Wounded Knee Lesson

Makes the recent school massacre seem small doesn?t it! This was our
government at work enforcing a bad policy!!!
A Lesson to be Learned on the Anniversary of Wounded Knee

December 29, 2012 marks the 122nd Anniversary of the murder of 297 Sioux
Indians at Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South
Dakota. These 297 people, in their winter camp, were murdered by federal
agents and members of the 7th Cavalry who had come to confiscate their
firearms ?for their own safety and protection?. The slaughter began AFTER
the majority of the Sioux had peacefully turned in their firearms. When the
final round had flown, of the 297 dead or dying, two thirds (200) were women
and children.

Around 40 members of the 7th Cavalry were killed, over half cut down by
friendly fire from the Hotchkiss guns of their overzealous comrades-in-arms.
Twenty members of the 7th Cavalry were deemed ?National Heroes? and awarded
the Medal of Honor for their acts of cowardice.

We do not hear of Wounded Knee today. It is not mentioned in our history
classes or books. What little does exist about Wounded Knee is normally the
sanitized ?Official Government Explanation? or the historically and
factually inaccurate depictions of the events leading up to the massacre on
the movie screen.

Wounded Knee was among the first federally backed gun confiscation attempts
in United States history. It ended in the senseless murder of 297 people.

Before you jump on the emotionally charged bandwagon for gun-control, take a
moment to reflect on the real purpose of the Second Amendment- The right of
the people to take up arms in defense of themselves, their families, and
property in the face of invading armies or an oppressive government. The
argument that the Second Amendment only applies to hunting and target
shooting is asinine. When the United States Constitution was drafted
?hunting? was an everyday chore carried out by men and women to put meat on
the table each night, and ?target shooting? was an unheard of concept,
musket balls were a precious commodity in the wilds of early America, and
were certainly not wasted ?target shooting?. The Second Amendment was
written by people who fled oppressive and tyrannical regimes in Europe, and
refers to the right of American citizens to be armed for defense purposes
should such tyranny rise in the United States.

As time goes on the average citizen in the United States continues to lose
personal freedom or ?liberty?. Far too many times unjust bills are passed
and signed into law under the guise of ?for your safety? or ?for protection?
The Patriot Act signed into law by G.W. Bush, then expanded and continued
by Barack Obama is just one of many examples of American citizens being
stripped of their rights and privacy for ?safety?. Now, the Right to Keep
and Bear Arms is on the table, and will, most likely be taken away for ?our
safety?.

Before any American citizen blindly accepts whatever new firearms
legislation that is about to be doled out, they should stop and think about
something for just one minute-
Evil does exist in our world. It always has and always will. Throughout
history evil people have committed evil acts. In the Bible one of the first
stories is that of Cain killing Abel. We cannot legislate ?evil? into
extinction. Good people will abide by the law, defective people will always
find a way around it.

And another thought Evil exists all around us, but looking back at the
historical record of the past 200 years across the globe, where is ?evil?
and ?malevolence? most often found? In the hands of those with the power-
governments. That greatest human tragedies on record and the largest loss of
innocent human life can be attributed to governments. Who do governments
target? ?Scapegoats? and ?enemies? within their own borders?but only after
they have been disarmed to the point where they are no longer a threat. Ask
any Native American, and they will tell you it was inferior technology and
lack of arms that contributed to their demise. Ask any Armenian why it was
so easy for the Turks to exterminate millions of them, and they will answer
?We were disarmed before it happened?. Ask any Jew what Hitler?s first step
prior to the mass murders of the Holocaust was- confiscation of firearms
from the people.

Wounded Knee is the prime example of why the Second Amendment exists, and
why we shouldn?t be in such a hurry to surrender our Right to Bear Arms.
Without the Second Amendment we have no right to defend ourselves and our
families.