25 DIRECT STATEMENTS FOR UNDERSTANDING FIREARMS OWNERSHIP AND THE 2ND AMENDMENT

Email | January 5, 2004 | Modified by self

[Jeff Head]

1. The United States Constitution (c) 1791. All Rights reserved.
2. Personal firearms: The original point and click interface.
3. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.
4. A gun in the hand is better than a dispatcher on the phone.
5. Gun control is not about guns; it's about control.
6. If guns are outlawed, can we use crossbows? ...how about swords, clubs or icepics?
7. If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words.
8. Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.
9. If you don't know your rights you don't have any.
10. If government cannot trust its citizens with firearms, government cannot be trusted.
11. Those who trade liberty for security end up losing both.
12. What part of "shall not be infringed" do you not understand?
13. The Second Amendment is in place in case they ignore all of the others.
14. Approximately 79,999,977 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.
15. Guns only have two enemies: rust and totalitarians.
16. Know guns...know peace, know safety.
17. No guns...no peace, no safety.
18. You don't shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.
19. Assault is a behavior, not a device.
20. Criminals love gun control -- it makes their jobs safer.
21. If guns cause crime, then matches cause arson.
22. Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to disarm them.
23. You only have the rights you are willing to fight and die for.
24. The American Revolution would never have happened if gun control were in place.
25. If the founding fathers of America were alive today, in all likelihood they would have already rebelled against curretn gun control laws.

[Jeff Head]

Uh...sorry...

Ype = Yep.

[Bob Mc]

"There is no more pathetic example of a man, no more worthless waste of masculinity, than a man who will not protect himself and those weaker than he. Only fools, cowards, criminals and terrorists are afraid of good men with guns."

Search4Truth 01/04/2004

[SJackson]

A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity."
-- Sigmund Freud, General Introduction to Psychoanlysis (1952)

There's no question that weapons in the hands of the public have prevented acts of terror or stopped them while they were in progress
Police Inspector-General Shlomo Aharonisky [Israel]

Because less than twenty years ago I was the target of a terrorist group...I know the sense of helplessness that people feel. I know the urge to arm yourself because that's what I did. I was trained in firearms...I carried a concealed weapon. I made the determination that if somebody was going to try to take me out, I was going to take them with me.
Senator Dianne Feinstein

(W)hen the owner called in the checks, it seemed to me he spoke unnecessarily loudly, repeating and spelling my name over and over on the phone...Scott is not a convicted felon, and he is not prohibited from owning a gun...Scott Brady could walk into a store and buy a - he is not a prohibited purchaser
Sarah Brady

[Jeff Head]

Another good one! Make that number 26!

[SAMWolf]

If the founding fathers of America were alive today, in all likelihood they would have already rebelled against current gun control laws

Add taxes, and a lot of government programs and agencies that are around today to that list

[Jeff Head]

Has to be one of my favorites also...because it is absolutely true, spot on target and serious minded.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Very good!

[looscnnn]

"A gun in the hand is better than a dispatcher on the phone."

How about:

A gun in the hand is better than two in a locked cabinet with trigger guards on.

or

A gun in the hand is better than two in a blast furnace.

[B4Ranch]

Thanks, Jeff

[Jeff Head]

Outstanding! I like it! Well worded and succinct.

Thank you, we did have a nice holiday. Brother's condition improved somewhat. (Still very serious though). Glad to hear things are well with you and yours my friend.

[Jeff Head]

I like it, but I'd word it like this..."God and the 2nd Amendment makes all of the others possible".

Without Him and His guidance and immutable moral standard...even the 2nd amendment could not save us.

[Pharmboy]

I had not seen most of these before...thanks Jeff. Terrific.

[Jeff Head]

Both of those are great!

We could easily have hundreds of short succint statements like these to drive the point home to our friends, neighbors, relatives and fellow citizens without all of the legaleze and flowery wordsmithing that some folks feel is sometimes necessary.

[Jeff Head]

You are very welcome. Put them in an email and send them out to your entire list, asking them to do the same.

Write them in a letter and send them to your congressional representatives...house and senate and to your state reps too!

[Jeff Head]

Great pic!

Practice makes perfect.

[newgeezer]

Ype, it's a shame...and yet another reason for the 2nd.

Agreed. Still, even "assault weapons" are no match for the stuff the jack-booted thugs have at their disposal.

[Pharmboy]

...and no one has yet posted my favorite bumper sticker:

Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than all my guns.

[biblewonk]

And quite a few women.

[looscnnn]

Added them to my profile page. I wonder if you could use "guns kill" as a defense at a murder trial.

Defendant: "Your honor, I plead not guilty due to I didn't kill the victim. The gun did."

Judge: "Excuse me?"

Defendant: "Well, you know the saying that guns kill."

[glock rocks]

thanks for the ping, B4Ranch.

Good list, Jeff.

#5 has been on my profile page for some time now.