Me versus Coalition to Stop Gun Violence

Electronic-mail conversement | October 2001 | Keith Dilley and Coalition to Stop Gun Violence

[2nd_Ammendment_Defender]

Coalition to stop Gun Violence didn't make a second reponse to my last comments to them. I wonder why? I thought it was rather humorous to read the twisted statistics and hatred that this organization has against firearms. I mean, aren't we are all helpless individuals and none of us could possibly possess the intelligence to use a firearm correctly?

It's too bad many people can't see a concealed carry armed citizen enforcing the peace and upholding the law.

[supercat]

It's too bad many people can't see a concealed carry armed citizen enforcing the peace and upholding the law.

The leaders of CSGV et al. are well aware that widespread firearm ownership and concealed-carry reduce crime. THAT'S WHY THEY OPPOSE THEM. Politicians and celebrities aren't concerned about criminals with guns. They have bodyguards to protect them. What they are afraid of are law-abiding citizens with guns who may realize they don't need all the "protection" the government wants to "offer" them.

BTW, it's interesting to note that the U.S. government deliberately works to make people increasingly dependent upon it, when the war in 1776 was a war for INDEPENDENCE. Unfortunately, too few people realize that the essense of slavery is not the fact that the slave does work for his master, but rather the fact that the slave is dependent upon his master's good will. When one recognizes that, it becomes clear how much freedom has already been lost and how much more is in severe jeopardy.

[Dan from Michigan]

I got the same thing from them.

[dasboot]

ARRRGH....SOS These libs foster co-dependency under the guise of mutual benefit and shared risk, then bludgeon you when you "cost" them.

[dasboot]

About 20 years ago in my town, a basement arsenal was discovered: they were a cache of Revolutionary War rifles.

'Splain me how that had nothing to do with freedom?

I'd never keep my firearms in a basement, though-- too damp.... unless I had no choice, to keep 'em away from these new Redcoats.

[lowbridge]

What does America gain from tough, restrictive gun laws?

1. Freedom.

Ahem. Calling George Orwell.

2. Safety. Approximately 30,000 Americans are killed with firearms every year and an additional 90,000 are injured with firearms.

Over 2 million people use firearms to defend themselves every year. Take the gun away and you have 2 million more casualties to deal with on top of the 30 thousand a year.

3. Protection

Calling George Orwell. I'm sure the next time a burglar breaks into my home, I'll wave a copy of the Brady law under his nose instead of a gun. Yep, that'll fix your wagon, Mr. Criminal!

[lowbridge]

bump

[Fiddlstix]

Calling George Orwell. I'm sure the next time a burglar breaks into my home, I'll wave a copy of the Brady law under his nose instead of a gun. Yep, that'll fix your wagon, Mr. Criminal!

Well Said!
I get so sick of this anti-2nd amendment/anti-gun crap.

[HangFire]

3. The Gun Industry is one of the few unregulated industries in America. Every other consumer product -- from teddy bears to toasters -- is subject to stringent safety regulations. Guns are not.

Try to buy a handgun in California that hasn't passed the "drop test". These people are incapable of telling the truth!

[michaelje]

I thought their reply to you was a joke. It is, isnt it ?

[michaelje]

"3. The Gun Industry is one of the few unregulated industries in America. Every other consumer product -- from teddy bears to toasters -- is subject to stringent safety regulations. Guns are not. " In massachusetts the only guns you can purchase new are Smith and Wessons.

[backhoe]

3. The Gun Industry is one of the few unregulated industries in America. Every other consumer product -- from teddy bears to toasters -- is subject to stringent safety regulations. Guns are not.

About once a year they trot out this tired old nag of a shibboleth-- I've heard there are 23,086 guns laws already on the books.... so #23,087 will be the magic law that solves the problem, right?

[HangFire]

It's amazing no matter how many times we correct them, they continue to spew the same tripe! They believe if they say it long enough and loud enough it will somehow become truth...

[wxyz]

I was reading through posts with "gun" in the title and found a few that were not on the bang_llist...

[TERMINATTOR]

It's not illegal for ex-felons or anyone else to own firearms or any other arms, the Brady act and around 20,000 other unconstitutional "gun control" and arms control acts are illegal. There are provisions in the constitution for loss of liberties while incarcerated. If someone is a danger to society, they should remain in jail or be executed.

"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." - Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

[George Smiley]

I'm sure the next time a burglar breaks into my home, I'll wave a copy of the Brady law under his nose instead of a gun.

The ATF regulations concerning firearms, at 300-plus pages, would be a far more effective weapon.

[Campion]

Allow me to edit their comments (my corrections in bold):

"Freedom for criminals is picking your children up at school to molest them and not worrying about their own safety. Freedom for criminals is walking in your neighborhood after dark. Freedom for criminals is not having to worry about gunfire when they come to rape or kill members of your family."

[dcwusmc]

Good reply. Have you sent it to these morons yet???

[lowbridge]

Have you sent it to these morons yet???

Nah, they're not worthy. :-)