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[Mr. Mojo]

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[Mr. Mojo]

a politician's contempt for the second amendent is probably equal to his contempt of you or me.

A perfect and succinct summation of the article.

[vpintheak]

You can't see it but I am giving you a standing ovation!

[Mr. Mojo]

Check out the author's list of Lever Action Essays for some encores.

[Badray]

"...a politician's contempt for the second amendent is probably equal to his contempt of you or me."

Yep, it sure tells you a lot about the 'man', doesn't it.

[Mulder]

Good article! Thanks for posting.

[fporretto]

Neil Smith, sometimes tiresome and excessively longwinded, is dead on target here.

Some bright fellow once said "Man has only those rights he can defend." If this be true -- and I think it is -- what does it say about those who would deprive us of the means of defense in the name of "the greater good"? For that matter, what does it say about "the greater good"?

Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
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[Tijeras_Slim]

Excellent line of reasoning. I intend to try it out on some folks today.

[suijuris]

Never really thought of it this way before, but a politician's contempt for the second amendent is probably equal to his contempt of you or me.

I have always thought of it this way, and as recently as five years ago was considered extremely radical because of it. Mostly by supposed RKBA supporters and NRA members With its compromises and capitulations "for the greater good" the NRA is part of the problem, not the solution).

When it comes to voting I am a sigle issue voter. This issue is the litmus test! There is nothing else I need to know about a pol running for office.

Unfortunately it forces me to hold 95% of politicians in utter contempt.

Suijuris

[TigersEye]

If he ignores you, sneers at you, complains about you, or defames you, if he calls you names only he thinks are evil -- like "Constitutionalist" -- when you insist that he account for himself, hasn't he betrayed his oath, isn't he unfit to hold office, and doesn't he really belong in jail?

Yes.

Forget about those other people, those dangerous weirdos, this is about you, and it has been, all along.

No doubt!

One issue, one vote. Do I have an inalienable right to defend myself ... or not?

[Shooter 2.5]

The NRA doesn't make laws. They can only lobby for laws.

They also represent only 5% of the gun owners of this country.

In spite of the media claiming the NRA are extremists and gun owners who are not members claiming they don't do anything, It was the NRA that stopped the gun laws that were happening for the last forty years while the other gun groups were too small to be effective. The Brady Bill is a failure to ALL gun groups and not just the NRA. The Bill was originally a fifteen day waiting period. It was "compromised" to an instant check.

The only way you can judge how well the NRA acts is by reading an article from Fortune magazine that put the NRA as America's top lobbying group.

[Shooter 2.5]

"Unfortunately it forces me to hold 95% of politicians in utter contempt.

Oddly enough, that's the same percentage of gun owners who sit on the sidelines and do nothing who have earned my contempt.

[Mr. Mojo]

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[Mr. Mojo]

Do I have an inalienable right to defend myself ... or not?

You certainly do, no matter what the current laws are. No one can ever take away that right.

[teeman8r]

you've got my mojo risin' in admiration that is... well said and likely believed...

if i were a politician, i would have no problem speaking in front of an armed audience...

as long as i was carrying too... or maybe three...

teeman8r

[sit-rep]

Good piece...

[Mr. Mojo]

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