Washington DC gun ban faces legal challenge - 18 Mar 08

[thorspinky]

How are we to revolt when guns are illegal in the one place all the corrupt traitors of America are? High powered scopes and subterfuge, that's how. Time for Americans to work for America. Not these scumbag fucks.

[disturbedone5009]

Did the ban in Washington DC stop crime?

No, it didn't. The crime rates actually got worse under the ban.

Besides name one other right in the bill of rights that is given to the state instead of the individual.

[45564766]

Primegrime: So, you believe that if an individual owns a firearm, the urge to murder is overwhelming? You shouldn't own a gun, sir.

"In America, you just look under ur bed and get ur gun then murder someone."

If that were true, everyone in America would be dead!

[flex2000i]

criminal obtain guns illegally...government bans guns from law abiding citizens...criminals now have larger population to rob...government now has more legitimacy...Government and criminals win...Citizen lose

[primegrime2]

in a country with no legal guns if u wanted to shoot someone it would be pretty hard to get hold of a gun but in america u just look under ur bed and get ur gun then murder someone ... how dumb

[ArcyTheFurryArcanine]

@primegrime2

Mexico doesn't have guns in the home yet one of the worlds largest murder rate. So much for your theory.

[primegrime2]

legal guns is the stupidest thing ever "oh yeah lets all have guns in are house" with a gun in ur house ur probably more likely to be shot in ur own home than alot of other places and dont gimme that "protect my family" shit, plenty of other countries dont allow ppl to have guns in thier house and they seem to be doing fine with a lower murder rate :)

[prooc]

Stupid weak english logic. Gun control laws do nothing to lower the crime rate.

[afrircans1970]

In the Name of the Profit (S.A.W.) have you ever seen so many guns? America is like an armed camp! Oh my goodness! However it is true that poor people may hunt in America. Perhaps the laws are meant to protect the rights of the rural hunters? In many other countries only the wealthy hunt.

A wonderful young woman I know tells me that since they have many police in Washington DC there is no need for a gun for personal protection.

[chalk1000]

In 2005/06 there were 766 offences recorded as homicide in England, a rate of 1.4 per 100,000 of population. The homicide rate for London was 2.4 per 100,000 in the same year (1.7 when excluding the 7 July bombings). By comparison, 5.5 murders per 100,000 of population were reported by police in the United States in 2004, of which 66% involved the use of firearms. New York City, with a population size similar to London (over 8 million residents), reported 6.9 murders per 100,000 people in 2004.

[0Anynamewilldo0]

and i suppose takeing away guns from good law abiding citizens will make that go down?

[HailTheWhiteRace]

Why do they need a complete outlawing of guns?

TO CONTROL PEOPLE AND NOT LETTING THEM THE SLIGHTEST CHANCE TO REVOLT, FOR EXAMPLE WHEN PRIVATE PROPERTY WILL BE ABOLISHED!

How will they be able to ban all firearms?

THEY NEED PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND EVEN DEMANDING IT, THEY NEED A GOOD EXCUSE!

What would be the single best excuse for it by far? You don't know? C'mon ..

THE ASSASSINATION OF OUR BELOVED PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA BY WHITE, SUPREMACIST RACISTS !

Who would not accept such an excuse?

[TexWhatever]

some bad person has posted alternative lyrics to 'cat scratch fever' titled 'brat snatch fever' on the 'ted nugent on border security' clip...what a cheeky squirrel that wombat must be..LOL..

[oppfighter]

Maybe you can restate why you feel this way, because it certainly isn't obvious.

[bacaca88]

oppfighter - I am English and not from immigrant stock. I am proud that we do not have a gun culture supported by paranoid morons - like you seem to be. It must be nice to go to sleep at night with your gun under your pillow - eh? You are stupid and paranoid and have caused this mess yourselves by allowing people to own firearms.

