Second Amendment News Roundup for 8/12/09

Focusing on guns, politics, and news of interest, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

David Codrea has the must-read of the day on MSNBC's spreading lies and hysteria over a citizen carrying a gun at a townhall meeting.

Brigid blogs on hunting today, and it seems the focus is whitetail deer.

Gun Nuts provides the wrap-up and downloads for last night's edition of Gun Nuts Radio.

Say Uncle posts the news that the National Park Service classifies traditional ammo as a 'health threat.'

Mr. Completely is heading out to do some world-class shooting at the World Steel Challenge Championships in California.

CarTeachO has a great review and comparison of the Glock 30 in .45acp.

Sebastian blogs on 'the state police and the Pittsburgh Steelers gun play.'

Gun Pundit points to yet another politician who is nothing more than a rank gun-grabber.

From Vanderboegh: 'The Three Percent Go to School.'

Dustin's Gun Blog has news on Alan Gura's lawsuit on the question of bearing arms.

Walls of the City reports a 'minor revelation' concerning those who oppose firearms rights.

Texas Fred reports that the number of militia groups is on the rise.

Second Amendment News Roundup for 11/19/08

Focusing on guns, politics, and news of interest, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

Pollster John Zogby stirred up controversy over a new poll that shows a majority of Obama voters were ignorant about the key issues.

Traction Control reminds us that today is National Ammo Day, and remember, Traction Control has plenty of ammo for sale on his commercial site.

Tam has a must-read (via Sebastian) on how the Ruby Ridge fiasco/tragedy changed the rules of engagement and indicated that a mega-large mammoth of a government was raging out of control.

Breda has the follow-up to last night's edition of Gun Nuts Radio, along with a download of the program.

From Codrea's War on Guns:
*An excellent read from Paul Davis on 'Communists and Christians. A must-read!
*Obama's JBTs could be forcing us from our homes if we don't pay up!
*Meet your new gun-grabbing Attorney-General.
*A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Coronation

Gun Rights Examiner posts Codrea's new article, 'String Theory.'

Armed and Safe has more on Obama's pick for AG.

Murdoc at Gun Pundit shares with us what he bought for National Ammo Day.

Sebastian has what I consider to be the million dollar question.

Say Uncle reports that yet another Illinois town has repealed its gun ban. Good!

From Texas Fred:
*VP Dick Cheney and Texas politician indicted!
*Al Qaeda has insulted Obama.

Gateway Pundit provides info on the nutty DA in Texas that indicted Cheney.

Days of Our Trailers comments on Obama's security squad in the very dangerous city of Chicago.

The Smallest Minority provides excellent reading entitled, 'When You Can't Have a Gun (it must be nice you can afford a body guard).

Bloviating Zeppelin needs our thoughts and prayers as he cares for his very ill father. He has a gut-wrenching read on his father's condition. I can relate.

Libertarian Conservative Outpost comments on the modern rise of piracy on the high seas. But the target today is crude oil.

Western Rifle Shooters Association presents Vanderboegh's newest chapter in 'Absolved.'

Mindful Musings provides essential reading entitled, 'Obamunism and the Devil.'

Syd at Front Sight, Press has a must-read, 'Gun Free Zones an Invitation to Mayhem.'

JR supplies us with complete info on the bills that will come before the 2009 Texas legislative session.

Mike McCarville reports that Oklahoma is the center of national attention since all of its counties went to John McCain.

Second Amendment News Roundup for 4/28/08

Focusing on guns and politics, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

Mike McCarville reports that the Democratic Party fears a racial divide, created by Barack and Hillary, in this year's Presidential race:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2008/04/democratic-party-fears-racial-divide.html

John Lott has details on the Supreme Court ruling today concerning photo voter I.D.s:
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2008/04/supreme-court-upholds-indiana-voter.html

Michelle Malkin live-blogs from the National Press Club as the Reverend Jeremiah 'Kill Whitey' Wright continues with his unintelligible pronouncements. Funny that his only claim to fame is being Barack Obama's spiritual mentor:
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/28/liveblogging-obama-at-the-national-press-club/

Tam comments further on Wright's goofy remarks here:
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2008/04/that-depends-on-what-your-definition-of.html

Wait till you see why the Massachusetts police are getting black uniforms. David Codrea tells us here:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2008/04/were-only-ones-instilling-fear-enough.html

