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Former "Republican Senator Jake Garn Shows Total Constitutional Ignorance
Wall Street Journal | 5/24/2004 | June Kronholz

Posted on 05/24/2004 11:41:49 AM PDT by cyclotic

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In the body of an article regarding college students right to carry concealed weapons, former RINO US Senator and current Trustee of University of Utah dropped this little gem.

"Utahns "sometimes think gun possession is a God-given right, not a constituional right...I tell them I don't ever remember seeing Jesus packing heat."


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism
KEYWORDS: jakegarn; wallstreetjournal
Wow, how could he swear to uphold a Constitution he does not even understand?

According to Garn, the Bill of (God-Given) Rights is actually Government Given. Sometimes I really like the title EX-Senator.

1 posted on 05/24/2004 11:41:51 AM PDT by cyclotic
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To: cyclotic
Well since guns weren't invented yet we should look to Jesus' comments on the arm of the day.

Luke 22:36  Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.

2 posted on 05/24/2004 11:50:20 AM PDT by asformeandformyhouse (Despite the high cost of living, it remains popular.)
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To: cyclotic
space cadet.

3 posted on 05/24/2004 11:55:32 AM PDT by glock rocks (Please pray for our patriot armed forces in harm's way - and the families awaiting their safe return)
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To: cyclotic
.I tell them I don't ever remember seeing Jesus packing heat.

How many times has he actually seen Jesus?

When Jesus was around, "heat" hadn't been invented.

And then there's "Luke 22:36":

"He therefore said to them, But now let him who hath a purse take it, and, in like manner, a scrip; and let him who hath not a sword sell his garment and buy one."

4 posted on 05/24/2004 11:57:44 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (...and Freedom tastes of Reality)
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To: cyclotic
"I tell them I don't ever remember seeing Jesus packing heat."

"The Son of man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers, and throw them into the furnace of fire;" (Mathew 13: 41-42).

GOT HEAT?

5 posted on 05/24/2004 12:03:00 PM PDT by TheCrusader
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To: cyclotic

"Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword." - Jesus, Matthew 10:34


6 posted on 05/24/2004 12:07:35 PM PDT by Sloth (We cannot defeat foreign enemies of the Constitution if we yield to the domestic ones.)
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To: TheCrusader

LOL - good answer


7 posted on 05/24/2004 12:13:17 PM PDT by Gil4
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To: cyclotic

This idiot also needs to be told the government can give no right that they already havent taken away.


8 posted on 05/24/2004 12:23:31 PM PDT by Burf
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To: cyclotic
"I tell them I don't ever remember seeing Jesus packing heat."

I guess I could add that I never read anywhere in the Gospels of Jesus supporting the idea of sending a self serving, bald headed, sniffs-his-own-farts political hack into space at taxpayer's expense, but that would probably be construed as being mean spirited...

9 posted on 05/24/2004 12:37:00 PM PDT by jscd3
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To: cyclotic
I tell them I don't ever remember seeing Jesus packing heat."

Red Sleigh Down


10 posted on 05/24/2004 6:11:10 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy ("Despise not the jester. Often he is the only one speaking the truth")
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