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"It is both illogical and inconsistent for a government to say people have a right to life and a right to self-defense but no right to own the tools necessary to defend their lives.

It is illogical for a government that says its police have no obligation to provide individual protection to deny people the means to protect themselves.

It is immoral for a government that repeatedly releases predators to prey on people to tell those victims they cannot have a weapon for self-defense. It’s stupid for a government that can’t control criminals, drugs or illegal immigrants to claim it can take guns away from criminals only if honest folks will give up theirs." -- Charley Reese (1937-2013) American syndicated columnist Orlando Sentinel,...H/T American Digest ......

1 posted on 07/27/2014 7:17:27 AM PDT by virgil283
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To: virgil283

Government fears the people...LIBERTY. People fear the government...TYRANNY!!!!


2 posted on 07/27/2014 7:33:40 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: virgil283

It reminds me of the last scene in “First Blood” where Rambo was saying basically the same thing. All that experience and he couldn’t even get a job in a car wash.


3 posted on 07/27/2014 7:38:06 AM PDT by SkyDancer (If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed. If you do read the newspaper you are misinformed)
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