Was Fred Thompson too 'normal' to be President? The Volokh Conspiracy suggests he may be, along with Thompson's reasons for being unwilling to run for VP:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_04_20-2008_04_26.shtml#1209215555

A Keyboard and a .45 has an offer from the Fifty Caliber Institute:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2008/04/edm-arms-semi-auto-50-bmg-giveaway.html

Roberta X blogs on 'the four rules':
http://twowheeledmadwoman.blogspot.com/2008/04/four-rules.html

Alphecca reports that the Crime Commission in Virginia is going to 'study' private arms sales at gun shows (the so-called 'gun show loophole'):
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=740

Gun Owners of America issues an important alert about an American Pastor who was sentenced to 3 years in a Russian jail for having one box of ammo:
http://www.gunowners.org/a042408.htm

Sebastian says that Hillary may well have handed John McCain the perfect strategy for winning
Pennsylvania and other Democrat-leaning states:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/04/28/the-pennsylvania-strategy/

Freedom Sight blogs on 'the Parker Six' and some nutty and outdated laws on political activity and spending:
http://freedomsight.net/?p=2460

The Bastard is at it again. Bloomberg is coming to Nashville to drum up more support for his group of gun-grabbing mayors. Uncle has the story:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/04/28/bloomberg-comes-to-nashville/

And Of Arms and the Law points out that the gun-grabbing mayors have more than a few skeletons in their closets!:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2008/04/tell_me_it_aint.php

Second Amendment News Roundup for 4/11/08

Focusing on guns and politics, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

Sebastian has the quote of the day from none other than Barack Messiah Obama:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/04/11/quote-of-the-day-40/

Further, Born Again Redneck says that the messiah has probably just lost any support he may have had from 'blue dog Democrats':
http://bornagainredneck.blogspot.com/2008/04/obama-just-lost-any-blue-dogs-democrats.html

Sebastian also reports that Philly has passed a hodge-podge of gun ordinances, and he has all of them here:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/04/11/the-passed-ordinances/

The hooded, jackbooted thugs of the ATF are at it again. This time they raided the wrong house in Florida. David Codrea has the story:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2008/04/innocent-mistake.html

Michelle Malkin has the scoop on Bill Clinton's latest faux pas--it seems each time he opens his mouth these days, people cringe:
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/11/liar-liar-campaign-on-fire/

Here is Dr. Walter Williams' latest column, entitled, 'Political Loathsomeness':
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/08/Political%20Loathsomeness.htm

Uncle says that government people are just like you and me, only better. Here is his example:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/04/11/like_you_and_me_only_better-27/

Robb Allen points out the real views of liberals, from the mouth of Michelle Obama. Liberals want the poor to have 'more of the pie' by forcing others to give up some of theirs. Normal people want to enlarge the pie so that ALL can have more:
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2008/04/10/Hey-Michelle-Obama.aspx

Nicki has an excellent read today at The Liberty Zone. Read that one even if you read nothing else today:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2008/04/settlement-at-taxpayer-expense.html

Gun Law News has a great rundown of what's going on in the various states with regard to gun laws:
http://www.gunlawnews.org/State-Politics/snt041008-3.html

The Buckeye Firearms Association says that the Castle Doctrine bill in Ohio has been amended in its 5th Senate hearing:
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/5590

The Volokh Conspiracy reports that Barack Messiah Obama has lied about his church's honor to racist activist Louis Farrakhan:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_04_06-2008_04_12.shtml#1207874375

Mike McCarville says that an important hearing has been held in Oklahoma on illegal immigration:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2008/04/immigration-law-court-case-hearing-held.html

All American Blogger reports that once again the U.N. is showing its anti-Israel stripes:
http://www.allamericanblogger.com/2568/un-appointed-israel-hater-commissions-911-truther-hearings/

Hillary, like Obama, is a gun-grabber. She has now called for a renewal of so-called 'assault weapons' bans:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=712

Blogonomicon points out that the environmentalist wackos are now saying that the Olympic Torch has doomed us all (what freakin' idiots):
http://blogonomicon.blogspot.com/2008/04/olympic-torch-relay-has-doomed-us-all.html

Of Arms and the Law has good news from West Virginia:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2008/04/w_va_gets_castl.php

And now, prepare to love her even more or hate her with more fervor. There is no middle ground with Ann Coulter, but she always has an interesting read:
http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/printer_friendly.cgi?article=244

Here We Go Again

Every time some sicko boneheaded numbskull goes on a shooting rampage we are treated to renewed calls for gun control. Punish the 99.9% of the gun owners who are law abiding citizens for the actions of a .1% wacko fringe.

