I was in a gun shop last week and business was brisk, to say the least. It seems the potential for a Democratic presidential victory is having more than a ripple effect on the populace, especially where firearms are concerned.
People have been more than a little concerned that the Democrats are anti-gun, which is pretty right on target, if you'll forgive the pun. Most of the anti-gun bills have been introduced, sponsored and pushed by the Democrats and it's expected that under an Obama presidency more gun control laws will likely be introduced, and possible passed.
Once again, guns do not kill people; people kill people! We don't take away cars because of all the carnage on the highways, we just build more and more. If every time a person died as a result of a 3500 pound missile hitting them on the highway being handled by a misguided idiot, an anti-automobile lobby screamed, we'd all be walking or riding skateboards. Except we'd be so restricted in our skateboard choices, and where we could ride, that we'd just be walking, thank you.
Do the naysayers have it right? Will there be so many restrictions that it makes sense to run out and fill up the cabinets with new guns and ammunition while you still can? I don't know the real answer, but I do know the gun dealers aren't frowning at the sales figures. They are one faction of American commerce that is smiling all the way to the bank as a result of the Democrats, even if just for a few months. Maybe not next year, but for now, the grins are ear to ear!
Showing posts with label Gun Control. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gun Control. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
Who's Covering My Six?
I'm worried. Very worried. I'm afraid that if the Democrats win this election that the Second Amendment will be a worthless statement on a piece of parchment, and the right to keep and bear arms will end up lost in this country.
We have "evolved" or maybe that should be "revolved" into a country that coddles the criminal element and somehow criminalizes those who do good, making citizens the bad guys when they protect life and property. The anti-gun establishment somehow would make you believe that if you pass stricter laws banning guns, that the criminal element will obey and there will be less violence and death. Let me tell you that it doesn't work that way. California has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the nation regarding so called "assault weapons", and has all but stripped ownership of those type weapons from sportsmen and legal owners. Yet the thugs and gangs have them. How and why? Because they don't purchase them legally. For any type of firearm, you must fill out all the paperwork for the DOJ and FBI gun checks and pass a safety course, and must wait the requisite ten days after purchase to pick up the gun, All this won't stop the criminal element from getting their hands on a firearm, as they obviously easily bypass this, and obtain all their sophisticated and not-so-sophisticated weapons illegally. It just constrains the legal purchaser who has nothing to hide.
If you legally own a firearm and an armed felon enters your home to rape or rob, and you shoot them, you had best aim well and shoot to kill. I don't say that in light terms, but you could be liable for their medical bills and rehabilitation if they are simply injured. God forbid they are crippled, you might have to provide for their future care as well! If they are illegal, you can be assured their family will somehow emerge from the woodwork, and claim they spoke and understood no English, and even though you commanded them to halt and warned them you would shoot, they understood none of it. Bleeding heart lawyers will make you the villain for protecting yourself and your family, and you will incur tens of thousands in legal costs, even if you finally win. If you lose, you'll end up appealing to avoid a lengthy jail sentence. You'll lose your job, savings and maybe your home as well, all because you did what was right!
Think this is far-fetched? Ask the NRA about some cases in California and other states. And, it will get worse if B. Hussein Obama gets into office. He pussy-foots around the issue on the campaign trail, but make no mistake, he's a gun control fanatic. He's voted with the anti-gun lobby many times and he'll be on the forefront of helping steamroll over the Second Amendment rights you have. Add to that the erosion that's now happening without his help and we'd be in deep kimche.
We have "evolved" or maybe that should be "revolved" into a country that coddles the criminal element and somehow criminalizes those who do good, making citizens the bad guys when they protect life and property. The anti-gun establishment somehow would make you believe that if you pass stricter laws banning guns, that the criminal element will obey and there will be less violence and death. Let me tell you that it doesn't work that way. California has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the nation regarding so called "assault weapons", and has all but stripped ownership of those type weapons from sportsmen and legal owners. Yet the thugs and gangs have them. How and why? Because they don't purchase them legally. For any type of firearm, you must fill out all the paperwork for the DOJ and FBI gun checks and pass a safety course, and must wait the requisite ten days after purchase to pick up the gun, All this won't stop the criminal element from getting their hands on a firearm, as they obviously easily bypass this, and obtain all their sophisticated and not-so-sophisticated weapons illegally. It just constrains the legal purchaser who has nothing to hide.
If you legally own a firearm and an armed felon enters your home to rape or rob, and you shoot them, you had best aim well and shoot to kill. I don't say that in light terms, but you could be liable for their medical bills and rehabilitation if they are simply injured. God forbid they are crippled, you might have to provide for their future care as well! If they are illegal, you can be assured their family will somehow emerge from the woodwork, and claim they spoke and understood no English, and even though you commanded them to halt and warned them you would shoot, they understood none of it. Bleeding heart lawyers will make you the villain for protecting yourself and your family, and you will incur tens of thousands in legal costs, even if you finally win. If you lose, you'll end up appealing to avoid a lengthy jail sentence. You'll lose your job, savings and maybe your home as well, all because you did what was right!
