The DC Gun Ban

Texas Straight Talk ^ | 03/12/07 | Ron Paul

[Enterprise]

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[KDD]

Ron Paul formally announces White House candidacy

[RC2]

You ever been to DC? You better have a gun with you.

[Redbob]

Only Ron Paul would take a clear and undeniable victory like this and whine about it.

"It appears the Court rejected the District of Columbia 's nonsensical argument that the 2nd Amendment confers only a "collective right,"..."

There's no "appears to" about - the Appeals Court was explicit in their rejection of both the "collective right" and "sophisticated collective right" theories; they also slammed the 9th Circus for its contorted logic in Silveira v Lockyer.

[sgtbono2002]

You ever been to DC? You better have a gun with you

Try to cover up your license plate too, they make a good part of their money off out of towners going through their speed trap camera's.

[Senator Goldwater]

Nice to see some constitutional application of the law, especially in this town.

[CharlesThe Hammer]

Lock and Load Freedom bump to all! I love the smell of victory.

[Ancient_Pistoll]

Now we need McCain, Guiliani, and Romney's thoughts on the decision... ; )

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

I detected no whining. Perhaps you're projecting.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

GRPPL ping

[OldPossum]

You ever been to DC? You better have a gun with you.,

Two responses to this:

1. Don't take a gun into the confines of the District of Columbia. This court decision notwithstanding, they will crucify you. Do you want a felony conviction on your record?

2. Don't go to DC at all, unless you want to see the tourist sites during the day. "During the day" is accented.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Thanks for the PING.

[George W. Bush]

RP picked a great topic this week and gave a good summary of the issue and his own stance.

Unarmed liberty will be short-lived, as RP points out. It is the classic American position.

[mysterio]

Ron Paul is spot on once again. If this guy hits any more home runs, they're going to have to move the fence back.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Tyrants from Hitler to Mao to Stalin have sought to disarm their own citizens, for the simple reason that unarmed people are easier to control.

Got that right.

[Slick Bomb]

From the article:

"This is the principle so often ignored by both sides in the gun control debate. Only armed citizens can resist tyrannical government."

This needs to be repeated; Too many pro-gunners exclusively refer to the crime prevention aspect of the 2nd ammendment when a quick study of the founding fathers indicate that the primary purpose of the RKBA was to allow a resistance to corrupt governments.

[The_Eaglet]

Thanks for the flag.

[randog]

2. Don't go to DC at all, unless you want to see the tourist sites during the day. "During the day" is accented.

Which reminds me--is Patrick Kennedy out of rehab?

[infowarrior]

Only armed citizens can resist tyrannical government.

Only citizens, in fact, are armed. Anybody who is disarmed involuntarily, isn't a citizen, but a subject, by definition (no matter what they call themselves...)

the infowarrior