Posted on 04/09/2009 5:11:37 AM PDT by marktwain
BELLEVUE, Wash., April 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on April 7 acknowledged that gun registration is on her agenda, days after Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters in Mexico that the Second Amendment would not "stand in the way" of administration plans to crack down on alleged gun trafficking to Mexico.
"These are alarming remarks from Speaker Pelosi and Attorney General Holder," said Second Amendment Foundation founder Alan Gottlieb. "It appears that the Obama administration and Capitol Hill anti-gunners have dropped all pretences about their plans for gun owners' rights, and it looks like the gloves are coming off."
Pelosi's revelation came during an interview on ABC's Good Morning, America. While insisting that Congress "never denied" the gun rights of American Citizens, Pelosi told Roberts, "We want them registered. We don't want them crossing state lines..." Gottlieb noted that citizens' rights do not stop at state lines.
"But that doesn't really matter," he observed. "History has shown that around the world, registration has always led to confiscation."
In Mexico, according to the Wall Street Journal, Holder was asked if the administration might encounter constitutional issues as it tries to crack down on alleged gun trafficking. His response: "I don't think our Second Amendment will stand in the way of efforts we have begun and will expand upon."
"These comments belie administration promises and Democrat rhetoric that party leaders respect the rights of law-abiding Americans to own the firearm of their choice," Gottlieb said. "They imposed registration of semi-autos in Pelosi's California and it led to a ban, but it certainly didn't disarm criminals, like the convicted felon who killed four Oakland police officers last month. We know from Holder that the Obama administration wants to renew the nationwide ban on such firearms, but that won't prevent crime, either.
"The administration and Congressional anti-gunners have declared war on gun rights," Gottlieb said. "The press seems deliberately blind to the statements from Pelosi and Holder, who blame our gun rights for their incompetence in dealing with crime. More than 90 million gun owners haven't hurt anybody, and they are tired of being treated like criminals."
The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation's oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 600,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.
What will history show to the future citizens of the USA?
Will it show that we let a tyranny win or will it show that we fought and defeated tyranny and returned the government to the people?
“..and women shall rule over them.”
I ain’t registerin $#!t.
Let them try. I double dare them.
Yo Queen Nacy the Awful, I have 3 words for you - F*** Y** B****. And they go double for your little lap dog in the White House.
How would they enforce it if no one complied with the requirement? There are no jails big enough to hold every gun owner in the country.
I don’t have anything to register. Sold em all last week, well all that the dog didn’t eat. :-)
Never bring a knife (or a stack of proposed legislation) to a gun fight.
...and they are calling us paranoid for stocking up on arms and ammunition....
Is it time for a MILLION man(woman) gun march on DC, yet????
Hey, if it's good enough for Acorn......
I'll register the boat that capsized will all my firearms on board. ; )
There’s going to be a second amendment March on Washington in April 2010. Being planned now.
http://www.secondamendmentmarch.com/
Me neither. I’ve complied with their arbitrary and capricious “laws” about as far as I’m ever going to.
I lost mine in a hunting incident. There we were, out in the duck blind with every gun I own. Since there is a law saying I cannot have over 3 shots with the same gun I take them all. It was cold, so very cold, the clouds were out and the Jack Daniels we took with us for warmth wasnt getting the job done. so we decided to start a charcoal fire. We had charcoal and a cooker, for the hot dogs, you know. Well we had forgotten the lighter fluid, but there was a gas can in the truck. We liberally threw some gas on the charcoal, and lit er off.
The gasoline fire got into the brush lining the blind and before you know it we had a conflagratiom it happened so fast the dog was singed, and up the blind went with every gun I owned burning in it. I wept as the ammunition cooked off.
Yup lost every weapon I had in that fire. Thats my story and I am sticking to it.
By the way Nancy Pelosi is a greater danger to this country than Bin Laden ever was.
This is what it really boils down to. Do you have the cajones to give it all up for real rebellion?
I am a double son of the American revolution.I have the cajones for it.
Better tell that gubmint puke to back off if it looks like your dog's gonna belch, it could be dangerous.
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