> > > > > Subject: Gun Control
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >Where We're Headed
> > > > > >
> > > > > >By Robert A. Waters - 06.23.00 Robert A. Waters
> > > > > >
> > > > > >You're sound asleep when you hear a thump outside your bedroom
> > door.
> > > > > >Half-awake, and nearly paralyzed with fear, you hear muffled
> > > whispers.
> > > > > >At least two people have broken into your house and are moving
your
> > > way.
> > > > > >With your heart pumping, you reach down beside your bed and pick
up
> > > > > >your shotgun.
> > > > > >You rack a shell into the chamber, then inch toward the door and
> > > open
> > > it.
> > > > > >In the darkness, you make out two shadows. One holds a weapon-it
> > > > > >looks like a crowbar. When the intruder brandishes it as if to
> > > strike,
> > > > > >you raise the shotgun and fire. The blast knocks both thugs to
the
> > > floor.
> > > > > >One writhes and screams while the second man crawls to the front
> > > door
> > > and
> > > > > >lurches outside.
> > > > > >As you pick up the telephone to call police, you know you're in
> > > trouble.
> > > > > >In your country, most guns were outlawed years before, and the
few
> > > > > >that are privately owned are so stringently regulated as to make
> > > them
> > > > > >useless. Yours was never registered.
> > > > > >Police arrive and inform you that the second burglar has died.
> > > > > >They arrest you for First Degree Murder and Illegal Possession of
a
> > > > > >Firearm. When you talk to your attorney, he tells you not to
> > worry:
> > > > > >authorities will probably plea the case down to manslaughter.
> > > > > >"What kind of sentence will I get?" you ask.
> > > > > >"Only ten-to-twelve years," he replies, as if that's nothing.
> > > > > >"Behave yourself, and you'll be out in seven."
> > > > > >The next day, the shooting is the lead story in the local
> > newspaper.
> > > > > >Somehow, you're portrayed as an eccentric vigilante while the two
> > > men
> > > > > >you shot are represented as choir boys. Their friends and
relatives
> > > > > >can't find an unkind word to say about them. Buried deep down in
> > > > > >the article, authorities acknowledge that both "victims" have
been
> > > > > >arrested numerous times.
> > > > > >But the next day's headline says it all: "Lovable Rogue Son
Didn't
> > > > Deserve
> > > > > >to Die."
> > > > > >The thieves have been transformed from career criminals into
Robin
> > > > > >Hood-type pranksters. As the days wear on, the story takes
wings.
> > > The
> > > > > >national media picks it up, then the international media. The
> > > surviving
> > > > > >burglar has become a folkhero. Your attorney says the thief is
> > > preparing
> > > > > >to sue you, and he'll probably win. The media publishes reports
> > > that
> > > > your
> > > > > >home has been burglarized several times in the past and that
you've
> > > > > >been critical of local police for their lack of effort in
> > > apprehending
> > > > the
> > > > > >suspects. After the last break-in, you told your neighbor that
you
> > > would
> > > > > >be prepared next time. The District Attorney uses this to allege
> > > that
> > > > > >you were lying in wait for the burglars.
> > > > > >A few months later, you go to trial. The charges haven't been
> > > reduced,
> > > > > >as your lawyer had so confidently predicted. When you take the
> > > stand,
> > > > > >your anger at the injustice of it all works against you.
> > Prosecutors
> > > > > >paint a picture of you as a mean, vengeful man. It doesn't take
> > long
> > > for
> > > > > >the jury to convict you of all charges.
> > > > > >The judge sentences you to life in prison.
> > > > > >This case really happened. On August 22, 1999, Tony Martin of
> > > > > >Emneth,Norfolk,England, killed one burglar and wounded a second.
> > In
> > > > > >April, 2000, he was convicted and is now serving a life term.
> > > > > >How did it become a crime to defend one's own life in the
> > once-great
> > > > > >British Empire? It started with the Pistols Act of 1903. This
> > > seemingly
> > > > > >reasonable law forbade selling pistols to minors or felons and
> > > > established
> > > > > >that handgun sales were to be made only to those who had a
license.
