SAF CALLS CHICAGO TRIBUNE PLEA TO REPEAL 2d Admentment ‘UNCONSCIONABLE’

2d Amendment Foundation ^ | June 27, 2008 | Email from 2d Amendment Foundation

[RetiredArmy]

NEWS RELEASE

SAF CALLS CHICAGO TRIBUNE PLEA TO REPEAL 2A ‘UNCONSCIONABLE’

BELLEVUE, WA – The Chicago Tribune’s call for repeal of the Second Amendment following the historic Heller Decision is an “unconscionable attack on the entire Bill of Rights and the freedoms it protects,” the Second Amendment Foundation said today.

In an editorial published on the day after the Supreme Court handed down its 5-4 ruling, the newspaper called the Second Amendment an “anachronism” that should be repealed. The newspaper supported its argument by falsely claiming that a 1939 case, U.S. v Miller, established the amendment as a “collective right” that applied only to service in some type of militia.

“The Chicago Tribune’s editors have demonstrated an appalling short-sightedness,” said SAF founder Alan Gottlieb. “If they are so willing to abandon one civil right for an entire class of American citizens, what’s next? Perhaps they would strip some citizens of their First Amendment rights to free speech or religion. Heaven help us should the Chicago Tribune editorial board one day decide that they don’t care for the editorial slant of their competitors at the Sun-Times, and call for a restriction on that newspaper’s freedom of the press.

“Once you make it acceptable to destroy one civil right,” Gottlieb observed, “it does not take a very big leap to embrace limitations on, or the abolition of, another civil right.

“Not once, in all the years that gun rights organizations have been vilified in the editorial columns of the Tribune and other newspapers did anyone from the firearms community suggest we should repeal the First Amendment,” he stated. “Unlike elitist newspaper editors, gun owners understand that the Bill of Rights is an all-or-nothing document, not a civil rights buffet from which we can pick and choose the rights we want to enjoy and those for which we have no stomach.

“We have always known the Second Amendment affirmed an individual civil right, and a truly objective reading of history by the Chicago Tribune would – if they had any notion of objectivity – lead them to the same conclusion,” Gottlieb concluded. “A generation of parents and grandparents of those now writing such nonsense in the Tribune risked, and all too frequently lost their lives to defend all of the freedoms enumerated in the Bill of Rights. The Tribune editors may as well just spit on their graves.”

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[Lurker]

And at Cantigny Colonel McCormick has reached 30,000 RPM.

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[RetiredArmy]

Japanese Admiral Yamamoto knew he could not invade the USA. He said something along the lines of a gun behind every blade of grass. He knew our country was armed and our citizens were armed. We are the only country in the world that could tell the government to do what we want or we could take over by force of arms. The citizens of this Republic built this Republic by kicking the Brit's asses twice and kept us and our Constitution free. The Constitution only means something to the Marxist's asshole Dimocrats when it does something for them. When it works against them, they cry foul. Piss on Dimocrats. I hate every stinking one of them.

[goldstategop]

Yep. Liberals find the Second Amendment an embarrassment. If they were honest, they would work to repeal it. But its a loser on the campaign trail.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Ratblaster]

James Madison is dead, The Trib is forever. s/

PS The Trib owns the Cubs, celebrating 100 years since winning the World Series.

[Krankor]

Sam Zell

[sport]

Amen!!!

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The IInd cannot withstand the next Democratic president. Campaign Finance Reform was the death knell of the Ist.

SCOTUS has been making a joke of the Constitution at least since Roe v. Wade. It's a dead letter, didn't even make 200 years intact.

Rather than enumerating powers and describing branched of government and their responsibilities, it's nothing more than a platform the liberals use for the semantic contortions they wrap their policies around.

[BenLurkin]

Isn’t there a web site with live or near live satellite imaging of the North Pole?

[txroadkill]

Actually I admire the Tribune for wanting to play by the rules. If they feel that the right to keep and bear arms is obsolete, then, by all means, delete it from the Constitution

Except that none of the first 10 amendments (Bill of Rights) can be "deleted". In order to protect the minority from the majority, the founding fathers made sure of that.

[Timocrat]

Let's repeal the First Amendment.

Is that you Nancy ?

[Eagle Eye]

While the US Constitution outlines provisions for its amendment, we should tread very lightly on the ground around repeal of ANY rights granted by this timeless document.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but erasing the 2A doesn't eliminate that right. The Constitution doesn't grant rights; it lists some.

And even then, just because they are listed doesn't mean that they are the only ones or that the listed ones are any more valuable than non listed rights.

[PubliusMM]

You are correct. But, the gun-grabbers see an easier road if that right is no longer spelled out, recognized. Makes things a bit murkier...IMO. And, murky is a good thing from their perspective.

[Ingtar]

As for the ice-free article, my comment:

“Actually, there is a record amount of volcanic activity under that ice. Besides venting huge quantities of CO2 and water vapor, dwarfing human output, don’t you think it might be warming the water just a tad?”

[goldstategop]

I was being sarcastic. I'm just tired of the idiots who mess around with our Constitution. MOLON LABE!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[monkeycard]

Thanks. That’s the first time I have heard of him. From my limited search of his name he has more money than a lot of countries. I guess not buying this “newspaper” and any subsequent closure would not really impact him. It would however impact the editors that wrote this garbage.

[biscuit jane]

quote “Someone should inform the editors that one of the reasons we even have a First Amendment is the Second Amendment.”

AMEN.

Am anticipating the day the dinosaur sinks into the tar-pit.

[TennTuxedo]

[pleikumud]

Everyone who is eligible should buy a gun and learn how to use it. This will send a clear message to the Democrats, socialists, and other criminals.

[Travis McGee]

This road leads to CW2.

[ConfidentConservative]

http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/gallery_np.html

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