I'm a Democrat - and gun control is for the birds

The Register-Guard (OR) ^ | November 26, 2006 | C. Michael Arnold

[neverdem]

Nonetheless, I recently saw the gun banners' threat to rural Dems first hand, when my union Democrat mother-in-law and my Democrat farmer father-in-law were contemplating a vote for Republican Jim Talent for Missouri senator, solely because of Democrat Claire McCaskill's alleged views on gun control. Thankfully my wife talked them down.

That's a good example of why I'm not comfortable with folks who use their first initial instead of their given first name. They are not happy with their given name, and I can't follow their logic.

[rickmichaels]

I agree with Moore quite often...

Enough said. End of story.

[hosepipe]

Democrats?... (Eddie Murphy laugh)...

[rhombus]

I agree with Moore quite often... Enough said. End of story.

That's where I stopped reading too. No credibility in a statemetn like that.

[mewzilla]

...and gun control is for the birds

I'm against gun contol, too, mainly because it's healthy for a government to be a little afraid of its citizenry :)

[al baby]

What ?

[saganite]

I wonder how many gun grabbing laws the neocons have proposed? Say, as opposed to Democrats?

I think Democrats suffer from cognitive dissonance. They insist on voting for Democrat politicians even in the face of those politicians opposition to policies the voter doesn't agree with. This guy proves that point perfectly.

[saganite]

those politicians opposition to

should read "those politicians support of"

[Puppage]

"We will not take away your hunting guns. If you need an automatic weapon or a handgun to kill a bird or a deer, then you really aren't much of a hunter and you should, perhaps, take up another sport

The 2nd Amendment has absolutely NOTHING to do with hunting. Of course, I am preaching to the choir here.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I have a hard time believing this guy is NRA.

[SoldierDad]

They are not happy with their given name, and I can't follow their logic.

Logic? The guy agrees with Michael Moore most of the time. Logic is not being used in that household.

[goldstategop]

Gun control is DOA. The Blue Dogs come from districts with a lot of Yellow Dog Democrats like the author of this article. Urban Democrats may cotton to gun control but rural voters overwhelmingly reject it. And a lot of the Blue Dogs ran on a pledge to protect gun rights.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[lesko]

I have a hard time believing he is a farmer.

[KarlInOhio]

I'll be thankful that our "well regulated [neighborhood citizen] militia" has a "right to bear arms" that is not "infringed."

It's not the militia that has the "right to bear arms". It is "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed". The militia part of the amendment is a justification for it, not a limitation on the people's right.

If the author wants to Dowdize amendments by leaving out key words, try this on for size:

Amendment 1:
Congress shall make ... law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

See, by ellipsing out one word I can change the meaning of an amendment.

[Jack Hammer]

Anyone who respects the Moore character's opinion on any subject of any variety is ipso facto intellectually negligible, and the Second Amendment is about neither hunting nor self-defense. Rather than establishing his intellectual attainments, the writer reveals himself to his detriment.

[Argus]

If Michael Moore wants my gun, he can come and take it from my cold dead hand.

[Joe 6-pack]

"I have a hard time believing he is a farmer."

I don't know...seems to me like he knows how to spread a load of fertilizer...

[Charles Martel]

C. Michael Arnold (mike@ arnoldlawfirm.com) is a city prosecutor, a Creswell School Board member, a Democrat, a farmer, a civil litigator and a member of the National Rifle Association.

Civil litigator...
City Prosecutor...
Farmer...
Surname - Arnold

His pro-gun comments aside, this fellow strikes me as more than a bit naive. Naive enough, perhaps, to buy the Old Haney Place. I wonder if there's an old Hoyt-Clagwell tractor in his barn.

[sport]

Anyone that is stupid emough to believe anything a Democrat says and votes for them for that reason deserves anything that the Democrat does to them.

[George W. Bush]

That's a good example of why I'm not comfortable with folks who use their first initial instead of their given first name.

It's not always like that. My brother was given the first name of our grandfather, Elmer. Naturally, he hated it. Growing up, the entire family always called him by his middle name. I also have two cousins who were given first names that were biblical but they have been known by their middle names their entire lives. And I have two more cousins that have biblical first names but only use the shorter nickname version of those names, even for legal purposes.

Anyway, some people do use their middle names routinely because it's what their families always called them.