It seems that the persistent gun hysteria exhibited by Memphis' Commercial Appeal newspaper has reached the national publication NewsBusters.
The media watchdog publication reports that the Commercial Appeal's continued rants concerning gun rights, gun owners, and criminals with guns are simply over the top and lacking in the principles of rationality.
Read the whole thing here.
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Monday, March 16, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Garbage
I admit I like a good kick-ass Clint Eastwood or Tommy Lee Jones movie--films that routinely portray the use of firearms either in a positive light or as a matter of necessity.
These films are a welcome respite from the normal assembly-line of Hollywood garbage that politicizes the subject of firearms to the point of nausea.
You know the ones to which I refer. The plot template usually involves politicians who during the course of the movie will make a derogatory statement about firearms and the citizens who use them.
The Michael Douglas film The American President is a perfect case in point.
At the end of the film Douglas, who plays the role of a U.S. President under fire during a re-election bid, receives cheers and praise as he tells the American people and his opponent that 'if I have to go door to door myself, I'm gonna get the guns.'
The message of course is that door-to-door confiscation of all of the citizens' guns is actually a good thing. Nausea pangs begin to bubble deep in the pit of my stomach.
And then, last night I happened to watch a movie from the year 2000 entitled The Contender. The movie focuses on the problems of a Leftwing extremist female Senator who is nominated for Vice-President.
Naturally, this is the perfect template from which to unleash another stream of anti-gun propaganda. Near the end of the movie the candidate states that she believes that 'guns should be removed from every single household in America.'
And naturally she is the heroine of the film.
My nausea kicked into high gear and nearly culminated in uncontrolled projectile vomiting...were it not for the remote button that my finger mysteriously and spontaneously settled upon to switch to something more soothing to my digestive system.
In all likelihood my reaction to the piece of Hollywood garbage would not have been so severe had it not been that I had just watched a hopelessly clueless actress on the Golden Globes spout some mindless drivel on how the American people 'turned out in droves to take back this country and bring hope to the future' on election day.
The 2 together in one night was almost too much to expect a man to withstand.
This is precisely why I detest Hollywood, actors in general, and producers and screen writers. In this day and age, we can expect the entire lot to march in lockstep with Socialist dogma, denigrate everything that made America great, and generally be the worthless little puppet kings and prima donnas of the nation.
And my due apologies go to the honorable and courageous conservative minority that dwells in that cesspool.
I can't even stand to look at Tom Hanks anymore after his endorsement of Barack Obama.
And as for guns in the movies? As long as Eastwood and Jones are around we will get a fair shake. But these guys aren't spring chickens anymore. What about after they're gone?
These films are a welcome respite from the normal assembly-line of Hollywood garbage that politicizes the subject of firearms to the point of nausea.
You know the ones to which I refer. The plot template usually involves politicians who during the course of the movie will make a derogatory statement about firearms and the citizens who use them.
The Michael Douglas film The American President is a perfect case in point.
At the end of the film Douglas, who plays the role of a U.S. President under fire during a re-election bid, receives cheers and praise as he tells the American people and his opponent that 'if I have to go door to door myself, I'm gonna get the guns.'
The message of course is that door-to-door confiscation of all of the citizens' guns is actually a good thing. Nausea pangs begin to bubble deep in the pit of my stomach.
And then, last night I happened to watch a movie from the year 2000 entitled The Contender. The movie focuses on the problems of a Leftwing extremist female Senator who is nominated for Vice-President.
Naturally, this is the perfect template from which to unleash another stream of anti-gun propaganda. Near the end of the movie the candidate states that she believes that 'guns should be removed from every single household in America.'
And naturally she is the heroine of the film.
My nausea kicked into high gear and nearly culminated in uncontrolled projectile vomiting...were it not for the remote button that my finger mysteriously and spontaneously settled upon to switch to something more soothing to my digestive system.
In all likelihood my reaction to the piece of Hollywood garbage would not have been so severe had it not been that I had just watched a hopelessly clueless actress on the Golden Globes spout some mindless drivel on how the American people 'turned out in droves to take back this country and bring hope to the future' on election day.
The 2 together in one night was almost too much to expect a man to withstand.
This is precisely why I detest Hollywood, actors in general, and producers and screen writers. In this day and age, we can expect the entire lot to march in lockstep with Socialist dogma, denigrate everything that made America great, and generally be the worthless little puppet kings and prima donnas of the nation.
And my due apologies go to the honorable and courageous conservative minority that dwells in that cesspool.
I can't even stand to look at Tom Hanks anymore after his endorsement of Barack Obama.
And as for guns in the movies? As long as Eastwood and Jones are around we will get a fair shake. But these guys aren't spring chickens anymore. What about after they're gone?
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Second Amendment News Roundup for 10/14/08
Focusing on guns, politics, and news of interest, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:
Michelle Malkin reports today's latest ACORN voter fraud cases, including registering 'Mickey Mouse,' among others. Obama is trying to distance himself from the group, naturally.
From Gateway Pundit:
*Yet another Democrat has been caught in a major scandal. This time it's money-laundering.
*WOW! A couple that supports John McCain mysteriously found that $2300 had been charged to their credit card by THE BARACK OBAMA CAMPAIGN! You may oppose Obama, but one way or another you are going to pay for him to win!
*ACORN hired get out the vote workers for Barack Obama, although they claim to be non-partisan. Yeah, right.
*The Complete Guide to ACORN Fraud--read it all!
*Explosive!! Unbelievable! A new 8th grade English textbook contains a 15-page section on Barack Obama!
CNS News reports that the Obama scandals just keep on coming. A foundation run by Obama gave millions to leftwing radical groups, including one run by BILL AYERS!
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed blowing the whistle on Obama's claim to support gun rights.
Traction Control points to a slow-motion video of a .50 BMG Accuracy International AS50 being fired. Take a look!
From Codrea's War on Guns:
*The Knob Creek Diary--David meets Len Savage and Mike Vanderboegh in person.
