War, to the inexperienced, is inhumane. Among those of us who have served in the armed forces of the United States during wartime, however, there is the knowledge that war must have humane aspects.

Not only is humanity written into the decisions of the Geneva Convention and other sensible agreements among civilized nations, it follows teachings of The Holy Bible, The Koran, The Talmud, and others of God's dictated books and documents.

There is the design of full metal jacketed bullets, which are intended only to wound and put an enemy soldier out of action; and the rules of humane treatment of prisoners; and even the primary mission of the old, respected Strategic Air Command.

One of the principles which should be followed, if you are fighting a war with the intent of winning it, as we did in World War Two (the last war the United States won), is that you should try first to disarm your enemy.

That was SAC's mission: strategic bombing of factories, foundries, and other manufacturing facilities which produced rifles, ammunition, and other weapons. In this way, you disarm your enemy without injuring or wounding him.

So, when someone or some group takes any action against you and attempts to disarm you, while you are a law-abiding, peaceful citizen; or tries to take away your right of self-defense (your natural, God-given right, and the first law of human nature); it is a rational, reasonable reaction to resist that unwarranted aggression.

In such a case, it would be natural for a private citizen such as I to defend myself, based on the only intelligent assessment I could make: that the aggressor has shown himself, by taking such overt action without provocation, clearly to have declared his intentions. My logical assumption, therefore, is that if my government has shown itself desperately to be trying to disarm me, then my government has publicly declared itself to be my enemy.

Sadly, this is the case today. We find that the Congress and its federal bureaucracy, now that certain groups have conspired to remove the balance of power between the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the government, considers itself to be strong enough to violate the U.S. Constitution, to renege on its own contracts and moral obligations, and to spit on the word of God.