my stump speech.

I read in this morning's newspaper (right now I'm in a place where the daily newspaper comes out daily) an article about the dangers of going to court these days. This is because in many many places, the security checks are shut down. No one is screening those who come into court because the localities cannot afford the officers to do it.

So, at the very time when the fear of terrorist attack is greatest, we are throwing down our guard.

I can remember some years ago going to the County Clerk's office and having for the first time to pass through the security checkpoint. I was offended. I said, "What does it show about our country when the government has to hide behind armed guards and metal detectors?" No answer! And this was before 9/11.

Well, I doubt whether the guards have ever existed because there is terrorism in the world. They exist because our own citizens, every crazy one, every one with a grievance, everyone who might someday want to shoot daddy, is already armed to the teeth. No court house is safe, no home is safe, no restaurant or theater or sports venue, no car on the highway, no person sitting on their front porch.

A female judge was pictured wearing her black gown and showing her Smith and Wesson which she hides under the bench just in case she has to shoot it out with someone in her courtroom.

This is where our adoration for the Second Amendment has brought us. Nice isn't it?