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Condi: Why I Support the Second Amendment
Newsmax ^ | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 11/20/2004 6:52:50 PM PST by KoRn

Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004 9:36 p.m. EST

Condi: Why I Support the Second Amendment

Secretary of State nominee Dr. Condoleezza Rice is a big supporter of the second amendment, a commitment cultivated during her days growing up in Bull Conner's Birmingham, Alabama, when the shotgun wielded by her father was often the only thing that stood between her family and the Ku Klux Klan.

In 1963, racial violence was "turning her hometown into 'Bombingham' as Alabama’s governor George Wallace fought a federal court order to integrate the city’s schools," writes Rice biographer Antonia Felix.

Story Continues Below

In excerpts of her book "The Condoleezza Rice Story," reprinted in the London Sunday Times, Felix recounts:

"With the bombings came marauding groups of armed white vigilantes called 'nightriders,' who drove through black neighborhoods shooting and starting fires. [Condi's father] John Rice and his neighbors guarded the streets at night with shotguns.

"The memory of her father out on patrol lies behind Rice’s opposition to gun control today. Had those guns been registered, she argues, Bull Connor would have had a legal right to take them away, thereby removing one of the black community’s only means of defense."

"I have a sort of pure second amendment view of the right to bear arms," said the future Secretary of State.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: bang; banglist; condoleezzarice
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To: rdb3

I really like Condi.


21 posted on 11/20/2004 7:04:29 PM PST by farmfriend ( In Essentials, Unity...In Non-Essentials, Liberty...In All Things, Charity.)
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To: KoRn

Picking at nits........Canada Geese!!


22 posted on 11/20/2004 7:04:31 PM PST by T Wayne
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To: KoRn

23 posted on 11/20/2004 7:07:12 PM PST by Diva Betsy Ross (God bless the Swift Boat Vets!)
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To: Joe Brower; bang_list; wardaddy; Eaker; Travis McGee; SLB; TexasCowboy; Shooter 2.5; ExSoldier; ...

So far so good......


24 posted on 11/20/2004 7:07:45 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: KoRn
Had those guns been registered, she argues, Bull Connor would have had a legal right to take them away, thereby removing one of the black community’s only means of defense.

Condi, we need to have a talk about rights and powers. People have rights and governments have powers. In GOOD governments, like the one our founding fathers established, the government has only those powers which the people give it and under our Constitution, they knew that bad people would sometimes come to power. So they put in the Second Amendment to guarantee that the people would have the means to resist them.

Bull Conner NEVER, EVER had the right or even legitimate power to take your daddy's gun simply to ensure he would be unarmed.

25 posted on 11/20/2004 7:07:48 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (God is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: I got the rope
"Wow. I'm in love."

Git back, Jack!

I've already sent her my picture and asked her to marry me!

(Well, it was actually a picture of The Rock, but maybe she won't know...)

26 posted on 11/20/2004 7:08:47 PM PST by TexasCowboy (Texan by birth, citizen of Jesusland by the Grace of God)
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To: Squantos; mhking; rdb3; Eaker; Covenantor; Joe Brower; nopardons; B4Ranch
Impressive. Her story of neighborhood self-defense against "night riders" reminds me of the Battle of Athens.
27 posted on 11/20/2004 7:12:59 PM PST by risk
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To: KoRn
Guns, the ultimate in feminine protection!
28 posted on 11/20/2004 7:13:48 PM PST by ORECON (Condi Rice/Ann Coulter - 2008)
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To: Squantos
I've read everything I can find about Condi (which ain't a helluva lot!), and I've found nothing I don't like.
If possible, she's a bigger hawk about this war than I am, and she's got bigger cajones than anybody in Congress.
29 posted on 11/20/2004 7:14:54 PM PST by TexasCowboy (Texan by birth, citizen of Jesusland by the Grace of God)
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To: KoRn

She knows the 2nd ain't about goose hunting.


30 posted on 11/20/2004 7:15:28 PM PST by Atlas Sneezed (Your Friendly Freeper Patent Attorney)
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To: KoRn
You go girl - keep your calender clear for 2008 ok?
31 posted on 11/20/2004 7:16:33 PM PST by taxcontrol (People are entitled to their opinion - no matter how wrong it is.)
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To: KoRn

Go on, tell me again why she's not qualified to be nominated for VP and POTUS. C'mon, tell me again how it would only be a "gimmick".


32 posted on 11/20/2004 7:17:26 PM PST by MichiganMan (Thank Michael Moore for 2004!!)
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To: Ptarmigan

One more point in her favor. She has experience of the practical application of the Second Amendment (which I think few white politicians have ever had). Good for her and thank you to the father who had the courage to exercise the right in the face of real government persecution.


33 posted on 11/20/2004 7:17:33 PM PST by scory
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To: Prime Choice

And this, gentle reader, is why the Second Amendment -- "contrary to what the Democrats claim -- is NOT about hunting.

Gun control isn't about guns. It's about control."


or as some say, "Politicians prefer unarmed peasants."


34 posted on 11/20/2004 7:17:35 PM PST by treeclimber ("We will hunt the terrorists in every dark corner of the earth. We will be relentless." GWB 2001)
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To: KoRn

I bet she even knows where she can get her a huntin license too.


35 posted on 11/20/2004 7:18:41 PM PST by GaltMeister (Can I get me a terrorist huntin' license in hea?)
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To: risk
Very good, risk.

Every American should read that story to understand WHY we have the Second Amendment.

36 posted on 11/20/2004 7:21:42 PM PST by TexasCowboy (Texan by birth, citizen of Jesusland by the Grace of God)
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To: GaltMeister

I really respect Doctor Rice. She is so intelligent! Why dont more black people like her!??!? Principal i guess. Shes a Repub so shes the enemy. To me that would show that the best and brightest go to that team not stay on the team that keeps us down...


37 posted on 11/20/2004 7:21:50 PM PST by NYURepublican
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To: KoRn
"With the bombings came marauding groups of armed white vigilantes called 'nightriders,' who drove through black neighborhoods shooting and starting fires. [Condi's father] John Rice and his neighbors guarded the streets at night with shotguns.

My view is that Condi's childhood ordeals only made her stronger! I admire and respect that about her. As Secretary of State, her internal strengh will serve her (and us) well.

38 posted on 11/20/2004 7:23:46 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: gitmo
Gun control: a tight cluster at 800 feet 3 seconds from the command to draw.

Drawing a handgun and firing at a target that's more than 230 years away? Friend, a handgun's for close personal defense, and for fighting your way back to cover and your rifle!

But in general, I agree with the concept, and I've got an M-14 that I can open fire with at 300 yards! lol

Actually, your post made me remember something from my youth. I used to go out to the 300 yard range with my .44 magnum Redhawk, and I'd shoot at a manhole cover that was suspended from between two posts. IIRC, even with a 180gr jhp load, moving at around 1800fps, I still needed to hold more than 10 feet over the top of the target!

Mark

39 posted on 11/20/2004 7:24:19 PM PST by MarkL (Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. But it rocks absolutely, too!)
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To: KoRn
Wow! That is a very good read! I didn't know that she (Rice) supported gun rights. My respect for her has gone up! Good for her!
40 posted on 11/20/2004 7:24:51 PM PST by YoungCorps
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