Why do guns make us crazy?

That's a real question. Why? I can't understand it. Why is the right to bear arms seemingly more important than any other, especially when it's the one right that causes the most harm? I'm befuddled.

In light of the failed terrorist attack in Times Square there has been much debate on the rights of terrorists and suspected terrorists. There has been some outcry about reading Miranda rights to suspected terrorists and, just recently, there has been debate about whether suspected terrorists have the right to keep and bear arms.

For whatever reason, some of the enlightened people that we have voted into office seem to think that it is acceptable to deny American citizens their rights. I don't understand how that is okay, but what confuses me even more is the idea that we can take their rights but we can't take their guns.

That's right America, suspected terrorists do not have rights, but they can get guns. It's fine to strip the rights from someone who hasn't even been convicted by either a civilian or military court, but it's not okay to ban them from buying guns. They're not allowed on airplanes, but I'll be damned if they can't get a gun. This is America after all. I've said it before, if you don't own guns you're a wuss and a communist.

But seriously, why do guns make us crazy? Who thinks this is a good idea? One of the most sensible Republicans in the Senate, Lindsay Graham, for one. When asked about why terror suspects can't fly but can buy guns Graham said, "“when the founders sat down and wrote the Constitution, they didn’t consider flying.”

Good point, Senator. They also didn't consider automatic weapons and assault rifles, but let's not get technical.

I'm not here argue for gun control, though if you pushed the issue, I certainly would. I've always been amused by the adage, "guns don't kill people, people kill people." Lindsay Graham would love that. And it's true, guns don't kill people. People with guns kill people. I guess people with sticks also kill people but with a much higher degree of difficulty. So we can rephrase this to say, people with weapons kill people. If we accept this postulate then we must ask ourselves, why make it easy to get weapons? This of course leads us to the next question. If we know that there is a list of terror suspects who would kill if given the opportunity, why make it easy for them to get guns?

Of course, there is no good, logical, or even real answer to that question and anyone who tells you otherwise is a damn fool...and of course, a communist. But guns make us crazy. So until we figure out why, we're letting the bad guys stockpile weapons. Might as well, it's the only right we're granting them.