*Report your stolen guns, get arrested. At least that's the way the JBTs see it.
*David posts an open letter to anti-gun reporters and politicians, written by Mike Vanderboegh.
*It's interesting that China has a 'gun crime problem' although the country has had a complete firearm ban in place ever since the Commies took over the country over a half-century ago!
Nicki has the video of what Barack Obama told a tax-burdened plumber about 'spreading the wealth.'
Armed and Safe has a MUST-read on 'massive non-compliance' in the event of gun confiscation during a Barack Obama Presidency.
From Alphecca: NBC News is a total sham. Read it!
Breda will be solo-hosting tonight's 'Gun Nuts' radio program, since Ahab is out of town. Check her link for into.
Sebastian posts footage from the 'Sportsmen for McCain' rally. Take a look!
Texas Fred has 'Dedicated to the Obamessiah and His Democrats.'
The Rustmeister publishes an urgent message concerning TV ads that warn about Obama's anti-gun agenda. Read it all!
Robb Allen alerts us to the Brady Gang's latest anti-gun offensive.
Freedom Sight hit some snags in switching to a new server, but he managed to get something posted today. It's good!
Front Sight, Press has an important reminder, entitled, 'A Clean Gun is a Happy Gun.'
Roberta X blasts Yahoo for its leftist slant in news reporting. Good for her!
THE must-read of the day is over at 21 Guns, Salute. It's entitled, 'Liberty?'
Michelle Malkin reports today's latest ACORN voter fraud cases, including registering 'Mickey Mouse,' among others. Obama is trying to distance himself from the group, naturally.
From Gateway Pundit:
*Yet another Democrat has been caught in a major scandal. This time it's money-laundering.
*WOW! A couple that supports John McCain mysteriously found that $2300 had been charged to their credit card by THE BARACK OBAMA CAMPAIGN! You may oppose Obama, but one way or another you are going to pay for him to win!
*ACORN hired get out the vote workers for Barack Obama, although they claim to be non-partisan. Yeah, right.
*The Complete Guide to ACORN Fraud--read it all!
*Explosive!! Unbelievable! A new 8th grade English textbook contains a 15-page section on Barack Obama!
CNS News reports that the Obama scandals just keep on coming. A foundation run by Obama gave millions to leftwing radical groups, including one run by BILL AYERS!
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed blowing the whistle on Obama's claim to support gun rights.
Traction Control points to a slow-motion video of a .50 BMG Accuracy International AS50 being fired. Take a look!
From Codrea's War on Guns:
*The Knob Creek Diary--David meets Len Savage and Mike Vanderboegh in person.
*Report your stolen guns, get arrested. At least that's the way the JBTs see it.
*David posts an open letter to anti-gun reporters and politicians, written by Mike Vanderboegh.
*It's interesting that China has a 'gun crime problem' although the country has had a complete firearm ban in place ever since the Commies took over the country over a half-century ago!
Nicki has the video of what Barack Obama told a tax-burdened plumber about 'spreading the wealth.'
Armed and Safe has a MUST-read on 'massive non-compliance' in the event of gun confiscation during a Barack Obama Presidency.
From Alphecca: NBC News is a total sham. Read it!
Breda will be solo-hosting tonight's 'Gun Nuts' radio program, since Ahab is out of town. Check her link for into.
Sebastian posts footage from the 'Sportsmen for McCain' rally. Take a look!
Texas Fred has 'Dedicated to the Obamessiah and His Democrats.'
The Rustmeister publishes an urgent message concerning TV ads that warn about Obama's anti-gun agenda. Read it all!
Robb Allen alerts us to the Brady Gang's latest anti-gun offensive.
Freedom Sight hit some snags in switching to a new server, but he managed to get something posted today. It's good!
Front Sight, Press has an important reminder, entitled, 'A Clean Gun is a Happy Gun.'
Roberta X blasts Yahoo for its leftist slant in news reporting. Good for her!
THE must-read of the day is over at 21 Guns, Salute. It's entitled, 'Liberty?'
Monday, October 22, 2007
Second Amendment News Roundup for 10/22/07
Focusing on guns and politics, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:
The McCarville Report says that blogger Matt Drudge of the Drudge Report has made it to the front page of the New York Times:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/10/power-of-blogosphere-drudge-in-ny-times.html
Alphecca reports that CCW permits are up in Bolder, Colorado, but the local media still doesn't get it:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=482
Alphecca also has this update on the upcoming empty holster protest by college students:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=481
It seems that Big Brother has yet another term in the newspeak dictionary. Armed and Safe tells us about 'gun supervision activists':
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2007/10/now-heres-new-term-for-citizen.html
Cap'n Bob shares with us a close-up photo of his Smith & Wesson 442 .38 Special:
http://capnbob.us/blog/2007/10/21/an-excellent-shooting-day/
David Hardy at Of Arms and the Law comments on the new Governor of Louisiana--gun owners should be pleased:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/10/strange_happeni.php
Oscar Poppa issues an important counterfeit warning:
http://oscarpoppa.us/?p=733
Red's Trading Post has this gem entitled, 'The Hypocrisy of the ATF':
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/10/hypocrisy-of-atf.html
Sharp as a Marble reports that the antis have rolled out their objectives and their plan of action to meet those objectives:
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2007/10/22/Fisking-fiscal-objectives.aspx
The Bitch Girls report the latest news on Ron Paul's poll numbers:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7520
The Breda Fallacy has an interesting link concerning B. Hussein Obama--the leftwing, America-hating idiot (and if Dems get their way he will either be your next President or Vice President):
http://thebredafallacy.blogspot.com/2007/10/b-hussein-obama.html
And since I am already riled up worse than a wet hen, here is yet another story that should get your blood pumping...from The Liberty Zone:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/10/oh-yeah-baby.html
And to top it off, the Ninth Stage has this enraging piece about Oklahoma and petitions:
http://ninthstage.com/index.php/2007/10/21/you-cannot-petition-the-lord-with-prayer/
The War on Guns gives us a complete Wayne Fincher update:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/10/wayne-fincher-update-transcripts.html
Tam at A View From the Porch has a post that says it all--'Wild Monkeys Attack Government Official'--or maybe that should be 'wild monkeys attack wild monkeys':
