Repeal the Second amendment, Thats what one reporter calls for!
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Although he is indeed an idiot, I'm all for liberals calling for the repeal of the second. At least they're being honest and not trying to hide behind the fabricated national guard only BS. Talking about a repeal brings the debate of what the 2nd is really about to the forefront, and we'll put the unequivocal smack down on their asses when they try it. It wouldn't even begin to start to think about making it through 2/3 of Congress, let alone 3/4 of states. Most gun "control" legislation can't even muster a simple majority, let alone a repeal. But it will put the focus on the true meaning of the second. I'm all for a hearty debate on the repeal. I'm against wasting time debating the merits of prudential arguments in favor of "gun control". So freaking what? I don't care if it saves a billion lives. It can't be done (constitutionally, anyway) until you repeal the 2nd. Now as it happens, the prudential arguments are actually in our favor, the science shows, but this is utterly irrelevant to our second amendment rights. Bring on the repeal! I dare yas.
I hope they DO repeal the second amendment.... hell, I hope they just repeal the entire Bill of Rights! Rip it up, take down the flag, burn down the Capital. Millions of people would be rejoicing in the streets... and the world would be a better place...... THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT!!!....
I will still have a safe full of guns, a Bible on my table, a 1911 on the night stand, and OLE' GLORY flying in the front yard.... you want em.... COME GET EM... and get ready for HELL!!!!!
CJB
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I will still have a safe full of guns, a Bible on my table, a 1911 on the night stand, and OLE' GLORY flying in the front yard.... you want em.... COME GET EM... and get ready for HELL!!!!!
CJB
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mzanghetti
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Put my 2 cents worth into his ear! 
This reminds me of a time whilst overseas...
We were all required to attend a breifing by our wing commander (36 TFW - Bitburg, Germany).
The 'Old Man felt the need to rebrief us all on what our bases mission in NATO was. After the initial breakdown of how many times we might be able to hit Ivan with some Megatons, he widened the scope of his message.
He told us that nearly all European countries feared Americans, not just our military power, by us soldiers, and citizens. He'd learned from countless encounters with foreign dignitaries that they were afraid of how, and why, we thought the way we did.
You see, they were afraid of us because we weren't afraid to speak our minds, and use force when necessary. Because we had the right to have and use firearms in our day to day lives. They knew of the iron will of the American who was hell bent on a mission, they'd seen it once some years before. And they didn't want to experience that again.
They were afraid of us because we were independent thinkers, and challenged authority routinely. He wrapped up the discussion by saying that he felt they really were afraid of us because we had the cockiness of someone who had Freedom, and knew it!
Best Regards,
Don
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The most foolish mistake we could make would be to allow the subjected people to carry arms;
History shows that all conquerers who have allowed their subjected people to carry arms have prepared their own fall.
Adolf Hitler
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"Corrupt the young, get them away from religion. Get them interested in sex. Make them superficial, and destroy their rugged- ness.
Get control of all means of publicity, and thereby get the peoples' mind off their government by focusing their attention on athletics, sexy books and plays, and other trivialities.
Divide the people into hostile groups by constantly harping on controversial matters of no importance."
Vladimir Ilich Lenin, former leader of USSR
[This message has been edited by Donny (edited May 27, 2000).]
We were all required to attend a breifing by our wing commander (36 TFW - Bitburg, Germany).
The 'Old Man felt the need to rebrief us all on what our bases mission in NATO was. After the initial breakdown of how many times we might be able to hit Ivan with some Megatons, he widened the scope of his message.
He told us that nearly all European countries feared Americans, not just our military power, by us soldiers, and citizens. He'd learned from countless encounters with foreign dignitaries that they were afraid of how, and why, we thought the way we did.
You see, they were afraid of us because we weren't afraid to speak our minds, and use force when necessary. Because we had the right to have and use firearms in our day to day lives. They knew of the iron will of the American who was hell bent on a mission, they'd seen it once some years before. And they didn't want to experience that again.
They were afraid of us because we were independent thinkers, and challenged authority routinely. He wrapped up the discussion by saying that he felt they really were afraid of us because we had the cockiness of someone who had Freedom, and knew it!
Best Regards,
Don
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The most foolish mistake we could make would be to allow the subjected people to carry arms;
History shows that all conquerers who have allowed their subjected people to carry arms have prepared their own fall.
Adolf Hitler
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"Corrupt the young, get them away from religion. Get them interested in sex. Make them superficial, and destroy their rugged- ness.
Get control of all means of publicity, and thereby get the peoples' mind off their government by focusing their attention on athletics, sexy books and plays, and other trivialities.
Divide the people into hostile groups by constantly harping on controversial matters of no importance."
Vladimir Ilich Lenin, former leader of USSR
[This message has been edited by Donny (edited May 27, 2000).]