> > > > > >The Firearms Act of 1920 expanded licensing to include not
> > > > > >only handguns but all firearms except shotguns. Later laws passed
> > in
> > > > > >1953 and 1967 outlawed the carrying of any weapon by private
> > > citizens
> > > and
> > > > > >mandated the registration of all shotguns.
> > > > > >Momentum for total handgun confiscation began in earnest after
the
> > > > > >Hungerford mass shooting in 1987. Michael Ryan, a mentally
> > > disturbed
> > > > > >man with a Kalashnikov rifle, walked down the streets shooting
> > > > > >everyone he saw. When the smoke cleared, 17 people were dead.
The
> > > > > >British public, already de-sensitized by eighty years of "gun
> > > control",
> > > > > >demanded even tougher restrictions. (The seizure of all privately
> > > > > >owned handguns was the objective even though Ryan used a rifle.)
> > > > > >Nine years later, at Dunblane, Scotland, Thomas Hamilton used a
> > > > > >semi-automatic weapon to murder 16 children and a teacher at a
> > > public
> > > > > >school. For many years, the media had portrayed all gun owners
as
> > > > > >mentally unstable, or worse, criminals. Now the press had a real
> > > kook
> > > > > >with which to beat up law-abiding gun owners. Day after day,
> > > weekafter
> > > > > >week, the media gave up all pretense of objectivity and demanded
a
> > > > > >total ban on all handguns. The Dunblane Inquiry, a few months
> > later,
> > > > sealed
> > > > > >the fate of the few sidearms still owned by private citizens.
> > > > > >During the years in which the British government incrementally
took
> > > > > >away most gun rights, the notion that a citizen had the right to
> > > armed
> > > > > >self-defense came to be seen as vigilantism. Authorities refused
> > to
> > > > > >grant gun licenses to people who were threatened, claiming that
> > > > > >self-defense was no longer considered a reason to own a gun.
> > > Citizens
> > > > who
> > > > > shot
> > > > > >burglars or robbers or rapists were charged while the real
> > criminals
> > > were
> > > > > >released.
> > > > > >Indeed, after the Martin shooting, a police spokesman was quoted
as
> > > > > >saying, "We cannot have people take the law into their own
hands."
> > > > > >All of Martin's neighbors had been robbed numerous times, and
> > > several
> > > > > >elderly people were severely injured in beatings by young thugs
who
> > > had
> > > > no
> > > > > >fear of the consequences. Martin himself, a collector of
antiques,
> > > had
> > > > seen
> > > > > >most of his collection trashed or stolen by burglars. When the
> > > Dunblane
> > > > > >Inquiry ended, citizens who owned handguns were given three
months
> > > to
> > > > > >turn them over to local authorities. Being good British subjects,
> > > most
> > > > > >people obeyed the law. The few who didn't were visited by police
> > and
> > > > > >threatened with ten-year prison sentences if they didn't comply.
> > > Police
> > > > > >later bragged that they'd taken nearly 200,000 handguns from
> > private
> > > > > citizens.
> > > > > >How did the authorities know who had handguns? The guns had been
> > > > > >registered and licensed. Kinda like cars. Sound familiar?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >WAKE UP AMERICA, THIS IS WHY OUR FOUNDING FATHERS PUT THE SECOND
> > > > AMENDMENT
> > > > > IN OUR
> > > > > CONSTITUTION.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >"..it does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an
irate,
> > > > > >tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.."
> > > > > >--Samuel Adams
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
>
Hey whats wrong with registration our great leader the NRA supports passing registration
(background checks LOL) between private individuals to make sure their not 'criminals.
Ya know like the criminals well all be when they ban guns.
And that they will then have an easier time finding because we allowed them to screen our rights??
priviledges in Lapierre's mind.
YOu disagree?TRy getting the NRA to pring that they did not support passing the bill requiring individuals to go through the nics check and register their guns on form 4473
at gunshows???