[radioactivesludge23]

what the rich dumb people in the sepreme court going to do if they ban guns in washington and a some one breaks into his house and kills his wife or kids i bet then he would over turn that stupied ban when he has nothing in his house to protect his family here in tennessee it is easy to get a concealed permit to carry a gun $250dollars and a 2 day course.our crime rate is not bad beacuse the criminals don't know whos packing they don't want to take a chance.

[wdufresne71]

This muslim ALJazeera news station is only a criminal news network and should be shut down across the world, It's bad enough we have CNN, MSN, ABC, CBS, all these stations don't even come close to Fox New Network, Fox will always be number one in the nation.

[DaColt88]

DC cops even walk around with machine guns, its about time they realize that all people need guns for protection

[weldco1]

Today is a great day for our nation. The constitution has been upheld..

[cowboycarl04]

also remember that the state of Montana already sent a letter to the Supreme Court threatening to secede from the union if the gun bans were kept in place...

it shows how ridiculous it is getting... today, liberal is now being associated with the removal of freedom of choice...

[santalocker1]

the ban has been struck down!!!!! =]

[wdufresne71]

United Kingdom, England and Australia are controlled by NAMBLA member democRATS and they feel you don't have any rights in that matter, They want you to pay high taxes and be tormented by big government, Anyone who hates the fact we have a constitutional right to self protection and from our own Government is a NAMBLA member them selves. Go to hell if you hate the fact I can walk freely with out havening to worry about some junkie/Liberal, The democRATS are the junkies of the United States.

[zack9912000]

Here is some more facts. YOU HAVE ANY??????

The United Nations confirmed these results in 2000 when it reported that the crime rate in England is higher than the crime rates of 16 other industrialized nations, including the United States.

I

n 1998, a study conducted jointly by statisticians from the U.S. Department of Justice and the University of Cambridge in England found that most crime is now worse in England than in the United States.

[zack9912000]

England: According to the BBC News, handgun crime in the United Kingdom rose by 40% in the two years after it passed its draconian gun ban in 1997.

[zack9912000]

Great come back, you cant argue with facts. Your own country is killing your countryman with the gun ban. "Australia: Readers of the USA Today newspaper discovered in 2002 that, "Since Australia's 1996 laws banning most guns and making it a crime to use a gun defensively, armed robberies rose by 51%, unarmed robberies by 37%, assaults by 24% and kidnappings by 43%. While murders fell by 3%, manslaughter rose by 16%"

[zack9912000]

"When firearms go, all goes - we need them every hour."

-George Washington

"Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The federal government is our servant, not our master!"

-Thomas Jefferson

God bless the gun and those who keep our government inline.

[bacaca88]

You go stick your head up your ass and live in the past - like the dodo (extinct). Watch CNN when your kids are shot THEN polish you gun. This makes you sickos in most peoples books. Far safer in the rest of the world than your shit country.

[oppfighter]

You can argue on emotion, but not on logic.

[zack9912000]

Take away peoples guns then theres no protection against the government from taking away other rights. The government has no right to tell me that I can't protect myself. All the anti gun fucks, you don't like guns go to Europe.

[bacaca88]

zack9912000-just how old are you??? Please come to Europe where you will not get shot by American idiots. But, the condition is that fools like you are not welcome with you 'gun mentality'. Can you please stay there and get shot defending your shit rights that the French gave you (people you hate). Thank you.

[zack9912000]

Ya I am really want to come to Europe where your violent crime rate has jumped to 40 percent and higher since your all out gun ban was put in. I have served in the military for 20 years and I see the effect of people right being taken away. If you wish to stick in a country where they tell you what you can and can't do fine. We Americans are truly free and have true rights. WE THE PEOPLE have the right to over throw tyrant government that just wants to control every thing about us.

