Huffington Post Is Claiming That Shooting In Self-Defense Is Illegal, Since It Denies The Criminal A Fair Trial

Too many people are more than willing to hurt others for personal gain. There are too many violent criminals, maniacs even, who find pleasure in other people’s suffering. And, at times, the only thing that is standing between us, our love ones and those violent offenders is a gun. Indeed, in certain situations, only a gun will be effective enough to stop a tragedy from occurring, to stop a genuine massacre.

Now, granted, the 2nd Amendment and the right to own guns has always been pretty controversial. And while there are some viable arguments, which are demonstrating that having guns freely available on every corner is wrong, some of the things that people are coming up with in order to justify getting rid of the right to bare guns are pretty ridiculous indeed.

Well, Huffington Post just prove that there are some people out there, who have genuinely crazy ideas and whose notion of justice is not only misguided – it can even be considered perverted, since it does not take the real facts into consideration. Well, the author of the latest article on the matter – Justim Curmi is a dyslexic with a degree in philosophy. And even though philosophy is an invaluable thing and really helps people understand the world better, at times, it can be interpreted in weird and disturbing ways. Well, one way or the other, the article is beginning in a pretty harmless way. It even seems that the author may understand how it works and why the 2nd Amendment is important, no matter how you see it:

The Second Amendment is highly contested. There is no doubt that people do have the right to carry and have a stockpile of guns (“the right of the people to keep and bear arms”) and a state has the right to organize a well-regulated Militia. But, the main issue is on the right to self-defend with a firearm.

Even though there is sarcasm all over the place, it still appears that the author may be agreeing that people need to have the right to have guns. Now, further on, it gets more interesting and confusing at the same time:

The main problem with the notion of self-defense is it imposes on justice, for everyone has the right for a fair trial. Therefore, using a firearm to defend oneself is not legal because if the attacker is killed, he or she is devoid of his or her rights.

Now, not to be rude, but is it not the dumbest and most idiotic thing you have ever read in your entire life? It is hard even to begin to describe how wrong the author really is and it is obvious that he was on LSD or mushrooms even when writing the article.

First of all, what kind of fair trial are we talking about? In order for it to happen the criminal will need to be arrested and formally charged. Furthermore, there is the most basic right that every single human being has – the right to protect himself or herself from any attempts to end his or her life. Howe does the author imagine it really? So if a maniac, who killed dozens of people, is rushing towards you with a bloody axe, you should stand still and not make any attempts on getting your gun in order to protect our life? Well, this is just absurd to say the least. But wait, there is even more:

Therefore, if we ponder and meditate on the recent events in news about guns, it would be obvious that the current state is incorrect. A gun for civilians is a weapon for a revolution and not for ordinary use. The belief that a gun is a useful tool to protect one is counter intuitive because guns get into the hands of people who use them for horrible reasons.

Where do we start? It seems that our writer friend here is having some serious mental health issues. He basically states that guns can only be used in order to overthrow the government. Furthermore, seeing how the violent criminals are constantly using guns, it is only fair that the goo and law abiding citizens must not use those weapons for protection. The logical chain is pretty strong or at least it would be if the article was written by a five year old.

Even while simply analyzing those words you are getting a headache. Once more, there are some valid arguments and points, which could actually be taken into consideration from people who are against the gun use. Nevertheless, never had those arguments been so ignorant, so downright stupid and misguided.

In the end, it is obvious that Huffington Post needs to do something about the people, who are hiring such incredible writers to begin with. At the very least, they must not pay them with drugs that cause severe hallucinations or something. It is absolutely certain that it is not even an argument – it is some sick person’s imagination and if Huffington Post is ready to post such things online, well, it says a lot about them, does it not?