Grenades and The Second Amendment: why we shouldn't let idiots have guns.

I'm doing some research for a piece I'm writing on Nuclear proliferation and trolling through some right-wing forums I found this disturbing / hilarious piece. You have to read it! The diagrams are the best. And Ironically, I think the flaws in logic so easily observed in this piece are representative of the whole pro-arms movement. What underlies it all is fear. Fear of the other. Why it doesn't make sense should be obvious by the end of this absurd piece. I can't believe someone would argue for the right to own grenades and fully automatics, but then again how different are those from semi-automatics. I shiver to think what anarchy would unfold if people could buy grenades at gun shops.

Grenades and the Second Amendment


“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.” —The Second Amendment

America is facing turbulent times. Terrorists are hell-bent on destroying American freedom and our sacred way of life.  These days, the burden of the militia duty lies equally upon all persons. The patriot Patrick Henry wrote, “The great object is, that every man be armed…. Every one who is able may have a gun.” And he also said, “Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.”

In this essay, I want to explore why law abiding citizens should be able to purchase more powerful weapons such as fully-automatic machine guns and grenades. America is facing turbulent times under the threats of terrorism and tyranny, and citizens should embrace the rights that are endowed upon them by the constitution of our great nation.

Grenades and fully automatic weapons are illegal to own in all 50 states. It chills me to the core to think of how differently certain tragic events in recent history could have been mitigated by properly armed citizenry. These weapons are necessary for self defense from terrorists—who will stop at NOTHING to kill us— as well as our own government which keeps getting bigger and bigger. The purpose of the second amendment is to give the American People the power to defend themselves from all forms of Tyranny.

Personally, I don’t want to be stuck in a shopping mall unprepared when terrorists attack. Hypothetically, what if a group of them armed with AK-47s went through and attacked… look at the diagram below:


In this situation a semi-automatic would be worthless, but a grenade or an uzi could save hundreds of American lives. And yet some people on capital hill would like to delete the second amendment all together.

But the question remains, what if crazy people and gangs use grenades to kill countless people?

The fact of the matter is that these criminals already have these weapons, but the American people don’t. What could make more sense than arming American citizens and teaching them how to defend themselves. People, liberals especially, are all too quick to forget the lessons of history. What happened with the nuclear arms race? Deterrence! Remember mutually assured destruction (ironically called MAD), the Soviets wouldn’t fire their weapons because they knew they would also be destroyed if they did. Nuclear weapons saved countless American lives, and we would all be pledging allegiance to Stalin if we had simply said “we won’t have nuclear weapons.” The people of America should have a right to defend themselves adequately against their enemies who armed. WE DON’T WANT STALIN OR AN AYATOLLA HERE.

Likewise, the concept of MAD could extend the deterrence principle to everyday life. Imagine if you were in a bar and had to protect a woman from a gang of thugs who wanted to rape her. See the diagram below:


This situation could be safely diffused with a grenade. Unlike a gun if you pulled the pin on a grenade and they knew that if they shot you that they would die to, they would be deterred. It would be impossible to gun them all down, but with American citizens properly armed SITUATIONS LIKE THIS CAN BE AVOIDED. Without a gun, you would be dead, and the woman too. With a gun, you might die, but there’s a good chance that some innocents could get killed. But with a grenade, the thugs will know better than to pull the trigger.

It just kills me that some people can’t figure this shit out. The key to making America great again is to return to the principles of our Founding Fathers.

Oh, and P.S. JESUS IS LORD.

Thank you for your time.