Posted on 04/29/2009 5:46:18 PM PDT by neverdem
In recent weeks, there have been countless statements made by politicians, pundits and even the Department of Homeland Security that gun ownership or support for the Second Amendment is connected to, if not synonymous with, violent behavior. Unfortunately, this false assumption has permeated its way into the Utah media's editorials, political cartoons and news stories.
Short on facts, those making these accusations have decided to disparage and marginalize those who support the rights of law-abiding gun owners. We saw this in the recent DHS report that equated opposition to gun-control legislation with right-wing extremism. I suppose we'd better keep an eye on the Supreme Court, which two years ago found that the Second Amendment confers an individual right to keep and bear arms.
Similarly, cartoons recently published in the Salt Lake Tribune have implied that a recent violent shooting was perpetrated by a member of the National Rifle Association and depicted gun-rights supporters worshiping at a gun-shaped altar atop a mountain of skulls. While one should expect subtlety or nuance from a political cartoon, the extremity of the views expressed in those cartoons is on par with those in the anti-gun crowd.
In other cases, stories have reported only partial truths in transparent attempts to link lawful gun ownership with criminal activity. For example, a recent Washington Post story reprinted in the Tribune cited a statistic that 90 percent of guns seized from criminals in Mexico that are submitted for tracing can be linked to the U.S. This statistic has been cited by many, including the secretary of state and attorney general, who argue that the vast majority of guns confiscated from drug traffickers and other criminals in Mexico came from the U.S. This has become a major justification advanced by anti-gun activists and politicians to justify stricter gun-control laws...
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Ole Hatch has a little different view than my senior senator. Refreshing.
Thanks, Orrin, well said!
Gun haters will do anything to control others. Keep your guns, folks. It is the only thing between you and slavery.
JoMa
Most of Orin’s views and sputterings of late have pissed me off.
He totally nailed this one. (cudos to the aide that wrote it for him.)
Usually listening to what comes out of Orrin’s Hatch is about as enjoyable as the emanations from Arlen Sphincter. He actually got one right this time.
I was wondering if he was getting senile.
It’s about dayumed TIME that someone IN Washington is FINALLY SAYING what we’ve been saying for YEARS.
Wonder what the Libbies following me think when they put those two thoughts together?
Shall not be Infringed. So clear, so concise, so right.
Hatch supporting 2nd amendment rights—even as he signed on to the BIG ZERO’s national volunteer legislation. Anybody who could cozy up to a guy who could leave a drowning girl in the river is no statesmen. A pox on Orrin Hatch.
Thank you, Orrin. You have often stood up and told the truth and defended liberty.
Someone just sent me this email. Have you seen it yet?
Georgia Arms is the 5th largest retailer of .223 Ammo in America . (they sell 9 mm, .45, etc ammo)
They normally buy spent brass from the US Dept of Defense - ‘one time used’ shell casings by our Military - from training on Military bases, etc. They buy the brass and then re-load for resale to Law Enforcement,
Gun Shops, Gun Clubs, Wal-Mart, and etc.
They normally buy 30,000 lbs of spent brass at a time.
This week the DOD wrote a letter to the owner of Georgia Arms and said that from now on the DOD will be destroying the brass - shredding it. It is no longer available to the Ammo makers - unless they just buy it in a scrap shredded condition (which they have No use for). The shredded brass is NOW going to be sold by the DOD to China as scrap metal....after the DoD pays for it to be shredded. The DOD is selling the brass to China for less money than Ammo manufacturers have been paying...plus the DOD has to pay to have the brass shredded and do all the accounting paperwork. That sure helps the US economy now, doesn’t it? Sell cheaper to China - and do not sell shells at all to a proven US business. Any agenda working here???? Obama going after our ammunition!!!!!
The Georgia Arms owner even related a story that one of his competitors had already purchased a load of brass last week - and the DOD contacted him this week and said they were sending someone over to make sure it was destroyed. Shell Casings he had already bought! THE BRASS HAS NO VALUE TO THE AMMO MAKER IF IT IS DESTROYE D/SHREDDED/MELTED. THE AMMO MANUFACTURER ONLY USES THE EMPTY BRASS SHELLS TO RELOAD DIFFERENT CALIBERS - MAINLY .223 BULLETS. Georgia Arms owner says that he will have to lay off at least Half of his 60 workers, within 2 - 3 months if the DOD no longer sells their spent brass to him. He has 2 - 3 months inventory of shells to use. By summer - he’s out. If he has to buy new manufactured brass shells, then the cost of ammunition to the buyer will double and triple...plus Obama wants to add a 500% tax on each shell.
You can read the info and see the DOD letter to Georgia Arms here: http://www.theshootist.net/2009/03/DOD-ends-sale-of-expended-military.HTML
Outdated info. The DoD retracted and will sell brass.
Thank you!
Short on facts, those making these accusations have decided to disparage and marginalize those who support the rights of law-abiding gun owners. We saw this in the recent DHS report that equated opposition to gun-control legislation with right-wing extremism. I suppose we'd better keep an eye on the Supreme Court, which two years ago found that the Second Amendment confers an individual right to keep and bear arms.Thanks neverdem.
It's always good to have a goal.
NOTE: The 2nd Amendment is SELF-incorporated to all government entities at every level. It is MORE ABSOLUTE than the 1st Amendment, or any of the others, because the wording forbids not only CONGRESS, but ANYONE from infringing on it. The 1st says “Congress shall make no law...”. The 2nd say “shall NOT be infringed!” Period! End of debate!
I pray that the NRA expands its membership every day. I never have shot a gun or owned one but I am a life member ala the rights issue.
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