Posted on 01/16/2010 6:07:03 AM PST by marktwain
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My column "The Perfect Storm," dealing with Hillary Clinton's reversal of U.S. policy to accept the UN's Arms Trade Treaty, appears in the March issue of GUNS Magazine, now on sale at news stands and also online. Every month, the magazine posts its current issue in digital form, accessible by clicking on the flash icon in the upper-right section of their home page. For those of you on dial-up or with older computers, you can still read my current column and many of the other features via traditional html web pages by scrolling down and clicking on links.
But that's not what I want to talk about.
Early on when I began writing about Second Amendment issues, I found that being criticized in print was every bit as satisfying as being published--and a reader who sent a letter to the editor that's printed in the new issue's "Crossfire" section (page six) does not disappoint. To understand what he's upset about, you first need to read my January column, "The Most Dangerous Game" (sorry, this one is only available in the flash edition--from the "Rights Watch" page, click on the "January" link).
To summarize, MSNBC commentator Rachel Maddow said she enjoys shooting, but thinks we should not be "allowed" to take our guns home from the range. And leftist cartoonist and columnist Ted Rall had this to say about armed citizens in public who had conducted themselves peacefully and broken no laws:
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
Here is another American "skating near the legal edge".
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." by Thomas Jefferson.
So I'd say he's in good company.
Indeed!
"You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in their struggle for independence."
-- Charles A. Beard, Historian (1874-1948)
"The tank, the B-52, the fighter-bomber, the state controlled police and the military are the weapons of dictatorship. The rifle is the weapon of democracy. Not for nothing was the revolver called an "equalizer." Egalite implies liberte. And always will. Let us hope our weapons are never needed--but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny... If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government--and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws."
--Edward Abbey, The Right to Bear Arms, 1979
That is my kind of fellow American.
Right beside you, David.
BFLR
Well said. And the crime rates before and after gun control consistently back you up.
On a lighter note, a group of libs tried to keep their neighborhoods safer. They didn’t want to scare burglars into killing anyone, so they decided to display signs:
“This is a gun free house.”
Robberies occurred like never before; they took the signs down.
Who cares what MADCOW thinks anyways
Madcow. Good one...The perfect example of a female democrat. Or..Dementocrat??
Has she ever held a pistol, rifle, shotgun, activated a primer? “She enjoys shooting”, uhhhh when, where, how, witnesses, and with what; basic journalism questions...answers?
The guy who stole my identity has guns. Not me. ;^)
priceless quote, that
bump for later read and comment
Here's another for you:
“You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in their struggle for independence.”
Charles A. Beard, Historian (1874-1948)
Any Sheriff that permits the Feds to fill a camp with non voluntary occupants needs to be taken down and replaced with someone who understand the authority of Sheriff.
That would be like going to the DMV to take your DRIVER'S LICENSE TEST, and leaving your car there.
Makes sense to me.
At least then you are licensed to drive.
Just don't use it. ; )
It's just as asinine as the idea of the second amendment is that God gave us the inalienable right to go to the range and target practice.
The world according to Rachel...
Make it so! /Capt. Picard impersonation
Amen!
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