This will be the TENTH Presidential election in which I have been eligible to vote. Permit me an observation. To the best of my knowledge:
Not one President, not one Congress has reversed the increasing tyranny
of gun control. Not once!
Not the Democrats. Not the Republicans.
Our so-called two party system is, in fact, a one-party system with two
“wings”. Their gun control disagreements only concern the methods used to
achieve civilian disarmament - the effective (and near-total) disarming of all
Americans.
Obviously Gore is the radical and Bush is more tentative. We all agree Gore
hopes to be even more of a tyrant than his mentor, Bill Clinton.
However, we disagree on Bush being our gun rights Savior.
Gov. Bush achieved the registration of most handgun owners by offering
them “permission” to carry handguns. We leaped at this Constitutional
infringement to lessen the risk of individual punishment for exercising our
Natural or God-given Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
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Answer some rather difficult questions for me.
1) Do the Republicans and Democrats work more for themselves and each
other than for the American people?
- Government is becoming increasingly self-serving. It is so huge and
burdensome that even our officials can not keep track of what they
supposedly are enforcing.
- Remember a few months ago a Democrat (Bradley) and a Republican
(McCain) were helping each other with campaign funds? Does that sound like
“competition between two parties” or cooperation between political allies?
- It’s the government against the Constitution - and the Constitution is
losing.
2) Will the Republicans and Democrats lead us down the “slippery slope” to
increased control by the government over American citizens?
Exercise #1:
- List increased government controls implemented during the last fifty years.
- Now list freedoms increased by our government during the last fifty years.
- Compare the lists.
--- Which list is longer?
--- If you have anything on the freedom list, share it with us.
Exercise #2
- Compare the sheer volume of current laws (and regulations, edicts,
Executive Orders, etc. with the power of law) with the comparable volume of
1950. Which volume is greater?
- Show me how our freedoms have been increased. Show me!
3) If we continue to do what we have always done, can we expect change?
- If we vote for the current government (with its two wings), does that show
our disagreement or support for their increasing burden upon us? Obviously
it shows our support.
4) A vote for anyone other than Bush is a vote for Gore! This argument is
the valid as saying, “Guns cause crime” and “Rosie’s spoon makes her fat!”
Candidate A = 0 votes
Candidate B = 0 votes
Candidate C = 0 votes
If one vote is cast for one candidate, only ONE vote appears on the above
list! If you vote for C,
Candidate A still = 0 votes
Candidate B still = 0 votes
Candidate C now has 1 vote; A still has none!
Only if A stands alone in his philosophy does he gain from the division of
power between B and C.
And in *this* case, A (Gore) and B (Bush) are both gun control advocates.
A vote for A or B is a vote for gun control.
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5) Republicans say, “ ... the REALITY is a 2 party system.”
Wrong! On the gun control question we have a one-party system with the
same goals. They only disagree on timing and methods of gun control.
What part of “shall not be infringed” is so hard to understand?
6) Republicans say, “... (W)e can thank the third parties for 8 years of
Clinton!”
Wrong!
We can thank:
- ignorant people who don’t know the issues,
- people who truly believe in gun control,
- 80,000,000 gun owners who continue to vote for gun control, and
- other people who believe in Liberty but refuse to vote for it.
THAT is why Clinton was elected.
THAT is why third parties have no power.
THAT is why we will lose our RKBA.
We will lose our guns because we voted for gun control.
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Either you believe in the Second Amendment or you don't.
Stick it to 'em! RKBA!
[This message has been edited by Dennis (edited May 15, 2000).]
