Looking Out For Number One

Posted Friday, July 8, 2011, at 10:46 AM
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  • Hey Zook,

    You may have overlooked these examples of "gun control" history (Personally, I wouldn't accuse any of them of being a Democrat).

    In 1969, journalist William Safire asked Richard Nixon what he thought about gun control. "Guns are an abomination," Nixon replied. According to Safire, Nixon went on to confess that, "Free from fear of gun owners' retaliation at the polls, he favored making handguns illegal and requiring licenses for hunting rifles."

    It was President George Bush, Sr. who banned the import of "assault weapons" in 1989, and promoted the view that Americans should only be allowed to own weapons suitable for "sporting purposes."

    It was Governor Ronald Reagan of California who signed the Mulford Act in 1967, "prohibiting the carrying of firearms on one's person or in a vehicle, in any public place or on any public street." The law was aimed at stopping the Black Panthers, but affected all gun owners.

    Twenty-four years later, Reagan was still pushing gun control. "I support the Brady Bill," he said in a March 28, 1991 speech, "and I urge the Congress to enact it without further delay."

    One of the most aggressive gun control advocates was Republican mayor Rudolph Giuliani of New York City, whose administration sued 26 gun manufacturers in June 2000, and whose police commissioner, Howard Safir, proposed a nationwide plan for gun licensing, complete with yearly "safety" inspections.

    Another Republican, New York State Governor George Pataki, on August 10, 2000, signed into law what The New York Times called "the nation's strictest gun controls," a radical program mandating trigger locks, background checks at gun shows and "ballistic fingerprinting" of guns sold in the state. It also raised the legal age to buy a handgun to 21 and banned "assault weapons," the sale or possession of which would now be punishable by seven years in prison.

    And most recently Peter King (R-NY)

    Keep the flag waving!

    -- Posted by Craftbeer on Fri, Jul 8, 2011, at 6:18 PM
  • The motive of why they want to take our guns is the most interesting thing to me. The only thing that comes to mind is they are afraid of a well armed public. Maybe they are playing to their base? Something about God given rights must panic them.

    -- Posted by skeeter on Fri, Jul 8, 2011, at 7:15 PM
  • Zook,

    This is off (this) topic so move it or delete it as you desire or see fit. I wanted to ask your thoughts on (former state Sen. Rod Beck of Boise) proposal to "vet" candidates at the Republican Central Committee and give voters only two (committee approved) choices in the closed primary election.

    -- Posted by Craftbeer on Fri, Jul 8, 2011, at 7:34 PM
  • Zook,

    I've always wondered: What is a RINO, What is a Republican, What is a Conservative, What is a DINO, What is a Democrat, What is a Liberal? My conclusion, somebody who doesn't believe exactly what I believe in exactly the way I believe.

    Ruby Ridge and Waco didn't need to happen, too many mistakes on both sides. At the root of the matter though, if both Weaver and Koresh had exercised a little personnal responsibility and a bit of respect for (duly appointed) authority; each could have prevented the self-made conundrum they found themselves in. You're sounding like a left wing liberal saying they are victims of their own actions and can't be responsible for their actions. Real world decisions have real world consequences; ever make a bad decision and pay the consequences.....

    Skeeter:

    Like the thought, if we only knew the motive.

    -- Posted by Craftbeer on Fri, Jul 8, 2011, at 8:45 PM
  • A question to realistic gun owners:

    Can anyone give me a scenario where personal gun ownership would CURRENTLY actually make any difference in government policy in the United States? I mean a situation where someone or some group actually defends themselves with a weapon or weapons, and then the end result is favorable? I truly want a reasonable and realistic answer to this because I think it is central to your arguments for government not to interfere with your rights as gun owners.

    -- Posted by IdaFind.com on Sun, Jul 10, 2011, at 7:29 AM
  • I assume you used CURRENTLY as to make sure history is not involved?

    -- Posted by skeeter on Sun, Jul 10, 2011, at 1:31 PM
  • Streight shootin' zook.

    Ida,

    My property does not define my status as a law-abiding citizen. It's how I use my property that does. How bout we make people wear helmets in cars since they kill more than gun owners? How bout we only allow child proof scissors in kitchen cause people use knives to stab innocent victims? Let's also videotape surgeries, cause more people die in hospitals than by gunshot wounds? That's how insane anit-gun laws are. Simple enough folks? Guns are merely pieces of metal!!!! Silly actually....

    There should be an "Invite a Lib to the Range Day" So I can laugh at them starring at all the evil guns, just waiting for them to jump up and kill some poor misunderstood rapist.

    -- Posted by sixguns on Mon, Jul 11, 2011, at 5:52 PM
  • Of course the car crashes, midical foul ups, and lung disease are rarely front page news. Strange how every single shooting seems to be headliners...especially on CNN.

    I'd LOVE to see a study where convicted armed criminals are given interviews asking them about current gun laws, the steps to legally obtaining a firearm, or even the Brady Commission. Then maybe folks would see how much gun control legislation works. It works well...against US, the law-abiding...

    -- Posted by sixguns on Tue, Jul 12, 2011, at 6:14 AM
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