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The Unlikely Liberal SUPPORT for Gun Rights
« on: March 07, 2010, 06:54:05 AM »
Wow, I'm not surprised there are some "normal" so called Democrats, in regard to advocating 2nd Amend. issues.

I am surprised it's in Newsweek. :o

Interesting read.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/234185?GT1=43002

Gun Rally

Liberals and the NRA have found common cause in a pending supreme court case.

By Ben Adler | NEWSWEEK
Published Feb 26, 2010
From the magazine issue dated Mar 8, 2010

Some excerpts:

For decades, liberals have opposed gun rights on the grounds that the Second Amendment is limited to the establishment of state militias. But some liberal dissenters from this view now say that is too narrow a reading of the Constitution. They contend that it fails to take into account the historical record and contradicts liberals' own reading of the Constitution's protection of individual rights.


 :o

The Constitutional Accountability Center, an otherwise Liberal advocacy group filed an amicus brief in the McDonald v. Chicago case, in SUPPORT of McDonald!

I think my coffee is too strong this morning.. ::)

Thomas Jefferson: The strongest reason for the people to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against the tyranny of government. That is why our masters in Washington are so anxious to disarm us. They are not afraid of criminals. They are afraid of a populace which cannot be subdued by tyrants."
Col. Jeff Cooper.

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Re: The Unlikely Liberal SUPPORT for Gun Rights
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2010, 08:07:16 AM »


Some excerpts:

For decades, liberals have opposed gun rights on the grounds that the Second Amendment is limited to the establishment of state militias. But some liberal dissenters from this view now say that is too narrow a reading of the Constitution. They contend that it fails to take into account the historical record and contradicts liberals' own reading of the Constitution's protection of individual rights.


 :o

The Constitutional Accountability Center, an otherwise Liberal advocacy group filed an amicus brief in the McDonald v. Chicago case, in SUPPORT of McDonald!

I think my coffee is too strong this morning.. ::)




And some of those Liberal Dissenters happen to be Supreme Court Justices, as shown by Heller
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
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"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."
— Daniel Webster

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Re: The Unlikely Liberal SUPPORT for Gun Rights
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2010, 09:04:36 AM »
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I think my coffee is too strong this morning.. ::)


Heresy....that shalt not speak that again!
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
-William Pitt, British Prime-Minister (1759-1806)
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Re: The Unlikely Liberal SUPPORT for Gun Rights
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2010, 10:47:54 AM »
Heresy....that shalt not speak that again!

 :D :D :D  yeah, I serve my coffee by the slice too.
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
—Patrick Henry

"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."
— Daniel Webster

 

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