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2007/10/its-good-start.html
Xavier Thoughts has the complete scoop on the Empty Holster Protest this week, sponsored by Students for Concealed Carry on Campus:
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/10/conceal-carry-on-college-campus.html
John Lott presents the perfect reason we should arm teachers:
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2007/10/this-is-why-we-need-to-arm-teachers.html
The Buckeye Firearms Association says that the California Microstamping Law could have dramatic nationwide repercussions:
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article4008.html
The McCarville Report says that blogger Matt Drudge of the Drudge Report has made it to the front page of the New York Times:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/10/power-of-blogosphere-drudge-in-ny-times.html
Alphecca reports that CCW permits are up in Bolder, Colorado, but the local media still doesn't get it:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=482
Alphecca also has this update on the upcoming empty holster protest by college students:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=481
It seems that Big Brother has yet another term in the newspeak dictionary. Armed and Safe tells us about 'gun supervision activists':
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2007/10/now-heres-new-term-for-citizen.html
Cap'n Bob shares with us a close-up photo of his Smith & Wesson 442 .38 Special:
http://capnbob.us/blog/2007/10/21/an-excellent-shooting-day/
David Hardy at Of Arms and the Law comments on the new Governor of Louisiana--gun owners should be pleased:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/10/strange_happeni.php
Oscar Poppa issues an important counterfeit warning:
http://oscarpoppa.us/?p=733
Red's Trading Post has this gem entitled, 'The Hypocrisy of the ATF':
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/10/hypocrisy-of-atf.html
Sharp as a Marble reports that the antis have rolled out their objectives and their plan of action to meet those objectives:
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2007/10/22/Fisking-fiscal-objectives.aspx
The Bitch Girls report the latest news on Ron Paul's poll numbers:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7520
The Breda Fallacy has an interesting link concerning B. Hussein Obama--the leftwing, America-hating idiot (and if Dems get their way he will either be your next President or Vice President):
http://thebredafallacy.blogspot.com/2007/10/b-hussein-obama.html
And since I am already riled up worse than a wet hen, here is yet another story that should get your blood pumping...from The Liberty Zone:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/10/oh-yeah-baby.html
And to top it off, the Ninth Stage has this enraging piece about Oklahoma and petitions:
http://ninthstage.com/index.php/2007/10/21/you-cannot-petition-the-lord-with-prayer/
The War on Guns gives us a complete Wayne Fincher update:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/10/wayne-fincher-update-transcripts.html
Tam at A View From the Porch has a post that says it all--'Wild Monkeys Attack Government Official'--or maybe that should be 'wild monkeys attack wild monkeys':
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2007/10/its-good-start.html
Xavier Thoughts has the complete scoop on the Empty Holster Protest this week, sponsored by Students for Concealed Carry on Campus:
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/10/conceal-carry-on-college-campus.html
John Lott presents the perfect reason we should arm teachers:
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2007/10/this-is-why-we-need-to-arm-teachers.html
The Buckeye Firearms Association says that the California Microstamping Law could have dramatic nationwide repercussions:
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article4008.html
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Second Amendment News Roundup for 8/29/07
Scroll down for the news:
Images and graphics courtesy of A Human Right.
Focusing on guns and politics, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:
The McCarville Report says that the Oklahoma Democratic Party is in dire financial difficulty:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/08/democratic-consultants-demand-debt.html
JR at A Keyboard and a .45 reports on what he did for National Exercise Your Rights Day:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/08/national-exercise-your-rights-day-aar.html
Alphecca comments on the very poor showing for the Jessie Jackson-initiated gun protests across the country yesterday:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=373
Blogonomicon opines on the anti-gun media culture:
http://blogonomicon.eponym.com/blog/_archives/2007/8/29/3191868.html
Blogonomicon also has a neat vintage 1950s-era gun ad:
http://blogonomicon.eponym.com/blog/_archives/2007/8/29/3190769.html
Cameron Bailey reports that the Chinese Communists are alive and well as they have launched a web-based patrol to squelch dissent:
http://www.cameron-bailey.com/2007/08/chinese-totalitarianism-x2.html
Of Arms and the Law has some interesting news about atheist billionaire and Democratic political operative George Soros. One of his front-groups set up to push his extremist liberal agenda has been fined three-quarters of a million bucks by the FEC:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/08/soros_group_get.php
Red's Trading Post shares the good news about brisk sales yesterday:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/08/several-updates.html
Say Uncle provides VERY important commentary on the so-called 'gun culture':
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/08/29/culture-2/
Snow Flakes in Hell says that taking a newbie to the shooting range is one of the best things we can do for our cause:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1419
The Bitch Girls point to one of the reasons incumbents seem to be able to gain the upper hand against grassroots opponents:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7336
The War on Guns submits a VERY important request concerning the upcoming Republican YouTube debate on CNN:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/08/great-question.html
John Lott reports that he will be on Glen Beck's show TONIGHT on CNN to talk about concealed handgun laws:
http://johnrlott.tripod.com/2007/08/i-will-be-on-glenn-beck-cnn-program.html
Blonde Sagacity alerts us to the latest example of there being something mighty fishy in the Hillary Clinton campaign when it comes to campaign contributions. This is not the first time serious charges have been made concerning her fundraising activity:
http://mobyrebuttal.blogspot.com/2007/08/somethings-fishy-in-hillarys-campaign.html
Images and graphics courtesy of A Human Right.
