Given rights

What is it with conservatives that makes them think they have the right to kill those who don't share their misguided worldview?

Some nutjob gun rights advocate who obviously took one too many hits on the conservative crackpipe sent ricin-filled letters to Michael Bloomberg and President Obama recently in reaction to the threat to his "God given right" to own a gun.  Did I miss someone's landmark study that showed a link between the Founding Fathers who wrote our Constitution and God, much like that link in the Bible between God, and say, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John?

Here's a primer for conservatives as to what rights you do have to combat those who disagree with you:

• You can write books like Ann Coulter.
• You can have a radio show like Rush Limbaugh.
• You can have a TV show like Sean Hannity.
• You can have your own blog.  Or contribute to someone else's blog.
• You can write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper.
• You can write your Congressperson.
• You can run for office yourself.
• You can donate money to candidates who support your view.
• You can campaign for candidates who support your view.
• You can vote for candidates who share your views.

There are probably others that I've missed.

Now here's a primer for what you can't do to combat those who disagree with you:

• Kill or maim them.
• Threaten them with bodily harm.
• Destroy their personal property.

And that's pretty much it.  There is absolutely nothing in the Constitution that gives anyone the right to use violence to attain their goals. 

And if memory serves, even the right's much cherished Bible has that pesky admonition that "Thou shalt not kill."

Peace,
emaycee