"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton | |
"We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldnt make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan | |
"A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 | |
It’s more than a human right, its a Fundamental CIVIL Right. I want a President that will work to bring Federal Code into compliance with the US Constitution. Why is that so difficult for these people who are running for President???
Humans are born with the natural right to be free, to be armed, and to speak their mind, to hold contrary opinions, to resist tyranny, to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Suck it, gun grabbers.
This is why I supported Newt in the primary. He has political savy and wit that Mitt and the establishment do not.
In the interest of ‘full disclosure’, Newt isn’t consistent about the 2nd amendment either.
From the Gun Owners of America:
Gun Owners of America: Newt Aint Great on 2nd Amendment Rights, Broke His Promise to America
Prior to the Republican Revolution of 1994, Rep. Newt Gingrich of Georgia had earned an A rating with Gun Owners of America. But that all changed in 1995, after Republicans were swept to power and Gingrich became Speaker of the House.
The Republicans gained the majority, thanks in large part to gun owners outraged by the Clinton gun ban. And upon taking the reins of the House, Speaker Gingrich said famously that, As long as I am Speaker of this House, no gun control legislation is going to move in committee or on the floor of this House and there will be no further erosion of their rights.
His promise didnt hold up, however, and his GOA rating quickly dropped to well below the C-level. In 1996, the Republican-led Congress passed the gun free school zones act, creating criminal safe zones like Virginia Tech, where the only person armed was a murderous criminal. Speaker Newt Gingrich voted for the bill containing this ban.[1]
The same bill also contained the now infamous Lautenberg gun ban, which lowered the threshold for losing ones Second Amendment rights to a mere misdemeanor.[2] Gun owners could, as a result of this ban, lose their gun rights forever for non-violent shouting matches that occurred in the home and, in many cases, lose their rights without a jury trial.
While a legislator might sometimes vote for a spending bill which contains objectionable amendments, that was clearly NOT the case with Newt Gingrich in 1996. Speaking on Meet the Press in September of that year, Speaker Gingrich said the Lautenberg gun ban was a very reasonable position.[3] He even refused to cosponsor a repeal of the gun ban during the next Congress despite repeated requests to do so.[4]
Also in 1996, Speaker Gingrich cast his vote for an anti-gun terror bill which contained several harmful provisions. For example, one of the versions he supported (in March of that year) contained a DeLauro amendment that would have severely punished gun owners for possessing a laser sighting device while committing an infraction as minor as speeding on a federal reservation.[5] (Not only would this provision have stigmatized laser sights, it would have served as a first step to banning these items.) Another extremely harmful provision was the Schumer amendment to centralize Federal, State and Local police.[6]
Final passage of H.R. 3610, Sept. 28, 1996 at: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/1996/roll455.xml .
Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) warned his colleagues about the hidden dangers in H.R. 3610, and in regard to the Kohl ban, noted that it would prohibit most persons from carrying unloaded firearms in their automobiles.
See Gingrichs vote at: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/1996/roll455.xml .
[3] Associated Press, Gingrich Favors Handgun Ban for Domestic Abuse Convicts, Deseret News, Sept. 16, 1996. The full quote reveals how much Speaker Gingrich had adopted the anti-gunners line of thinking: Im very much in favor of stopping people who engage in violence against their spouses from having guns, the Georgia Republican said Sunday on NBCs Meet the Press. I think thats a very reasonable position.
I would argue that Self Defense is a human right, and that the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is the best way to achieve it, but same difference.