[unregisteruser]

It is a republic. We don't fear each other. If you do a search on gun bans, you will see the majority of those living in fear of guns are politicians and police - the very people from which our constitution protects our right to keep and bear arms. It is a predictable move by a powerful gov't and precisely why the right is enshrined in our 2nd amendment. If 'they' want to fight crime, take the fight to the criminals, not Mr. & Mrs. Q Public. It's not about guns, it's about control. No thanks.

[bacaca88]

Look, it is not the Government that is shooting kids and innocents. IF you doubt your government (and there is an aguement for this after you fucked Iraq) then mayhem will ensue cos of people like you (paranoid twats). You just keep your guns and enjoy your lives there. Personally, I will never come to your dangerous country while morons like you exist.

[unregisteruser]

Actually, It IS the gov't shooting innocents. And our country isn't that dangerous. Crime committed with legally owned firearms is nearly nonexistent. You're just polluted by media hype and you're gov't agenda to make you feel better about losing your rights. The quote jmangle opens with...that's Thomas Jefferson. We don't fear our gov't but don't trust them to the point of dependence and there's nothing wrong with it. You might like having your butt wiped by your Nanny State, we value liberty.

[jmangle]

I do both [sticks tounge out]

[jmangle]

People should not fear their Government, the Government should fear the People.

Ever wonder why every novel about a police state takes place in a country with "reasonable gun control" .... if you like the "Police" so much, take a trip back to 1938 Germany and become a Jew.

[metallmayhem]

it has not only failed, it has incresed gun crime, it's a fact. the brady campaighn can go fuck themselves.

[bacaca88]

I bet many of you wish your gun crime statistics were at the level of many European countries. More guns=more shootings and crime. Shame is you yanks accept this as a way of life. This make you look sad and pathetic compared to many of the REAL civilised countries of this world. Washington tries to raise the standards and many of you dissent - FOOLS!!

[blazefootball91]

Actually studies and statistics have shown areas with strict gun control laws have higher violent and crime rates. Areas with less restrictions have lower rates. For example two of the most dangerous place in America are Washington D.C. and Camden, New Jersey. Both have extrememly restrictive gun laws. Keep in mind Hitler of Germany and Stalin of the USSR banned ownership. When the people have the right to bear arms it keeps the government in check.

[bacaca88]

Bet you are sad Charlie Heston is dead. Might mean that fewer people relate guns to an ageing, has-been Hollywood star who was the darling of the Bush regime. At least this is a step in the right direction for you.

[SuicideKing187]

Fools???

Then why the fuck are there so many drive bys here in Chicago...???I thought gun bans work right???Just cause you fucks got ass raped and handed over your rights dont mean this country should do the same..

[bacaca88]

Because you got too many criminals there that your police can't deal with. Your place another city we nice people should not visit.

Suggest you 'vigilantes' in Chicago go out and do the job your coppers cannot. Unless you are all 'pussies'.

In fact, go get yourself the biggest guns you can legally buy. Just get out on the mean streets and do your stuff under your US Constitution.

Then we can all watch CNN/Youtube vids rather than TV. FOOLS.

[SuicideKing187]

What are we going to use???

Like I said its illegal to carry..Have to go against the cops and the criminals???

I just want to be able to carry in case they run up on me..I never planned on hunting them down..

[bacaca88]

If your police were good, then you would not even have this issue. Better still, if your laws prevented people from owning guns then it would be easier to prevent gun crime. Hence Washingtons's stance on guns. However, it seems like many do not agree/want to follow this line of tact. Therefore, I think that there are many in the US who simply like to have a gun and who are prepared to suffer the consequences. No sympathy for this. You destroy yourselves!!

[Mossy500A]

These laws only bother those won't commit a crime. Criminals don't obey laws, so why would they follow these laws?

[bacaca88]

Then just accept guns as a way of life and stop complaining when people get shot. You cannot have it both ways. You love your guns and must suffer the good and the bad, Washington tries to change life for the better and many stupid wankers don't like this. You seem to think you are still in the wild west and that your government is out to get you. PARANOID wankers you are!!!

