Independence Day: A Walk In An Armed Camp

I saw this display as I was on my way home 

from work and went back on Independence Day 

for a picture. Given the area where I live, 

I'm not at all certain the man who put up this flag 

and I would agree on anything except 

that this country is in distress.

Yesterday, the city of Indianapolis lost another policeman, 

a twenty-two year veteran, when he was shot 

with a semi-automatic weapon by a known felon;

bullets from the gun were so powerful they 

ripped through the officer's vest. This is the third man 

killed in the line of duty and the eighth shot 

in the past eighteen months. ER docs, who tend to

the victims of these crimes, see this as a major

public health crisis.

On the one hand, you have an entire culture of 

villains with access to firearms who use them at the 

slightest provocation. Friday night, seven people were shot

when one man became upset when another man

bumped into him. On other occasions, police will go

to the site of a reported shooting to find no 

victims, but they will find a great number of shell

casings. It's as though it's evidence of

premature ejaculation, with the casings the

spendings from a violent ecstasy spread

all over the sordid alleyways.

And then there are the other idiots, the ones

who insist on their right to bear arms, as designated

by the Second Amendment. Well, that's another

fantasy, with those folks thinking their right to carry

a weapon will automatically render them safe

from harm. Hell, if they were to be attacked by a robber,

they'd be dead on the ground before they could draw

their own penile extension. In those cases, the attacker

would already have their weapon drawn,

meaning the "victim" would virtually have to walk

around with his gun in his hand and -- there you

have it, another idiot showing his dick.

In between, there are the normal, every day folk

who just try to go about their business

while walking between these two armed camps.

It is an appalling reality, with the flowers

and beauty of the season stained with blood

and intractable stupidity all around.