That makes about as much sense as suspending driving privileges for all Americans because of drunk drivers who take a joy ride and kill 10 people in the process...except DUI drivers kill many more people per year than guns.

Spare me the drivel of the anti-freedom, opportunistic gun-grabbers. Shove a sock in them.

Second Amendment News Roundup for 6/19/07

Washington, DC (TLS). Here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

Gun Owners of America has this important alert about the McCarthy-NRA gun-grab moving from the House to the Senate, plus an extensive analysis on H.R. 2640:
http://www.gunowners.org/a061807.htm

Front Sight, Press has an entire array of gun news today, all listed on the sight...give it a look:
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/news/news-from-the-sight-m1911-volume-257/

Alphecca has an interesting assessment of the apparent failure of Australia's tough gun control laws:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=251

Alphecca also provides a brief review of John Lott's book, 'Freedomnomics'--a very enlightening read:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=249


Armed and Safe calls attention to an anti-gun bigot who spouts nutty nonsense on his blog:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2007/06/do-people-actually-get-paid-for-this.html

Armed and Safe also provides an update on the push by counties in Illinois to condemn the gun-grab trend in Chicago:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2007/06/illinois-freedom-train-still-gathering.html

The Bitch Girls blog that an Italian hunting trip just might be in order:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=6969

Snowflakesinhell give his opinion about H&K's PDW:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=872

Snowflakesinhell also provides info concerning the Pennsylvania Attorney-General's clarification about out-of-state carry permits for non-residents in that state:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=868

The Volokh Conspiracy has more on the meaning of the term 'free state' in the Second Amendment:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_06_10-2007_06_16.shtml#1181968608

GOA Issues Alert on Immigration Bill

Washington, DC (TLS). Gun Owners of America has issued a special alert concerning the new immigration bill backed by the White House, Ted Kennedy, and John McCain. This bill contains provisions that could shut down every gun shop in America.

In crafting this ill-conceived bill, gun-grabbers Ted Kennedy and John McCain could not resist including provisions that would target gun stores. If a gun shop with as few as 5 employees commits at least two violations of federal gun laws, including paperwork violations, that store could be designated as a 'criminal gang' and shut down.

In addition, if an anti-gun zealot in the government determines that the 'main purpose' of that gun shop is to commit gun violations, then it can be shut down.

My friends, ambiguous wording such as this, aimed at gun stores, is simply one more way the anti-gun bigots in Washington have determined to rob the citizens of their Constitutional rights.

Click here to go directly to the GOA alert, including info on contacting Congress:
http://www.gunowners.org/a052307.htm

GOA Issues Urgent Alert on H.R. 297

Washington, DC (TLS). Gun Owners of America (GOA), the only no-compromise gun lobby in Washington, has issued an urgent alert concerning the progress of the Dingell-McCarthy Bill (H.R. 297).

GOA says now is the time to contact your Washington representatives to get this bill defeated.

Carolyn McCarthy, the co-sponsor, never saw a gun-grab measure she did not like. And this time, she has managed to bring aboard some unexpected allies, such as a few Republicans and the NRA, which has stated it supports passage of the measure.

However, the bill will prevent millions of law-abiding citizens from purchasing firearms and will add yet one more plank of government control over an individual right guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.

Read the full story, along with a sample letter to send to your elected officials here:
http://www.gunowners.org/a051607.htm

Gun Control Idiot in Carolina

Washington, DC (TLS). The idiot of the day is a man down in South Carolina who wrote to his local newspaper on gun control. Here is what he had to say:

'Was the Virginia Tech massacre the price that this country is willing to pay for the Second Amendment?'

Way to go, Einstein.

Let me show you the 'logic' of this question.

Are tens of thousands of highway deaths per year the price this country is willing to pay for the privilege of driving a car?

If freedom results in unintended deaths, do those deaths negate freedom?

Somebody needs to tell Einstein down in South Carolina that if our forefathers held this 'logic' about freedom and rights, we would all still be living under tyranny.

MAYOR BLOOMBERG COULD BE CHARGED WITH FELONY

Washington, DC (TLS). Virginia Attorney-General Robert McDonnell is warning New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg that if he continues to send undercover investigators into Virginia to try to catch gun dealers in illegal sales, he will be charged with a felony.

