When
my wife and I took our son to the doctor for his annual checkup we expected
that he would be getting shots and additional testing done. Whenever we know
these are coming up we also know that there will be questionnaires associated
with each of those tests. This time around one of the optional tests that was
discussed involved out son’s exposure to lead. To determine whether the test
would actually be done my wife and I had to fill out a questionnaire… largely innocuous
in nature we had no issues eliminating the need for pulling out another needle.
However,
one of the questions got under my skin a bit. I could see that if we were in an
older house (built prior to 1985) or one of our jobs involved being around lead
all of the time that the test would be necessary. However, in the form it also
asked if one of our hobbies involved firearms. Well, that would be none of your
business people and unless I am sucking on bullets throughout the day (unjacketed
of course) or made a nipple out of a 9mm cartridge, it has no bearing on this test. While annoyed at the question and skeptical
of the actual reason behind the query, I wasn’t surprised at all to find it
included on the form.
Unfortunately,
prodding questions such as this are a part of daily life now due to the lack of
backbone displayed time and again by politicians and the rabid naiveté of a
public more concerned with the radical media agenda and what is says about their
urban social standing. It is a darn shame because these misguided views are
causing thousands to succumb to lead poisoning in the United States this year
not by exposure but by direct injection. Although, come to think of it, their mass
psychosis could be the result of exposure to lead over a long period of time.
While
I doubt these ‘advocates’ would ever admit to their addiction, the fact of the
matter is that the question on this form was not about exposure to lead, it was
a means to expose law abiding gun owners so that the delusional mass could get
their self-righteous fix. These people, addicted to the utopian ideal, fail to
live in the real world where bad things happen and inequality exists. At the
same time they also fail to acknowledge the fact that we have individual rights
to firearms, religion, opinions, and a self-reliant ability to defend life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
We
don’t try to trick you to take away your ability to speak your mind or any
other right you embrace (yet scold others for embracing who don’t share your
opinion). We don’t initiate these underhanded methods. We believe in the rights
of the individual. And while I know that these questions won’t come to an end
any time soon, I can pretty much guarantee that they will continue to annoy me
just as much as they do right now and I will continue answering or not
answering in the same way. However, for all those who continue to deceive and
outright lie about their motives I do have a final question for you… when
exactly are you going to feel the burn? I’m pretty sure that it won’t be during
this election cycle.