Focusing on guns and politics, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:
The McCarville Report says that the Oklahoma Democratic Party is in dire financial difficulty:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/08/democratic-consultants-demand-debt.html
JR at A Keyboard and a .45 reports on what he did for National Exercise Your Rights Day:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/08/national-exercise-your-rights-day-aar.html
Alphecca comments on the very poor showing for the Jessie Jackson-initiated gun protests across the country yesterday:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=373
Blogonomicon opines on the anti-gun media culture:
http://blogonomicon.eponym.com/blog/_archives/2007/8/29/3191868.html
Blogonomicon also has a neat vintage 1950s-era gun ad:
http://blogonomicon.eponym.com/blog/_archives/2007/8/29/3190769.html
Cameron Bailey reports that the Chinese Communists are alive and well as they have launched a web-based patrol to squelch dissent:
http://www.cameron-bailey.com/2007/08/chinese-totalitarianism-x2.html
Of Arms and the Law has some interesting news about atheist billionaire and Democratic political operative George Soros. One of his front-groups set up to push his extremist liberal agenda has been fined three-quarters of a million bucks by the FEC:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/08/soros_group_get.php
Red's Trading Post shares the good news about brisk sales yesterday:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/08/several-updates.html
Say Uncle provides VERY important commentary on the so-called 'gun culture':
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/08/29/culture-2/
Snow Flakes in Hell says that taking a newbie to the shooting range is one of the best things we can do for our cause:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1419
The Bitch Girls point to one of the reasons incumbents seem to be able to gain the upper hand against grassroots opponents:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7336
The War on Guns submits a VERY important request concerning the upcoming Republican YouTube debate on CNN:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/08/great-question.html
John Lott reports that he will be on Glen Beck's show TONIGHT on CNN to talk about concealed handgun laws:
http://johnrlott.tripod.com/2007/08/i-will-be-on-glenn-beck-cnn-program.html
Blonde Sagacity alerts us to the latest example of there being something mighty fishy in the Hillary Clinton campaign when it comes to campaign contributions. This is not the first time serious charges have been made concerning her fundraising activity:
http://mobyrebuttal.blogspot.com/2007/08/somethings-fishy-in-hillarys-campaign.html
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Second Amendment New Roundup for 8/28/07
Scroll down for the news:
Images and graphics courtesy of A Human Right.
Focusing on guns and politics, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:
David Codrea at The War on Guns has a contest going with a prize to be given to the winner on this National Exercise Your Rights day:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/08/august-28-ammo-buy.html
Traction Control has more on the 'buy-some-ammo' day:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=565
A Keyboard and a .45 has news on a brand new gun store called 'Second Amendment Family GunShop.' Hope they sold plenty of ammo today:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/08/new-gun-store.html
Alphecca has the scoop on Jessie Jackson's whereabouts and antics on this national gun protest day he started, which led to the counter-protest called 'National Exercise Your Rights Day':
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=372
Blogonomicon shares with us what he bought today to participate in the 'buy some ammo' day:
http://blogonomicon.eponym.com/blog/_archives/2007/8/28/3189762.html
Cap'n Bob and the Damsel post a great piece entitled, 'Four Truths About Gun Laws':
http://capnbob.us/blog/2007/08/28/four-truths-about-gun-laws/
Random Ramblings of a Republitarian has some good news and shares with us his shopping list for ammo day today:
http://republitarians.blogspot.com/2007/08/my-letter-was-published.html
Say Uncle has this on 'protesting the protest':
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/08/28/protest_the_protest/
Say Uncle also blogs today on one of my favorite subjects--chicks and guns. A group of hot chicks went to the firing range for the first time, pics included:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/08/28/chicks_and_guns-9/
Keep and Bear Arms has these important news items and editorials for today:
http://keepandbeararms.com/news/nl/disp.asp?d=8/28/2007
Cameron Bailey has this MUST-read today, entitled, 'Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, totalitarians all':
http://www.cameron-bailey.com/2007/08/yahoo-microsoft-google-totalitarians.html
Of Arms and the Law has the latest comment by Jessie Jackson on the the ATF. He says it is 'underfunded.' What a complete jerk:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/08/jesse_jackson_a.php
Snow Flakes in Hell points to yet another hypocrite who has turned up among the anti-gun bigots:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1408
Nicki at The Liberty Zone has written a letter to Chicago Sun-Times columnist Laura Washington to complain about her anti-gun views:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/08/my-letter-to-laura-washington.html
Xavier Thoughts has info on a registered Magnum at auction:
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/08/registered-magnum-at-auction.html
The Volokh Conspiracy points to a profile of the man who will become the Acting Attorney-General once Gonzalez exits:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_08_26-2007_09_01.shtml#1188305472
The Bitch Girls raise the question as to whether or not racial preferences have had the effect of reducing the number of black lawyers:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7334
Images and graphics courtesy of A Human Right.
