Posted on 07/25/2012 7:08:16 PM PDT by i88schwartz
I, like most Americans, believe that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual the right to bear arms," President Obama said at the National Urban League convention in New Orleans. "I think we recognize the traditions of gun ownership that passed on from generation to generation. That hunting and shooting are a cherished national heritage."
"But I also believe that a lot of gun owners would agree that AK-47s belong in the hands of soldiers, not in the hands of criminals. That they belong on the battlefield of war, not on the streets of our cities," Obama said Wednesday night.
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Who does he think he is - George III?
The presidencey should be in the hands of an American and not a muzzy from kenya.
Name one army, irregular militia or even insurgency group that arms itself with the type of AK-47 commonly, legally available in the US.
We don't care what you think. The founders believed the people should have military weapons in case they had to oust a tyrannical government.
A corrupt government fears an armed populace.
Hubert H. Humphrey On The 2nd Amendment
“Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms. This is not to say that firearms should not be very carefully used, and that definite safety rules of precaution should not be taught and enforced. But the right of citizens to bear arms is just one more guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible.,” said Humphrey to Guns Magazine (“Know Your Lawmakers,” Guns Magazine, Feb. 1960).
I think perhaps that I should mention that Humphrey was a pretty liberal Democrat - for his time.
“That hunting and shooting are a cherished national heritage.....
“AK-47s belong in the hands of soldiers,....”
Oh yeah, the old argument that it’s all about hunting. Give me a break! Guess the RevWar was just a deer shoot. Whoever shot the most deer won?
The ironic thing is all these dopes (as quoted) think “assault weapons” SHOULD NOT be in the hands of anyone BUT soldiers, while that is exactly why we mere citizens need them - to fight those soldiers when they are turned on us.
But no, that never happens, does it?
The list, Ping
Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list
Forever and then some.
LLS
Back when liberals still had an ounce of sanity.
Wonder if dear leader is thinking about all the times the AK was used to overthrow government.
I wish we were more like Switzerland where every male is armed and required to attend training every year, AND the government appears to be aware of the fact. Here, if we were really “soldiers defending liberty”, as someone asserts above, the government thugs would never have dared to pass Obamacare which was opposed by 67% of the population at the time. Remember what happened to the last soldier defending liberty at Ruby Ridge (under a Bush, by the way.)
I saw what you did there, Barry, you worthless piece of filth.
Nobody's arguing about the appropriateness of guns in the hands of criminals. What about peaceable citizens, Barry Hussein? Do you believe that "AK-47s" (could you identify one, if you saw it?) belong in the hands of peaceable citizens? US Constitution says "yes". How 'bout you, Barry?
But it was a sad day last week when it fell out of the canoe in the middle of the lake. Im still grieving.
“That they belong on the battlefield of war, not on the streets of our cities,” Obama said Wednesday night.”
***BUT DRONES ARE OK?*******
Iran is also on the commission.
Seems that you need to be a soldier with an AK47 if you want to take an evening stroll in Chicago on a summers weekend evening! Or Detroit, or Washington, DC, or LA, or any other progressive urban hell hole!
Blame the guy next to you that voted for him.
Universal Suffrage was explicitly warned against by the FOUNDERS, who deliberately did not put a right to vote into the Constitution.
The WASHINGTONIANS in DC have amended the Constitution to expand he Franchise, and as a result degenerates like Clinton, Obama, and soon MYTH ROMNEY are elected POTUS.
This Republic will fall.
The enemy is all around us.
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