George Rebane
The Supreme Court is hearing a landmark gun rights case (here). I have lived when and where citizens were denied the right to bear arms – it was not a good time or place for humanity. Therefore, I have little patience for people espousing restrictive gun control theories. A measure of a person’s civilized behavior is when he can harm you yet he will not, and not his behavior when he has been constrained to harm no one, not even in the defense of family or self. Throughout history, and especially in the twentieth century, the state has been and remains the greatest killer of its own people. Our founders knew this, many of our recent leaders do not.
• The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.
• “Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not.” ~Thomas Jefferson
• “Those who trade liberty for security have neither.” ~John Adams
• Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.
• An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.
• Gun control is not about guns; it’s about control.
• Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them.
• Know guns, know peace, know safety. No guns, no peace, no safety.
• You don’t shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.
• Assault is a behavior, not a device.
• The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others.
• Guns have only two enemies; rust and politicians.
• When you remove the people’s right to bear arms, you create slaves.
• You only have the rights you are willing to fight for.
• What part of ‘shall not be infringed’ do you NOT understand?
• The United States Constitution (c) 1791. All Rights Reserved.
[For the record – I am a lifelong NRA member, a member of the Nevada County Sportsmen’s Club, a former combat arms officer (US Army), avid shooter, and gun owner. I support the concept of par force and extending our firearm laws to include those of Switzerland. H/T to an RR reader who sent some of the above material that I have edited for this post.]
[11mar2010 update] Thanks to RR reader Anna Emery (see comments) we can now see the video that I originally wanted to include with this post.
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