Focusing on guns and politics, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:
David Codrea at The War on Guns has a contest going with a prize to be given to the winner on this National Exercise Your Rights day:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/08/august-28-ammo-buy.html
Traction Control has more on the 'buy-some-ammo' day:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=565
A Keyboard and a .45 has news on a brand new gun store called 'Second Amendment Family GunShop.' Hope they sold plenty of ammo today:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/08/new-gun-store.html
Alphecca has the scoop on Jessie Jackson's whereabouts and antics on this national gun protest day he started, which led to the counter-protest called 'National Exercise Your Rights Day':
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=372
Blogonomicon shares with us what he bought today to participate in the 'buy some ammo' day:
http://blogonomicon.eponym.com/blog/_archives/2007/8/28/3189762.html
Cap'n Bob and the Damsel post a great piece entitled, 'Four Truths About Gun Laws':
http://capnbob.us/blog/2007/08/28/four-truths-about-gun-laws/
Random Ramblings of a Republitarian has some good news and shares with us his shopping list for ammo day today:
http://republitarians.blogspot.com/2007/08/my-letter-was-published.html
Say Uncle has this on 'protesting the protest':
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/08/28/protest_the_protest/
Say Uncle also blogs today on one of my favorite subjects--chicks and guns. A group of hot chicks went to the firing range for the first time, pics included:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/08/28/chicks_and_guns-9/
Keep and Bear Arms has these important news items and editorials for today:
http://keepandbeararms.com/news/nl/disp.asp?d=8/28/2007
Cameron Bailey has this MUST-read today, entitled, 'Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, totalitarians all':
http://www.cameron-bailey.com/2007/08/yahoo-microsoft-google-totalitarians.html
Of Arms and the Law has the latest comment by Jessie Jackson on the the ATF. He says it is 'underfunded.' What a complete jerk:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/08/jesse_jackson_a.php
Snow Flakes in Hell points to yet another hypocrite who has turned up among the anti-gun bigots:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1408
Nicki at The Liberty Zone has written a letter to Chicago Sun-Times columnist Laura Washington to complain about her anti-gun views:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/08/my-letter-to-laura-washington.html
Xavier Thoughts has info on a registered Magnum at auction:
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/08/registered-magnum-at-auction.html
The Volokh Conspiracy points to a profile of the man who will become the Acting Attorney-General once Gonzalez exits:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_08_26-2007_09_01.shtml#1188305472
The Bitch Girls raise the question as to whether or not racial preferences have had the effect of reducing the number of black lawyers:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7334
Friday, August 24, 2007
Second Amendment News Roundup for 8/24/07
Focusing on guns and politics, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:
The McCarville Report posts this item entitled, 'Gadfly on the Wall,' which contains some words of wisdom on a variety of subjects, including bloggers and hanging out with gun-nuts:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/08/gadfly-on-wall_24.html
The Ninth Stage is back after a rather lengthy absence and says that Packing.org appears to be defunct:
http://ninthstage.com/index.php/2007/08/23/packingorg-2/
A Keyboard and a .45 has more updated info on the National Exercise Your Rights Day on Aug. 28:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/08/more-on-national-exercise-your-rights.html
Alphecca blogs on conservative talk radio in New York City:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=367
Cameron Bailey offers this example of how armed citizens protect society:
http://www.cameron-bailey.com/2007/08/armed-citizens-protect-society.html
Of Arms and the Law reports that the Miami Chief of Police, who is a supporter of the Brady Campaign to Rob Us of Our Rights, is in legal hot water:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/08/antigun_officia.php
Red's Trading Post has more good news about the growing widespread support for gun dealers who are being harassed by the ATF:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/08/goa-jpfo-nra-and-nssf-speak-out-for-gun.html
Say Uncle says there is hope for the future because of this:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/08/24/hope_for_the_future-2/
Snow Flakes in Hell blogs on the idiots in the Philadelphia media:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1384
The Bitch Girls examine the question, is it possible to pay too much for a gun?:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7318
Nicki at The Liberty Zone had to blow off some steam over this one:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/08/once-again-i-have-to-put-aside-my-term.html
The War on Guns points to a good summary of the Aug. 28th event here:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/08/walls-of-city.html
Gun Law News posts the Firearms Coalition's complete schedule of events and venues that the anti-gun bigots will be using for their protests on Aug. 28:
http://www.gunlawnews.org/News/fc082307-2.html
The Volokh Conspiracy examines the debate over executive power in times of national crisis:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_08_19-2007_08_25.shtml#1187967420
The Buckeye Firearms Association has the complete Fred Thompson op-ed on gun rights entitled, 'A New York State of Mind':
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3917.html
Random Ramblings of a Republitarian posts this excellent read entitled, 'Somebody Else's Problem':
http://republitarians.blogspot.com/2007/08/somebody-elses-problem.html
The McCarville Report posts this item entitled, 'Gadfly on the Wall,' which contains some words of wisdom on a variety of subjects, including bloggers and hanging out with gun-nuts:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/08/gadfly-on-wall_24.html
The Ninth Stage is back after a rather lengthy absence and says that Packing.org appears to be defunct:
http://ninthstage.com/index.php/2007/08/23/packingorg-2/
A Keyboard and a .45 has more updated info on the National Exercise Your Rights Day on Aug. 28:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/08/more-on-national-exercise-your-rights.html
Alphecca blogs on conservative talk radio in New York City:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=367
Cameron Bailey offers this example of how armed citizens protect society:
http://www.cameron-bailey.com/2007/08/armed-citizens-protect-society.html
Of Arms and the Law reports that the Miami Chief of Police, who is a supporter of the Brady Campaign to Rob Us of Our Rights, is in legal hot water:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/08/antigun_officia.php
Red's Trading Post has more good news about the growing widespread support for gun dealers who are being harassed by the ATF:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/08/goa-jpfo-nra-and-nssf-speak-out-for-gun.html
Say Uncle says there is hope for the future because of this:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/08/24/hope_for_the_future-2/
Snow Flakes in Hell blogs on the idiots in the Philadelphia media:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1384
The Bitch Girls examine the question, is it possible to pay too much for a gun?:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7318
Nicki at The Liberty Zone had to blow off some steam over this one:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/08/once-again-i-have-to-put-aside-my-term.html
The War on Guns points to a good summary of the Aug. 28th event here:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/08/walls-of-city.html
Gun Law News posts the Firearms Coalition's complete schedule of events and venues that the anti-gun bigots will be using for their protests on Aug. 28:
http://www.gunlawnews.org/News/fc082307-2.html
The Volokh Conspiracy examines the debate over executive power in times of national crisis:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_08_19-2007_08_25.shtml#1187967420
The Buckeye Firearms Association has the complete Fred Thompson op-ed on gun rights entitled, 'A New York State of Mind':
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3917.html
Random Ramblings of a Republitarian posts this excellent read entitled, 'Somebody Else's Problem':
http://republitarians.blogspot.com/2007/08/somebody-elses-problem.html
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Second Amendment News Roundup for 8/14/07
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Photos and graphics courtesy of A Human Right.