[Mossy500A]

Look who's talking? Your goverment fucked you over by taking you guns, now they want to take your knifes. Do you still believe your government is doing a sound job?

[jmangle]

I'm assuming that you are British --- The NRA donated thousands of guns to England dunring WWII because you fools were disarmed.

You have traded your freedoms for the illusion of safety. I am an American, and neither I, nor my flag, will ever bow to an earthly king.

[bacaca88]

Did the NRA donate weapons to the British AFTER we taught you how to use them? I think you Yanks got your asses kicked big style, regardless of your 'firepower'. And, I would rather have a few incidents with weapons rather than the mass-crime and multiple shootings that you all experience in the US. Keep your guns and carry on shooting each other you sad twats.

[oppfighter]

You don't support your arguments at all. You are not worth arguing with and I doubt you even English Born. Probably a immigrant due to your horrible grammar. Wait, that's an insults to immigrants, I know many who have great grammar. Your just trash whatever you are.

[jmangle]

Not that I am sugesting that anyone break the law ----- Some laws should not be obeyed.

[Jumbofry]

Everyone should have guns !

What is going to protect you from the "knuckle dragging niggers"? the cops? since when in history has anyone e-v-e-r trusted the police, theirs a reason, they are the street thugs for corrupt politicians, and alot of officers and prosocuting atty.s along with judges and mayors in small towns and large citys are corrupt as well.

and the only thing keeping them from beating you over the head & taking anything they want, is your rights to have a gun

Guns are equality

[anthonyAJR]

The Second Amendment is not about hunting or sport shooting.The Second Amendment was implemented by the Founding Fathers as a balance of power between Government and the People. Without firearms the People are no longer citizens they become subjects to the state. Local and state government should not have the right to ban or restrict certain types of firearms. Firearms bans are not only unconstitutional they are the result of a political agenda and nothing more.

[HowdyCallmeDaddy]

Declaration of independence-"That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government"

Now how would the founders have said this and not have a clause protecting the citizens to keep and bear arms? Well they did.

"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"

[HowdyCallmeDaddy]

First Amendment" or of the press; or the right of the PEOPLE peaceably to assemble" Fourth Amendment"The right of the PEOPLE to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects"

And now the Second "the right of the PEOPLE to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed" Do liberals really believe their own bullshit, or has it just been programed into there collective socialist minds from birth by their retarded un-American parents? INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS ARE WHAT THIS COUNTRY IS ALL ABOUT.

[jefff421]

Why is Aljazeera posting this?

[grupolavolta]

Aljazeera covers everything, dude. From Chinese exploitation of it's neighbors' waterways to Sapan's illegal aliens from Africa. If you wade through the videos they uploaded, you can't help but ask "Why isn't CNN doing stuff like this?" They put western media to shame, I think. They remind me more of National Geographic than traditional news. And they have some bigs names working for them, like Riz Khan and Sir David Frost. And this chick who used to be on the BBC but I can't remember her name.

[jefff421]

FYI - I heard about this from Fox News. Thanks grupolavolta.

[grupolavolta]

Okay. I wasn't saying nobody else covered it--I first heard it on NPR's Morning Edition. You asked why was Aljazeera was covering it, I was just saying they cover a huge variety of topics in surprising depth. I had preconceived notions about Aljazeera when they first went on the air, but they really surprised me when I got to see their content for myself. Why is American media just soundbites? The commercials are longer than the stories. Maybe competition like this will get them moving!

[Kabloooy]

Unregisteruser has a good point. The risk of dying from a gunshot is very low compared to other everyday activities we do like for instance swimming, riding a bike, driving to work.

The left wing media has made many people irrationally scared of firearms.

Many people these days only know about firearms by what they see on TV. It's no wonder that they are ignorant about firearms issues.