Bloomberg contends that gun dealers in Virginia are responsible for illegal guns winding up on the streets of NYC.

Thus, the Mayor, ignoring the separation of powers and limitations of jurisdictions, has been sending in the undercover cops to Virginia.

Has Bloomberg ever stopped to notice that he has no power outside New York City?

The fact that Virginia's gun rights laws are more in line with the U.S. Constitution than NYC's bigoted, anti-gun hysteria gives the Mayor no right to ignore the boundaries of jurisdictions. And if he persists in this idiotic practice, he just may wind up in handcuffs.

As a matter of fact, given that Bloomberg has already been engaging in activity that could land him in legal hot water, The Liberty Sphere would encourage the Virginia Attorney-General go to ahead and charge Bloomberg with a felony.

This is the only way we are going to get some of this anti-Constitutional activity in this country stopped.

The Disarming of America Has Begun

Washington, DC (TLS). Well, my friends, the disarming of America has begun. As soon as there is a stated, step-by-step, cohesive plan in place, the process of confiscating the guns from American citizens has begun, even before a law has been passed.

The very first step in a systematic, large-scale process of confiscation is the development of a concrete plan.

The gun-grabbers of the Leftwing in this nation have such a plan, and they have been so brazen as to publicized it.

Wasting no time in getting to work on capitalizing from the carnage of a crazed madman at Virginia Tech, Senator Carolyn McCarthy issued a Trojan horse by stating there would be no attempt at gun control in this Congress. Little Chucky Schumer did the same thing.

But it was all a ruse...an attempt to quell the fears of law-abiding citizens that their rights were endangered in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech massacre. Yet, even as they issued such reassurances to the public, both Little Chucky and McCarthy were busy at work behind the scenes crafting an unholy alliance with some Republicans and the NRA to pass a gun control measure, supposedly aimed at tightening background checks.

The problem is that this bill punishes millions of non-violent, ordinary citizens by banning them from gun ownership even if they have so much as visited a doctor's office with depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, attention-deficit, hyper-activity disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and a myriad of other legitimate medical diagnoses for which there are proven effective treatments.

No matter. If you are a U.S. Veteran to whom your country called to carry a weapon in wartime, you will be effectively barred from gun ownership as a civilian if you have received treatment for post-traumatic stress resulting from your service to your country.

You were good enough to carry a gun as a soldier, but now your government will deem you to be unfit to carry a gun as a civilian merely because you are now considered damaged goods.

My friends, this is an outrage of gargantuan proportions. The ONLY major gun rights group in America that will not compromise on this obvious attempt to steal rights is the GOA. Even the NRA caved to the gun grabbers on this one.

Now, back to the plan to confiscate guns. It is printed in the Toledo Blade in an op-ed column written by Dan Simpson. It is a shockingly candid admission that the Left has a definite plan to implement gun confiscation...that is, if they can succeed in convincing enough lawmakers in Washington to bite the bullet.

Impossible, you say? Don't be so quick to dismiss it. After all, they have just succeeded in getting the NRA to cave in to a McCarthy ruse to rob millions of citizens of the right to own a gun!

As I have said many times before, these attempts to rob citizens of their rights will only create a massive underground black-market for guns without serial numbers. This way they cannot be traced or registered. Those who squelch human rights usually find that such attempts only backfire on them in the end, just like Prohibition.

The very same thing will happen with guns, if the present trends continue. Gun owners by the millions will merely tell their politicians, 'To hell with your rules and regulations!'

If they want to play this game with over 100 million gun owners in America, we can sure devise methods to keep our rights if we have to. And we will not hesitate to do it.

Read the entire plan here:
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070425/OPINION04/704250310/-1/OPINION

ALERT! H.R. 297 Gun Rights Ban on Fast Track

Washington, DC (TLS). Little Chucky Schumer was on Bill O'Reilly recently to talk about gun control. Since the Democrats took control of Congress, they have basically laid low on the subject of guns, with the exception of the introduction of the McCarthy bill. But the lack of support led McCarthy to state that gun control was dead in this Congress.

However, the Virginia Tech massacre has the gun-grabbers coming out of the woodwork, seizing the actions of one crazed madman to enact massive, sweeping gun control legislation upon law-abiding citizens. Little Chucky has a plan, and it ain't pretty.

In a bold move that has shocked even the most astute observers of Congress, Schumer and his colleagues are going to try to ram this legislation through Congress BY ACCLAMATION without even as much as a vote!

