The founders also lived in a time where military and civilian technology was pretty equal. Different world complately.
-----Original Message----- From: LRS Scout [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 9:44 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Possible Executive Action - Gun Control On most issues I would agree, this is one issue where I feel there can be no discussion. The intent of the founders was clear to anyne willing to send some time with google. This far and no more. No regrets, no remorse. On Jan 10, 2013 10:30 AM, "GMoney" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well Scout...I DO understand your actions. You are passionate about a > cause, and you want to fight for it. > > Obviously, I don't think you are doing the right thing by getting > yourself arrested, but I do not question your resolve or the purity of > your intentions. > > I will be totally honest with you, because you have always been so with us: > I hope your efforts fail, and that more gun restrictions are imposed > in this country. But more importantly, I hope the personal outcome of > your actions work out OK for you, and most importantly, I hope no one gets hurt. > > Just try to remember that whatever happens, we are ALL Americans, even > those of us that view what's best for each other a little differently. > I have such immense respect for you and for people like you, that I > can disagree with your positions without ever once calling into > question your character. I think if that were true for the majority of > disagreements in this country, our discourse would be a LOT more > civil. Yes, i'm looking at you Congress! > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 9:16 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Understand this. We live in a constitutional republic, not a democracy. > > Even if 99% of our population wants to violate the rights of the 1% > > they CANNOT legally do so. This is the United States, not Canada or > > England > or > > Australia. I don't care if the evidence showed that gun control > > worked, according to our philosophy it wouldn't matter. > > > > Going the route of executive order is the act of a despot and a tyrant. > > Make no mistake, executive orders are decrees that carry the > > strength of law, totally outside of the normal checks and balances of our government. > > This is not accetable. > > > > On Feb. 8th there will be a series of nationwide pro-gun rallies > > nationwide. These will be armed demonstrations, conducted in a > > legal and safe manner to demonstrae to this administration that we > > the people will > no > > longer accept any type of unconstitutional laws oe limits on the > > free expression and execution of our natural inalienable rights. > > > > In continuing my on going fight against the immoral and > > unconstitutional restrictions laced against me by the federal > > government I will be > attending > > and will be carrying both a side arm and a long gun. I will be > > doing so openly and in violation of both federal and state laws. I > > have already notified both local and federal law enforcement of my > > intentions. It is > my > > desire and expectation that I will be arrested during this protest. > > > > The arrest will provide me with standing to challenge existing laws > > in local and federal court. Without proving you have been impacted > > by a > law, > > you may not challange it. > > > > I don't mind sitting in a cell in order to defend my rights and the > rights > > of over 100,000 veterans. Civil disobiedience has a long and > > storied history in our nation, being used in every major political > > change in our nation since and including the revoluton itself. I > > feel as though I am > the > > ideal candidate for such an action. I am a decorated combat > > veteran, a person who spent years in both uniformed and civilian government service. > > I am not a felon, have never been accused of domestic abuse, and I > > have never been forcibly committed against my will. I have medical > > opinions showing that I am neither homicidal nor suicidal. I have > > had no due process or other protections afforded to me, and I have > > been told that a > VA > > appeal can take as long as 4 years, certainly a "speedy trial" violation. > > My child support is handled automatically and will contine even if > > I'm locked up. > > > > I do not want to see violence in my country. I will submit > > peacefully to arrest or detainment. I will not however stop my > > fight for our natural rights no matter the results. > > > > I know most of you will not understand this decision. We are for > > the > most > > part comfortable, and still mainly free, even though with things > > like the NDAA and the NDRP the framework for total control is already in place. > > This is not acceptable. Ask yourself, who started the revoltuionary war? > > Was it the colonists insistance that their rights be respected, or > > was it insane taxation, tariffs, lack of due process and finally gun > > control > that > > kicked off the war? Enough is enough and if we wish to prtect the > republic > > and roll back the thousands of unconstitutional and therefore > > illegal > laws > > and regulations on the books we must act now. > > > > I am a free man. Make whatever laws you wish, and I will still be > > free > in > > that my actions and my thoughts are my own, and nothing anyone ever > > does will change this short of my death, and I refuse to provide > > anyone with a reason to legally take my life. > > On Jan 10, 2013 9:17 AM, "Sam" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > That worked so well for drugs too. > > > If you take guns away from law abiding citizens then only the > > > criminals will have them. > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 9:10 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Gun control works if it's area wide.....country wide......it > > > > hasn't > > > worked > > > > in America because it's isolated. I mean, it's like diving to > > > > the > > middle > > > of > > > > the Pacific, and declaring it a "water-free zone"...then > > > > wondering > why > > > > everything there is still wet. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:359977 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
