[jsalcedo]

What modern US politician has done the most for 2nd Amendment rights?

Governors, representatives, senators, president, vice president, judges..

Any nominations on who was or is the strongest on gun rights?

I talked to the NRA and they told me they can't give me the graded score card anymore due the new campaign finance laws......


I'm thinking Ron Paul (R) Texas off the top of my head.

[Jim March]

I could make a good case for Suzanna Gratia-Hupp.

[jsalcedo]

Good one!


Suzanna Gratia-Hupp is recognized worldwide as one of the leading advocates for an individual's right to carry a concealed weapon. In 1991, after leaving her gun in her car in order to comply with the law, Suzanna watched helplessly as both her parents, along with 21 others were gunned down in a mass shooting at a local restaurant. As a survivor of this tragedy, her impassioned calls for the right of citizens to self-defense have thrust her into the national debate on the right to keep and bear arms. Since the Killeen massacre, she has testified numerous times across the country for the restoration of the Second Amendment. She has been quoted in US News and World Report, the Wall Street Journal, Time magazine, Texas Monthly, People, and many others. Suzanna's tireless efforts in this arena were recently recognized when she was awarded the Sybil Ludington Women's Freedom Award by the National Rifle Association.

[Standing Wolf]

I could make a good case for Suzanna Gratia-Hupp.

If that's a motion, I'll second it.

[Helio]

Two words - Bob Smith.

[gun-fucious]

read Orrin Hatch's preface of the 1982 Senate Report on the RKBA

http://www.constitution.org/mil/rkba1982.htm

When I became chairman of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, I hoped that I would be able to assist in the protection of the constitutional rights of American citizens, rights which have too often been eroded in the belief that government could be relied upon for quick solutions to difficult problems.



Both as an American citizen and as a United States Senator I repudiate this view. I likewise repudiate the approach of those who believe to solve American problems you simply become something other than American. To my mind, the uniqueness of our free institutions, the fact that an American citizen can boast freedoms unknown in any other land, is all the more reason to resist any erosion of our individual rights. When our ancestors forged a land "conceived in liberty", they did so with musket and rifle. When they reacted to attempts to dissolve their free institutions, and established their identity as a free nation, they did so as a nation of armed freemen. When they sought to record forever a guarantee of their rights, they devoted one full amendment out of ten to nothing but the protection of their right to keep and bear arms against governmental interference. Under my chairmanship the Subcommittee on the Constitution will concern itself with a proper recognition of, and respect for, this right most valued by free men.

[Jim March]

Dunno how many of y'all know this, but Suzanna has traveled to other states to testify (VERY powerfully) on behalf of shall-issue. I heard her speak during California's last serious attempt in the legislature in '97. She was also a factor in some of the more recent conversions.

[Boats]

Whoever got concealed carry reform passed in Florida in the late 80s gets my vote. Talk about an idea that swept the nation like wildfire.

[AZRickD]

Bill Clinton.

Few have done as much to discredit the gunphobic side of the aisle as much as he.

Hmmm. I'm feeling a little uncomfortable with my position.

Rick

[Henry Bowman]

I'll give Ron Paul credit for trying. His lack of success is not for lack of trying.

[braindead0]

I'll give Ron Paul credit for trying. His lack of success is not for lack of trying.

I think he's done more for the integrity of the office than anyone else, he hasn't had much success but he doesn't compromise his position either.

[Waitone]

Bob Barr

[geekWithA.45]

Senator Larry Craig, he gave an awe inspiring speach on the senate floor, the link to which is Here (http://www.nraila.org/Speeches.asp?FormMode=Detail&ID=13)

[Tom B]

Ron Paul and Bob Barr.

[BowStreetRunner]

geek,
wow, that is a nice speach ny senator craig
we need more men and women in govt with htose convictions
hopefully we can a;; find some to vote for!
BSR

[UnknownSailor]

I would third Ron Paul. If I could move to his district right now, I'd do it in a heart beat.