Comments on: High Noon For The 2nd Amendment?

Andrew Cohen: Expect A Showdown During U.S. Supreme Court's Landmark Gun Case

[gunownerdan]

"Tyrants from Hitler to Mao to Stalin have sought to disarm their own citizens, for the simple reason that unarmed people are easier to control. Our Founders, having just expelled the British army, knew that the right to bear arms serves as the guardian of every other right. This is the principle so often ignored by both sides in the gun control debate. Only armed citizens can resist tyrannical government."
-- Congressman Ron Paul, June 27, 2006

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[bbailey642]

So, handguns hadn''t been invented yet or weren''t used for self protection? Which one?

[sebastian27-2009]

It would not be practical for the government to try to take all of the guns owned by the American people. It couldn''t be done. HOWEVER, the constitution was deliberately in a flexible manner and for the times in which it was written. Militias were necessary because the government did not yet have a large enough standing army, and we were an agrarian society and RIFLES were necessary for putting meat on the table and individual protection. I think that it is clear that some restriction on gun ownership is not against the intent of the founding fathers when the second amendment was written.

[f-102a]

bbailey642 writes %u201CHowever, don''''t mind too much when I erect a sign on my property pointing to yours stating "We have guns in our house and this one%u201D

bbailey, I don%u2019t mind any citizen of sound mind without a felony background owning a weapon, rifle or pistol.

However, the ownership of Military style automatic rifles or pistols that hold more than 7-8 rounds in the magazine should not be allowed. These weapons belong with our Military and our law enforcement agencies and should not be available to the public.

My choice of firearms is a Winchester lever action model 94. And never keep a loaded weapon in the house!!!!!

[joecoolswat]

the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

Shall NOT be infringed. Not by DC, not by anyone.

[bbailey642]

Every gun control advocate focuses on one main point; that guns are for militia members. Where were the militia members supposed to get their guns? They had to bring them! They themselves supplied their own guns, powder and ammo. We, in that era were a hunting, home self-defending and self-preservation society. That is what the framers intended. That the right to own a gun, was a need. In our modern era while no longer a hunting oriented society, we are still faced with home self-defense and self-preservation. While I personally own guns, they are locked according to law and I have not fired a gun since 1989. But, I have access if the need arises ala a home invasion or life-threatening situation. If you''re my neighbor and don''t like guns, that''s fine with me. If you want to rant and write venomous diatribes against me as a gun owner, that''s your right. However, don''t mind too much when I erect a sign on my property pointing to yours stating "We have guns in our house and this one (yours) does not".

[coppertales]

How come everyone forgets what a "comma" is for. Look it up in the dictionary. Or, is the dictionary wrong?

A person has the right to defend themselves and their family. The SCOTUS has already ruled, Castle Rock vs Gonzales, that the police have no duty to protect the individual citizen. So, who is going to protect you? It has to be you or you die.....chris3

[bhappy2-2]

Why is it that every european country that has severe restrictions or prohibitions against handgun ownership also has lower crime and murder rates than the United States? It seems to me you must have concluded there are OTHER dysfunctional aspects to our American culture that make our crime and murder rates higher than our european neighbors.

If handgun ownership ISN''''T a contributing factor, what is?

Posted by quatrops

Are you kidding? Their violent crimes INCREASED after their firearms were taken! Do you know why? Because the CRIMINALS know their victims are unarmed, while the CRIMINALS continue to be armed because the laws only stopped those who OBEY THE LAWS. CRIMINALS are excluded from obeying the laws because they are CRIMINALS. (That means they do not obey laws, in case you have never had it explained to you)

[quatrops]

I have a question for those of you who argue that handgun ownership is a GOOD thing, and that, additionally, the country would be "better off" if all citizens owned a handgun to protect themselves against criminals or an over-reaching government.

Why is it that every european country that has severe restrictions or prohibitions against handgun ownership also has lower crime and murder rates than the United States? It seems to me you must have concluded there are OTHER dysfunctional aspects to our American culture that make our crime and murder rates higher than our european neighbors.

If handgun ownership ISN''T a contributing factor, what is?

[speed01rcr]

Didn''t the anti-gun politicians that took the oath of office that are against gun ownership swear to bear TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGANCE to the constitution, and support it?

Sounds like we need some impeachment proceedings!!!