just one more attack by the left on the constitution. the first amendment, the second amendment are under fire. attacking gun owners rights is not a good idea.
On Dec 8, 6:29 am, Cold Water <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 'Imperial arrogance' targets gun owners > December 8, 2008 12:36 am > > BELLEVUE, Wash. > > --From the prospect of an incoming president and vice president with > decidedly anti-gun-rights voting records, to a liberal West Coast mayor > determined to ban firearms by "executive order" without benefit of city > council or legislative review, American gun owners have good reason to doubt > the sincerity of liberal Democrats now in control of Congress and soon to > control the Oval Office, who claim to support firearm civil rights. > > Far too many red flags are being waved for gun owners to take a benign > posture just six months after a landmark Supreme Court ruling confirmed what > they had known all along: that the Second Amendment affirms and protects a > fundamental individual civil right to keep and bear arms. > > President-elect Barack Obama is on record supporting gun registration, > permanent renewal of the ban on "assault weapons," slapping an exorbitant > increase on the federal excise tax on firearms and ammunition, and banning > handguns outright. His vice president-elect, Delaware's Joe Biden, is a > veteran gun-control advocate who authored the original "assault weapons" > legislation. > > Recently, it was revealed that prospective Obama administration employees > were being asked this invasive question: "Do you or any members of your > immediate family own a gun? If so, provide complete ownership and > registration information. Has the registration ever lapsed? Please also > describe how and by whom it is used and whether it has been the cause of any > personal injuries or property damage." > > Aside from demonstrating a serious ignorance of gun laws--only five states > require some level of gun registration, and only in New York City and in New > York's Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties is there a renewal > requirement--this question suggests that gun owners, or kin of gun owners, > will face anti-gun discrimination in their job search. Call it guilt by > association, either with firearms or with a relative who owns one. > > If this is the kind of "change" we can expect under the Obama administration, > gun owners have reason to worry. The more some Democrats "change," the more > they stay the same. American citizens flocked to gun shops after the > election. Many of those people, ironically, were first-time gun buyers or gun > owners who voted for the Chicago Democrat. > > Obama reinforced gun-owner apprehension by appointing Rahm Emanuel--point man > for the Clinton administration on gun-control issues--as his chief of staff. > Eric Holder, his nominee for attorney general, signed an amicus brief in > support of the Washington, D.C., gun ban, while arguing that the Second > Amendment does not protect an individual right to keep and bear arms, > positions soundly rejected by the Supreme Court. > > Both houses of Congress are controlled by Obama's Democratic Party, and > leadership positions are occupied by devoted anti-gunners. As we detailed in > our recent book, "These Dogs Don't Hunt: The Democrats' War on Guns," the > party excels in pro-Second Amendment rhetoric, but labors to reduce that > right to a highly regulated privilege. > > This brings us around to Mayor Greg Nickels of Seattle. He has promised to > ban even legally-carried guns from city--make that public--property, by > executive order. Nearly 250,000 Washington State residents are licensed to > carry concealed handguns, and it is also legal in the Evergreen State to > carry handguns openly, without a license. > > Nickels was advised by the state attorney general that he lacks the authority > under Washington's model pre-emption law to enact a gun ban, but he has vowed > to do it anyway. > > Gun owners see this as imperial arrogance, and suspect that if Nickels can > ignore his own state's preemption statute, then Congress and a Democratic > president might just presume to ignore the Constitution. > > Alan Gottlieb is founder of the Second Amendment Foundation. Dave Workman is > senior editor of Gun Week. > > http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2008/122008/12082008/426963/printe... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
