[marktwain]

How a politician votes on your right to keep and bear arms is a good indication of how he votes on all Constitutional issues.

[caver]

Great post!

[bert]

Being a one issue voter is a very narrow minded way to live

[massmike]

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[Tennessee Nana]

the Quartering Act and Stamp Act of 1765,
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That wasnt the first quartering of English soldiers that Americans had to pay for...

The English invaded and captured NYC from the Dutch in 1664

The English had several ships and 800 trained soldiers, the Dutch had 150 soldiers and about 250 more armed civilians to protect about 1,000 men, women, and children from the English cannons...

Shortly after the English came ashore, soldiers were quartered about the city. the locals had to pay for their support..

In April, 1665, my ancestor Hendrick Hendrickson Kip was “assessed” (taxed) to pay for the board and lodging of the soldiers stationed in the city garrison...

and that was after he had taken the oath of allegiance to the English Crown ...

So paying for the food and lodging for English soldiers was not a new thing to the serf-like colonials...

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"How a politician votes on your right to keep and bear arms is a good indication of how he votes on all Constitutional issues."

It's by no means foolproof. Harry Reid and Patrick Lehey are both given good grades by the NRA and I would not call them constitutional purists. John Dingell was on the NRA board of directors at one time and he's as left as they come. The second amendment is a very important issue but it's not the only one. If the dem running against the pubbie supports the second amendment, chances are that the pubbie does also.

[joe fonebone]

the second amendment was menat to keep citizens armed and ready to fight a rogue government. I have heard alot lately about “Common Sense” gun laws. If we are to be ready, willing and able to fight a rogue government, then there can be NO, repeat, NO restrictions on the type and amount of firearms we can possess. This includes fully automatic weapons, mortars and howitzers (if you can afford them) tanks and the such. Remember, during the revolution, the americans rented warships from private owners, it should be so today......

[SueRae]

Great article.

[Mobties]

Outstanding!

[B4Ranch]

I don’t require anyones permission to determine how I will protect myself or my family. I guess I am not someone who applies for permission from elected or appointed officials. I’ve got bad knees.

[zeugma]

The first battle of the Texas war of independence from mexico was also over gun control. The battle crys after Goliad was “Remember Goliad!” and “Come and Take It!”

[Arrowhead1952]

There were a lot of single issue voters in 2008.

It was called “white guilt”.

Look at what that caused the past 1 1/2+ years.