Think this is far-fetched? Ask the NRA about some cases in California and other states. And, it will get worse if B. Hussein Obama gets into office. He pussy-foots around the issue on the campaign trail, but make no mistake, he's a gun control fanatic. He's voted with the anti-gun lobby many times and he'll be on the forefront of helping steamroll over the Second Amendment rights you have. Add to that the erosion that's now happening without his help and we'd be in deep kimche.
So, nobody is "covering your six" any more, other than the NRA and the ILA and a few more organizations. They have been instrumental in keeping gun ownership available to law abiding citizens while supporting tougher penalties for criminal acts using firearms. They join with most of us in the logic that the criminal is the user and not the gun, any more than the automobile is guilty when driven by a drunk driver. If we held the vehicle responsible for deaths in this country, we would be devoid of cars, as the automobile would be banned from our roads!
As for me, regardless of the outcome, if anyone enters my home with an illegal intent, the sight of the red laser dot and the sound of the Remington 870 racking a round are possibly the last things they will see or hear en route to a meeting with their Maker! As for the consequences, there is a famous line that I'd like to pass on:
As for me, regardless of the outcome, if anyone enters my home with an illegal intent, the sight of the red laser dot and the sound of the Remington 870 racking a round are possibly the last things they will see or hear en route to a meeting with their Maker! As for the consequences, there is a famous line that I'd like to pass on:
I'd rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6!
and one more
More people have been killed by Ted Kennedy's Car than by my guns!
Friday, August 15, 2008
The Second Amendment....
This will be a short blog, just long enough to be sure to introduce a lady who needs no introduction and a link to her testimony before the Texas Legislature. She is a Texas State Representative, a member of that legislative body and ashamed of their actions in restricting the rights of ordinary citizens to carry weapons freely, while criminals wield weapons with deadly consequences. This is not a new video, but one that should never be forgotten.
Her testimony is gripping and compelling and gives you a glimpse into the horrors she witnessed during one of the worst mass shootings in our country's' history; a carnage that could have been stopped by one finger...hers...if only....
Click here: Suzanna Gratia-Hupp: What the Second Amendment is REALLY For
After watching this, take a moment to think about what your right to bear arms really means. Let her last sentence sink in. The right to bear arms to protect ourselves from tyranny from our own government if need be. As the world gets a bit crazier every day, we don't need to become survivalists or cavemen, but every person needs to remember our freedoms and rights are not to be taken lightly. You, and you alone, are responsible for preserving your rights and freedom and not allowing it to be taken from you. Politicians with too much power who decide what gun you can have, what size ammunition clip you are allowed, the type bullet you can own, can soon decide what type car you can drive, where you can live, how many children you can have and what you can eat. Think not? It's happened and is happening all over the world. It's like a cancer that starts out as a small invasion of cells and multiplies until it destroys everything that's good, and replaces it with what's not so good, but by then you accept what's left as being okay, as it's the only choice you have.
Freedom isn't free. People die for it every day, both here and on some foreign battlefield, wearing different color uniforms, some camouflage, some blue or brown, fighting different enemies. But for the same basic reasons. Respect it, enjoy it and never give it up, not one inch. If you think you're freedom is being trounced upon, stand up and fight! Make a difference!
Her testimony is gripping and compelling and gives you a glimpse into the horrors she witnessed during one of the worst mass shootings in our country's' history; a carnage that could have been stopped by one finger...hers...if only....
Click here: Suzanna Gratia-Hupp: What the Second Amendment is REALLY For
After watching this, take a moment to think about what your right to bear arms really means. Let her last sentence sink in. The right to bear arms to protect ourselves from tyranny from our own government if need be. As the world gets a bit crazier every day, we don't need to become survivalists or cavemen, but every person needs to remember our freedoms and rights are not to be taken lightly. You, and you alone, are responsible for preserving your rights and freedom and not allowing it to be taken from you. Politicians with too much power who decide what gun you can have, what size ammunition clip you are allowed, the type bullet you can own, can soon decide what type car you can drive, where you can live, how many children you can have and what you can eat. Think not? It's happened and is happening all over the world. It's like a cancer that starts out as a small invasion of cells and multiplies until it destroys everything that's good, and replaces it with what's not so good, but by then you accept what's left as being okay, as it's the only choice you have.
Freedom isn't free. People die for it every day, both here and on some foreign battlefield, wearing different color uniforms, some camouflage, some blue or brown, fighting different enemies. But for the same basic reasons. Respect it, enjoy it and never give it up, not one inch. If you think you're freedom is being trounced upon, stand up and fight! Make a difference!
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