You bring you guns, ill bring mine... to the Alamo

While looking through  the burka blog on the Texas Monthly,  I came across an interesting blog post about bringing guns to the Alamo to represent our 2nd amendment and the right to bear arms and how people should recognize that its still there as an amendment.

The author of this blog, and all other blogs on this website, is Paul Burka and he is aiming at audiences who carry guns and wants to show everyone else in the nation that we can still bear arms and show not only people, but also law enforcers that we are allowed to carry what’s known as "long guns" legally in Texas.  He makes the case that no matter what the federal law enforcement's do, you will not lose your privilege to hold a gun in Texas.  He brings up an interesting point when he explains how in the history of Texas when people showed up at the Alamo for the famous gun fight to and stand up for a tyrannical government the government has changed, but not the right and keep bear arms.  This is interesting because he is trying to explain that we still have our right to keep guns in our hands and by going to the Alamo we want to remind our citizens that we have our fundamental right to the 2^nd amendment.

He uses a lot of sources, and is very credible in his argument.  One example he uses is the New York Times post about Hundreds of “armed” demonstrators are planning to arrive at the Alamo to test limits of the gun laws in a very gun friendly state of the US.  They will do this by carrying many weapons ranging from assault weapons, shotguns, and other types of rifles.  He also brings up a quote from one of the most out spoken politicians he knows, Jerry Patterson about the history of the Alamo and how the last time guns were brought to the Alamo, they were used to fight against a tyrannical government.

I agree with the author of this blog, and its almost like a petition except for the fact that we are not wanting to change anything, we are just representing to the state and law enforces that we can carry guns.  Let’s just hope nothing dangerous happens since there are guns involved!

Should We Support Greg Abbot for Next Governor?

There is a not a lot of things I know concerning who is running for government, but in the latest editorial I read in the El Paso times, I came across Support Abbot for Texas Governor.  The author is targeting an audience who is in favor of electing Greg Abbot for the next governor and trying to convince other people as well why we should all support and be behind Greg Abbot in the next race for Texas Governor.


Some things you should know about the Author, Mamie Salazar is that she owns M. Rentals, Incorporated in El Paso, TX, has served on the board of directors for the Texas association of rental companies, the National Association of Progressive Rental Organizations and right now currently serves on Texas Veterinary licensing and Regulation board and Texas friends of the governors mansion.

 
She makes a strong claim for wanting "better tomorrows" for employees, her community and the community as a whole and she feels that if we support Greg Abbot for governor, we will get just that for the state of Texas.  She states that when Abbot was an attorney general he fought to protect not only families but women and children as well.  She also states that when he was the chief law enforcement officer, he caught criminals who would chase after children online and would arrest the criminal and if sex offenders violated there parole, he would launch a fugitive unit.  Another piece of evidence that she mentions about Greg Abbot is the fact that when he was a State district Judge in Harris County he fought to empower women politically, economically and as leaders of the state.  As hard as it may seem, he will continue to fight to discontinue the way drugs and violence flow into the lives of everyday humans.  No more tragic assaults!

 
I do Agree with her sides of the argument and she does make strong cases about supporting Greg Abbot, but we must look at the opposing side and maybe look into what could be the bad things about supporting him.  She includes a lot of evidence to back up her arguments when she mentions what Greg Abbot has done for the community when he was in different departments like attorney general and part of the state district judge in Harris County.  We should always look at both sides of the argument when finally determining who we are going to elect for our Governor.