I personally think the left wing Progressives are trying to incite NRA members to go on some shooting massacre. So far these few events and yes, these events are few,seem to be caused by non political mentally disturbed young people getting even with the world they had difficulty living in. It would be an Ace (they think) for a blood bath to be caused by a right wing NRA member. Everything is political with the left. If the left really wanted to end Violence they would crack down on drugs in the inner cities which are the main cause of shooting deaths every day but it is not about stopping violence, it is about ending rights to people they oppose so greatly. They want to control every aspect of our lives. It is never going to happen . Congress will never touch this.
How is the war on drugs working?
How is the war on bullying working?
Everything the progressives try to control, fails.
And a few 'gun control' laws here, a few there makes it that much easier to scrap the entire 2nd Amendment later on.
The Progressive Democrats need to understand the United States Constitution along with the Bill of Rights are sealed with the blood of thousands and the law of the land. It is finished.
DC vs Heller. Supreme Court interpreted the "militia" clause. Holding and Rule (Scalia) The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home. The D.C. v. Heller decision marked the first time in its history that the Supreme Court had clearly established that the Second Amendment guarantees the right of gun ownership to individual citizens, rather than granting the states a "collective" right to form armed militias. This Supreme Court ruling established an individual's right to keep and bear arms for the sole purpose of self-defense, if for no other. Quotes of the day: ”A gun is like a parachute. If you need one, and don’t have one, you’ll probably never need one again.” "When seconds count, remember 9-1-1 is only minutes away."
So, it sounds like you can't cite any sources for original quotes. As for your others, nicely done. I'll have to spend some time considering those. I don't understand your last sentence. Are you saying I don't have a right to own a motor vehicle? I have the right to own property, and even the non-lethal ones, like my house, have to be registered. You can argue "slippery slope" all you want, but you will soon have to choose between being one of the criminals with guns or registering said gun. I'm fairly confident the registration process is going to happen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyYYgLzF6zU
By acknowledging God Congress hasn't passed any laws establishing a religion. Therefore acknowledging God as the granter of rights to all men regardless of what religion you choose to be isn't a violation of the first amendment. But you and Phil haven't shown me where in the Constitution it says that there should be a separation of church and state? I have been consistent in my arguments and I haven't had the need to label anyone or make any assumptions.
http://www.guns.com/2013/01/29/concealed-carry-holder-shows-why-its-a-bad-idea-to-pull-a-gun-on-a-dad/
A report by Steve McGough of RadioViceOnline.com cites a General Service Administration request for a proposal on behalf of DHS seeking more than 7,000 AR-15s and matching 30-round clips “suitable for personal defense use in close quarters.” Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, introduced legislation Thursday that would enact a so-called “assault weapons” ban, prohibiting more than 150 firearms and limiting magazines to 10 rounds. Critics, such as Republican New York state Sen. Greg Ball, are already blasting the DHS request, arguing that the government deems these firearms as suitable for self-defense but want to ban civilians from owning them. “Now the Department of Homeland Security even agrees that these modern sporting firearms, made illegal by Governor Cuomo, are suitable for self-defense,” Mr Ball said. “On top of that, a recent story reports that two RIT [Rochester Institute of Technology] students who were legal gun owners were protected by an AR-15. The story may have had a very tragic ending, had Governor Cuomo’s anti-self-defense bill been in full effect.” http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/27/homeland-security-seeking-7000-assault-weapons-per/#ixzz2JSzfz4xa
The basis for the Constitution is the Declaration of Independence. The first paragraph of that document... "When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."
This is and was the most amazing experiment at the time. Power and authority over other people were granted to others simply by the station in life that they found themselves in. The first born son of the King, was eventually given life and death power over his subjects. Some kings used this power in ethical ways. Others did not. Our country was founded on the republican (don't confuse this with the republican party) philosphic traditions stemming from Aristotle's observations that basic to tyrants was a mistrust of the people, and therefore they deprived them of arms. This principle has been borne out of work by others, like James Madison in the Federalist Papers, William Blackstone, Justice Joseph Story, William Rawle, Thomas Cooley, Cicero, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rouseau. Don't take my word on it, look it up for yourself. There are two enemies to the peoples freedoms, criminals and government. The purpose of the Constitution is so that we can chain down the government so it does not become a legalized version of criminals. Understand that the Constitution is not a limit on the people. It spells out limits to our federal government. Those who are elected to public office SERVE the people, not the other way around.
WE, the people of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, and humbly invoking His guidance, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
http://media.midwayusa.com/productimages/880x660/primary/415/415505.jpg Above is called a full moon clip. It holds six rounds. It takes a capable shooter approximately 2-3 seconds to click open the cylinder, drop the spent clip, drop in a new one, and continue firing. General Custer, Wild Bill Hickock, Jessie James, Wyatt Earp - back in the old days, men defended themselves with good old Colt 45 six-shooter pistols. Capable shooters all. It would probably take them 28 seconds to hit 24 targets. Ban every gun? Ban the components needed to easily make powerful pipe bombs available at Home Depot? Banning semi-automatic rifles. It's like fighting pneumonia with cough drops. Does nothing to cure the problem. But it would morph many currently sane, legal gun owners into criminals, because tens of millions of them will not give up their semi-automatic rifles to the mood of the day.
Armed robberies up 69% Assault with Guns up 28% Gun murders up 19% Home Invasion up 21% Gun Control in Australia - Watch and Weep https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=fGaDAThOHhA
Read the Letter 1,100 Green Berets Signed for Protection of the 2nd Amendment "Throughout history, disarming the populace has always preceded tyrants’ accession of power. Hitler, Stalin, and Mao all disarmed their citizens prior to installing their murderous regimes". http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/01/30/read-the-letter-1100-green-berets-signed-for-protection-of-the-2nd-amendment/
No more assaults on our gun rights. No more assaults on our civil liberties. http://www.chooseliberty.org/libertydirective.aspx?pid=0130d
Stop buying into the gov't and media inspired hysteria. So called "assault weapons", another anti-gun invented term, are used in about 1% of all firearms crimes.
http://www.wnd.com/2013/02/why-is-government-stockpiling-guns-ammo/ O said, "We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded as our military” http://www.wnd.com/2008/07/70160/ 16:50 mark
O wants his little army of storm troopers to control the sheep once he has disarmed the citizens of this country.