Saturday, January 12, 2013

Have they even read the Second Amendment?


According to an article published at constitution.laws.com  entitled An Overview of the 2nd Amendment, the Second Amendment is a part of the Bill of Rights, which are the first 10 Amendments to the United States Constitution.  The Bill of Rights were proposed and sent to the states by the first session of the First Congress. They were ratified on December 15, 1791.”


The Second Amendment reads as follows:
A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.


After reading the Second Amendment, we had two major questions:
  1. Where is the well regulated Militia hiding?
  2. Why would anybody  need  to keep and bear a 100 clip assault weapon to kill a rabbit in the middle of a deserted cabbage patch?

We thought we might be able to find the answers to our questions after further research on the assault weapon controversy, but it only left us with more questions…


Say what?
One day after the NRA leadership and other gun ownership groups met with Vice President Biden as part of on-going talks on gun violence prevention, the president of the NRA, Mr. Lapierre, predicted “Congress will not pass a ban on military-style, so called assault weapons in the wake of the school shootings last month in Newtown, Connecticut”(?!?!)  That ignorant and  insensitive statement seemed to open the floodgates of assault weapon Tea Partied politicos, FOXifiers,  and other hot heads blasting the airways with threats of a militaristic takeover of the government(?!?!?); idiotic suggestions to end gun violence with gun violence(?!?!), and lies that the President wants to take away their guns and second amendment rights.  


How's life treating you on that Newt moon colony?
A recent article in the New York Daily News states “thirty-four Americans are killed every day by firearms.  The total killed in just 6 months is equal to all American combat deaths over the entire length of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars”!


Are you familiar with the phrase "read my lips"?
A USA Today Gallup Poll found that 1)  58 percent of Americans say they favor stricter gun law; 2) 47 percent favor passing new legislation over merely enforcing existing laws; 3) 92 percent support requiring background checks to buy weapons at gun shows and 4) 62 percent favor a ban on high-capacity magazines that can carry up to 30 bullets.


In conclusion, one thing we found in our most recent research really made us cheer! Shortly after the deadly shootings in Newton, Connecticut, we wrote a post entitled Save A Life:  Take a Stand Against Assault Weapons. Within the post we mentioned that we only found 3 “ban assault weapon” petition websites in contrast to  pages upon pages of petitions to not ban assault weapons.  Here’s what we found in today’s research…

… feel free to join in!

This is petition for ban on assualt weapons. Join the movement! Sign now!


Commentary | One of America’s oldest and best known newspapers, The NY Daily News, joined the fray and launched an online petition drive to ban assault weapons ...


Ban all assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and institute comprehensive gun control Create your mobile friendly page with SPARQ.ME . ... Please sign our Petition.


Following the massacre of 20 children and 6 of their teachers and administrators it is time to act to prevent the proliferation of killing machines in the US. If the ...


About the Petition. ... We demand the immediate passage of an assault weapons ban. Sign the petition Display my signature on the Website. Signatures. Dick Allen;


PETITION TO CONGRESS: "Congress must pass an assault weapons ban and other sensible gun laws in 2013. It must not be afraid of the gun industry.


Tell your senators: Support a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. 1.Sean Sullivan, ... Sign the petition. The petition reads:


This would not have happened had the Federal Assault Weapons Ban ... http://www.facebook.com ... The views expressed in this petition are solely those of the ...


CA Democrats are taking the lead: Sign our petition to help pass Senator Dianne Feinstein's upcoming legislation to ban assault weapons! "Like" and "share" this to ...


Ban Assault Weapons. By Ellen Davis To be ... Petition Background. Good Morning America recently reported that the shooter in Aurora, Colorado, ...


Petition: Urge Congress to advance federal legislation banning the sale of assault rifles & high capacity magazines:





Sources:
Amendment II. A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

After more than 200 years of intense scrutiny, the meaning of the Second Amendment continues to baffle and elude. Maybe it would help to think about this complicated ...

2nd Amendment - Second Amendment: The right to bear arms What is the Second Amendment?

The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and ...

Voters are still skeptical of reinstating the federal assault weapons ban, however. The poll finds that only ... Even the majority of NRA membership want the sales ...

"I do not think that there's going to be a ban on so-called assault weapons passed by the Congress," David Keene said Friday ... Biden: Gun recommendations to Obama by ...



GOTTA CONTINUE TO SPEAK UP
AND
GOTTA VOTE
From now thru 2014!


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