I double dare ya.
www.gunowners.org www.saf.org www.ccops.org
------------------
"those who sacrifice
liberty for security deserve neither"
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >Where We're Headed
> > > > > >
> > > > > >By Robert A. Waters - 06.23.00 Robert A. Waters
> > > > > >
> > > > > >You're sound asleep when you hear a thump outside your bedroom
> > door.
> > > > > >Half-awake, and nearly paralyzed with fear, you hear muffled
> > > whispers.
> > > > > >At least two people have broken into your house and are moving
your
> > > way.
> > > > > >With your heart pumping, you reach down beside your bed and pick
up
> > > > > >your shotgun.
> > > > > >You rack a shell into the chamber, then inch toward the door and
> > > open
> > > it.
> > > > > >In the darkness, you make out two shadows. One holds a weapon-it
> > > > > >looks like a crowbar. When the intruder brandishes it as if to
> > > strike,
> > > > > >you raise the shotgun and fire. The blast knocks both thugs to
the
> > > floor.
> > > > > >One writhes and screams while the second man crawls to the front
> > > door
> > > and
> > > > > >lurches outside.
> > > > > >As you pick up the telephone to call police, you know you're in
> > > trouble.
> > > > > >In your country, most guns were outlawed years before, and the
few
> > > > > >that are privately owned are so stringently regulated as to make
> > > them
> > > > > >useless. Yours was never registered.
> > > > > >Police arrive and inform you that the second burglar has died.
> > > > > >They arrest you for First Degree Murder and Illegal Possession of
a
> > > > > >Firearm. When you talk to your attorney, he tells you not to
> > worry:
> > > > > >authorities will probably plea the case down to manslaughter.
> > > > > >"What kind of sentence will I get?" you ask.
> > > > > >"Only ten-to-twelve years," he replies, as if that's nothing.
> > > > > >"Behave yourself, and you'll be out in seven."
> > > > > >The next day, the shooting is the lead story in the local
> > newspaper.
> > > > > >Somehow, you're portrayed as an eccentric vigilante while the two
> > > men
> > > > > >you shot are represented as choir boys. Their friends and
relatives
> > > > > >can't find an unkind word to say about them. Buried deep down in
> > > > > >the article, authorities acknowledge that both "victims" have
been
> > > > > >arrested numerous times.
> > > > > >But the next day's headline says it all: "Lovable Rogue Son
Didn't
> > > > Deserve
> > > > > >to Die."
> > > > > >The thieves have been transformed from career criminals into
Robin
> > > > > >Hood-type pranksters. As the days wear on, the story takes
wings.
> > > The
> > > > > >national media picks it up, then the international media. The
> > > surviving
> > > > > >burglar has become a folkhero. Your attorney says the thief is
> > > preparing
> > > > > >to sue you, and he'll probably win. The media publishes reports
> > > that
> > > > your
> > > > > >home has been burglarized several times in the past and that
you've
> > > > > >been critical of local police for their lack of effort in
> > > apprehending
> > > > the
> > > > > >suspects. After the last break-in, you told your neighbor that
you
> > > would
> > > > > >be prepared next time. The District Attorney uses this to allege
> > > that
> > > > > >you were lying in wait for the burglars.
> > > > > >A few months later, you go to trial. The charges haven't been
> > > reduced,
> > > > > >as your lawyer had so confidently predicted. When you take the
> > > stand,
> > > > > >your anger at the injustice of it all works against you.
> > Prosecutors
> > > > > >paint a picture of you as a mean, vengeful man. It doesn't take
> > long
> > > for
> > > > > >the jury to convict you of all charges.
> > > > > >The judge sentences you to life in prison.
> > > > > >This case really happened. On August 22, 1999, Tony Martin of
> > > > > >Emneth,Norfolk,England, killed one burglar and wounded a second.
> > In
> > > > > >April, 2000, he was convicted and is now serving a life term.
> > > > > >How did it become a crime to defend one's own life in the
> > once-great
> > > > > >British Empire? It started with the Pistols Act of 1903. This
> > > seemingly
> > > > > >reasonable law forbade selling pistols to minors or felons and
> > > > established
> > > > > >that handgun sales were to be made only to those who had a
license.
