The Shall Not Rise

It occurred to me that passing more worthless laws that do nothing but punish lawful people while making things easier for criminals is a kindred to the same ideology that gave France the Maginot line.

New laws are in effect just another form of a Maginot line that we are forced to adhere to while criminals simply avoid by going around. Written words have historically done nothing to stop people from doing what they are determined to do.

Think about it, it is illegal to drink and drive, yet people do it. It is illegal to murder yet it is being done even as you are reading this. It is illegal to sell guns to criminals, yet Attorney Genera,  Eric Holder, the highest ranking law enforcement official in our nation  did exactly that with his Fast And Furious gun runner program.  Seriously, if he won’t even fall the law, then what hope is there for the rest of us? Another Maginot line?

When passing more anti-freedom laws such as additional restirctions on gun ownership, one is basically saying - by order of law, the Sun Shall not Rise.  Do you really think the Sun is not going to rise because it was decreed by law not too? Ya, that is about how stupid more anti-freedom laws, the very laws that this administration embraces, are.  Telling the sun it can't rise is like telling a criminal to follow the law.  It just isn't going to happen.

It really does take some kind of special level of stupid to think that those who don't and won't follow the laws we already have are going to stand tall, salute, and follow new laws.  A special kind of stupid that seems to be prevalent in this administration to the point of epidemic status.

You can pass more laws, making things even tougher on lawful citizens, but all that is really happening is we are anchoring ourselves to an illusionary Maginot line of safety while the criminals simply go around it. They don't care about the law that is why they are criminals. Criminalizing lawful activity, or legislating away our constitutional rights one word at a time doesn't make us safer, it weakens us and makes into victims.  A society full of victims to afraid to do anything but hunker down behind another state mandated Maginot line.  One right after another never learning the lesson that adhering to such fixed emplacements amount to nothing but a rapid defeat each and every time.

Here's a novel idea, why don't we just enforce the laws we already have before we go and write more.