jeff_d_148
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- Mar 4, 2008
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I recently made the decision to join NRA.
Although I have enjoyed the privelage of owning firearms for the last 8 years I have always taken this liberty for granted. I had always assumed that it was something that would always be there, because we live in America and we have the 2nd Ammendment and no person or group of people could take that away from us no matter how determined or unreasonable they may be.
But I look at our current political climate and I am forced to see that our most vulnerable freedom is in serious peril. With Democrats poised to take control of the White House, and already in control of Congress, they will have nothing to lose and there will be nothing to restrain them. Since they probably will not lose elections based solely on their gun control records, and since most voters are not single issue voters, anti-gun politicians will begin by slowly encroaching on our freedoms through "common sense" gun laws. Barack Obama has already voiced approval for a 500 percent federal tax on all firearms and ammunition, which would make owning and practicing with a firearm out of reach for the majority of Americans.
I am a lifelong Democrat and I have never voted for a Repulican so the point of this rant is not to get people to vote for John McCain. Because it does not matter who gets elected. In the future, neo-conservative big government Republicans, much like Rudy Giuliani, will most likely want stricter gun control laws to show that they are "tough on crime". Look at countries like England and Australia where stricter gun control is a bipartisan issue, with support from an overwhelming majority of both conservative and liberal politicians. After the 1987 Hungerford Massacre it was the Conservative Government who passed the Firearms Ammendment Act of 1988, some of the most restrictive anti-gun legislation in the history of the world, second only to the Firearms Ammendment Act of 1997. This is a battle that will be won in the courtroom, not in the voting booth, and that is why NRA and organizations like it are so important.
Gun control is truly a GLOBAL AGENDA. The following video should leave no doubt as to the ultimate intentions of anti-gun extremists:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmg_zMuQEDk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WwLz9hBZfM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD1YmYuRtI8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVKvyYqtJ1w
Keep in mind that Rebecca Peters is not even a United States citizen. And she believes that the arbitrary UN gun fiats should supercede the sovereignty of the United States Constitution. Notice how she tries to mask the true intentions of anti-gun extremists by saying that they do not want to criminalize all civilian ownership of firearms. Does that sound familiar? Then when confronted by her own literature she is forced to admit the truth. That she believes that semi-automatic weapons serve no legitimate purpose in the hands of private citizens, including ALL semi-automatic rifles and handguns. She also believes the same of any weapon that is capable of shooting over 100 yards. That would include ANY rifle of ANY type action of ANY calibre, and rifled or non-rifled shotgun slugs. You heard that right. In the same breath she states that she believes that all handguns, shotguns, and rifles should be illegal, then states that she does not want to deprive private citizens of the right to own all types of weapons.
If you believe, like I used to, that you can sit back and take your Second Ammendment rights for granted, that something like this can never happen in the United States of America, just look at Australia. It is a country that up until approximately 10 years ago enjoyed almost the same freedoms as Americans. And now that they have given up those rights they will NEVER get them back. It can happen, will happen, and would already have happened in America were it not for NRA. Becuase of their lobbying and legislative action most states now issue honest, hard-working, law-abiding citizens the right to concealed carry for lawful self-defense purposes. Washington DC residents are now allowed to own a firearm in their own residence. These are just a few, but the list goes on. If you exercise the right of gun ownership, you owe that freedom to the direct efforts of NRA.
This is a bipartisan issue. Whether you are liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican, if you consider yourself a freedom loving American, join NRA. Reason does not always triumph over passion and blind ideology. Freedom is not free. And history if full of lessons that teach us that freedom does not last forever. And once freedom is lost it is never gained back. $25 a year is a small price to pay to ensure that our 2nd Ammendment rights endure forever.
Although I have enjoyed the privelage of owning firearms for the last 8 years I have always taken this liberty for granted. I had always assumed that it was something that would always be there, because we live in America and we have the 2nd Ammendment and no person or group of people could take that away from us no matter how determined or unreasonable they may be.
But I look at our current political climate and I am forced to see that our most vulnerable freedom is in serious peril. With Democrats poised to take control of the White House, and already in control of Congress, they will have nothing to lose and there will be nothing to restrain them. Since they probably will not lose elections based solely on their gun control records, and since most voters are not single issue voters, anti-gun politicians will begin by slowly encroaching on our freedoms through "common sense" gun laws. Barack Obama has already voiced approval for a 500 percent federal tax on all firearms and ammunition, which would make owning and practicing with a firearm out of reach for the majority of Americans.
I am a lifelong Democrat and I have never voted for a Repulican so the point of this rant is not to get people to vote for John McCain. Because it does not matter who gets elected. In the future, neo-conservative big government Republicans, much like Rudy Giuliani, will most likely want stricter gun control laws to show that they are "tough on crime". Look at countries like England and Australia where stricter gun control is a bipartisan issue, with support from an overwhelming majority of both conservative and liberal politicians. After the 1987 Hungerford Massacre it was the Conservative Government who passed the Firearms Ammendment Act of 1988, some of the most restrictive anti-gun legislation in the history of the world, second only to the Firearms Ammendment Act of 1997. This is a battle that will be won in the courtroom, not in the voting booth, and that is why NRA and organizations like it are so important.
Gun control is truly a GLOBAL AGENDA. The following video should leave no doubt as to the ultimate intentions of anti-gun extremists:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmg_zMuQEDk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WwLz9hBZfM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD1YmYuRtI8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVKvyYqtJ1w
Keep in mind that Rebecca Peters is not even a United States citizen. And she believes that the arbitrary UN gun fiats should supercede the sovereignty of the United States Constitution. Notice how she tries to mask the true intentions of anti-gun extremists by saying that they do not want to criminalize all civilian ownership of firearms. Does that sound familiar? Then when confronted by her own literature she is forced to admit the truth. That she believes that semi-automatic weapons serve no legitimate purpose in the hands of private citizens, including ALL semi-automatic rifles and handguns. She also believes the same of any weapon that is capable of shooting over 100 yards. That would include ANY rifle of ANY type action of ANY calibre, and rifled or non-rifled shotgun slugs. You heard that right. In the same breath she states that she believes that all handguns, shotguns, and rifles should be illegal, then states that she does not want to deprive private citizens of the right to own all types of weapons.
If you believe, like I used to, that you can sit back and take your Second Ammendment rights for granted, that something like this can never happen in the United States of America, just look at Australia. It is a country that up until approximately 10 years ago enjoyed almost the same freedoms as Americans. And now that they have given up those rights they will NEVER get them back. It can happen, will happen, and would already have happened in America were it not for NRA. Becuase of their lobbying and legislative action most states now issue honest, hard-working, law-abiding citizens the right to concealed carry for lawful self-defense purposes. Washington DC residents are now allowed to own a firearm in their own residence. These are just a few, but the list goes on. If you exercise the right of gun ownership, you owe that freedom to the direct efforts of NRA.
This is a bipartisan issue. Whether you are liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican, if you consider yourself a freedom loving American, join NRA. Reason does not always triumph over passion and blind ideology. Freedom is not free. And history if full of lessons that teach us that freedom does not last forever. And once freedom is lost it is never gained back. $25 a year is a small price to pay to ensure that our 2nd Ammendment rights endure forever.
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