What The Great Minds Have Said About Gun Control!
By Dave Gibson (06/20/04)
The framers of the constitution understood the necessity of American citizens to keep and bear arms. Unfortunately, our society has been infected by so many of those on the left, that many of us now believe that we should give up that right...Thus leaving ourselves, our homes, and even our loved-ones at the mercy of the criminals. You see, gun laws only affect the law-abiding.
We constantly hear about the importance of background checks being implemented by gun store owners. Criminals do not now, nor have they ever purchased their weapons in legitimate gun shops. It is cost prohibitive (Why would they pay several hundreds of dollars for a gun, when they can buy one on the street for a fraction of the price?), and it leaves a paper trail. However, those on the left choose to ignore this fact. Background checks and waiting periods do nothing, except put barriers between American citizens and their ability to defend themselves.
In most states, one needs a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Once again, the only people who observe this law are of course...The law-abiding, thus making this measure useless. Here in Virginia, legislators recently passed a bill which banned citizens from carrying concealed weapons into an establishment which serves alcohol. Even with a concealed-carry permit, it is a felony to enter a bar with a gun which is hidden from plain view...Another piece of legislation giving an upper hand to the criminals.
The idea of gun control is not a new one. Much has been said on the subject (even before guns were invented). The need to protect you and yours is as natural as breathing. Of course, as with all natural instincts...the left will try to legislate them away.
What follows is a small collection of what many of man's greatest minds have said on the subject:
Cicero :"Civilized people are taught by logic, barbarians, by necessity, communities by tradition; and the lesson inculcated even in wild beasts by nature itself. They learn that they have to defend their own bodies and persons lives from violence of any and every kind by all means within their power."
James Madison, while criticizing the governments of Europe: which "were afraid to trust the people with arms" and argued for "the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over almost every other nation."
Richard Henry Lee (a framer of the Bill of Rights): "To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
1960's civil rights leader Eldridge Cleaver, speaking about the Gun Control Act of 1968: Some very interesting laws are being passed. They don't name me; they don't say take the guns away from the niggers. They say that the people will no longer be allowed to have guns. They don't pass these rules and regulations specifically for black people; they have to pass them in a way that will take in everybody."
Even Jesus weighed in on the subject, in the Book of Luke: When I sent you out barefoot without purse or pack, were you ever short of anything?...It is different now, whoever has a purse had better take it with him, and his pack too; and if he has no sword, let him sell his cloak to buy one."
Since people have had the opportunity as well as the need to arm themselves, there have been those attempting to rob them of this right. It was true in Stalin's Soviet Union and it was true in Hitler's Germany. In 1938, the Nazis enacted a gun-control act, which robbed Jews, among others of the right to defend themselves.
The Japanese leader Tojo once said that the reason Japan never invaded the mainland of the United States was because "there would be a rifle behind every blade of grass." American's right to keep and bear arms has served us well. It is also a well known fact that well armed citizens prevent crimes from occurring, and many of those armed citizens have sent thousands of violent criminals on their way to hell.
The fact is, the police cannot be everywhere at once. If you choose not to defend yourself or your family...that is your absurd decision and I wish you luck. However, for those of us who tend to pay attention to what the founders of this nation put forth...Keep your hands off of our guns! I will defend myself and my family, regardless of what Rosie O'Donnell or Diane Fienstein may say (Both of whom enjoy the luxury of armed bodyguards.)!
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