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How A Libertarian Who's Never Owned A Gun Brought The Decisive Case On The Second Amendment

[fsilber-2009]

The Founders disagreed about the role of the the militia, but I have not been given a single example of one who advocated letting the federal government disarm individual citizens. Not one. And I''ve seen many writings from the founders and their contemporaries who say that the 2nd Amendment _is_ about a right of individuals to own and carry personal firearms (and swords).

Of course, technology has made some weapons too dangerous to be appropriate for use by citizens in defending their rights and the rights of others (i.e., enforcing the law). That''s why police do not use bombs and artillery. That''s why no one complains that private citizens can use bombs and artillery. But if a weapon is suitable for use by police, it is suitable for use by every adult citizen in good standing.

If you''re afraid that criminals will steal guns, then don''t let criminals break into our homes. If police cannot keep criminals from doing that, don''t tell us to accept police as our only protection.

Evidence has shown that gun control did nothing to reverse the rising NYC crime rate over the course of the 1970s and 80s, and liberalization of concealed carry laws did not endanger the public. Therefore, there is no excuse to infringe this freedom -- and those who would are despicable people who apparently oppose freedom for its own sake -- people who care more about the lives of criminals than about our right not to be robbed or raped.

[closethippy1]

Posted by tootall10142 at 07:21 AM : Jun 30, 2008

Stop pretending you''re a hero, you loser. Making things up just to make a point. Shame on you.

[tootall10142]

Once again here we go with the never ending argument.I was attacked by a man high on meth it was costly mistake for me and a fatal one for him and part of the reason ican no l;onger work not by choice the doctors and the a.l.j.sent me to the teepee because i suffered a severe blow to the head and osha says because of this i could no longer be 100 percent at my tradeand was too old to reducate yes you read that right too old to reducate.with out my side arm it would not have mattered the drug would have taken another person by proxy.yes they can have my gun but i have another and think i will go purchase a few more this december when they go on sell. i will need them when all the anti-gun folks need some one to help them i will be prepared to defend my brothers and sisters.i hope no one is ever forced to take another life outside the realm of battle.but there is one less crank head coming down the hiway toward you and your children think about it.

[closethippy1]

If every American was to be disarmed and the only ones to have guns are criminals the number of gun deaths would be a fraction of what it is today.
The reason for that is that the vast majority of gun deaths are due to suicide, family members turning on each other, friends turning on each other, and gang members turning on each other.
Gun owners are their own worst enemies. Too bad they have to involve everyone because of their inability to control their temper.
To live without a gun requires a level of maturity many gun owners are simply unable to reach.
These folks are a bunch of showoffs and couldn''t care less about the consequences of their actions.
Truly childish and selfish.

[floydzepp2]

Posted by closethippy1 at 06:13 AM : Jun 30, 2008

the usa is not a theocracy nancy

never has been

Posted by terrorislami at 06:22 AM : Jun 30, 2008
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You Freakvannies tried to make one but you failed miserably.....HAHAHAHA!!!!

[terrorislami]

Posted by closethippy1 at 06:13 AM : Jun 30, 2008

the usa is not a theocracy nancy,,,

never has been,,,

[closethippy1]

Never mind the Constituion. How about the Bible? In it God says it''s perfectly OK to, for example, kill your own children if they disrespect you.
Or kill someone who complains about the odor coming from an animal sacrifice.
Or kill g.ays.
But yet we don''t do that even if it''s the word of God. Times have changed and so the Bible cannot be strictly followed even if God himself said so.
Now, why not do the same with the words of mere mortals?
I mean, over 30,000 killed by guns year after freaking year after freaking year has got to count for something, right?
Times have changed. We''re not in the 1700''s anymore.
This "originalist" bullcrap is going to do the US in.

[stubbyjr]

For years I watched CBS News and still do. I watched Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather every night almost like a religion. As I grew up though, I also realized that maybe they weren''t actually telling the whole truth about some stories they did on the evening news, especially about guns. After I realized that I would laugh and make fun of most of their biased stories that were trying to promote gun control laws that this news outlet thought was in the countries best interest. I would also laugh on Election Day when those politicians who would believe those stories that this network produced go down to defeat time after time. From Walter Mondale to Michael Dukakis to Al Gore to John Kerry and maybe now even Barack Obama, the gun control issue has hurt the Democratic Party, badly. I wonder since the Supreme Court has decided on what the second amendment means; was the tens of thousands of hours of pro gun control stories this network expended on this lost cause and the many politicians political graves that lie at the feet of Miss Liberty all worth it?

[patriot12436]

sista-tee
It may still happen but i do not see it happening with any humor.

[patriot12436]

chiefsfan-10
You sound like my old college law prof. I think with thigs the way they are now we have to look in all directions to defend ourselves. I dread what we have had for 8 years, but i fear more what is about to happen.