[Coleus]

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[Tatze]

Since when is GOA an affiliate of the NRA??

[El Gato]

Police Chief William Bratton argued these weapons are dangerous and serve no legitimate purpose.

It's not about legitimate purposes, and even if it were, who the hell does the non-elected public employee, Chief Bratton, think he is to determine what is, and what is not, "legitimate"? "Shall not be infringed", doesn't say anthing about "legitimate", for which they really mean "legitimate sporting", purposes.

Actually a .50 BMG rifle would have come in right handy when those armor wearing bank robbers were spraying bullets hither and yon in the Chief's jurisdiction a few years ago.

[Brian S]

The 2nd Amendment is becoming one of the few dwindling reasons I vote GOP.

[Tench_Coxe]

If ignorance is bliss, then this writer has got to be one of the happiest people around. The GOA is not an 'affiliate' of the NRA.

[Billthedrill]

Once again the intellectually dense attempt to shift the focus toward inanimate objects. I don't know of anyone sane who regards firearms as "sacred." I certainly don't. What I consider "sacred" is a list of rights, among which only one is the right to own the means of self-defense from persons or from the State, that persons such as the author would lightly dismiss in the pathetic desire to feel safer, in the ridiculous masquerade of being "empowered" enough to do something about violence when all he really intends to do is apply that violence in a slightly different form to perfectly honest citizens he has decided to demonize.

[Just another Joe]

This is my key issue when selecting a politician to vote for.
It's not my only issue buut it is my key issue.
If a politician doesn't trust me enough to let me carry a gun I don't trust them enough to cast a vote for me in the legislature.

[backhoe]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/711949/posts
Do Guns Save Lives?

-Empty-Barrel Gun Policies-A legacy of nonsense from Clinton, Blair, and the Left--

-A Problem With Guns (Long... but SOOOO good)--

Shooting More Holes in Gun Control

Gun Control Down Under

HCI Aussie Style (read it and weep-or laugh)

The Great Australian Gun Law CON!

British Gun Crime Soars

Gun Crimes Surge in London

More Guns on Street - Cops Fearing Increased Bloodshed (more Canadian gun control "success")

Through the Looking Glass and Back Again - From Anti-gunner to Firearms Instructor in Four Months

Swiss Gun Laws- and some rebuttal to HCI "spin"-- Thread II

Statistical Facts Gun-haters Run From

[wysiwyg]

Ugh. This thread could use a Barf Alert. Luckily, I haven't had breakfast yet.

[ASA Vet]

Leaders of Gun Owners of America, a National Rifle Association affiliate

I went no further than this statement. Why waste time reading anything else he "thinks?"