Focusing on guns and politics, here is the Second Amendment News Roundup for today:
Nicki at the Liberty Zone reports good news that students in some Virginia colleges are beginning to take the initiative for the sake of their own defense:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/08/students-taking-action.html
Nicki also points to an essay claiming 'a sad commentary on our times':
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/08/sad-commentary.html
Xavier Thoughts posts the results of a major FBI report on those who attack cops and the broad implications for law-abiding gun owners. This is a must-read:
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/08/fbi-report-on-cop-attackers-released.html
Alphecca shows us the convoluted 'logic' of yet another anti-gun editorial writer, this time in the Chicago Sun-Times:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=339
The Bitch Girls make an important point about the latest random shooting, this one in Missouri in a 'gun-free zone' called a church:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7279
Political Mavens has an interesting read entitled, 'Guns Don't Kill People; Illegal Immigrants With Guns Kill People':
http://politicalmavens.com/index.php/2007/08/13/criminal-illegal-aliens/
Snow Flakes in Hell blogs on 'the awkward phase' when one is just beginning to get adjusted to shooting a firearm:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1272
Say Uncle provides a 'thought for a Monday' (except now it is a thought for a Tuesday):
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/08/13/thought_for_a_monday/
Front Sight, Press points to a news item concerning four students in Alabama who have been charged with murder over an argument about high school football teams:
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/news/can-it-get-any-more-stupid/
Ryan Horsley of Red's Trading Post says he was the subject of an article in the local newspaper on Sunday that implied (erroneously) his troubles with the ATF are about sales to criminals:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/08/yesterdays-article-and-being-on-your.html
Blogonomicon alerts us to a poll about gun control. Give it a look, and then go and cast your vote:
http://blogonomicon.eponym.com/blog/_archives/2007/8/12/3154606.html
The War on Guns has this stimulating read entitled, 'A Crazed Right-Wing Militant Responds':
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/08/crazed-right-wing-militant-responds.html
Monday, July 16, 2007
Second Amendment News Roundup for 7/16/07
Washington, DC (TLS). There's lots of news on the gun blogs over the weekend, so let's get to it:
Let's start with Cap'n Bob and the Damsel. Bob has added rosewood grips to his new Smith & Wesson revolver, giving it a beautiful finish. Being a big Smith & Wesson fan myself, I couldn't resist linking to the pic:
http://capnbob.us/blog/2007/07/14/rosewood-grips/
Xavier Thoughts has some helpful practical tactics for concealed carry:
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/07/fight-realistic-practical-tactics-for.html
Front Sight, Press has the complete run-down on the defeat of those who attempted to gut the Tiahrt Amendment in the House, including the main players on both sides, and the Brady Campaign's propaganda:
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/news/us-house-appropriations-committee-preserves-tiahrt-amendment/
Blogonomicon has a word from the Second Amendment Foundation to Paul Helmke of the Brady Campaign:
http://blogonomicon.eponym.com/blog/_archives/2007/7/14/3092109.html
The McCarville Report gives us a run-down on the latest news from Oklahoma, including a brief assessment of Fred Thompson's prospects for success in the state:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/07/gadfly-on-wall.html
John Lott presents a critical look at the new 'Hill and Bill' Show, as supposed 'feminist' Hillary Clinton takes husband Bill on her campaign tour:
http://johnrlott.tripod.com/2007/07/what-feminist-candidate.html
Congratulations to Blonde Sagacity on her 3rd anniversary in the blogosphere. Dang, if that woman weren't married I'd be planning on a quick trip up to Philly myself (she is a complete knock-out of a beauty):
http://mobyrebuttal.blogspot.com/2007/07/blogiversary-3-years.html
The Bitch Girls blog about the gun-grabbing Governor of Illinois and his penchant for recklessly spending taxpayers' money:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7136
Speaking of Illinois, Armed and Safe points out that even more counties in the state are continuing to pass resolutions in support of the Second Amendment, in defiance of the Governor and other gun-grabbers in Chicago:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2007/07/more-illinois-counties-reject-chicago.html
Well, it seems our...ahem... 'friends' over at the Brady Campaign have started a blog. But as Sebastian at Snow Flakes in Hell points out, the blog has not exactly been successful in living up to its purpose:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1040
Nicki at The Liberty Zone reports that a very astute and well-trained 13-year-old boy saved his friend from an attack by using a gun:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/07/13-year-old-uses-scary-rifle-to-save.html
The Buckeye Firearms Association has an article on the national 'Stand Your Ground' Movement, based upon the new law passed in Texas that expands the definition of 'the Castle Doctrine.' This article provides much food for thought, even if one cannot agree with all of it:
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3846.html
A Keyboard and a .45 posts some information about an anti-gun bumper-sticker campaign in a certain city:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/07/how-to-stop-violence.html
The Ninth Stage writes about the stupid overreaction of some citizens in Franklin, Tennessee over a 'gun on school grounds':
http://ninthstage.com/index.php/2007/07/13/concerned-in-franklin/
Say Uncle has some examples of gun dealers 'under the gun':
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/07/13/gun_dealers_under_the_err_gun/
Finally, The Jet Pilot has a hilarious spoof of Hillary Clinton, based upon the video 'Got a Crush on Obama.' This one is entitled, 'Hott 4 Hill':
http://ajetpilot.blogspot.com/2007/07/hott-4-hill.html
Let's start with Cap'n Bob and the Damsel. Bob has added rosewood grips to his new Smith & Wesson revolver, giving it a beautiful finish. Being a big Smith & Wesson fan myself, I couldn't resist linking to the pic:
http://capnbob.us/blog/2007/07/14/rosewood-grips/
Xavier Thoughts has some helpful practical tactics for concealed carry:
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/07/fight-realistic-practical-tactics-for.html
Front Sight, Press has the complete run-down on the defeat of those who attempted to gut the Tiahrt Amendment in the House, including the main players on both sides, and the Brady Campaign's propaganda:
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/news/us-house-appropriations-committee-preserves-tiahrt-amendment/
Blogonomicon has a word from the Second Amendment Foundation to Paul Helmke of the Brady Campaign:
http://blogonomicon.eponym.com/blog/_archives/2007/7/14/3092109.html
