Before we get too comfy, though, there are still plenty of useful idiots to deal with. How about going over the to poll linked on THIS THREAD and lending a hand. The Marxists are running amok over there!
Posted on 06/05/2002 3:19:14 PM PDT by Dave S
American Voters Overwhelmingly Agree with Justice Department: Individuals Have Right to Bear Arms
A wide majority of American voters (75%) agree with the Justice Department’s position that the Second Amendment guarantees the right of individuals to keep and bear arms. Just over a fifth (22%) disagree with the Justice Department, while 4% are unsure.
This result follows a Supreme Court brief filed in early May in which the Justice Department stated its interpretation of the Second Amendment that individuals have the right to bear arms. Since 1973, the department has argued that the Second Amendment protects only gun ownership by state militias, not individuals.
Zogby International interviewed 1,015 likely voters chosen at random nationwide on behalf of the Second Amendment Foundation, an educational and legal defense organization that works to protect the civil rights of firearms owners. All calls were made from Zogby International headquarters in Utica, New York, from Tuesday, May 28 to Thursday, May 30, 2002. The survey has a margin of sampling error of +/- 3.2%.
Republicans (84%) were most likely to agree with the Justice Department’s position. Residents of the South and the Central/ Great Lakes, and West (79% average) as well as respondents 18-24 years old (82%) were also more likely to agree. Majorities of Democrats (65%), Easterners (60%), respondents earning $75,000+ annually (70%) and those 65 years or older (65%) also agreed with the Justice Department.
“Even among Democrats, senior citizens and the middle class, large majorities do not accept the so-called ‘collective right’ theory promoted by the most ardent gun grabbers,” says Alan Gottlieb, founderof the Second Amendment Foundation. “This poll indicates that anti-gunners are not even in-step with their traditional core groups.”
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"So, The Bee likens Ashcroft to a 'Middle Eastern ayatollah issuing a fatwa'. Seems The Bee just can't get enough of trashing our country's attorney general.
This particular editorial criticized Ashcroft for his department's stand on the gun issue; namely, that gun ownership is an individual's right as opposed to the rights of militias.
I for one am grateful for Ashcroft's position on the gun issue. It's about my Second Amendment right to defend myself and my family - especially in light of Sept. 11.
If The Bee can put me in touch with a Sacramento-based, armed citizens militia group, maybe I'll change my tune. Otherwise, get off Ashcroft's case and stop trying to take away our guns."
Saundra Duffy, Sacramento
The Constitution gives no rights, it only guarantees from oppression, the rights that you and I were born with. As for the militia, my friend, "WE THE PEOPLE" are the militia.
Before we get too comfy, though, there are still plenty of useful idiots to deal with. How about going over the to poll linked on THIS THREAD and lending a hand. The Marxists are running amok over there!
Your son is a smart guy. $:-)
Raising him right!
AR-15's, Uzi's, H&K's, and many of the Chineese "assault" type weapons are perfectly legal in this country although not as inexpensive as your squirrel gun. There are tens of thousands of these weapons in the US.
While I'm NOT advocating any action, use of these weapons against our own government in an urban situation would be difficult to control. Its doubtful that any administration would want to leash helicoptor gunships or jets on urban areas that may or may not contain hostiles. Remember how much grief, the city of Philadelphia got for years over burning out a city block in an attack on some extremists.
As to the military machine, physical or metaphorical, a rifle might not hurt the hardware, but it will hurt the internal guidance system (if you can get to it).
Of course, I expect that *some* of it might be due to the fact that kids will do almost anything to NOT be like their parents, so the MMMorons have smart kids who will get training and firearms as soon as it's possible. ;o)
Hey, we can hope!
I have, for instance, been trying for months now to get the wording of polls touted by the Ceasefire NH talking head, and he has quit even trying to deflect me, and is now ignoring me. Ha! It's kind of cool ... this is playing out in the Community Comments in our local papers, by the way.
I've yet to find one who can justify it, if they even understand what I am talking about.
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