Gun Owners of America Alert-- November 29, 2006

Earlier this month, the Brady Campaign asked the Federal Election Commission to investigate GOA's practice of posting its candidate ratings on the Internet. Millions of gun owners rely on these ratings, and that is something the Brady Bunch would like to halt.

In 2002, the Bradys rejoiced when Congress passed the Incumbent Protect Act, stating that "now the gun lobby's stranglehold on Congress will be broken." Indeed, they want to make it illegal for GOA to tell gun owners what their legislators are actually doing.

But it should not surprise anyone that a group which doesn't understand the Second Amendment does not understand First Amendment freedoms as well.

Realize that we are going to need your help more than ever in 2007. Because of this recent Brady assault, we could be looking at a very costly court battle that could eventually go all the way to the Supreme Court.

Gun Owners is not going to back down, however, from the Brady Campaign's intimidation tactics. We realize that these candidate ratings are extremely important, for they force your legislators to stay in the light.

Are they doing this to the NRA as well?  Personally, I value GOA's ratings more than the NRA's.

A "card carrying member of the Democratic Party of Lane County" writes in The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon:

Other than alienating virtually every rural Democrat, there is no practical reason to ban handguns. We cannot take handguns out of the hands of law-abiding citizens when criminals would still buy them illegally or steal them.

Besides, handguns are a tool for a specific job. For instance, they are smaller than rifles and shotguns. I'd be happy to walk into Market of Choice with a shotgun over my shoulder, but that tends to freak people out. Discrete, concealed handguns are a little more inconspicuous and safer; there's no point of advertising that you carry.

Furthermore, handguns are often the best tool for home defense. A lot of people find handguns easier to handle; comfort with a firearm is 90 percent of the battle. At 6-1 and 205 pounds, I prefer my 12-gauge, but many women prefer smaller, longer-barreled handguns.

When I do my farm chores, I prefer my handgun on my hip as opposed to a bulky rifle or shotgun on my shoulder. I don't want to be running back to the house for the rifle while an animal suffers or a dog-at-large threatens livestock.

Most importantly, gun ownership, including handguns, is the biggest deterrent to a totalitarian government or military coup. If the neoconservatives use the next terrorist attack to set aside more of our rights, we'll eventually run out of them. I'll be thankful that our "well regulated [neighborhood citizen] militia" has a "right to bear arms" that is not "infringed." Those are quotes from the Constitution. I wish gun banners and neocons would read it and love it.

A good article, but I do have some disagreements with it.

Namely, on his references to Michael Moore. He doesn't make Democrats look silly, he makes you look like complete lunatics. In addition, I do not respect Moore's opinion on anything because he so often must resort to lies when he spews his twisted propaganda. Furthermore, I do consider him an enemy of freedom, and therefore an unpatriotic enemy of the United States of America.

I don't usually bother to point out changes to my blogroll, but I will this time.  I put it in the blogroll yesterday.

United States vs. Fincher is a new blog that will be documenting the case of Hollis "Wayne" Fincher of Arkansas, who was recently arrested "after an eight month investigation related to the unlawful manufacture, possession and transfer of fully automatic guns."

I'm sure a lot of people will say:  so what, without proper "permission" and duly-paid taxes, fully automatic guns are illegal--he should go to jail.

People who think this are wrong.

He was not arrested for committing murder or theft using such weapons.  He was not arrested for conspiring to commit any such crime using such weapons.  He was arrested for "unlawful manufacture, possession and transfer of fully automatic guns."

This arrest has nothing to do with crime control.  It has everything to do with behavior control.

Some laws are stupid, and deserve to be broken.  More importantly, some laws are unconstitutional, and deserve to be repealed, along with the traitorous scum who passed such laws being suitably punished.  (Insert your favorite punishment here).  And following that, it should be made clear to the ruling elite that no such laws will be tolerated, nor will any ever be allowed again.

Mr. Fincher has a long, hard, horrible road ahead of him.  His outlook is grim, to say the least.

Take note:  This is what happens to someone who follows the letter of the Constitution.  Not the law, but the Constitution.

Those who favor "common sense gun laws" should consider how they would consider "common sense speech laws," "common sense religion laws," or "common sense press laws."

There are no such things.  There is liberty, and there is not.  I'd say this country has been pretty firmly in the "not" category for quite a while now.

Follow the link above to get all the details on the case.

Hat tips to several other bloggers who I read regularly who have already posted about this.  I don't remember where I read it first.

Gun Owners of America has posted a summary of the recent election as it pertains to second amendment rights.

Disillusioned about the NRA, or not.  Read Stalwarts versus NRA at Whose Paranoid.

I am a Life Member of the NRA, but do not actively support them any longer (have not for five years) and I know you really do not know me from Adam, but what I am about to relate is the flat out truth as I was told.

And draw your own conclusion.

Thanks to The War On Guns.

Read all about it at JPFO:  Costco Gun Ban.

Costco, where bigotry is legal.