You may be asking why anyone would carry a loaded gun in public.

Of course, the police do it every day, and most people have no problem with the police carrying guns around in broad daylight.

Why are “normal civilians” any different? It might be that the person carrying the firearm has more training than the police. You never know. The person carrying the firearm may have no training. Funny how that works…

A story carried by the Associated Press states

Meleanie Hain made headlines after she attended her then 5-year-old daughter’s soccer game in a park on Sept. 11, 2008, with her 9mm Glock pistol in plain view holstered on her hip, upsetting other parents.

The county sheriff, Michael DeLeo, revoked her gun-carrying permit nine days later.

Hain successfully appealed the permit revocation, although the judge who restored the permit questioned her judgment and said she had “scared the devil” out of other people at the game.

Unfortunately, the article alleges their kids ran from the house yelling that their dad had shot their mom in a “murder-suicide.”

Back to the Issue…

When you see a policeman carrying a gun, nobody panics even though we don’t really know that the person in the uniform and carrying the gun is a police officer. We assume the person is an officer and we expect them to carry guns and know how to use firearms.

Our expectations kill us and appear to force us to not think critically.

Many of those “upset parents” at the soccer game likely know her but were scared by the “open carry” which is legal in many jurisdictions.

An attorney with the Brady Center (anti-gun group), one David Vice, was quoted in the article

“It is a case that calls out for common sense,” Brady Center attorney Daniel Vice said then. “It’s ridiculous to bring a gun to a child’s soccer game.”

I sincerely hope that nobody wants to make a point at a game where his child is running around playing soccer unless one educated, knowledgeable, and trained civilian is carrying a firearm with a valid concealed carry permit.

I’d hate to think that anyone’s child had to die because “we” were afraid that “we” couldn’t appropriately and carefully use a firearm to protect the public even though we are not “police officers.”

If someone was to pull a gun in public and start shooting, how long would it take the police to arrive?

What would you think of a civilian, your neighbor perhaps, if they pulled a gun and shot the lunatic that opened up at a kid’s soccer game with an uzi? Hero or someone lacking in “common sense?”

I want everyone to go download a book called “Public Opinion” by Walter Lippmann. The book is available for free on-line or can be purchased at many stores…

As in the Court system in the United States, truth is supposed to matter. In reality, what you can get people to believe is more important than truth. “Spin” and “public opinion” vary depending on how items/issues are presented.

Lets look at what is happening in Honduras…

Most people in the USA think the “military coup” in Honduras is an “over-throw” of the legally-elected President…

Ah, public opinion… Have you downloaded that book yet?

The truth is easily available, but I think people don’t want to acknowledge the truth–perhaps it damages their belief system. I don’t know…

La Gringa Blogicito is a site where an expatriate or an Honduran immigrant (USA immigrant to Honduras) talks about “things Honduran.” Go give her site a read… You might be educated.

Perhaps you will see what, exactly, the media is pushing. The truth may make you wonder WHY that “opinion” is being pushed…

Either way, let me provide you with a little bit of what is there. Just to wet your appetite, you understand…

What happened in Honduras on June 28 was not a military coup. It was the constitutional removal of a president who abused his powers and tried to subvert the country’s democratic institutions in order to stay in office.

The extent to which this episode has been misreported is truly remarkable.

If you think that statement is “crazy,” what are you afraid of to go look and research? If it is “crazy,” you can definitely prove it and not worry about your opinion being manipulated. If you do go read and your opinion is changed, make sure you verify your facts.

I have no agenda except to make sure the truth gets out there. Open, honest, factual discussions are the only way to solve any issue. If any dishonesty is involved, someone will feel (insert your adjective here).

You have to abide by Honduran Law while in Honduras.

Remember, the Constitution, even in Honduras, is a shield to protect the rights of every citizen rather than a sword to get “you” or the “numerical majority” what “you” or “they” want.

Think Critically.