[orangekayak]

Legalize drugs, clear prison space, kill all child molesters, murders and rapists, and BAN all handguns. If you want or need a hunting rifle fine. If you use it for any crime against person or property, your nuts are cut off and you spend your life in jail or get the option of life in prison because we will then have a lot of room in prison. Simple.

OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[aanasa]

Drop the 'A' on USA and add: 'SR'

Thats what you will get if orangekayak is in charge... And you will probably get a version of it with Obama in charge too......

[Kabloooy]

What if I want a handgun for hunting? What if I want a handgun for self-defense?

What if I believe in liberty for individuals?

I agree on the clearing prison space and killing child molesters, murderers, and rapists but why should I have to give up my 2nd amendment right? I haven't harmed anyone and can't defend myself or my family without a handgun.

Pass laws against criminals not law abiding people like me.

If you put Obama in power crime will get much worse.

[serjflo]

DC is afraid that an armed population will take over. I used to be anti-gun supporter, but I realize that an armed population is the only thing that keep these politician crooks from doing whatever they want with us. Remember, if you give up liberty for security you'll loose both.

[bacaca88]

Jesus! I feel sorry for you that you think everyone (including Government) is out to get you, and that you have to have a gun to deal with this. This is really sick and people like you need help. If the citizens of Washington generally feel the same, then I hope that good people from the oustside world give your city a wide berth in the future.

[shenmueryu]

People are pissed because...the murders on the street mostly those guns arent legal if someone wants to get a gun they will get it. Legal guns help balance that out

[shenmueryu]

and yes they are...it wont stop the guns getting to people who want them no matter what though i tell you that

[bacaca88]

Just how old is your constitution? Is this still relevant? I think there are plenty in the US with serious personality disorders (and paranoia) that feel the need to have a gun. For these people-ask yourself a question; who gains by you holding a gun? From the outside world, we respect you less and think you are dangerous extremists-just like the people that you fear. Therefore, you are at least as bad as those you despise and, worse, hypocrites.

[shenmueryu]

The constitution that founded this country? and every president when sworn into office swears with their hand to uphold it? you mean that one? last time I checked it was pretty old and the rules were put there for a reason...dont judge and get the facts right young one

[bacaca88]

Then have your guns and shoot each other-US citizen vs US citizen. The outside world watches and reads of mass-shootings in the US daily. Why worry about terrorists when you contiue to kill each other? Just where do you draw the line??

[Kabloooy]

Our constitution is still relevant if you consider the individual rights of people to be relevant.

On the issue of gun ownership. I feel the need to have guns because I hunt, I shoot at targets, and I shoot at any criminal that tries to attack me or my family. I've also carried a handgun in college every day. If there had been a murderer trying to shoot students at my college, I would end his venture right then and there. Thats why I feel the need to have guns.

[bacaca88]

Then this is why you deserve all your gun crime. Just put up and shut up in future. I have no sympathy for wankers like you when your children get shot at school, shoppers are shot in malls, etc, etc. Hope you get shot moron.

[unregisteruser]

A lot of emotion here. Chances your kid will die from a swimming pool - 1 in 11,000. Chances your kid will get shot - 1 in 2,100,000 (src: Freakanomics). The media has folks scared, not facts. If you stop and think of all the people you personally knew that died, how many died in any way related to a firearm? The emotional appeal of banning guns is simply irrational.

[bigangelsfan1234]

well you seen in our country we have protected rights unlike your country where you can be striped of your rights at any moment by the parliment. real quick question, what exactly would do if your country started to become overbearing and tyranical? would you be able to fight back? no because you dont have anything to fight with. Us "gun loving" americans reserve the right to be able to over throw our government if it becomes tyranical

[bacaca88]

You're just totally paranoid like most of your countymen. God help the rest of us with people like you in the US.

