"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." Amendment II to the United States Constitution.
Considering the time in which it was written, it isn't too difficult to understand that the whole purpose of this amendment was in order for citizens to protect themselves from a tyrannical government. Regardless of the rhetoric on the left, the willingness to demonize the NRA and millions of legal gun owners who oppose a gun ban as not wanting to 'protect the children', it is still obvious that this is a liberal's 'never let a good crisis go to waste' dream come true. It is shockingly disgusting that from the President on down, the liberal agenda foments dissension among the citizenry regarding the 2nd Amendment by using children as a 'shield'.
This statement by former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell is beyond the pale:
This statement by former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell is beyond the pale:
"The good thing about Newtown is it was so horrific that, I think, it galvanized Americans to a point where the intensity on our side is going to match the intensity on their side."
In President Obama's last press conference of his first term (after the Newtown shooting) he was still able to link the Newtown tragedy to a political subject with this statement:
In a recent article by David Mamet he said, ....."On a lower level of abstraction, there are more than 2 million instances a year of the armed citizen deterring or stopping armed criminals; a number four times that of all crimes involving firearms." He went on to say, "Violence by firearms is most prevalent in big cities with the strictest gun laws. In Chicago and Washington, D.C., for example, it is only the criminals who have guns, the law-abiding populace having been disarmed....."
Mr. Mamet also pointed out that an assault weapon used to be called a "submachine gun" - a handheld long gun that fires continuously as long as the trigger is held down. They have been illegal in private hands, with the exception of collectors who have passed the stringent scrutiny of the Federal Government, since 1934. (read thefull article here: http://www.thedailybeast.com )
It will be an education, rest assured.
One of the most poignant and meaningful statements, however, came from Mark Mattioli, whose six-year old son James perished inside of the school. Mr. Mattioli testified before a subcommittee of the Connecticut Legislature on Monday to speak about gun control:
“How do we expect to have any impact on a society and say, ‘We’re going to pass a law. Hey this is inexcusable. We can’t allow any more of this. Let’s pass a law that will change the course of the future’ when we don’t enforce the laws that we have on the books — the most important laws,” he asked.
“I think there’s much more promise for a solution in identifying, researching and creating solutions along the lines of mental health issues — I think there’s a lot of work that can be done there,” he said. ”I believe the solution may not be as easy to implement as I might hope, but it’s a simple concept. We need civility across our nation.”
He testified that a plethora of new gun laws isn’t the answer and that, instead, personal responsibility, accountability and civility are the best path forward.
What is the answer to this tragedy? I'll take the word of a grief stricken father over a politician any day - a gun ban isn't one of them.
In President Obama's last press conference of his first term (after the Newtown shooting) he was still able to link the Newtown tragedy to a political subject with this statement:
"What I will not do is have that (debt ceiling) negotiation with a gun at the head of the American people."
There are other statements by anti-gun factions but they are equally as repugnant.
There are other statements by anti-gun factions but they are equally as repugnant.
In a recent article by David Mamet he said, ....."On a lower level of abstraction, there are more than 2 million instances a year of the armed citizen deterring or stopping armed criminals; a number four times that of all crimes involving firearms." He went on to say, "Violence by firearms is most prevalent in big cities with the strictest gun laws. In Chicago and Washington, D.C., for example, it is only the criminals who have guns, the law-abiding populace having been disarmed....."
Mr. Mamet also pointed out that an assault weapon used to be called a "submachine gun" - a handheld long gun that fires continuously as long as the trigger is held down. They have been illegal in private hands, with the exception of collectors who have passed the stringent scrutiny of the Federal Government, since 1934. (read thefull article here: http://www.thedailybeast.com )
It will be an education, rest assured.
One of the most poignant and meaningful statements, however, came from Mark Mattioli, whose six-year old son James perished inside of the school. Mr. Mattioli testified before a subcommittee of the Connecticut Legislature on Monday to speak about gun control:
“How do we expect to have any impact on a society and say, ‘We’re going to pass a law. Hey this is inexcusable. We can’t allow any more of this. Let’s pass a law that will change the course of the future’ when we don’t enforce the laws that we have on the books — the most important laws,” he asked.
“I think there’s much more promise for a solution in identifying, researching and creating solutions along the lines of mental health issues — I think there’s a lot of work that can be done there,” he said. ”I believe the solution may not be as easy to implement as I might hope, but it’s a simple concept. We need civility across our nation.”
He testified that a plethora of new gun laws isn’t the answer and that, instead, personal responsibility, accountability and civility are the best path forward.
What is the answer to this tragedy? I'll take the word of a grief stricken father over a politician any day - a gun ban isn't one of them.
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"The greatest danger to American freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution."
Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom;
it is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
William Pitt, 1783
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