Freespeech It Is, But in Poor Taste

As I was going to the Republican Party of SL - HQ today, as I normally do, with the assistance of the search function I noticed that on the top of the list for the search term Republican is an Anti-Virginia Tech Memorial. I was curious so I decided to stop by. If you would like to see for yourself here is the slurl.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/CARICAVATARS/107/37/21

My eyes were instantly filled with the sight of a caricature of the President in Red, White, and Blue boots, boxers, and 10 gallon hat. He was dancing like a crazy man and carrying a black handgun in each hand and an upside down Bible floating over his head. To the sides there are billboards in both English and French that both direct to michealmoore.com. The noise of sirens filled my ears. Yet this blatant display of, I don't know what, also poses the question, in rotating script beneath the mock President, "Is the Second Amendment worth 32 young lives?"

Though this display is shocking, the question it poses is more shocking still. I'm not sure if he is saying the right to bare arms is responsible for the death of those 32 people or if 32 people is too high a price to pay for the freedom of gun ownership. Either way is wrong by far. Guns were the tool that the murderer used to deny these citizens their right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but guns are also the tool that was used to secure those same rights for all citizens. Furthermore, far more than 32 people have died protecting the second amendment, and their deaths were well worth the price of living in as free a society as we currently enjoy. To suggest otherwise, dishonors the memory of generations of fallen soldiers, and those who were left to pick up the pieces.

The second ammendment was put into the constitution for the purpose of allowing citizens the ability to protect themselves from either government gone mad, or a government enfeabled and uncapable of protecting its citizens. Though the time of minute men and militia has passed, the protection of citizens sometimes is beyond the scope of the government, as was proven by the Virginia Tech Massacre. If guns were more acceptable socially, and not less acceptable, this massacre might have been stopped before it reached epic proportions.