I am just going to put a couple of these things out there and see what YOU think. It is time for you to put your thinking caps on.

Yesterday, Tom DeLay (God-wielding Republican from Texas, and taker of bribes, and the Republican Leader in Congress–setting an example for other Republicans), addressed the NRA at their annual convention. Appraently, he was pretty subdued and went on to say that non-2nd Amendment supporters were just people who did not grow up with guns. It intimated in the times article that he was one of the people who were NOT bashing Democrats.

What he did say, however, was pretty interesting . . . .

“GOD BLESS THE NRA”

DeLay went on to assure the NRA he would work to pass legislation to continue to guarantee the right to have guns.

“It isn’t just ourselves and our homes that need defending, it’s freedom, ladies and gentlemen, freedom, freedom,” he said. “God gives it, the Constitution guarantees it and together we will defend it. God bless the NRA.”

Read the full NY Times article here

God and guns? A very interesting concept–it sounds like an argument being used in the Middle East right now AGAINST US and our troops. It reminds me of the crusades.

To counteract my oversimplification of the issue to a mere “God and guns,” I wanted to mix the constitution into the cauldron. The actual 2nd Amendment to the Constitution says the following:

“Amendment II: A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”

Read the entire Bill of Rights here

Does the NRA actually serve that purpose? And should they be (or are they already) “blessed by God?” What do you think?