I would have to agree. There is a significant impediment to gun confiscation. And that is the number of gun owners possessing an attitude which goes back to the battle of Gonzales:
Posted on 11/11/2008 12:38:32 PM PST by pissant
NEWTOWN, Conn., Nov 10, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- As firearm sales continue to increase this year, at a rate of 10 percent over the same period last year and 15 percent in October alone, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) -- the trade association for the firearms industry -- is pointing to gun-owner concerns about an Obama Administration as reason for the boom.
Last week President-elect Obama's Web site had posted his administration's agenda for curtailing the Second Amendment rights of law abiding Americans, thereby validating the concerns of gun owners, sportsmen and firearms enthusiasts all across the country. Curiously, the Obama-Biden gun control agenda was taken down from the Web site after just two days.
President-elect Obama's Web site stated he would make permanent the expired "assault weapons" ban of 1994, a ban on firearms that was based on cosmetic appearance, such as the type of stock on the gun, and not functionality. The expired ban did nothing to reduce crime while it was in place. President-elect Obama's Web site intentionally misled the American people by referring to these firearms as "weapons that belong on foreign battlefields." These firearms are not machine guns. In reality, these commonplace firearms that President-elect Obama wants to permanently ban are used in shooting competitions and are found in homes and hunting lodges all across the country. They fire only once with each trigger pull, no spray firing, and they shoot the same ammunition as other firearms of the same caliber.
(Excerpt) Read more at marketwatch.com ...
I hope the JBTs realize that the phrase “from my cold, dead hands” actually means something.
Probably not....if he starts with MI, OH, CO,& PA gun owners who are union workers and voted for him overwhelmingly. They will just bend over and grab their ankles.
The original reason for the Second Amendment is about to become apparent. I’m not letting a Kenyan raghead “elected” via voter fraud and a bunch of Commie college kiddies take my guns. Sorry.
However, they neglected to address the questionnaire Obama filled out as an IL state senate candidate where he specifically said he favored an assault weapons ban, a ban on handgun manufacturing and ownership, plus being against concealed carry. They also overlooked the fact Obama's own transition website, change.com, called for the reinstatement of the assault weapons ban before it was "sanitized" this weekend.
Needless to say, the MSM.....even Fox....is asleep at the switch on this issue.
Leading America is what promotes re-election, any attempt at ruling Americans is what could possibly lead to term limits.
“I want the rebels in `flyover’ America to disperse and surrender their assault weapons.” President Obama, 2009
http://americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/lexcon.htm
(mind your speaker)
He’s from the Hyde Park district of Chicago...it’s not like this was a surprise. There are like 8 people in the entire city who aren’t pathologically averse to private ownership of firearms.
And I’ve revised the old saying a little - From my cold dead hands barrel first and empty.
A couple years ago when I started collecting weapons my parents asked me why I needed them. November fifth they called and asked if I could go with them for their first purchase...lol!
Had the interview continue and a follow-up question asked that may have brought into the light your follow-up comment, Fox news may have then been accused of investigative reporting....
FoxNews is erratic, at best, on holding Obama’s feet to the fire on all issues.
However, three weeks ago I watched LIVE as one of the FN hotties ripped an Obama spokesman a new a$$hole over the issue. She specifically mentioned BOTH surveys, including the one with Obama’s handwriting all over it.
And Ray Shoecke (sp?), the AHSA scumbag who ran commercials specifically saying that Obama “will protect our Second Amendment rights) better be ready to answer up. It’s known that AHSA is a shill group for Brady, so I’d like to see him feel the heat.
Free America is about to enforce our 2nd amendment rights.
right along with our 1st Amendment.
Change happens fast, FREEPS, we could all wake up four years from now in a socialist nation where gun rights do not exist (and it’s considered a mental health issue if you ask why people shoulnd’t be allowed to own guns)...
Change happens quickly. And change is bad, synonymous with decay.
The U.S. is doomed and seccession is the answer. All great empires crumble from within and the U.S. is no different.
Why wouldn’t we crumble? We don’t respect our own borders. We consider it a virtue when someone disparages our traditions. We sing along in a foreign language to accomodate people who openly hate us but sneak in anyway to get there something for nothing. Our public schools extol the virtues of Marx while denouncing the principles of the Constitution and abortion is celebrated while motherhood is condemned.
You tell me what conclusions I should come to.
Nah. We will survive Bambi’s administration. No seccession, no war. Just vigilance and the the willingness to push back if necessary.
BTW, weclome to FR
I don't think so. *I* am a gun-owning union-worker (although I don't trust my union for squat). I'm not grabbing my ankles for *anyone*, particularly some idiot trying to take my "liberty teeth".
Move away from the stupid stereotypes...
the infowarrior
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