What if Bush were as eager to control guns as WMD?

csmonitor.com ^ | 11 - 21-02 | Jonathan D. Tepperman and Avi S. Gesser

[RJL]

Saddam has attacked/invaded both Iran and Kuwait. He has ordered thousands of his own people killed for political reasons and while testing chemical weapons.

No one here would object to removing the right to keep and bear arms from a person here in the US that has attacked and killed innocent people, just as we are trying to stop Saddam in Iraq.

The author is really reaching.

[c-b 1]

Somehow I don't believe that these two are terrified liberals that wet their pants at the sight of a gun. I suspect they have an adjenda.

Would they be willing to go start knocking on doors, themselves in an effort to disarm Americans? Somehow I suspect they would favor hiring mercinarys to do it, while they stay safely in their ivory towers.

[Pat Bateman]

Mercenaries? They'll have the new Homeland Security ossifers to do it!

Oh... same thang...

[umgud]

All the anti gunners tout the damage the sniper's Bushmaster did and equate that damage with the fact it is an assault weapon. But...... the sniper never fired more than single shots, so magazine capacity wasn't an issue nor was it's semi-auto fire ability. And even though it looks evil, none of the victims saw the gun. The damage that was done by the sniper could have been done with any hunting rifle of almost type or any caliber.

[Pat Bateman]

Shh! What do you think's next?

[Nick Danger]

Wasn't there some big-shot rock star from the 1970's who recently put out a new CD and sold eleven copies worldwide? That's where these gun control guys are; they're relics. They used to be popular, but now no one cares about them. They have 2200 loyal fans who cheer when they sing, but that's it. The rest of the world goes on as though they didn't exist.

[DannyTN]

As long as it's Iraqi guns he wants to control, I'm all for it.

[babaloo999]

stuff like this is meant for DU, the toilet or bird cages.

This stuff could overwhelm the toilet, it needs to stay at DU.

[montag813]

And yet the Bush administration - though ready to go to war to disarm rogue nations - allows itself to be outgunned by rogue citizens in its own backyard.

I agree...we should arm every single citizen with a semiautomatic 9mm pistol and mandate training. That way, law abiding citizens will never be outgunned by "rogue" fellow-citizens.

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

Yes, life here would be so much better if our government treated each and every American citizen as if he were a totalitarian terror-state dictator. Why doesn't Bush try it?

You mean WMDs aren't covered by the Second Amendment? Shucks.

[Pat Bateman]

How many articles from the Christian Science Monitor do you think would be posted on DU?

[Pat Bateman]

See #31.

[babaloo999]

Depends on if it agrees with their point of view. They would still bitch about the source, I suppose.

[vannrox]

.


The Preamble to
The Bill of Rights

Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.

THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution.

RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all, or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution; viz.

ARTICLES in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress, and ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the fifth Article of the original Constitution.


.

[steve-b]

Shame on you for posting this tripe without a BAZOOKA BARF ALERT.

[jwalsh07]

See "Barf Alerts".

[Pat Bateman]

Sorry, I put a 'Hysteria Alert'... I thought this was funny, that's why I posted it. Some of y'all take yourselves way too seriously. Show me the FReep report that simply states 'We successfully stated our position on the issue'. No, they all say 'We had FUN!'

Damn, man. From the ass, corncob, REMOVE!

[TERMINATTOR]

The Second Amendment doesn't say anything about firearms either. It says "the right of the people to keep and bear ARMS shall not be infringed". That means ALL arms, no infringements! WMD's included.

[Doctor Raoul]

Liberals think Sadam is more trustworthy than Americans.

I pray we don't get hit again, but too bad we can't make a big pile of people such nonsense believe that and place them at ground zero. They deserrve to be first to die in any following attack.

[jwalsh07]

Damn, man. From the ass, corncob, REMOVE!

You got the wrong guy asshole. My first post was in jest but you failed to recognise it. My second post to you was also in jest but apparently you checked your humor at the login window.

Now I'm done jesting with you. Assholes never smile they just make odd noises.