> > > > > >The Firearms Act of 1920 expanded licensing to include not
> > > > > >only handguns but all firearms except shotguns. Later laws passed
> > in
> > > > > >1953 and 1967 outlawed the carrying of any weapon by private
> > > citizens
> > > and
> > > > > >mandated the registration of all shotguns.
> > > > > >Momentum for total handgun confiscation began in earnest after
the
> > > > > >Hungerford mass shooting in 1987. Michael Ryan, a mentally
> > > disturbed
> > > > > >man with a Kalashnikov rifle, walked down the streets shooting
> > > > > >everyone he saw. When the smoke cleared, 17 people were dead.
The
> > > > > >British public, already de-sensitized by eighty years of "gun
> > > control",
> > > > > >demanded even tougher restrictions. (The seizure of all privately
> > > > > >owned handguns was the objective even though Ryan used a rifle.)
> > > > > >Nine years later, at Dunblane, Scotland, Thomas Hamilton used a
> > > > > >semi-automatic weapon to murder 16 children and a teacher at a
> > > public
> > > > > >school. For many years, the media had portrayed all gun owners
as
> > > > > >mentally unstable, or worse, criminals. Now the press had a real
> > > kook
> > > > > >with which to beat up law-abiding gun owners. Day after day,
> > > weekafter
> > > > > >week, the media gave up all pretense of objectivity and demanded
a
> > > > > >total ban on all handguns. The Dunblane Inquiry, a few months
> > later,
> > > > sealed
> > > > > >the fate of the few sidearms still owned by private citizens.
> > > > > >During the years in which the British government incrementally
took
> > > > > >away most gun rights, the notion that a citizen had the right to
> > > armed
> > > > > >self-defense came to be seen as vigilantism. Authorities refused
> > to
> > > > > >grant gun licenses to people who were threatened, claiming that
> > > > > >self-defense was no longer considered a reason to own a gun.
> > > Citizens
> > > > who
> > > > > shot
> > > > > >burglars or robbers or rapists were charged while the real
> > criminals
> > > were
> > > > > >released.
> > > > > >Indeed, after the Martin shooting, a police spokesman was quoted
as
> > > > > >saying, "We cannot have people take the law into their own
hands."
> > > > > >All of Martin's neighbors had been robbed numerous times, and
> > > several
> > > > > >elderly people were severely injured in beatings by young thugs
who
> > > had
> > > > no
> > > > > >fear of the consequences. Martin himself, a collector of
antiques,
> > > had
> > > > seen
> > > > > >most of his collection trashed or stolen by burglars. When the
> > > Dunblane
> > > > > >Inquiry ended, citizens who owned handguns were given three
months
> > > to
> > > > > >turn them over to local authorities. Being good British subjects,
> > > most
> > > > > >people obeyed the law. The few who didn't were visited by police
> > and
> > > > > >threatened with ten-year prison sentences if they didn't comply.
> > > Police
> > > > > >later bragged that they'd taken nearly 200,000 handguns from
> > private
> > > > > citizens.
> > > > > >How did the authorities know who had handguns? The guns had been
> > > > > >registered and licensed. Kinda like cars. Sound familiar?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >WAKE UP AMERICA, THIS IS WHY OUR FOUNDING FATHERS PUT THE SECOND
> > > > AMENDMENT
> > > > > IN OUR
> > > > > CONSTITUTION.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >"..it does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an
irate,
> > > > > >tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.."
> > > > > >--Samuel Adams
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
>
Hey whats wrong with registration our great leader the NRA supports passing registration
(background checks LOL) between private individuals to make sure their not 'criminals.
Ya know like the criminals well all be when they ban guns.
And that they will then have an easier time finding because we allowed them to screen our rights??
priviledges in Lapierre's mind.
YOu disagree?TRy getting the NRA to pring that they did not support passing the bill requiring individuals to go through the nics check and register their guns on form 4473
at gunshows???
I double dare ya.
www.gunowners.org www.saf.org www.ccops.org
------------------
"those who sacrifice
liberty for security deserve neither"