“The right to keep and bear arms comes from our creator, not our government.”
-Newt-
They’ve been on every thread about this speech posted so far, moaning that he’s saying the right comes from the United Nations.
"“A Gingrich presidency will submit to the UN a treaty that extends the right to bear arms as a human right to every person on the planet.” Every world citizen, he said, “deserves the right to defend themselves from those who exploit, imprison, or kill them.” For his latest big idea, Gingrich earned a standing ovation from the crowd of roughly 5,000."
They got it. Imagine! The UN would NEVER vote on such a treaty and if they did all the dictators that control the "UN Human Rights Commission" would vote NO.
They’re dolts.
During a discussion about the 2nd amendment a friend said it gives us the right to bear arms. No I said. That right is inherent .the 2nd amendment tells government what it cannot do. The right of the people to bear arms shall not be infringed
While I believe every human has a right to protect himself, the freedom we have is affirmed by our Constitution and includeds the unabridged right to carry arms.
I am not, however, in favor of extending the affirmation of this right to those not American Citizens. It is up to their home countries. Further, extending this affirmation to include non Americans under the aegis of the 2nd Amendment sets a precedent and WILL eventually lead to other ‘rights’ being granted for non-citizens...
IOW HELL NO!