Iran, And Russia -- Haaretz
• 22 People Killed In US Airstrike On Doctors Without Borders Hospital In Kanduz, Afghanistan -- ZNet
• Peurto Rico's Crisis Stays Off The USA Media's Radar -- ZNet
• How US Colleges Have Become Ground Zero For Suppression Of Palestine Solidarity -- ZNet
• U.S. Commander Thinks Troops Didn't Follow Rules, Calls Hospital Bombing A Mistake -- Huffington Post
• The Double-Speak Of American Civilian Humanitarianism -- CounterPunch
• 'Mass Suicide' Protest At Apple Manufacturer Foxconn Factory -- The Telegraph
• TPP, ISDS & The End Of Democracy -- YouTube
• Local Resistance Can Overthrow Our Political Masters -- Jill2016 
• Using Deadly Force--As A First Resort -- +972
• Large U.S. Firms Hold $2.1 Trillion Overseas To Dodge Taxes -- Truthdig
• Apple Avoids $60 Billion In Taxes By Keeping Money Overseas, Report Says -- Motherboard
• Justice Department Set To Free 6,000 Prisoners, Largest One-Time Release -- The Washington Post
• BP Settlement Allows Oil Giant To Write Off $15.3 Billion As Tax Deduction -- Claims Journal
• From The State Bank Of Lake Park To A Critique Of Capitalism -- Resilience 
• Fifty Years In Canada And Now I Feel Like A Second-Class Citizen -- The Globe And Mail
• James Blake: Police Watchdog Substantiates Force Complaint -- Yahoo News
• Michigan Woman With Concealed Carry Permit Opens Fire At Alleged Home Depot Shoplifters -- Alternet
• Sweden To Become The World's First Fossil Fuel-Free Nation In History -- Collective Evolution
• Stephen Hawking Says We Should Really Be Scared Of Capitalism, Not Robots -- Huffington Post
• France Train Hero Stabbed Outside California Bar -- CBS News
• These 8 Cities Just Abolished Columbus Day -- U.S. Uncut
• Why The United States Is Destroying Its Education System -- Truthdig
• Media Blacks Out Pentagon Report Exposing U.S. Role In ISIS Creation -- Mint Press News
• Republicans Propose Rewrite Of State Campaign Finance Law -- WKOW.Com
• 45 Times Senator Clinton Pushed The Trade Bill She Now Opposes -- CNN
• The State-Corporate Complex: A Threat To Freedom And Survival -- Chomsky.Infor
• Russia Will Continue Contributing To The Attainment Of Palestine's Independence -- Sputnik News  
• Wikileaks Reveals How The US Aggressively Pursued Regime Change In Syria, Igniting A Bloodbath -- Truthout
• Wikileaks Exposes Saudi Arabia Human Rights Appointment By United Nations -- Truth And Action
• Pinochet Directly Ordered Killing On US Soil Of Chilean Diplomat, Papers Reveal -- The Guardian
• Sherry Turkle's Recovering Conversation -- New York Times 
• Doctor's Without Borders Takes Unprecedented Action Against US Military -- Mint Press News
• Opinion: Global Rally Is Anti-American -- WFMZ.Com
• Dealing With Climate Change Deniers -- Telesurtv.Com
• Israeli Forces Open Fire On Gaza Protesters, Killing Six -- Common Dreams

Pick(s) Of The Litter

• An Army Veteran Who Survived Combat Was Shot Several Times As He Charged At The Oregon Gunman -- Business Insider
• Harvard Debate Team Loses To Prison Debate Team -- Free Thought Project
• What Happened When A Muslim Man Ran For Local Office In Virginia -- The Washington Post
• Global Capitalism: September 2015 Monthly Update -- YouTube
• Even In Government-Run Prisons, The Profiteering Off Of Human Lives Is Staggering -- Truthout
• War Crime In Afghanistan? Outrage After U.S. Airstrike On Hospital Kills 22 Patients And Staff -- Democracy Now
• Nuclear Smugglers Tried Selling Radioactive Materials To ISIS -- The World Post
• Syria's Civil War And Refugee Crisis -- ZNet
• Palestinians Are Fighting For Their Lives; Israel Is Fighting For The Occupation -- Haaretz
• Criminalizing Blackness: A Mississippi Community College's School-To-Jail Pipeline -- Truthout
• Disaster Capitalism From The Migrant Crisis To Afghanistan And Haiti -- Democracy Now
• TPP Treaty: Intellectual Property Rights Chapter -- Wikileaks