Clearly, this is an all-out attack on the rights of American citizens. The politicians in Congress do not even have the courage to go on the record with a 'yea' or 'nay' vote.

H.R. 297 will treat gun owners worse than terrorists. It is one terrible piece of legislation, introduced in the name of protecting us against mass murders such as Cho Seung-Hui. It is always interesting as to how politicians will use one single crazed idiot as a tool by which to hit ordinary citizens over the head and rob them of their rights.

GOA has issued yet another alert on this debacle. It is time to contact Congress about this foul scheme to ram through H.R. 297. This will be a major knock-down, drag-out fight that pits the NRA against 2nd Amendment rights, and Republican against Republican.

Perhaps we can garner the support of the so-called 'Blue-Dog' Democrats who have yet to prove they can stop the steam-roller of the ultra-liberal Democratic Congressional machine. If ever there were a time to stop them, the time is now.

Go here to the GOA website for complete information:
http://www.gunowners.org/a042607.htm

Gun Grabbers on the March--H.R.297

Washington, DC (TLS). No matter what the Democrats in Washington say publicly about there being no serious challenge to gun rights in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre, it is clear that the gun-grabbers are on the march with a vengeance.

H.R. 297 has been introduced in the House--the Dingell-McCarthy bill, which if enacted will take the Brady Bill to new heights in rolling back 2nd Amendment rights.

This bill is so serious and damaging that Gun Owners of America issued a special 'GOA Alert' to notify its members of an all-out effort to get this measure defeated. GOA states that this piece of legislation, under the guise of closing the so-called 'background check loophole,' will prevent millions of honest, law-abiding Americans from buying firearms.

For example, if you are a military Veteran who has suffered at any point in the past from post-traumatic stress disorder, you will be prevented from owning a gun under the provisions of this bill.

Your country called on you to bear a gun in the defense of this nation, yet your country is getting ready to claim you are unfit to bear a gun as a civilian, if this measure is passed.

YET THE NRA IS SUPPORTING IT!

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-New York, has failed in getting broad support for her relentless attempts at banning weapons thus far. She attempted to get us to lower our alert level by stating publicly this week that 'this Congress is pro-gun. There will be no anti-gun legislation from this Congress.'

McCarthy lied.

No sooner had she made that statement than she had introduced H.R. 297 along with Rep. Dingell. The two apparently have now gained some allies and support from some strange bedfellows, including some top Republicans and the NRA!

This bill is a farce and should be defeated. It is nothing more than one more veiled attempt at preventing millions of ordinary citizens from gaining access to guns.

Read the GOA Alert here:
http://www.gunowners.org/a042307.htm

Virginia Tech History--Concealed Guns Save Lives

Blacksburg, Virginia (TLS). Before Virginia Tech enacted a ban on guns on campus, a crazed gunman was subdued by students who were carrying handguns, resulting in a minimum of loss of life. This was five years ago.

Before being subdued by gun-totin' students, the gunman had shot and killed three persons on campus and injured three others--a far cry from the 32 killed and 15 injured last week on a campus that had made sure its students were disarmed and unable to defend themselves.

This story is being retold time and again across the country in similar situations. Citizens who are allowed to carry firearms minimize the loss of life in the face of crazed murderers. Unarmed citizens are sitting ducks.

Virginia Tech made sure its students were sitting ducks through its ridiculous and totally illogical ban on guns.

Read the complete story here:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55326

GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA ISSUES ALERT!

Washington, DC (TLS). Gun Owners of America (GOA) has issued a special alert in the wake of the massacre at Virginia Tech. It seems the forces of anti-freedom have wasted no time in using this tragic situation to push their agenda of robbing the citizens of their rights.

Virginia Tech is a gun-free zone in the Commonwealth of Virginia, meaning that students, employees, and faculty are defenseless against lawless violent perpetrators, such as Cho Seung Hui. Had there been someone in that classroom building carrying a concealed handgun, dozens of lives could have been saved from the blood-bath.

But this point goes right over the heads of the gun-grabbers.

Read GOA's alert here:
http://www.gunowners.org/a041707.htm

Texas to Expand Gun-Rights/Self-Defense

Washington, DC (TLS). Texas is set to expand the gun rights and self-defense rights of its citizens. With at least 100 out of 150 state house legislators and 21 out of 27 state senators backing the legislation, known as the 'stand your ground' bill, this new law is expected to gain easy passage.