I dumped on him and the editor (you discredit the paper printing such nonsense), and he replied, "OK, did you read a recent piece in the Atlantic Monthly (or maybe Harpers) on the 2nd amendment? Where is the misinformation in my piece?".
As I mentioned elsewhere, "Was it Keats (or Byron) who said, "Let me count the ways."?
I sent him the URL posted by Skyhawk ( http://www.thefiringline.com:8080/forums/showthread.php?threadid=27142 ) as a partial rebuttal.
I couldn't find anything later than 1996 in either of the magazines he mentioned, but in any event, what the Hell does that have to do with it? Just because some info(?) was in those magazines doesn't make it holy writ.
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The New World Order has a Third Reich odor.
As I mentioned elsewhere, "Was it Keats (or Byron) who said, "Let me count the ways."?
I sent him the URL posted by Skyhawk ( http://www.thefiringline.com:8080/forums/showthread.php?threadid=27142 ) as a partial rebuttal.
I couldn't find anything later than 1996 in either of the magazines he mentioned, but in any event, what the Hell does that have to do with it? Just because some info(?) was in those magazines doesn't make it holy writ.
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The New World Order has a Third Reich odor.
Byron Quick
Staff In Memoriam
Sent this to the editor and to Mr. Castro:
Dear Sir,
I would like to take issue with several of Mr. Castro's points in his article, "Repeal the Second Amendment."
First, the NRA unrepentant after the Columbine shootings and other shootings? You bet we are. The two evil teenagers who
killed at Columbine broke a total of nineteen gun laws. But somehow just a few more "reasonable" laws would make the
difference. How? The NRA supports Bush? What of it? The NRA is composed of people like me, a registered nurse, and
millions of others -doctors, lawyers, certified public accountants, construction workers, and all others. Contrary to many
people's perceived image of the NRA member as a redneck, the NRA membership has the highest education as a group of any
non-professional organization in the country. In what way does our joining together to lobby our representatives offend Mr.
Castro? Also, check your legislative history, the NRA has supported many reasonable gun laws and compromised on many
others, often to the dismay of its rank and file. Then check out Handgun Control, Inc.'s legislative history. The present
legislative agenda of HCI and its ilk are the very things that fifteen years ago they said they would never try to get passed.
Today, they say they do not want the confiscation of firearms. They lied then and they are lying today.
If I've got all the muskets then I can monopolize the media any time I choose. So can the government. Such a frightening lack
of historical knowledge and knowledge of human nature in one who presumes to be a pundit.
To get to the core of his article, repeal one of the Bill of Rights? The Bill of Rights was not and is not a grant of rights by the
government to the people. It was and is an acknowledgement of rights held by Englishmen long before the Constitution was
ratified. My right to keep and bear arms is a derivative of my right to life. And like my right to life, it is not subject to
referendum, plebiscite, Congress, or the Supreme Court. It can be infringed only by a jury of my sovereign peers upon
charge of capital felony.
From my cold, dead hands, Mr. Castro.
Byron Quick
404 McIntosh Drive
Waynesboro, Georgia 30830
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Byron Quick
Dear Sir,
I would like to take issue with several of Mr. Castro's points in his article, "Repeal the Second Amendment."
First, the NRA unrepentant after the Columbine shootings and other shootings? You bet we are. The two evil teenagers who
killed at Columbine broke a total of nineteen gun laws. But somehow just a few more "reasonable" laws would make the
difference. How? The NRA supports Bush? What of it? The NRA is composed of people like me, a registered nurse, and
millions of others -doctors, lawyers, certified public accountants, construction workers, and all others. Contrary to many
people's perceived image of the NRA member as a redneck, the NRA membership has the highest education as a group of any
non-professional organization in the country. In what way does our joining together to lobby our representatives offend Mr.
Castro? Also, check your legislative history, the NRA has supported many reasonable gun laws and compromised on many
others, often to the dismay of its rank and file. Then check out Handgun Control, Inc.'s legislative history. The present
legislative agenda of HCI and its ilk are the very things that fifteen years ago they said they would never try to get passed.
Today, they say they do not want the confiscation of firearms. They lied then and they are lying today.
If I've got all the muskets then I can monopolize the media any time I choose. So can the government. Such a frightening lack
of historical knowledge and knowledge of human nature in one who presumes to be a pundit.
To get to the core of his article, repeal one of the Bill of Rights? The Bill of Rights was not and is not a grant of rights by the
government to the people. It was and is an acknowledgement of rights held by Englishmen long before the Constitution was
ratified. My right to keep and bear arms is a derivative of my right to life. And like my right to life, it is not subject to
referendum, plebiscite, Congress, or the Supreme Court. It can be infringed only by a jury of my sovereign peers upon
charge of capital felony.
From my cold, dead hands, Mr. Castro.
Byron Quick
404 McIntosh Drive
Waynesboro, Georgia 30830
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Byron Quick