This puts a smile on my face. AR-15 seems sensible when you’re out gun and out-manned. If homeowners aren’t protected and an intruder enters and kills them, the hypocrites in this world would say it’s a tragedy. Well, screw them. I refuse to be the victim. I really don’t care for anyone else. Family comes first. If homeowners don’t protect their family, I call it a tragedy.
Pregnant Mom Kills Intruder with an AK-15
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Monday, November 4
Wednesday, October 4
Meaning of the Second Amendment
Meaning
of the Second Amendment
This will most certainly not settle the argument about the
Second Amendment that has been festering for many years now. However, let’s
attempt to explain what the 2nd amendment says, and what it means.
Here is the verbiage as it appears in the Bill of Rights, that document that
contains the first ten amendments to the original Constitution:
2nd Amendment
A well
regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall
not be infringed.
On December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights (the
first ten amendments to the Constitution) was
adopted, having been ratified by three-fourths of the states. This is the
Second of those amendments to the original Constitution.
Perhaps the second thing to establish would be the dictionary
meaning of the word ‘militia’.
Militia
1.
a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies.
2.
a body of citizen soldiers as distinguished from professional soldiers.
3.
all able-bodied males considered by law eligible for military service.
4.
a body of citizens organized in a paramilitary group and typically regarding themselves as defenders of individual rights against the presumed interference of the federal government.
State defense forces in the United States are military units
that operate under the
sole authority of a state government; they are partially regulated by
the National Guard Bureau but they are not a part of the Army National Guard
of the United States.
As noted, the militia is an organization of each individual
state; citizen soldiers—not members of any branch of the professional Armed
Forces. Since the United States has a regular military force whose sole
responsibility is to protect and defend the United States from all enemies—that
unit being first formed by the Congress authorized by the Articles of
Confederation and, almost from its inception, commanded by General George
Washington—it would have been redundant, not to mention completely
unnecessary, to formulate a unit for the
protection of the nation.
The Constitution of the United States gave limited powers to
the Federal Government. ALL OTHER authority was to be entrusted to the
individual states, whose rights were not to be abridged by the Federal
Government.
What the Founders feared was not the encroachment of States
rights into the Federal realm. No, the concern was that the Federal Government
would overreach and usurp those rights originally relegated to the States. The
militia was for the purpose of the States having some means of protecting the
rights not given them by the Federal Government, but every other aspect of governance
that was not specifically enumerated by the Constitution
to that Federal entity.
Protection from whom, you might ask? Perhaps from other
states; say, over boundary disputes or matters of unfair trade practices of
neighboring states. Maybe some other forms of encroachment. Primarily, however,
the militia is the State’s defense against unlawful usurpation by the Federal
Government of rights not specifically afforded them by the Constitution.
How did the United States rid itself of the oppressive rule of England toward our several colonies? We went to war with the British,
and won our freedom.
Why did we do that? All you need to understand in that regard
can be found in reading the first paragraph of the Declaration of Independence:
“When in the Course of human events it
becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have
connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the
separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God
entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they
should declare the causes which impel them to the separation”.
THAT’S why the people of America jealously defend the
right to keep and bear arms—to protect ourselves from decisions by well-meaning
idiots at the Federal level (Congress) that are inimical to the security,
safety and moral character of our nation and its people. In some ways our
American Congress is more separated from the realities of everyday Americans
lives than was King George at the time the Declaration of Independence was
written.
It might be instructive to read the delineation of
grievances against King George that the colonists thought to be ‘unbearable’.
They are in that Declaration of Independence. Read the entire document someday.
The similarity to grievances then and now might surprise you!
Thursday, April 4
Gun Control – Which Argument Makes More Sense?
by Mark A. Cohen
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Murderers don’t obey laws.
The Huffington Post article’s headline reads, “I Never Wanted to Take Your Guns Away,” and yet, the state of Colorado recently passed laws which restrict the gun magazine size to 15 rounds. They seek to reduce or ban the sales of guns. Boatloads of bills remain written but not yet passed, including those banning online classes and certifications via the Internet. Former astronaut Mark Kelly (husband of Gabby Giffords), said on FOX News Sunday on Mar. 31, 2013, “It's (background checks are) the most common-sense thing that we can do to prevent criminals and the mentally ill from having access to weapons.” To which version of common sense does Mr. Kelly refer?
The website, justfacts.com, which claims to be a resource for independent thinkers, states that since Chicago’s tough gun control laws passed in the early 1980’s, gun murders have increased by 40% in that city. Since Florida’s right-to-carry laws passed in the mid 1980’s, gun crime has decreased by 15%. After Texas passed right-to-carry, the homicide rate from guns dropped by 30%. Michigan’s rate also went down by only 4%, but this is 2% lower than the national average. Although he speaks of background checks, Mr. Kelly’s logic escapes me.
Criminals don’t care what the sign says.
Former Rep. Giffords said, “We must do something.” But, shouldn’t we think first? This week’s Aurora Sentinel (Colorado), contains an article by Brandon Johansson which reacts to some Colorado sheriffs who say they either can’t or won’t enforce the state’s new gun laws. His article divides the counties into rural and city. Even the sheriffs who say they will enforce the laws admit to the difficulty in doing so.
Criminals respect force, not rules.
How should we determine if our neighbor is worthy of possessing a weapon that shoots bullets? How is psychological fitness judged and by whom? The Constitution of the United States says that the citizens may “keep and bear arms,” and that right, “shall not be infringed.” No, the fathers of our country did not foresee our violent, out-of-control society, laced with dare and bravado. Or, did they? Guns protect us from idiots who would kill us. Perhaps the founders realized it. If not, the facts stand behind them, regardless.
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