Under the provisions of the 'stand your ground' bill, the law would expand the concept known as 'the Castle Doctrine'--an ancient concept of English Common Law that maintains a person has the right to use force, including deadly force, in the defense of one's home, without any risk of criminal or civil liability. The Texas bill would expand the Castle doctrine to include one's automobile and place of business.

Thus, if citizens feel that their lives are endangered while at the work place or behind the wheel, they can feel free to use deadly force with the backing of the law. And, in those cases where citizens use a firearm to defend themselves against harm, whether at home, work, or in an automobile, they are granted the protection of the law from criminal or civil litigation.

Detractors claim that Texas does not need such a law since, according to some critics, 'citizens are normally not prosecuted in Texas for matters related to self-defense anyway.'

This may be true, but the concept of an individual citizen's right to self-defense with a firearm or any other weapon must be codified into a legally binding provision that would shield citizens from any possible prosecution. The bill's critics are relying solely upon Texas culture to protect citizens in the event they use deadly force in self-defense. However, should that culture change, there are all too-many lawyers and District Attorneys who would not hesitate to make citizens liable for actions taken in self-defense. It has already happened in other states. In fact, in some states the Castle Doctrine has come near to going the way of the dinosaur, even in the protection of one's home. All too often across the United States, prosecuting attorneys have aggressively brought charges against citizens who defend themselves and their homes against criminal intrusion. Many of these citizens have also found themselves the needless victims of lawsuits brought by CRIMINALS who are injured while breaking and entering. The expansion of the Castle Doctrine in Texas is an important step in insuring that citizens feel free to protect themselves, including the use of firearms under the provisions of the Second Amendment.

As expected, the Texas 'stand your ground' legislation has critics across the nation. Never wavering from their incessant assault on the rights of individual citizens, particularly with regard to firearms, the Left Wing in this country views the proposed Texas law as the 'shoot thy neighbor' bill. The Boston Globe referred to the bill as a 'shoot first, ask questions later' approach to personal safety. Yet similar legislation across the country has gained broad support among the citizens and their legislators. 15 states have already passed similar self-defense laws since 2005, and another 6 states are considering such legislation this year.

One of the fiercest opponents to expanding self-defense laws is the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. It should be noted that the Brady Campaign has pushed Congress to pass some of the most oppressive restrictions on the rights of individuals in the history of the Republic. In the name of protecting citizens from gun violence, the Brady Campaign would prevent law-abiding citizens from using one of the most effective tools for stopping criminals--the exercise of their Second Amendment rights. In fact, the Brady bunch is on record supporting an outright ban of handguns, the preferred weapon of choice for most citizens when it comes to self-protection.

Zach Ragbourn, a spokesman for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, stated, 'Changing the law opens the door to indiscriminate killing by people who later claim they feared for their lives. You won't be thrown into jail for legitimate self-defense. Monkeying with the law can only help people who would have otherwise been punished.'

The Liberty Sphere would like to know where Mr.Ragbourn has been all of these years as government officials have aggressively prosecuted citizens who exercised self-defense. The cases are too numerous to mention. And this does not even begin to address the countless litigation brought against citizens by the perpetrators of crime. Naturally Mr. Ragbourn and the Brady bunch would like for citizens to forget this assault on their rights by rabid gun-grabbers such as those involved in the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

Apparently, the citizens and legislators in Texas and twenty other states have not forgotten. This is precisely why legislation such as the 'stand your ground' bill is gaining such widespread support. Ragbourn's contention that such legislation is not needed is ample reason to pass it. Perhaps Texans wish to nip in the bud the beast of the gun-grabbing rights-robbers before it reaches the point that citizens are placed in the precarious position of criminal and civil liability for merely using their firearms to protect their lives. In far too many states in the nation, self-defense as encapsulated in the Castle Doctrine has fallen on hard times. The Texas bill ensures this will not happen in Texas.

The Liberty Sphere believes that this bill needs to be considered by all of the states. And, if we ever oust the present Congress that is ruled by the purveyors of anti-freedom, this type of legislation should be considered as the official law of the land throughout America. This would stop once and for all the senseless, tyrannical assault on the rights of citizens, not only to keep and bear firearms, but to simple self-defense, not only at home, but in the workplace and in our autos.

As long as Democrats run Congress, such legislation, of course, will never be considered. But...we can bide our time. 2008 is on the way.