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“The average person who wants to defend himself is penalized because of these little brats that misbehave. Because they are frustrated with their socio-economic status, they act out, and we suffer for it.” Chief Ed Fluery, Pelham PD, Feb. 2003 on Gun Control

Police Chief Fluery has another concern this morning besides ‘inner city thugs’ putting a crimp in his plan to arm everyone with assault rifles and that is the death of an 8 year old boy at the gun show his firearm company, COP Firearms & Training, co-sponsors. New Hampshire is home to the ‘Live Free or Die’ slogan and Chief Fluery, or as I like to call him, Colt 45 will do everything to uphold the message.

Eight year old Christopher Bizilj of Ashford, Conn., shot himself in the head when he lost control of the 9mm micro submachine gun he was firing while attending the Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo with his father, Charles Bizilj and brother Colin. Apparently in Massachusetts it is legal for a child to fire a weapon if accompanied by a parent and a certified professional as was the case at the Expo, but charges could be filed as it is unclear whether this law includes machine guns. Police Chief Fluery doesn’t believe for a minute our Founding Fathers, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and John Hancock to name a few, would refuse an eight year old from firing an Uzi, so neither should you.

Advocates of the 2nd amendment right to bear arms are so adamant about not losing that right it would seem they even refuse to accept limitations on what arms should be made available. I don’t know about you, but I feel much safer walking my dog with an AK47 on my side. Would someone please explain to me how limiting certain automatic weapons, oh say anything able to take down a Hippo, can be constituted as an infringement on the second amendment?

Common sense is not too common and even seemingly intelligent people like Charles Bizilj, Doctor of Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine at Johnson Memorial Hospital, make stupid decisions. It is amazing what a little background digging reveals about people.

A popular slogan for gun advocates is ‘Guns don’t kill people, people kill people’, so based on this ideology the people responsible for the safety of Christopher Bizilj killed him. This tragedy is being labeled an ‘accident’, but to me it is no more an accident than if you place a venomous snake in a child’s lap only to slap your forward when he, or she is bitten.

A little boy is dead, his family will suffer the rest of their lives and all the pro-gun advocates will run from taking responsibility for this tragic event. My guess would be the Bizilj family gets behind tougher gun laws, especially where children are involved and Pelham Police Chief Ed Fluery, sorry Colt 45, will refrain from making ignorant comments about how those types of laws target 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. Second Amendment, Bill of Rights

Good thing, we certainly wouldn’t want to refuse a weapon to this guy!

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