[bigangelsfan1234]

history has shown that gun control has lead to the deaths of over 56 million people. ussr 20 million, nazi germany 13 million, turkey 1.5 million armenians, cambodia 1 million, china 20 million, guatemala 100,000 mayan indians killed, uganda 300,000 christians killed. all of these countries established gun control laws before the genocide started. history repeats itself and you can guarentee it wont happen here in the US

[Lord666Belial]

The problem with liberal pussy's like you is that you blame the inanimate object for the murder instead of the criminal. The criminal is the one who kills. Notice all mass shootings happen at gun free zones where those of us who are permitted by the government to carry a firearm concealed are not allowed to carry it there. The criminal has no problem breaking the law and has nobody to stop him once he starts.

[bacaca88]

There are plenty on inaminate objects in the US who have guns. As I said, many of you are totally paranoid and much worse than the people you are trying to protect yourselves against. I wish you could view yourselves from outside of the US - then you would see this. Also, if you are so big at protecting the US, howcome you supported Bush? Oh!! - I remember - he likes guns and fighting!!! Silly me!!

[Lord666Belial]

I dont support bush and never did. I think that he destroyed part of this country and undermines the constitution he vowed to protect. Also you see the crime in the US as say you are unwilling to protect yourself. Crime happens everywhere and anywhere you never know when someone is going to try to victimize you. That is why I carry a firearm. I hope I never need it but I would rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

[Lord666Belial]

Its kind of funny you say were paranoid. Did you know that there were two men with firearms and legal concealed carry permits that has stopped a college shooting once before. People call you paranoid until you can stop an attack then they call you a hero. You say paranoid I say prepared.

[metallmayhem]

true, some people think that the police are going to be there to save you, in reality, they'll just show up to take some pics of your dead body, and write a few reports, and send around a homicide detective who will do nothing.

[HowdyCallmeDaddy]

Kabloooy-The great thing about America is you dont have to explain to anyone why you want or need firearms. The liberals seem to think we can only have guns for hunting and being in a militia which is just upsurd. I wouldn't even give them the satisfaction of a reason.

[Lord666Belial]

I gain from me holding a firearm because if someone tries to take my life I can defend myself. I dont care how I look at least I am not in a box.

[jefff421]

Annie get your gun! Because I will for sure be getting mine. I can't wait for this hippie generation of leaders to phase out. Oh but wait, then we'll have to deal with their offspring!

[Ayeere]

as a texan, but more importantly, as an American, i think individuals should not be allowed guns, unless in the militia, as state EXACTLY, in teh Constitution. It tell us exactly when citizens can bear arms.

[unregisteruser]

The constitution provides a protection of the right of the people to own and use firearms. The founders recognized no militia had ever been outlawed to oppress the people; instead, weapons were outlawed. This effectively killed the militia and the peoples ability to defend against tyranny. The 2nd Amendment's purpose is to preserve a state's ability to raise a militia. The means it employs to preserve this abilty is by protecting individual ownership of firearms. I hope you find this helpful.

[Ayeere]

to RAISE a militia, interesting. Is that the implied interpretation or literal?

[unregisteruser]

Very literal. Listen to or read the transcripts of the supreme court oral arguments. The justices arrive to this point very quickly into DC's argument.

[vascularcylinder]

If to lower homicide, stop putting solders in dangers and stop killing people overseas, and put all the money used for killings into education and health care. It will be a much nicer world then.

[vascularcylinder]

If there is a ban, it only bans nice people to have a hand gun. It will not ban criminals to have hand guns.

[Ayeere]

I've got to agree, on both accounts.

[RationalDischarge]

I'm so glad that the Supreme Court decided to err on the side of reason and personal liberty with its decision today...Goodness knows it is a rare enough occurrence when it does so.

