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.
This may get very bloody.
All with open carry.
Tell me about it, he farted the other night and shot out two windows.
I read somewhere that Democrats calculated in 1994 that fully half of the 54 seats they lost were directly related to the assault weapons ban - they polled that they would not have lost half of those seats, and control of the House, if it were not for that one issue.
I will be surprise if they bring this up before the 2010 elections.
That said, elections matter. The last 2 election cycles have embolden the Marxists and is coaxing their agenda from the shadows. The more these people feel their oats, the more 2010 will matter.
Conservative ideas are better for America. There’s a REASON why these people shun accurately descriptive terms like liberal and socialist and run as “moderates” and “independents”.
The blowback on these people is going to be huge. 40 seats to change the House.
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That should tell you what I have running in my blood.
There are more of us than these commies know.
Thanks!!! I was not aware and I will be attending.......
The answer to this question in part depends upon how far the government is willing to push the matter and what legal recourse we still have through the ballot box and the jury box.
Either way, organized resistance is going to be necessary, with the preferred model that of Dr. King: nonviolent protest accompanied by legal challenge by institutions and individuals dedicated to our cause. But - and this is crucial - we must always reserve the right to act in defense of our own freedoms, as did our forefathers, when and if our leaders no longer represent us, but pretend to rule us.
I live in Florida, and I have a bunch of relatives in Florida (aka the “gun show loophole”).
Good luck finding my guns.
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You can become a member of the SAF by calling 1-425-454-7012.
You can also currently join the NRA for free at http://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus. The free membership is for one year, and the price of a two year membership has been reduced to only $25, a very good deal.
My earnest prayer is that wealthy patriots everywhere are buying and stockpiling guns and ammo in quantities that would cause Nancy Pelosi to buy Depends by the truck load.
These people are underestimating the seething wrath that is growing against the government.
There will be a revolution if this continues.
Only this time, conservatives should go with a conservative party instead of the RINO party.
“gun registration”
Sure, when I’m room temperature, on a slab.
The same way they enforce our "voluntary" tax scheme. With the threat of prison.
HA! But you should use his middle initial: 01001000.
I call him: 464F42414D41
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