Posted on 11/04/2001 9:07:21 AM PST by jimkress
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:31:31 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
You forgot the Kennedys. However, if you honestly think these people are representative of Catholic mainstream thought, you are woefully misinformed. Elitists of *every* faith tend to be anti-gun.
I've never looked at the gun-control/religion connection very hard, but it seems that if there are more Protestants in the country than Catholics, then there *will* be more anti-gun Protestants.
The reason it took 9/11 was that event made it clear that the world is a dangerous place, there are people who want to do us harm, we have to protect ourselves.
Prior to 9/11, Americans lived in a fantasy world where Americans believed that no one would hurt us because all we wanted was to be their friend. American felt that if Americans played nice with other countries that those other countries would be nice to Americans. Americans also assumed that the vast, beneficent government would protect them from all harm and they did not need to protect themselves.
The events of 9/11 disabused rational Americans of these silly, childish, dangerous, and ultimately fatal notions.
Now, Americans realize it's a dangerous world. They realize that we are responsible for protecting ourselves and that an armed populace is the first line of defense against our enemies.
Thanks for the article, btw. It's encouraging, but we still have a long way to go.
Now that they are gun owners they may be less apt to vote for idiots who want to take their guns away. I hope.
Nice little xenophobic bigoted diatribe. Do you customarily try to convert people to your point of view by stereotyping and insulting them?
I'm not Irish, but I am Catholic. And a gun owner. And a proud member of the NRA.
Molon labe.
AMENDMENT II
A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
Missouri Constitution Article I BILL OF RIGHTS Section 23
May 28, 1999
Right to keep and bear arms--exception.
Section 23. That the right of every citizen to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person and property, or when lawfully summoned in aid of the civil power, shall not be questioned; but this shall not justify the wearing of concealed weapons.
1-the definition of "bear" is: to carry on one's person
2-the definition of "shall" is: ...a promise, a requirement, or an obligation
3-the definition of "not" is: used to express negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition
Missouri and U.S. citizen's do not have to wait to be allowed "to carry a gun on their person or in their car.
It is rather obvious and unambigous, that the right to carry an arm, especially in full view, on your hip, cannot be prohibited by the U.S. government or the Missouri government, or for either governments to require a background check and a safety course before being "allowed' to exert your right.
What part of "shall not be infringed," and "shall not be questioned," do you not understand?
"Shall not" is a categorical phrase. The definition of "categorical" is: "being without exception or qualification; absolute."
Why wait for permission from the "majority?" This is not a democracy. We all have the individual right. So, let's exert it. I am.
BLOAT
FMCDH
MOLON LABE
David Wright
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