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Then perhaps the government should re-evaluate the militia requirements, as Switzerland does. Over there, each citizen is required to attend target practice and gets to keep their assault rifle at the end of their stint. This promotes gun safety and responsibility, and drastically reduces crime as criminals know that most citizens are comfortable and accurate with their firearms.
Until the gubmint does this, I will assume that militia refers to civilians, so I am entitled to own whatever I wish regardless of what some empty suits in DC say.
The federal Militia Acts until 1903 required all able bodied males of military age to own firearms and ammunition...and in most states were required to train regularly (though enforcement got to be very lax towards the end of the 19th century...).
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I posted this offer in the general US forum and it got taken down and I re'cd an infraction.
Too funny...I have gotten several messages, rep points, etc. thanking me for this, even a few Mods are chiming in with their thanks. BUT...one other mod isn't so open minded, you might even say they are UN-American!
Probably taken down for "cross posting" which is against the TOS.
I believe this is part of the NRA knowing what's coming from the Obama Administration regarding our 2nd Amendment rights, and preparing to make an all out stand for those rights.
I believe this is part of the NRA knowing what's coming from the Obama Administration regarding our 2nd Amendment rights, and preparing to make an all out stand for those rights.
+1. Gets as many people in for the upcoming fight as possible.
And, eventually many who took the free membership will renew their membership.
You make an "offer like this" when the President has a verifiable history of being hostile to the Second Amendment.
Every member counts.
Once again, I'm going to ask you to provide some credible links to your assertion.
You neglected to provide them the last two times I asked, maybe you'll be able to back up your opinion statement with facts this time.
Once again, I'm going to ask you to provide some credible links to your assertion.
You neglected to provide them the last two times I asked, maybe you'll be able to back up your opinion statement with facts this time.
The problem is "credible" as defined by who? You?
I'm guessing unless it's in Huffington,the daily kos or moveon it's not credible right? Er, I mean left?
I'll post some for you...
In March 2004, the Illinois Senate passed Senate Bill 2165, a law introduced in response to DeMar's case, with provisions designed to assert a right of citizens to protect themselves against home invasions, such that self-defense requirements would be viewed to take precedence over local ordinances against handgun possession. The measure passed the Illinois Senate by a vote of 38-20. Barack Obama was one of the 20 state senators voting against the measure.
Obama was being misleading when he denied that his handwriting had been on a document endorsing a state ban on the sale and possession of handguns in Illinois. Obama responded, “No, my writing wasn’t on that particular questionnaire. As I said, I have never favored an all-out ban on handguns.”
Actually, Obama’s writing was on the 1996 document, which was filed when Obama was running for the Illinois state Senate. A Chicago nonprofit, Independent Voters of Illinois, had this question, and Obama took hard line:
35. Do you support state legislation to:
a. ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns? Yes.
b. ban assault weapons? Yes.
c. mandatory waiting periods and background checks? Yes.
Obama voted for a bill in the Illinois senate that allowed retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed weapons. If there was any issue on which Obama rarely deviated, it was gun control. He was the most strident candidate when it came to enforcin and expanding gun control laws. So this vote jumped out as inconsistent.
When I queried him about the vote, he said, “I didn’t find that [vote] surprising. I am consistently on record and will continue to be on record as opposing concealed carry. This was a narrow exception in an exceptional circumstance where a retired police officer might find himself vulnerable as a consequence of the work he has previously done--and had been trained extensively in the proper use of firearms.“
It wasn’t until a few weeks later that another theory came forward about the uncharacteristic vote. Obama was battling with his GOP opponent to win the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police.
Principles that Obama supports on gun issues:
Ban the sale or transfer of all forms of semi-automatic weapons.
Increase state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms.
Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks with firearms.
Source: 1998 IL State Legislative National Political Awareness Test Jul 2, 1998
Once again, I'm going to ask you to provide some credible links to your assertion.
You neglected to provide them the last two times I asked, maybe you'll be able to back up your opinion statement with facts this time.
Opposed bill okaying illegal gun use in home invasions. (Aug 2008)
Ok for states & cities to determine local gun laws. (Apr 2008)
And not pointless since the SCOUS has determined that there is indeed an individual right exclusive of any membership in a militia.
See D.C v Heller , 554 U.S. ___ (2008)
too bad you did not quote the rest of my post.
it still stands that the "people" in all the rest of the Amendments are the same "people" in the 2nd Amendment.
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