Guns. Guns conjure up many different notions to many different people. Let's look at some statements on guns:
"All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The communist party must command all the guns, that way, no guns can ever be used to command the party."
― Mao Tse Tung
”Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples’ liberty’s teeth.”
― George Washington
“You don't spread democracy with a barrel of a gun.”
― Helen Thomas
"God made all men, but Samuel Colt made all men equal."― Colt Manufacturing Company marketing slogan
"If I could have banned them all - 'Mr. and Mrs. America turn in your guns' - I would have!"― Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-CA
"I don't care if you want to hunt, I don't care if you think it's your right. I say 'Sorry.' it's 1999. We have had enough as a nation. You are not allowed to own a gun, and if you do own a gun I think you should go to prison."
― Rosie O'Donnell
"The guns and bombs, the rockets and the warships, all are symbols of human failure"― Lyndon Johnson
"Banning guns is an idea whose time has come."
― Joseph Biden
”By calling attention to ‘a well regulated militia,’ ‘the security of the nation,’ and the right of each citizen ‘to keep and bear arms,’ our founding fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy… The Second Amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic civilian-military relationships in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense of his country. For that reason I believe the Second Amendment will always be important.”
”By calling attention to ‘a well regulated militia,’ ‘the security of the nation,’ and the right of each citizen ‘to keep and bear arms,’ our founding fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy… The Second Amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic civilian-military relationships in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense of his country. For that reason I believe the Second Amendment will always be important.”
― John F. Kennedy
Newtown, CT. Aurora, CO. Columbine, CO. These cities have the specter of gun crimes and loss of innocent life. What happened in those cities is horrendous. What also happened there is an abberation and not the fault of guns. Guns don't kill people. Never have, never will. People kill people.
Where would we be without guns? The United States gained independence via the words of the Founding Fathers and the deeds of the Continental Army. The Second Amendment ensures that Americans will always be able to defend themselves from tyranny whether it be from home invaders, foreign invaders, or our own tyrannical government. The framers of the 2nd Amendment knew the people had to be well armed to repel tyranny. The 2nd Amendment does not state that citizens shouldn't be evenly match with the government. Those that owned muskets in 1791 were evenly matched with the government.
This is a rambling post but I don't care. I am afraid of the thought of United States citizens having equal firepower to the military. I am more afraid no citizens having equal firepower to the military.
Live free or die.
Newtown, CT. Aurora, CO. Columbine, CO. These cities have the specter of gun crimes and loss of innocent life. What happened in those cities is horrendous. What also happened there is an abberation and not the fault of guns. Guns don't kill people. Never have, never will. People kill people.
Where would we be without guns? The United States gained independence via the words of the Founding Fathers and the deeds of the Continental Army. The Second Amendment ensures that Americans will always be able to defend themselves from tyranny whether it be from home invaders, foreign invaders, or our own tyrannical government. The framers of the 2nd Amendment knew the people had to be well armed to repel tyranny. The 2nd Amendment does not state that citizens shouldn't be evenly match with the government. Those that owned muskets in 1791 were evenly matched with the government.
This is a rambling post but I don't care. I am afraid of the thought of United States citizens having equal firepower to the military. I am more afraid no citizens having equal firepower to the military.
Live free or die.
