Fascism begins with a desire to do good. Be Seeing You,
Chris
Posted on 10/19/2003 1:50:00 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
THANKS to New York Times columnist Bob Herbert for revealing to us that the National Rifle Association has an enemies list, though that's not what they call it. A spokesman for the NRA told Herbert the list is compiled just so members will "know which organizations support the rights of law-abiding Americans to keep and bear arms, and which organizations didn't."
.............There are more enemies listed, many more. But you get the point. A vast cross-section of talented, thoughtful Americans, many beautiful people and just plain all-American companies and organizations are on the NRA bad list. They should be proud, because the NRA is about a lot more than making sure "law-abiding Americans" get to "keep and bear arms."
The Second Amendment is the dubious source of the NRA's claim to protect American rights: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
.............Nation dithers
Actually, I'm not for gun control. I'm for gun elimination. Guns don't kill people, the NRA tells us, people kill people. Take away their guns and killing would be a lot harder. I'm for taking away guns from anyone who can't prove a real need. That's more radical than most gun control advocates seem willing to state. But while this country has dithered on the issue - unlike most other civilized places - and politicians have been intimidated by the NRA, tens of thousands of innocent people have been killed, and for what? For the sake of preserving "the right to bear arms"? That's not good enough.
(Excerpt) Read more at sunspot.net ...
The author can't seem to make up his mind. Typical. Wants to permit some "elite" part of society to be armed. That is not the "elimination" of guns.
"It's wrong for people to shoot people to teach them it's bad to shoot people."
-Empty-Barrel Gun Policies-A legacy of nonsense from Clinton, Blair, and the Left--
-A Problem With Guns (Long... but SOOOO good)--
Shooting More Holes in Gun Control
HCI Aussie Style (read it and weep-or laugh)
The Great Australian Gun Law CON!
Canadian Gun Control Has Little Impact on Crime (Home Gun Confiscation/Resisters)
Through the Looking Glass and Back Again - From Anti-gunner to Firearms Instructor in Four Months
Fascism begins with a desire to do good. Be Seeing You,
Chris
But of course only the police, military and any other part of the government…
And the armed body guards employed by the anti-2nd Amendment Limousine Liberals.
Except for the Baltimore Sun's armed guards, of course....
-archy-/-
I think these a$$wipes seriously need to be jumped all over when they say things like this...because think about it, would they actually accept that protection of life, for example, constitutes a 'real need'? Probably not.
So what would that tell you about people who demand that people demonstrate a need, to them, that they find satisfactory?
And who gave them the right to demand that people show a need to their satisfaction anyway?
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