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They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.”
I thought about that for a long time. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that’s not going to happen. So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets.
It finally came to me – and that’s when I abandoned the city and most of my stuff, and gave all that was behind me a good stiff Randian Shrug.
The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
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Gads… I kept waiting for the kid to pull the gun and start shooting up that stadium sized “classroom.”
Parent fail… If this had been an actual youngster in an actual household with a gun, the failure whould be so obvious. The boy was sent to government “school,” but even worse, not educated about the gun and trained to use it. He’s plenty old enough to be a crack shot and know the score.
And the bottom line, as with all this propaganda, is the way he “feels” about it.
Oh, and I just noticed he has excellent trigger discipline!! How did that happen? The propagandists can’t even be consistent. If the boy KNEW how to handle the gun safely, why would there be a problem? One more proof that the subject isn’t “safety,” it’s CONTROL.
There is so much fiction in that spot it’s laughable.I’ll give you that parents don’t always know what their kids are doing.(We’ll have that argument another time) But any house with children in it ,should have the guns unloaded and out of reach at all times.In fact,in some states (including mine),it’s a felony to leave a gun where a minor can access it.
The kid seems mature and capable of reason by his actions and speech-why didn’t he talk to his parents about his concerns?He obviously hasn’t been taught proper gun handling,and the value of guns for personal protection;he’s being shown to be a brainwashed future progressive.
This is just another sub-conscious effort by the government overlords to insinuate that schools are the place to teach and protect kids,and take that function away from the home and the parents.
There were always guns in the house while I was growing up,and I never touched one without my Dad’s permission and supervision,until he thought I was old enough to keep it and take care of it myself(which was when I was a teenager,and I was allowed to go hunting alone).
If every gun owner in America (there’s millions of us) would send the NRA,or GOA,or USCCA $10 we could make our own commercials which show our point of view.We better start sticking up for gun rights ,because the left is gearing up.