THE HANDGUN SPEAKS
Anonymous
August 2000
I CAUSE
LESS THAN ONE-TENTH OF ONE PERCENT OF THE DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA BUT I AM CLASSED WITH THE GREATEST DISASTERS IN HISTORY.
I HAVE
SAVED THOUSANDS MORE LIVES THAN I HAVE TAKEN. I HAVE PREVENTED COUNTLESS
MORE INJURIES THAN I HAVE CAUSED, YET THE SELF-SERVING WOULD DESTROY
ME.
WERE
IT NOT FOR ME, THE SMALL, THE WEAK, AND HELPLESS WOULD BE AT THE MERCY
OF THE STRONG AND MIGHTY.
I HAVE
BEEN WITH SOME OF THE GREATEST MEN IN HISTORY, AND SOME OF THE WORST.
WHEN I HAVE BEEN WITH THE BEST---THE MAN GETS THE CREDIT. WHEN I'M
WITH THE WORST---I GET THE BLAME.
I HAVE
NO INDEPENDENT VOLITION.
I HAVE
PROTECTED MORE PEOPLE THAN ALL THE POLICEMEN IN THE WORLD, FOR I AM
MORE NUMEROUS, AND I PROTECT EVEN THE POLICEMEN.
I SAFEGUARD
THE WEAK IN THEIR HOMES, THE HONEST IN THEIR BUSINESSES, THE LAWFUL
IN THE STREETS.
I QUESTION
WHY I AM BLAMED FOR THE EXISTENCE OF CRIME, AS I PREVENT AN INFINITE
NUMBER MORE THAN I ASSISWHEN THE AUTOMOBILE, WHICH KILLS THOUSANDS,
AND INJURES MILLIONS EACH YEAR, IS GLAMORIZED THE POLITICIANS WHO
WOULD CONTROL BOTH GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE WOULD PERVERT ME TO THEIR
USE AND OTHERWISE SEE ME DESTROYED OR OUTLAWED.
I AM,
AND HAVE BEEN, THE INSTRUMENT WHEREBY THE FEW HAVE PROVIDED LAW AND
ORDER TO THE MANY.
THE NAIVE
WOULD BELIEVE THAT MY ELIMINATION WOULD END CRIME THAT EXISTED BEFORE
OUR DILEMMA IN THE MINDS OF MAN.
CAIN
DID NOT SHOOT ABLE. NOR DO I REMEMBER CAESAR BEING SHOT.