The McCarville Report gives us a run-down on the latest news from Oklahoma, including a brief assessment of Fred Thompson's prospects for success in the state:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/07/gadfly-on-wall.html
John Lott presents a critical look at the new 'Hill and Bill' Show, as supposed 'feminist' Hillary Clinton takes husband Bill on her campaign tour:
http://johnrlott.tripod.com/2007/07/what-feminist-candidate.html
Congratulations to Blonde Sagacity on her 3rd anniversary in the blogosphere. Dang, if that woman weren't married I'd be planning on a quick trip up to Philly myself (she is a complete knock-out of a beauty):
http://mobyrebuttal.blogspot.com/2007/07/blogiversary-3-years.html
The Bitch Girls blog about the gun-grabbing Governor of Illinois and his penchant for recklessly spending taxpayers' money:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7136
Speaking of Illinois, Armed and Safe points out that even more counties in the state are continuing to pass resolutions in support of the Second Amendment, in defiance of the Governor and other gun-grabbers in Chicago:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2007/07/more-illinois-counties-reject-chicago.html
Well, it seems our...ahem... 'friends' over at the Brady Campaign have started a blog. But as Sebastian at Snow Flakes in Hell points out, the blog has not exactly been successful in living up to its purpose:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1040
Nicki at The Liberty Zone reports that a very astute and well-trained 13-year-old boy saved his friend from an attack by using a gun:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/07/13-year-old-uses-scary-rifle-to-save.html
The Buckeye Firearms Association has an article on the national 'Stand Your Ground' Movement, based upon the new law passed in Texas that expands the definition of 'the Castle Doctrine.' This article provides much food for thought, even if one cannot agree with all of it:
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3846.html
A Keyboard and a .45 posts some information about an anti-gun bumper-sticker campaign in a certain city:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/07/how-to-stop-violence.html
The Ninth Stage writes about the stupid overreaction of some citizens in Franklin, Tennessee over a 'gun on school grounds':
http://ninthstage.com/index.php/2007/07/13/concerned-in-franklin/
Say Uncle has some examples of gun dealers 'under the gun':
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/07/13/gun_dealers_under_the_err_gun/
Finally, The Jet Pilot has a hilarious spoof of Hillary Clinton, based upon the video 'Got a Crush on Obama.' This one is entitled, 'Hott 4 Hill':
http://ajetpilot.blogspot.com/2007/07/hott-4-hill.html
Monday, April 02, 2007
Anti-Gun Propaganda in School Textbooks
Washington, DC (TLS). Over the past 30 years or so it has been puzzling as to the growing tide of misinformation concerning the 2nd amendment to the U.S. Constitution that one is apt to hear in general conversation. Such propaganda was not at all prevalent in the days I was being reared in the nation's public schools.
Way back when, we were taught that individual U.S. citizens have the right to keep and bear arms and that this right is affirmed and protected by the Constitution under the provisions of the Second Amendment.
This right was assumed all the way through my college and graduate school years, including post-graduate education, fully ten years' worth of study in institutions of higher learning. Not once was it ever suggested that the Second Amendment ever meant anything other than referring to individual citizens' rights. Even in university courses on government and political science, it was never questioned that citizens have the ultimate right to own, possess, and use firearms for the legal purposes of self-defense and the defense of the nation against tyranny.
In the intervening years since the completion of my formal education, however, an insidious, erroneous 'interpretation' of the Second Amendment has gradually made its way through the society via the nation's government-run school system and its institutions of higher learning. It is the notion that the purpose of the 2nd Amendment is purely to establish a state militia, period.
This blatantly erroneous notion totally disregards the plain wording of the amendment, which specifically states that the right of the PEOPLE to keep and bear arms shall not be abridged.
It is no accident that the 2nd Amendment falls within that part of the Constitution that is called the 'Bill of Rights,' which was ratified sometime later after the Constitution itself had already been approved. The Founders felt that there were certain individual rights that were not addressed in the main text, and thus, ten amendments were added to protect those individual rights.
The sanity of a human being is in serious doubt if he/she claims that a right that is protected in the Bill of Rights is no right.
Yet, notice below two excerpts from public school textbooks concerning the meaning of the 2nd Amendment:
'The Second Amendment means that only a state has the right to keep an armed militia. A 1939 Supreme Court ruling says the Amendment applies only to state militias, thus allowing the government to limit gun ownership and sales. In other words, it is not an individual right and the Court has said so.'
-Glencoe, U.S. Government: Democracy In Action, 2008 edition, page 356.
'These words [Second Amendment] excite as much controversy as any words in all of the Constitution. The 2nd Amendment was added to the Constitution to protect the right of each state to keep a militia. The Amendment's aim was to preserve the concept of the citizen-soldier. Many---including the Bush administration today---insist that the 2nd Amendment also sets out an individual right to keep and bear arms just as for example, the 1st Amendment guarantees freedom of speech. The Supreme Court has never accepted that interpretation of the 2nd Amendment. The only important case is U.S. v. Miller, 1939...The Court could find no valid link between the sawed-off shotgun in the case and 'the preservation...of a well regulated militia.'
-Prentice Hall, Magruder's Government, 2008 edition, pages 570-71.
The reason there is no vast legal precedent concerning the Second Amendment is that it was commonly assumed that the amendment referred to the individual rights of citizens, just as Madison insisted. The Federalist Papers make this clear.
How do we know what a clause or a statement in the Constitution means? We have the Founders' own words to show us!
For example, the term 'separation of church and state' is found nowhere in the Constitution. The First Amendment merely states that Congress shall make no law regarding religion or the free expression thereof.
So, where do we get the notion of 'separation of church and state?'
The term is found in a letter written by Thomas Jefferson to a Baptist Association, explaining the meaning of the First Amendment with regard to religion. Legal analysts, scholars, judges, attorneys, professors, and teachers regularly refer to Jefferson's words to provide context and definition to the Constitution's statement on religion.
