gun owners are in the midst of a “culture war --- no ... they're just trying to defend their right to self-defense.
it's way past time for the USSC to rule on the meaning of the second amendment. I suspect those with guns will win the argument. On May 6, 7:46 pm, Bruce Majors <[email protected]> wrote: > <http://weeklyintercept.blogspot.com/2012/08/adam-kokesh-has-had-enoug...> > > Ever since New York’s SAFE Act and new restrictions in other states further > encroaching on law abiding gun owners’ right to keep and bear were enacted > in the wake of Sandy Hook, the tectonic pressures have been building. You > can feel it within mainstream organizations such as the NRA, where gun > owners are in the midst of a “culture > war<http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/04/politics/nra-lapierre/index.html>.” > You can certainly see it in the murkier corners of the intertubes where he > who shall not have hair > <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2260806/James-Yeager-threaten...>openly > promised to “start killing people” if someone comes for his guns. The stage > has been set for an otherwise innocuous – or overtly provocative – incident > to get out of control. It’ll get real ugly real fast. Radio host Adam > Kokesh seems just the man to set off the seismic tsunami . . . > > salon.com<http://www.salon.com/2013/05/03/a_march_on_washington_with_loaded_rif...> > is > reporting that Kokesh is planning a July 4 March on Washington. He’s > looking to assemble 1000 like-minded pro-2A folks and march across the > Memorial Bridge from Virginia into “gun free” D.C. With loaded rifles. > > The gun control industry laughs at the idea of law-abiding gun owners > pitting their pitiful guns to stand up against to tyranny. Reacting to a > report that 44% of Republicans (vs. 18% of Democrats) think that an armed > revolution might be necessary, Bill Maher let out a loud > guffaw<http://news.yahoo.com/bill-maher-ridiculous-quaint-nonsensical-think-...> > : > > Can we get to, first of all, how ridiculous it is for people to think > that the Second Amendment protects them from tyranny. Didn’t Waco solve > that? We just had the anniversary a couple of weeks ago. Remember Waco? > You know what they had in Waco? They had like 1.9 million rounds of > ammunition; they had .50 caliber machine guns; they had grenades…What did > the government have? Everything else. The winner and still champion – > the United States government. Thinking the Second Amendment protects you > from tyranny is like thinking the First Amendment protects you from Thor. > It’s quaint. It’s ridiculous. It’s nonsensical. And they never get called > [on] it! > > For his part, Kokesh (which sounds disturbingly > Koresh<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koresh>ian) > is calling his little soiree the Open Carry March on Washington. Here’s the > description of the event from his facebook > page<https://www.facebook.com/events/252728144871259/?ref=3> > : > > On the morning of July 4, 2013, Independence Day, we will muster at the > National Cemetery & at noon we will step off to march across the Memorial > Bridge, down Independence Avenue, around the Capitol, the Supreme Court, & > the White House, then peacefully return to Virginia across the Memorial > Bridge. This is an act of civil disobedience, not a permitted event. We > will march with rifles loaded & slung across our backs to put the > government on notice that we will not be intimidated & cower in submission > to tyranny. We are marching to mark the high water mark of government & to > turn the tide. This will be a non-violent event, unless the government > chooses to make it violent. Should we meet physical resistance, we will > peacefully turn back, having shown that free people are not welcome in > Washington, & returning with the resolve that the politicians, bureaucrats, > & enforcers of the federal government will not be welcome in the land of > the free. > > Would the D.C. police act to stop them from crossing that bridge from > Arlington into the capitol? Wouldn’t they almost have to? Allowing armed > marchers to flout the law, brazenly carrying locally illegal firearms, > would set a rather uncomfortable precedent for the nation’s seat of power. > > And what happens then? What if, despite Kokesh’s pledge to peacefully do an > about face, one of his fellow marchers, met by resistance from law > enforcement, is stupid (or careless) enough to crack off a shot? With a > battalion of armed riflemen encountering a phalanx of DCPD, one shot could > (and probably would) quickly turn into many more. And a very bloody, > terribly ugly incident. All filmed for the evening news. > > Even if Kokesh’s provocative procession comes off peacefully, this will > likely be the first of many of these. A March on Albany holding mags with 8 > rounds loaded in the air? Another one on Denver sporting full Magpul > 30-round mags? The potential is there for any one of those types of > situations — or another one entirely — to go south. And then what? > You may also like - > > - GRAA-CA Announces 'Day of Citizen Action' > > <http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2013/04/daniel-zimmerman/graa-ca-ann...> > - Secret Dem Push to Put Gun Dealers in the Crosshairs > > <http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2013/03/robert-farago/secret-dem-pus...> > - 3 Reasons Why 7-Round Mag Cap Limits Are Good for Gun Rights > > <http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2013/02/robert-farago/3-reasons-why-...> > - An Alternative Way to Combat Gun Control > > <http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2013/02/jim-barrett/an-alternative-w...> > - LEO L.C. Judas: Gun Ownership and Crime > > <http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2012/12/robert-farago/leo-l-c-judas-...> > > [image: > Share]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetruthabout...> -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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