[sitetest]

The education of Dr. Ben Carson continues. A very encouraging sign. Dr. Carson, who had previously seemed a little mushy on the whole Second Amendment business, appears to have had a moment of clarity.

[sitetest]

I didn’t see this otherwise posted. My apologies if it’s a repeat.

[sitetest]

Too many words?

[BitWielder1]

... should take solace in knowing that many military and law enforcement personnel would likely refuse to obey commands inconsistent with freedom and American values.

I hope it's true but how can one count on it in any particular case?
I am glad he's waking up to the real reasons for 2A.

[Gaffer]

I agree, especially after having been disappointed in his recent foray into the “vote GOPe meme” some feel we have to do, even if the GOPe RINOs are the lesser of two evils.

I am encouraged by the basic thought of this article and it’s fundamental clarity.

[magellan]

This really sums it up:

"The senator readily referred to the Bundys and their supporters as “domestic terrorists,” but the current administration is reticent about applying the same term to Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who admitted slaughtering more than a dozen people in 2009 at Fort Hood in Texas. What does this tell us about our government and its perceptions and alignments?"

Bundy = Domestic Terrorist

Hasan = Workplace Violence

[MrB]

Yes, Dr Carson, there IS a reason that The People need the means to resist government tyranny,

and a reason the founders made sure to enshrine that ability in the second amendment.

[Beagle8U]

“We must be reasonable and willing to engage in conversation about how to limit the availability of dangerous weapons to criminals and very violent or insane people.”

He needs to explain how he plans to do that since criminals don’t follow existing laws, new laws can only effect law abiding citizens.

Sorry Ben, you still have a gungrabber mindset.

I think he makes it up as he goes along, whatever he thinks the public will fall for.

[Ms. Blunt]

It’s good to see he clarified his statement on the 2nd and limited it to criminals and mentally unstable, as it should be, by pointing to people instead of guns.

[Resettozero]

The education of Dr. Ben Carson continues. A very encouraging sign. Dr. Carson, who had previously seemed a little mushy on the whole Second Amendment business, appears to have had a moment of clarity.

Perhaps it isn't so much the education of Dr. Carson as it is his helping educate some people who follow and admire him? People not as advanced in their political understanding as are most posters on FR?

[Graybeard58]

Carson lost me by defending the thug Trayvon Martin.

[jazusamo]

Thanks for posting and for your appropriate comment, sitetest.

Ben Carson *Ping*

Please Freepmail to get on or off this list…

[CodeToad]

What does he expect the ‘rebels” of 1775 to have done without their arms? Blacks would not have been enslaved if they had the appropriate arms.

[Bigg Red]

Encouraging indeed. He talks about the importance of a well-armed citizenry.

And I just love this part:

It is quite interesting to see, though, that the same bureaucrats refuse to enforce some of our federal border-protection laws and other domestic policies with which they disagree. Perhaps Mr. Reid’s time could be better spent explaining why it is acceptable for the federal government to pick and choose which laws it wishes to enforce.