Posted on 02/20/2007 11:04:03 AM PST by holymoly
Not all shooters hunt. Many of us shoot targets. Sometimes these are organized events, sometimes not.
The Second Ammendment, on the other hand, retains ownership of the government in the hands of the citizens. We, the People, consent to be governed in the manner we choose. The military firearms affirm and maintain that choice. We can also defend our neighborhoods in hard times. These are the reasons for firearm ownership. Hunting has absolutely nothing to do with it.
You know this, but prefer to be a subject rather than a citizen.
Except that he/she is a McCain/Rudyphile
Technically, you don't draw any lines. The Founders believed that the People were the government, and that the responsibility of maintaining the free state rests on the shoulders of the People. The base assumption is that the citizens are good, rather than bad. I guess they didn't know leftists would come along and coddle the criminals.
If one maintains the proper assumption that the citizens are moral, upstanding, and responsible people, there can be no problem with extending such trust. Governments, on the other hand, have proven throughout history to be unreliable power mongers who will unjustly serve the ends of power. The Second Ammendment was designed to keep the power in the hands of the People.
How could you not know this?
Now, small arms are easier to keep and maintain at home. Crew served weapons require more care to maintain and deploy. There should be no problems with citizen militias maintaining crew served weapons. Even in the Civil War cannons were provided by citizens for use by the military.
You need to read a lot about the foundations of this government. I suggest you start with the Federalist Papers.
Just read on the shooting wire www.theshootingwire.com, that Mossy Oak just dropped him, and The Outdoor Channel didn't run his show last night.
Is that a zottable offense here now?
Where in the second amendment does it specify what kind of arms? Is an assault rifle something that scares Barbara Boxer? Why is an assault rifle bad? The muzzleloading musket was an assault rifle.
And you have no idea what a republic is. We live in a CONSTITUTIONAL republic. That means that just because the MSM whips the mobs into a frenzy does not mean we lose rights nor have them redefined.
Several of his sponsors have statements on their site. Remington, Mossy Oak, and Hi Mountain Seasonings.
I've heard that Cabelas has also pulled the plug, but haven't been able to verify that.
...and The Outdoor Channel didn't run his show last night.
Not much point airing a show when the major sponsors - and Remington and Mossy Oak are heavy hitters - pull the plug. ;o)
Criminals do have them there. They also can do a lot of damage with less than assault rifles because ordinary people don't want to risk a felony by owning one.
Notice how the states and cities with the highest crime have the most restrictive gun control, and their crime is getting worse!!!!!
You can draw a stronger correlation between % of blacks in a population and crime than you can between % of "assault weapon" owners and crime. Your logic leads to some silly things.
No (well maybe to me), but apparently he pissed somebody off.
You'd think that someone who claims to be part of the firearms community would realize just how sensitive we are to anything that has even the faintest whiff of gun control about it, and how ferociously we'd react to it coming from one of "our" guys! The fact that he couldn't see that just shows how hopelessly out of touch he and other "sportsmen" like him really are.
You'd also think that would particularly be the case of someone who's on the 2007 ballot as a candidate for the NRA's Board of Directors, as former columnist/blogger Zumbo is.
Something tells me that's one ballot that will be changing soon.
BTW, the very fact that we live in a Republic is what does give Americans the right to carry military grade weapons. Read and reconsider, unless yours is just a facade.
"Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom? Congress shall have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American. The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the People." Tench Coxe, 1788.
But to answer your arsenal question...don't ask, don't tell.
Did you visit the Brady Bunch for talking points?
Don't expect an answer. You're posting to the banned.
I just got to that part. I'm reading it all.
Indeed...blood still dripeth from the jaws of the Viking Kitty. ZOT!!
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