The Destructive Urge

The urge to hurt or destroy is an overt expression of self-loathing; this expression of action may be directed internally towards the self, or directed externally towards others or the world. Since I posit the attributes of original sin and the urge to destroy as some of the primal motivators in all people, how do these attributes factor in with my liberal policy of maximum liberty and gun rights for all non-criminals and mentally sound citizens? The feel-good crowd on the Left just emote that guns kill: just banning guns and being for peace, love and cooperation in the world will make everything all right for everyone, everywhere, all the time. But the primal urge to destroy has not gone away. Idealists just want to pass a law, legislating its disappearance. They have just bottled up the individual desire to destroy, so when it does explode, it will be far worse. Being collectivist and institutional dwellers and promoters that are federalist and internationalist to boot, they will disarm the populace, and arm the police, the federal police and the military. If Obama sets up one-party rule and a dictatorship, now the people are disarmed. It can't happen here? Really. Look at what the Communists and Nazis did with institutional violence, and I bet the citizens were disarmed, or guns in private hands were tightly controlled. Sole federal gun ownership is not the only way to go, for we need lots of guns in private hands to keep the balance of power alive. Without the right values, without allowing individuals to use guns for hunting, sports and self-defense and for militia-based,national defense, they would not be trustworthy to own guns in their private lives. Where well-trained, highly ethicized (especially in the values of self-realization) people enjoy their guns in peaceful, constructive ways, no problem. A good rule of thumb is never to pick up a gun when angry, vengeful, fighting, drinking or engaging in horseplay. We must have a well-armed public; where citizens are decent, respectful, civilized and tolerant and individuating, their destructive urges will be constructively vented and sublimated. There is no federalized solution for dealing with the troublesome, destructive aspect of human nature. Centralization control and canalizing destructive urges corrupts and destroys societies. We must allow people enjoy their gun rights in private hands, but do so in a rational, lawful manner.