Pelosi: 'We Want Registration'; Holder: 2A Won't 'Stand In The Way'; SAF: 'Gloves Are Off'

Second Amendment Foundation ^ | 8 April, 2009 | NA

[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.

[Northern Yankee]

LOL...

Reminds of my dad's story of a new double barrel shotgun he had acquired back in the 50's. He and his brother (Joe) were out duck hunting. They had come out to an area in their duck boats.

At the end of hunting they started back. The wind picked up while they were in the middle of the lake. Dad noticed his gun was in his brother's boat so he asked for it. Joe took the gun and handed it to dad. Dad reached out to get it. Dad was in the process of grabbing it over the water when Joe let go. Dad thought Joe had it, Joe thought dad had it, and down it went into the lake.

Dad said the lake was "Too damned deep" to ever hope of getting it again.

It eventually became the humorous story to tell around the table over dinner.

Dad, being a God fearing man, never let that come between them. He said it's just a gun. Love of family is more powerful than anything material.

[Condor51]

Your 'Somebody' is missing another point.
By then (2010) The Kenyan and Pelosi will have *immigration reform* (amnesty) passed. (see drudge and FR threads)

That's another 20-30 million RAT voters. So they have nothing to fear.

If an illegal broke gun laws (and a gazillion others), having a piece of paper making them legal citizens won't make bit a difference to them regarding firearms - they'll still buy their guns on the street if need be.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Just try it.

[Thank You Rush]

“”We want them registered. We don’t want them crossing state lines...””

We don’t care what you want, Nancy. We also want you to jump in the ocean - we’d even be happy if it were the Potomac.

[Condor51]

*** Yup lost every weapon I had in that fire. Thats my story and I am sticking to it. ***

Wow that's some story and I feel for ya.
I lost all my guns in a Clothes Dryer accident.

One day a few years back I was cleaning them all and put them in the Clothes Dryer on 'Low' to evaporate some excess Hoppes #9. Well, when the cycle ended I opened the dryer door and.. POOF ... they were all gone?!? Darnedest thing I've ever seen.

But the real puzzle was, some lost socks from 1989 reappeared!

I never reported this to the Police as I was too embarrassed. But that's my story and I'm sticken to it.

I'm seeing more and more 'lost gun' stories since the Kenyan was (cough) 'elected', its kinda odd ;-)

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Remember their own words, if they cannot take away our guns, they will take away our ammunition first. Or, try to make it financially impossible to afford or possess that ammunition.

[ClearCase_guy]

I have no expectation of any meaningful elections in the future. 2010 and 2012 mean nothign to me — I already know who won.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Does anyone have the original GMA video?

[ziravan]

So they have nothing to fear (in the 2010 elections)

I disagree. My current Congresscritter had an "F" rating with the NRA when he was more or less in a "liberal" district. Then Delay's redistricting plan occurred in 2003, putting Chet Edwards in a much more conservative district. In the meantime and over time, his rating improved to "C-", "B", and now, "A". I'm not saying that I would trust a man whose opinion on gun control is dictated by conversions of political convenience (indeed, I'm running against him in 2010).

What I AM saying is that you better BELIEVE that Chet Edwards is VERY worried about what Nancy and Barry are doing to his re-elections chances.

So far as the immigration issue, that will only serve to bring out even MORE votes AGAINST this Administration, not for it. There is no mechanism to get illegals to the polls in 2010 - the culture in that crowd of avoiding government interaction is working and will continue to work against the Democrats, not for them. So will the outrage this issue will bring to the surface. This is NOT a strictly Conservative issue. Just like the 2nd Amendment, there are plenty of people in the middle and in the other party that are strongly opposed the Administration on this issue. CIR didn't fail because Conservatives and talk radio banded together (as some in both parties would have you believe). It failed because the center held - both parties wanted it, and both were ultimately too afraid of their OWN constituencies to pass it.

[y6162]

“Let them try. I double dare them.”

Cops are going to have to fight door to door to confiscate our guns. It will make the marines taking Falujah look like a day at the beach.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Here’s the complete interview, via Newsbusters:

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2009/04/07/abcs-robin-roberts-hits-pelosi-left-guns

[indthkr]

2nd Amendment bump for later...........

[Seacowboys]

If its time to bury them, it is past time to dig them up!

[DCBryan1]

Sure, when I’m room temperature, on a slab.

That's what I'm afraid of...dead gun owners without a fight.

MAKE A LIST (of local gungrabbers)....when the time comes....pay them a visit.

You cannot stop a platoon of troops in your yard, but if you go after those that support the confiscation, it will wither on the vine.

I have my list when the balloon goes up...do you?

Signed,
HENRY BOWMAN

[MrB]

I ain’t registerin $#!t.

raht ohn raht ohn raht ohn

[MrB]

Five Boxes of Liberty

Yep, we're rapidly working through all of 'em except that last one. And that one's getting BIG.

[Theophilus]

I don’t have anything to register. Sold em all last week, well all that the dog didn’t eat. :-)

Dadgum pirates got mine. They were Islamic and I didn't want to hurt their feelings.

[MrB]

I believe they’ve put the “ballot” box of liberty out of reach at this point, between ACORN’s fraud, illegal immigrant amnesty and voting, and politicizing the census,

we can just forget about a political method of keeping our liberty.

[MrB]

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[erkyl]

I don’t see why lost gun stories shouldn’t become the response of choice if asked to register. It can’t be any worse than the lying tax-cheaters who are now running our country.

My guns were lost in (n) a(select one):

a. bear attack
b. nuclear explosion
c. IRS audit (seriously)
d. fishing expedition
e. ice mishap
f. tornado and hurricane, simultaneously
g. amusement park ride accident
h. disagreement with mother in law
i. alien abduction
j. ghost encounter
l. past life regression incident
m. voting booth (left there on accident)
n. cruise
o. toilet overflow
p. diaper pail engagement
q. rock slide
r. avalanche
s. spelunking
t. panning for gold
u. Mars probe mission
v. vast right wing conspiracy
w. pickle barrel incident
x. Mythbusters experiment
y. oven
z. hunting accident

Hope this helps everyone ‘recall’ how they lost their guns.