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Showing posts with label Gun Rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gun Rights. Show all posts

Saturday, February 23, 2013

"The Second Amendment as an Expression of First Principles"


Edward J. Erler, Professor of Political Science at California State University, San Bernadino, addressed the Hillsdale College Kirby Center in Washington, D. C. on February 13, 2013.



Monday, January 28, 2013

SC Sheriff Schools CNN’s Costello On The Constitution

Kudos to Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon for refusing to enforce federal gun laws he feels are unconstitutional and for attempting to educate CNN’s Carol Costello on the United States Constitution.  Carol would have absolved a lot of good Nazis for "just following orders."
 

Thursday, January 24, 2013

A Vatican Spokesman's Misguided Statement on Gun Control

From CatholicCulture.org
By Philip F. Lawler

Let’s make something clear right away. Pope Benedict has not endorsed the Obama administration’s gun-control plans. The Pope has said nothing on the subject. But Father Federico Lombardi, the director of the Vatican press office—has released a statement on gun control, in his weekly editorial commentary for Vatican Radio. Inevitably his editorial will be portrayed by careless reporters as an official statement of the Vatican’s position. It is not; Father Lombardi does not set policy for the Vatican, or make authoritative statements for the Catholic Church. 

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Rep. Charlie Rangel on Guns: ‘Some of the Southern Areas Have Cultures that We Have to Overcome’

(CNSNews.com) - Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.), speaking on “MSNBC Live” on Jan. 16 said that “some of the southern areas have cultures that we have to overcome” when it comes to gun control.

Rangel was asked by anchor Thomas Roberts whether new gun control measures passed in New York State should serve as models for other states:

“If you’re proud of what New York has done, obviously there is not going to be any perfect policy or perfect law that everybody is going to agree on from both sides saying that this is key perfection but do you think that New York, and what has been done in this state, could be used as a role model for other states that would like to enact something of New York’s model?”

Rangel responded by saying: “Well I hope so. New York is a little different and more progressive in a lot of areas than some other states and some of the southern areas have cultures that we have to overcome.”



He added: “But we do have a model set of what Republicans and Democrats, Conservatives and Liberals have come together and put the party labels behind them and come forward with something that says ‘Hey, we may disagree, but one thing is clear that we have to do something' and that’s exactly what they have done.’”

Last week, New York State passed stricter gun control measures in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Dec. 14. The new law calls for an expanded assault weapons ban, and a new registration of already owned semi-automatic weapons.

The new law also calls for a limit of seven rounds on magazine clips and for mental health and law enforcement officials to be informed when it is believed that a patient is likely to be a danger to themselves or others.

The bill passed the New York State Senate by a vote of 43-18 and the Assembly by a vote of 104-43. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the bill into law on Jan 15.



Monday, January 21, 2013

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

The Second Amendment - Back to First Principles

Growing tyranny under the Obama regime, executive orders that bypass the Congress and Constitution, vast bureaucracies like Homeland Security and its para-military population control agencies, and the sweeping away of God-given rights that have been recognized and protected since the Anglo-Saxon kings, have given renewed importance to the Second Amendment.  Americans know, like the founding fathers knew, that if freedom is to prevail, there must be a balance between the rights of men and the ambitions of government.  

Let's be honest about the gun buying frenzy of recent years.  Conservatives have a patriotic duty to arm themselves.  Their loyalty is and must always be to country, not to the domestic enemies that control its government.


America's Coming Gun War
 
By Patrick J. Buchanan

Eight days after the massacre of 20 first-graders at Sandy Hook Elementary, where each child was shot with a Bushmaster .223, The Nation's Gun Show, the biggest east of the Mississippi, opened.

"A line already snaked around the building shortly after the three-day event began at 3 p.m., and the parking lot was jammed" at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Va., wrote Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post: