Posted on 01/30/2007 8:47:27 AM PST by kiriath_jearim
It hasn’t always been easy being a Democrat, even though we recently have been able to elect several very Pro-gun Democrats here in Ohio. Before 1994, we Democrats stood proud of the leaders we helped to elect, but something happened to my party, and I WANT IT BACK! For a short while, I even considered changing my party affiliation, but after enduring several years of Ohio's Governor Taft and Senators DeWine and Voinovich, I think the Republicans need to take their party back as well.
When my party’s leaders took back control of our federal government, they told me they have a plan to keep it. I know they have a plan because they told me so every day by e-mail, radio, and television. They have polls designed to tell me they’re on the right track, and we all know polls always reveal the truth. The truth is… I'm tired! I'm tired of hanging my head in shame. I want my party back!
It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to share a story from my party with others and still keep a straight face, especially when I read things like this Democrat position paper, but if my beloved country is going to be passed down to my children as it has been to me, remaining silent any longer isn't an option. I want my party back!
I want my party to start working for me, a gun owner, again. If it takes writing responses to people like the above author, I’ll do it. Maybe if enough people in their party start writing, we can all have our parties back, no matter what party we claim.
I am a lifelong registered Democrat who has voted in every election since 1968. I will always be a registered Democrat, in spite of my party’s lack of knowledge concerning the Second Amendment because I believe in most of their positions. However, until my party gets its head out of an unmentionable orifice, I will continue to vote against my party.
I know very few Democrats who support the vision of our party when it comes to firearms, and whenever I do cross paths with a Democrat who does, their opinion soon changes when I engage them in constructive dialogue about gun control.
Misleading polls with vague questions no longer work when the truth is so easy to find by visiting congressional websites that have our candidates’ voting record, and from the article prompting this response, the author is promoting more of the same.
There is no gun show loophole; licensed dealers are still required to conduct business the same as they do in their storefront. Private sales are not illegal, and never should be. Assault rifles have been heavily regulated since 1934, and since that date, the only homicide on record with a legally possessed assault rifle was committed by a Dayton, Ohio police officer.
None of us want guns in the hands of a criminal, but they will always be available no matter what new law either party dreams of passing. Demonizing a firearm just because it looks scary does nothing to disarm a criminal; it only serves to defeat my party at the polls.
[Mr. Jeffries is a member in good standing with Ohioans For Concealed Carry.]
Dear Ohioans-for-Concealed-Carry,
Go shoot yourselves in the butt.
Hugs & Kisses,
H!
BINGO!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I'll buy that ...
Really? Most of their positions? The only way they can truly maintain most of their positions (bloated federal government ruling via centralized control) is to assure YOU don't have a gun. Wake up to the positions your party really represents and stop pandering to your feelings with feel-good platitudes.
Is this the same Terry Jeffries who writes for Human Events?
Reminds of the bumper sticker that used to make the rounds in Little Dixie. It said:
"I am pro-life, I own a gun, I vote Democrat"
I always wanted to add a line that said, "I am stoopid."
That's enough said right there. No need to go any further. I've never been able to understand how anyone with a rational mind could be a Democrat. Maybe 50 years ago if I really wanted to be charitble but not now. You have to have some deficiency or feebleness somewhere.
Can't take back party voters need to elect people with spine and brains.
We also need to be people with a spine and brains. We as a populous are way to easy to avoid conflict and way to afraid / lazy to act when the situation requires it
The writer should switch parties and help take back the Rs. The Democrats are a lost cause.
Democrat = Communist.
"The Democrats are a lost cause."
I believe that is so. They have slid off the edge.
They'll NEVER get thier party back, they lost "their" party in the 60's, it's time to wake up, while the Republicans are no panacea, it's the only choice we have in a 2 party system, the fight is only to bring republicans away from parroting the left and acting with common sense. If all of the Republican congressman and senators were replaced with Republican plumbers, electricians and landscapers we would be MUCH better off.
Dear Mr. Jeffries,
Were you alseep under a rock? Did you just wake from a coma? Or are you just stupid?
I do believe it is WAY beyond time for patriotic Americans to "man" up. Do NOT be polite and especially do NOT back down to LIBERALS or any other America hating person. These people wish for our country to be defeated. That should make them the enemy in any true Americans eye ... and should be treated as such. These are NOT people who simply have a differing viewpoint. Those with a different viewpoint don't wish for Ameica's downfall.
I have no idea why any gun owner would be a Democrat these days. I sure hope the author isn't holding his breath waiting for the Democrats to work for him.
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