Posted on 06/01/2005 10:56:36 PM PDT by roncougar68
Why are many republicans even afraid to stand up for gun rights? It is amazing to me that the judges in the our country can "interpret" the constitution in a manner that makes the common gun collector out to be a potential criminal. The criminals will get their guns just like they do their drugs. This is why I think gun ownership should be promoted. The founding fathers knew that the right to bear arms was the last defense to a really bad government. Our government officials are the ones trying to make it harder to own a gun. We need to stand out in defense of our rights, so that when you find out the reasoning behind the 2nd amendment, you are not a casualty of the lack there of.
Maybe it was said. Thirty years ago. Maybe we should blame the GOA for not being there during the Machine Gun Ban. They didn't exist then? So what. No excuse.
We had a president of a state organization who claimed no one "needed" an assault weapon. He was kicked to the curb at the next election.
Moral of the story is we all have to stick together. All of the assault weapon owners, the .50 BMG chambered gun owners, the Saturday Night Special owners and the single shot benchresters. All of us. WE HAVE TO STICK TOGETHER.
Something Dead Corpse hasn't learned by pitting one group against another.
They withheld support. That should have been a signal to the GOA to step in and show how it's done. Did the GOA withhold their support too? If the NRA isn't as powerful as you claim, why did they need the NRA so badly and not the GOA? When you become a member of the NRA, then you can complain where your dues money is going. Not before.
We're still waiting for the date and the person who mentioned the .357.
If you have to ask permission, it isn't a Right.
The NRA knows what the Second says. They also know they don't manufacture the votes it takes to pass pro-gun laws.
You have a problem with the NRA? Become a member and tell them where you want your money spent. They didn't give money to Montana. Did you? Did the GOA?
There's a real enemy out there and it's not the GOA or the NRA. It's the anti's. Learn to stick together or we'll all lose.
Good post and good point. There's lots that we can do folks. One of the things I've done is give out voting registrations forms to Conservative folks in my county. I personally helped register about 150 or so people last year and mayb 30 this year alone. I have also made a lot of "gun" converts.
I've practically given some of my target .22 rifles and handguns away so that some of my new friends here in Florida will just start shooting and get involved. Many people don't get involved with 2nd amendment issues if they don't own a weapon. All it takes is one 5 minute shooting session to get people hooked. When it happens it's a beautiful thing folks.
One of my college dorm-mates was so anti-gun when I first met him it took all I had to put up with him for that one semester. During the break I remember I brought him to my home in West Texas and we left to hunt white-tail deer one weekend.
He owns more fire-arms than me now!
Don't be afraid to train up your young teenagers in your community. The men of my church regularly go target shooting and take many of the youth with them. Heck I even convinced my Pastor to buy a firearm. He's hooked too.
Separate but Equal - I like it, that works. As far as the PC goes, I have a sign at the beginning of my long driveway that warns folks that they are entering a NON- politically correct zone.
The way things are going, they will make signs like that illegal.
Get this right, though. We are a constitutional REPUBLIC not a democracy. Article 4, Section 4, US Constitution. Guns and the right to bear them are important in a free REPUBLIC.
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