Yet these very same persons routinely ignore the Founder's own words when they explain in stark detail the meaning of the SECOND amendment. Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, and others explicitly detail the right of individual citizens to keep and bear Arms as means to keep check on government tyranny, and they take painstaking precision to contrast this uniquely American practice with that of European nations that as a matter of course disarm the citizenry.
Noah Webster, in his 1787 "An Examination into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution," wrote:
'Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword, because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States.'
And as the Federal Farmer concluded: 'A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves....'
When history is our guide, only one conclusion can be reached concerning the right of individual citizens to keep and bear arms--this right is guarded and guaranteed in the Constitution every bit as thoroughly as the First Amendment rights of free speech, assembly, religion, and the press. If individuals are not viewed as possessing of these rights, then there can be no 'collective right' to these activities either.
Only as individuals are viewed as fully possessing each of the rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights is the collective society as a whole to be viewed as free. Without individual freedom, the collective society is not free but held in the grip of tyranny.
Thus, modern-day public school textbooks are teaching our children lies. It is anti-freedom propaganda, and it must be stopped. It is time for lawsuits to be brought against school districts and colleges that unleash this barrage of subversive propaganda on the nation's youth. No wonder there is such ignorance today on the meaning of the Second Amendment!
Read the following thorough analysis on the Second Amendment here:
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27587
Way back when, we were taught that individual U.S. citizens have the right to keep and bear arms and that this right is affirmed and protected by the Constitution under the provisions of the Second Amendment.
This right was assumed all the way through my college and graduate school years, including post-graduate education, fully ten years' worth of study in institutions of higher learning. Not once was it ever suggested that the Second Amendment ever meant anything other than referring to individual citizens' rights. Even in university courses on government and political science, it was never questioned that citizens have the ultimate right to own, possess, and use firearms for the legal purposes of self-defense and the defense of the nation against tyranny.
In the intervening years since the completion of my formal education, however, an insidious, erroneous 'interpretation' of the Second Amendment has gradually made its way through the society via the nation's government-run school system and its institutions of higher learning. It is the notion that the purpose of the 2nd Amendment is purely to establish a state militia, period.
This blatantly erroneous notion totally disregards the plain wording of the amendment, which specifically states that the right of the PEOPLE to keep and bear arms shall not be abridged.
It is no accident that the 2nd Amendment falls within that part of the Constitution that is called the 'Bill of Rights,' which was ratified sometime later after the Constitution itself had already been approved. The Founders felt that there were certain individual rights that were not addressed in the main text, and thus, ten amendments were added to protect those individual rights.
The sanity of a human being is in serious doubt if he/she claims that a right that is protected in the Bill of Rights is no right.
Yet, notice below two excerpts from public school textbooks concerning the meaning of the 2nd Amendment:
'The Second Amendment means that only a state has the right to keep an armed militia. A 1939 Supreme Court ruling says the Amendment applies only to state militias, thus allowing the government to limit gun ownership and sales. In other words, it is not an individual right and the Court has said so.'
-Glencoe, U.S. Government: Democracy In Action, 2008 edition, page 356.
'These words [Second Amendment] excite as much controversy as any words in all of the Constitution. The 2nd Amendment was added to the Constitution to protect the right of each state to keep a militia. The Amendment's aim was to preserve the concept of the citizen-soldier. Many---including the Bush administration today---insist that the 2nd Amendment also sets out an individual right to keep and bear arms just as for example, the 1st Amendment guarantees freedom of speech. The Supreme Court has never accepted that interpretation of the 2nd Amendment. The only important case is U.S. v. Miller, 1939...The Court could find no valid link between the sawed-off shotgun in the case and 'the preservation...of a well regulated militia.'
-Prentice Hall, Magruder's Government, 2008 edition, pages 570-71.
The reason there is no vast legal precedent concerning the Second Amendment is that it was commonly assumed that the amendment referred to the individual rights of citizens, just as Madison insisted. The Federalist Papers make this clear.
How do we know what a clause or a statement in the Constitution means? We have the Founders' own words to show us!
For example, the term 'separation of church and state' is found nowhere in the Constitution. The First Amendment merely states that Congress shall make no law regarding religion or the free expression thereof.
So, where do we get the notion of 'separation of church and state?'
The term is found in a letter written by Thomas Jefferson to a Baptist Association, explaining the meaning of the First Amendment with regard to religion. Legal analysts, scholars, judges, attorneys, professors, and teachers regularly refer to Jefferson's words to provide context and definition to the Constitution's statement on religion.
Yet these very same persons routinely ignore the Founder's own words when they explain in stark detail the meaning of the SECOND amendment. Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, and others explicitly detail the right of individual citizens to keep and bear Arms as means to keep check on government tyranny, and they take painstaking precision to contrast this uniquely American practice with that of European nations that as a matter of course disarm the citizenry.
Noah Webster, in his 1787 "An Examination into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution," wrote:
'Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword, because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States.'
And as the Federal Farmer concluded: 'A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves....'
When history is our guide, only one conclusion can be reached concerning the right of individual citizens to keep and bear arms--this right is guarded and guaranteed in the Constitution every bit as thoroughly as the First Amendment rights of free speech, assembly, religion, and the press. If individuals are not viewed as possessing of these rights, then there can be no 'collective right' to these activities either.
Only as individuals are viewed as fully possessing each of the rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights is the collective society as a whole to be viewed as free. Without individual freedom, the collective society is not free but held in the grip of tyranny.
Thus, modern-day public school textbooks are teaching our children lies. It is anti-freedom propaganda, and it must be stopped. It is time for lawsuits to be brought against school districts and colleges that unleash this barrage of subversive propaganda on the nation's youth. No wonder there is such ignorance today on the meaning of the Second Amendment!
Read the following thorough analysis on the Second Amendment here:
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27587
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