Post by woody on Jul 9, 2016 16:09:35 GMT
On Gun Control Laws
My biggest concern about any additional gun control is the "slippery slope."
Webster's definition of "slippery slope": a course of action that seems to lead inevitably from one action or result to another with unintended consequences.
When a seemingly harmless bill on some kind of gun control is passed, Congress will soon find out that the bill does nothing to curb gun violence. That seemingly harmless bill will then be used as a precedent for allowing the creation of additional, more limiting legislation. This procedure will be used over and over again until the "liberals" are able to remove all guns from the hands of law-abiding citizens. At that point, only the bad guys and law enforcement officers will have guns. I'm not even sure that law enforcement would have them. The "slippery slope" argument is indisputable and irrefutable.
On the Second Amendment
The Second Amendment has nothing to do with self or family defense, protecting your property or hunting. It is about protecting your state from an overly aggressive Federal Government. If you don't believe that, search the internet for the history of the Second Amendment and the Federalist Papers. If you look at more recent history, you will find that liberal judges on the Supreme Court have decided that since states no longer have "militias," the Second Amendment is no longer relevant or needed. I believe that if Liberal judges become the majority on the Supreme Court, all is lost.
Quotes from America’s founding fathers on gun ownership
“I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few politicians.” – George Mason, co-author of the 2nd Amendment.
“A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves.” – Richard Henry Lee.
“And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the Press, or the rights of Conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms.” – Samuel Adams.
“Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people’s liberty teeth and keystone under independence.” – George Washington
“Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense? Where is the difference between having our arms in possession and under our direction and having them under the management of Congress? If our defense be the real object of having those arms, in whose hands can they be trusted with more propriety, or equal safety to us, as in our own hands?” – Patrick Henry.
“The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.” – Alexander Hamilton.
“I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.” – Thomas Jefferson.
“To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them.” – George Mason.
“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe.” – Noah Webster.
“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin.
“A free people ought to be armed.” – George Washington.
“No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.” – Thomas Jefferson.
“The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere restrains evil interference – they deserve a place of honor with all that’s good.” – George Washington.
As has been pointed out before, no man or woman in the history of America has been given more responsibility and trust than George Washington, the Father of our country. The existence of our newborn nation was in the hands of this one righteous man. Washington could have been the King of America. He could have been the nation’s first Dictator. He could have enslaved the whole continent. But he proved time and again that protecting the freedom of the people was his primary concern.
My biggest concern about any additional gun control is the "slippery slope."
Webster's definition of "slippery slope": a course of action that seems to lead inevitably from one action or result to another with unintended consequences.
When a seemingly harmless bill on some kind of gun control is passed, Congress will soon find out that the bill does nothing to curb gun violence. That seemingly harmless bill will then be used as a precedent for allowing the creation of additional, more limiting legislation. This procedure will be used over and over again until the "liberals" are able to remove all guns from the hands of law-abiding citizens. At that point, only the bad guys and law enforcement officers will have guns. I'm not even sure that law enforcement would have them. The "slippery slope" argument is indisputable and irrefutable.
On the Second Amendment
The Second Amendment has nothing to do with self or family defense, protecting your property or hunting. It is about protecting your state from an overly aggressive Federal Government. If you don't believe that, search the internet for the history of the Second Amendment and the Federalist Papers. If you look at more recent history, you will find that liberal judges on the Supreme Court have decided that since states no longer have "militias," the Second Amendment is no longer relevant or needed. I believe that if Liberal judges become the majority on the Supreme Court, all is lost.
Quotes from America’s founding fathers on gun ownership
“I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few politicians.” – George Mason, co-author of the 2nd Amendment.
“A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves.” – Richard Henry Lee.
“And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the Press, or the rights of Conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms.” – Samuel Adams.
“Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people’s liberty teeth and keystone under independence.” – George Washington
“Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense? Where is the difference between having our arms in possession and under our direction and having them under the management of Congress? If our defense be the real object of having those arms, in whose hands can they be trusted with more propriety, or equal safety to us, as in our own hands?” – Patrick Henry.
“The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.” – Alexander Hamilton.
“I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.” – Thomas Jefferson.
“To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them.” – George Mason.
“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe.” – Noah Webster.
“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin.
“A free people ought to be armed.” – George Washington.
“No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.” – Thomas Jefferson.
“The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere restrains evil interference – they deserve a place of honor with all that’s good.” – George Washington.
As has been pointed out before, no man or woman in the history of America has been given more responsibility and trust than George Washington, the Father of our country. The existence of our newborn nation was in the hands of this one righteous man. Washington could have been the King of America. He could have been the nation’s first Dictator. He could have enslaved the whole continent. But he proved time and again that protecting the freedom of the people was his primary concern.
