Posted on 09/27/2010 5:16:24 AM PDT by marktwain
It was off to a roaring start, and it ended with more bang for the buck than one might imagine; the 25th annual Gun Rights Policy Conference generated excitement, lots of networking, an d a reminder and warning that the Second Amendment is not just about guns.
Sunday’s program opened with a presentation by the folks at Knife Rights, a fledgling group that is now doing battle with a prosecutor in New York over the Draconian knife rules he has imposed. The organization got full support from those attending GRPC, when its founder, Doug Ritter, told the audience, “It is our Second Amendment, too.”
Whatever else a knife is, he noted, it is an “arm” in the most basic sense, even though most people who regularly carry knives think of them as utilitarian tools. He’s got a point, no pun intended. Crack open any gun magazine, from the National Rifle Association’s American Hunter or American Rifleman to other publications including Combat Handguns, American Handgunner, Gun World (where my byline appears occasionally), Shooting Times and Guns & Ammo, and you will find advertisements for “tactical” knives, and sexy-looking folders that open with one hand.
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Yes, Virginia, knives and swords are arms too.
***Yes, Virginia, knives and swords are arms too.***
Guns, knives, swords, pikes, spears, arrows, clubs, slings, slingshots, brass knuckles, daggers, dirks, knobkerries, assagais, atlatls.
Technically one could also make a subfile of 2A weapons..Guns (palm pistols, cell phone pistols, beltbuckle pistols... zip guns, Phillipine slam fire shotguns, but that is pushing it.
If you can afford an aircraft carrier, you can own an aircraft carrier. The Constitution says so.
People who don't like this should use the Amendment clause and try to get the document changed -- but until that happens, it says what it says and it means what it says.
In TX, Bowie knives (of all things Texan), switchblades (and assisted opening knives), swords, and clubs are among the paraphernalia that are equated with automatic weapons and are considered “illegal”.
I think that Jim Bowie carrying that Bowie knife was the reason that Santa Anna invaded the Alamo.
Yes and so are grenades,RPG's and shoulder fired stinger missiles.
Private civilian Osama Bin Laden seeks to acquire, possess, transport and deploy suitcase nuclear devices.
Most people find it hard to believe,but our Militia would need the same capability in a post Armageddon world.
Best regards,
Crew costs and docking fees would be prohibitive for any no-Soros individual...
;^)
“From an American family addicted to self evident truth, logic and the American Way, Tribe Nugent salutes the efforts of Knife Rights, the citizens of Arizona and their great governor for eliminating nonsensical, illogical and downright stupid laws pertaining to sharp edged tools. All knives are good knives, all guns are good guns, just like all blow torches, chainsaws and woodchippers are good too. We pray the rest of America follows the return to common sense like Arizona is leading the way.” Ted Nugent
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