> ----- Original Message ----- > > > THE BIG LIE: You Have No Rights > > by Alan Korwin > > > Major media outlets are starting to give more > and more space to what I > call The Big Lie. They are coming right out and > saying that the Constitution > doesn't protect your right to arms, as it always > has.> > > If the Second Amendment doesn't mean you can > bear arms, well, how > exactly did everyone get armed? It doesn't even make > sense.> > > The idea that the Bill of Rights doesn't allow > individual people to keep > and bear arms is so logically bankrupt it's hard to > imagine why anyone would > use it in an argument.> > If the Second Amendment only authorizes the National > Guard, then how come > there are gun stores? How come there have always > been gun stores? How come > the Guard didn't exist until 1903? Why don't you > have to enlist before > buying firearms?> > > Arguing that the Second Amendment to the Bill of > Rights doesn't > guarantee your individual rights denies history and > the world we observe > around us. > > It is a dangerous lie that threatens our > liberty.> > > The scariest part is that people hear The Big > Lie and believe. You must > ignore the evidence of your own eyes to adopt that > position -- but blind > fear of guns is so intense for some people it > prevents rational thought. > > Such virulent gun haters should sign up to never > own or touch guns in > their lives, as they would have us do. Would they > chuck freedom for > illusionary safety? It's a free country. Let them.> > > > Gun haters should take the Citizen's Federal > Gun-Free Pledge: > > > > "As an American citizen, of my own free will, I > do hereby declare myself > Gun-Free, never to keep or bear arms in any manner, > for the rest of my > natural life, under penalty of arrest and felony > conviction." Sign here. > > > > If media moguls and misguided dilettantes > succeed in deceiving the > public on the Second Amendment, how will they > explain state Constitutions > with even stronger language? In my home state of > Arizona, "The right of the > individual citizen to bear arms in defense of > himself or the state shall not > be impaired" (but raising private armies is > forbidden). That was written in > 1912. Why would it say that if the Second Amendment, > you know, never meant > what it always used to mean? > > > > And there's the rub. > > > > Except for the last few decades, keeping a > firearm was universally > > regarded as a normal, wholesome, safety-minded > thing to do. It was > related to liberty, freedom, honor, strength, > security, justice and yes, > even fun. > > > > Mouseketeers pranced twirling six-shooters, kids > wore cowboy holsters, > it threatened nobody. Gun rights were well > understood and exercised for 200 > years. Even today, in tens of millions of homes > across America, guns are for > safety. Guns stop crimes. Guns save lives. Guns are > OK. > > Those who seek to disarm decent citizens are > promoting a radical new > notion that gun ownership is solely related to crime > and terror, and is so > dangerous, you dope, stop now before hurting > yourself. Only the rulers > should be armed. You have no such rights, never did. > > > > Is that Orwellian or what? The media paints gun > ownership as radical and > extremist, but clearly, it is this new anti-rights > agenda that is radical > and extreme, because the gun owners are the ones > with 200 years of > tradition, history and law on their side. > > > > Noted scholar Stephen Halbrook, Ph.D., did the > legwork and concluded: > > > > "In recent years it has been suggested that the > Second Amendment > protects the "collective" right of states to > maintain militias, while it > does not protect the right of "the people" to keep > and bear arms. If anyone > entertained this notion in the period during which > the Constitution and Bill > of Rights were debated and ratified, it remains one > of the most closely > guarded secrets of the eighteenth century, for no > known writing surviving > from the period between 1787 and 1791 states such a > thesis. The phrase "the > people" meant the same thing in the Second Amendment > as it did in the First, > Fourth, Ninth and Tenth Amendments -- that is, each > and every free person." > > > > Not surprising, considering the evidence: > > [Forwarded For Information Purposes Only - Not > > Necessarily Endorsed By The Sender - A.K. > Pritchard] > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > A.K. Pritchard > > http://www.ideasign.com/chiliast/ > > http://rosie.acmecity.com/songfest/189/ > > > "The great object is that every man be > > armed. Everyone who is able may have > > a gun." > > > > -- Patrick Henry from debates during > > the Constitutional convention, quoted > > in Elliot's Debates, 1836 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. 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