We are missingthe point

The people of this country never fail to amaze me. For the past few days the media, opponents (political and racial) have bemoaned and bewailed Obama's trip to Copenhagen, to lobby for the 2016 Olympics for the city of Chicago. The hue and cry stems from the fact that he will be gone for 16 (that is right) hours to try to convince the committee to send the games to the United States, the State of Illinois, and Chicago!!! My gracious one would think that he went to stay like Bush lite did for FOUR DAYS to ogle and cheer as a teenager might do. The question for everyone is so what. It is the job of the President to lobby for the states no matter whose state is might be. Would some of these detractors raise the roof if he went to one of their states? I doubt it. However, there is a concern that i have that he is not paying attention to. The growing need of some citizens to carry weapons as ornaments everywhere they go. Of greater importance than the health care crisis or the wars on two fronts, or even the growing economic issues is the fact that the Supreme Court is hearing arguments about carrying fire arms in public. This madness. With all of the concerns that people have, and they are real. Why would the court entertain this knowing that their decision will cause mayhem in some places? This need to have weapons because the constitution allows it must in my opinion be tempered with the times that we live in. There are serious consequences on the rise if we do not deal with this issue and do it quickly. We as a country will suffer if we allow "cowboy" antic to surface. There is way too much violence and given the way we are situated the tendency will be to shoot first, with no questions asked on either side. This is not a Pollyanna idea. The job m,market is bleak, the numbers go up daily. All of us are two to three weeks form no job, no benefits, no unemployment, and homelessness. These are stressors that can take a toll, and in a lot of cases it already has. I shudder to think about this generation that has not come of age, the loss of home, stability and permanence will affect them in an adverse way. And we will not know the result for years. So we must be vigilant and prayerful that the court will not indulge in the fantasy of the old west and the right to bear arms. This society can not afford this. Later