[gotcha109]

the only army in the continent when 2nd ammendment was written, was the French in Louisianna, so to thwart spain,portugal,dutch etc. from landing in a defenceless country, and declaring a new colony, citizens where allowed the right to bear arms...now NRA fags, and a few arm dealers spend millions trying to twist this ammendment to the meaning of self protection...duh, is their no police, does USA have an army now to protect being colonized...did NRA press create WOMD, to okay an IRAQ war maybe

[randytate]

Some case history would tell you police do not protect, they enforce the law. Further, there are many instances where individuals needed protection against the police. Katrina showed us citizens also need protection against our military. Many states passed laws banning the government actions we saw in that disaster; even very left-leaning states. Dispite popular belief, we do not live in a nanny-state. The 2A protects our ability to be responsible for the protection we're expected to provide.

[earlofseattle]

All gun bans do is disarm people you wouldn't have to worry about anyway. The gangs and criminals who do the crimes the bans attempt to stop will continue to somehow get the guns to do so while the person who would buy one for defense would be denied.

[BIGMEL1981]

bush the war is in your own back yard ... solve that first

[gotcha109]

no, he moved it into IRAQ

[afrircans1970]

Guns are a non-issue. They are simply an object, a thing. They do not think. Drugs are chemicals, they are an object, a thing. Laws CANNOT alter thinking & behaviour. Witness nations with high crime & sever gun laws (Mexico City); the laws have NO effect. The same with a "War on Drugs", there is no impact to laws from those who won't obey them.

Police are NOT there to protect citizens. That is NOT their job description. They are there to enforce the laws; that's all. Cops take reports afterward.

[bootpdx]

guns don't kill people. stupid people with guns kill people

[fckuvrymch]

NO NO NO!

Do not take our guns.

[gangreneday]

In New York we hear about it all the time where the police kill a young black man just because they "thought he had a gun." It's a fucking police state here. If law abiding citizens were allowed to have guns in New York, we'd need less asshole policemen.

[aquamammal]

Fuck guns. Theist pissants.

[acerba]

If someone is going to kill a person, why would be stopped by a law against gun ownership?

If you're going to break one, you may as well break another.

[MicrowaveDisplaycom]

If rape (of your natural rights) is inevitable, you might as well lie there and try to enjoy it?

(wrong!)

[MicrowaveDisplaycom]

"The people" as referred to in the Second Amendment are the same "people" referred to in the the First Amendment.

Who could not understand that???

And what part of "shall not be infringed" don't you understand?!

[MicrowaveDisplaycom]

If you support the gun bans, please make and post this sign on the front of your home:

"WE HAVE NO GUNS IN THIS HOME"

I dare you!

[crazycatfguy]

I don't own a gun but in this neighborhood I like the fact that no one knows that.

[toosinbeymen]

If you all that live in rural areas want to have guns, go for it. But I don't want to have to worry in a packed, sweaty subway car that some crazy eyed guy is packing. It just doesn't work in a crowded urban environment to ease our local gun control laws.

[jmangle]

Actually, it works quite well. Don't believe me? wikipedia Bernhard Goetz. The media tried to make him out to be a loonie, but he protected himself, and after the incident, crime rates in the subway dropped.

Criminals prefer unarmed victims.

[crazycatfguy]

The John Warner defense act gave Bush the power to seize the national guard of any state without  permission from the governor. The National guard is no longer your states militia. You are.

[TribeTPaul]

Exactly

[TribeTPaul]

Praise the Lord an pass the ammunition.

[TribeTPaul]

The moment they come for your guns. They will come to put you in chains.

[fpig1000]

That's totally true, TribeTPaul. Since the gun buy-back in Australia in '96 I've had these chains damn near breaking my neck. Can't agree with you more.

[sugarpuddin88]

The USA is second only to Mexico in poverty

Poverty brings crime

Hard working citizens want to protect their families

Until poverty is cured, the solutions remain ugly

[Ayeere]

Huh? how so? i am curious.

[sugarpuddin88]

Ayeere - when you ask, "how so"?

What are you asking about?

US stats? Citizens wanting to protect their family? Or?

[historywillabsolve]

this is good news. every lawful citizen should be armed.