Posted on 05/13/2003 9:35:13 PM PDT by DocFarmer
"Assault Weapons Is a Redundant Term"
Posted by Doc Farmer Wednesday, May 14, 2003
President George W. Bush president@whitehouse.gov The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D.C.
May 14, 2003
Dear Mr. President,
First of all, I want to thank you for your service to our nation in these perilous times. You've been an effective leader, an inspiration to America, and a friend to the Military.
However, with great respect, I must disagree with you on your support of the renewal of the "Assault" weapons ban.
The ban itself is unconstitutional, sir. It violates the second amendment. The key term here is ''shall not be infringed.'' It would also violate the spirit of the fourth amendment, which provides ''the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures'' of an item already guaranteed to be protected under the second amendment. It can also be argued that the ninth amendment may come into play here, sir, in that although the second amendment doesn't specifically denote assault weapons, that lack does not deny or disparage the right of people to own them. From a historical perspective, during the Revolutionary War, the long musket could indeed be viewed as an assault weapon.
Besides, "assault" weapons is a redundant term. If you're using a gun, it's assaulting something. Your ears, if you're in a closed room. The paper target at the end of the range. The felon who's trying to harm you and your family.
"Assault" weapons legislation is a bit vague anyway, don't you think? It covers semi-automatics, and guns that ''look'' mean. That's a rather subjective term, though. Does that mean, by extension, that I can be arrested for ''looking at you in a funny way''?
A little aside for you to illustrate. Some years back, my mom got a nice Christmas present from Dad--a Beretta 9mm. Dad has always been a hopeless romantic, don'tchaknow. Mom's only problem: the grips only came in black and white. She wanted grips in her favorite color--lilac.
Mom was trying to color-coordinate her choice of firearm!
Now, she had to settle with white. But had she chosen black, that might have ''looked mean.'' (If she'd gotten lilac, it would have ''looked embarrassing,'' but that's another story.) And since Berettas are nominally semi-automatic, it might be viewed or categorized as an assault weapon.
My point is that all weapons look threatening in some form or other. That's kind of the point, isn't it? If Mom points a lilac 9mm at a bad guy, he wouldn't be as intimidated. Quite frankly, he'd probably be laughing too hard to be intimidated.
The anti-gun nuts (see also: lib/dem/soc/commies) have been lying to the American people about the threat of "assault" weapons, Mr. President. The only threat is when they're in the hands of the bad guys. This law doesn't stop that. No law or laws would. Crooks aren't going to worry about obeying the law. They spend their time making sure they break the law. That's sort of the short definition of ''crook,'' after all. But the law does keep these firearms out of the hands of the law-abiding. They have every right to own them. For sport, for hunting, for personal protection. The government has no right to infringe on their lawful ownership of these weapons.
There is a thin edge of the wedge situation here, sir. Look at England. Year after year, they kept eroding the right of their citizens to keep and bear arms. Now, they're virtually banned.
And their crime rate is higher in London than in New York.
Just so you know, I don't own a gun. Nor do I belong to the National Rifle Association. But should the day come that I decide to, I'd like the constitution, and the laws governed by that constitution, to at least offer me the choice.
Please, Mr. President, rethink your position on the support of the renewal of the Assault Weapons Ban. It does not warrant extension. It does not warrant permanent implementation. The Assault Weapons Ban should be defeated forthwith.
Many thanks,
Doc Farmer Doha, Qatar
(Excerpt) Read more at chronwatch.com ...
Let's all start calling them what they really are:
Homeland Defense Weapons!
"Assault Weapon" is just a PC term to imply a danger that does not exist.
Awwwwwwwww SHUCKS! You beat me to it!
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