Again, excellent work! I sure wish I could'a been there.
Posted on 03/23/2002 8:37:56 AM PST by lowbridge
You would think that a forum being held at a college in Los Angeles (arguably, but hardly so, Gun Control Capitol of the West) with the topic "Gun Ownership vs. Gun Control - Which Is Safer?" would present a safe haven for the emotional rhetoric of gun-controllers like Charles Blek and impressionable youngsters like Jennifer Mendoza.
However, when a debate is sponsored by a Libertarian group such as Students For Individual Liberty, the emotionalism that works so well with the gun-control True Believers and collegiate skulls full of mush is just so much raw meat to be tossed before hungry tigers.
L.A. Harbor College in Wilmington, California was the setting for this debate this past Wednesday, and not a chair was available. When there is the promise of podium-chewing action between the biggest anti-gun female group in America and an up-and-coming activist group that focuses on women's support of the Second Amendment, it's not likely those on the stage will outnumber their audience.
Taking the side of the Second Amendment were wife and mom Anna Zetchus Raetz, spokeswoman for Liberty Belles, and Randy Herrst of the Center For The Study Of Crime. Both came armed with confidence, statistics, and knowledge of the Constitution.
On the side of gun control were Charles Blek of the Orange County Citizens For Prevention Of Gun Violence (and wife to Million Mom March general Mary Leigh Blek) and Jennifer Mendoza, an L.A. Harbor College student in favor of gun control, armed only with emotion, sound bites, and in Miss Mendoza's case, unsourced statistics. Miss Mendoza is a very sweet, pretty young lady, but she smiled nervously throughout the proceedings and was unable to provide any backing for her claims. Mr. Blek seemed very uncomfortable with the notion that talk of his son's tragic murder by thugs with guns and a few well-placed statements on the populace's desire for more gun control laws and police support for those laws were not going to be nearly enough to make his case for "responsible gun control".
Each of the speakers were permitted about ten minutes each for opening statements.....
Rest of article here:
http://www.libertybelles.org/events/debate.htm
Again, excellent work! I sure wish I could'a been there.
Come to think of it, many TV heroes did just that and crime stats were way below what they are today. "Bring back the leg holsters and white hats!"
True, perhaps, but the bottom line is that they are seriously un-informed. Just ask Bellisles how far that got him! Keep preaching the truth!
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Stay Safe !
Let's say there was 750,000 there(I know it's BS). That means there was about 100 the next year. That means that 749,900 heard there message, didn't like it, and didn't come back!!
They had "2500" in Lansing in 2000. They cancelled in 2001! :D
I never understood why any rational person would think that someone who is willing to commit murder would be unwilling to use an illegally obtained gun. "A Capital Murder rap, yeah that's no problem, but I just can't risk that misdemeanor for illegal possession."
ping!
Liberty Belles Wrecking Crew after the debate.Wow!
L to R: AnnaZ, Mercuria, Lady Jenn, incindiary, feinswinesuksass
Hmmm... sounds like a know-it-all loud-mouth is about to show us all how much he thinks he knows.
[The Left] armed only with emotion, sound bites, and . . . unsourced statistics.
This describes every debate between Right and Left/Conservative vs Liberal/Republican vs Democrat I have ever seen. And I have seen many.
Yer both battin' 1000...tanks.
sign me "proud to be libertarian"
kudos to u dos
Lord, that man needs a good friend who isn't pushing him into this, imho. Like "Jane Doe" and so many other vulnerable "victims", the left's exploitation leaves these guys twice-victimized. AnnaZ, a salute for your gumption and heart.(^: 
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