Never in danger of being outlaws? Hmmmmmmmmmm ... Ask the citizens of DC about that.
Just wanted to clear up a few misunderstandings in the letter to the editor "Carrying a gun is our right" (July 20) by Shannon Thigpen. Regarding the phrase "card-carrying liberals," apparently she is confusing communism with being liberal.
The real danger to this great country is extremism in religion and government. The right to carry a gun has never been in danger of being outlawed, despite what Fox News is telling you.
Also why should I thank a serviceman for a right that this country has had since its inception? If anyone, thank our far-thinking forefathers. Ms. Thigpen should please get out of the 1950s and change the channel.
Jay Collett
Augusta
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Never in danger of being outlaws? Hmmmmmmmmmm ... Ask the citizens of DC about that.
Jay Collett, you show about as much wisdom in this letter as Obama, which is a joke. Mr. Collett, servicemen and servicewomen have stepped up to the plate and put their lives on the line, and sometimes given their lives to insure the rights you enjoy everyday, including the right to compose the idiotic letter you just wrote.
The constitution is nothing but words on paper without the will and the people to stand behind it with military service, something I'm guessing you never did. If you think such thinking is from the 1950's, just turn on any news. All of them, even the most liberal mouthpieces like Katie Couric will show you that it is still a dangerous world for freedom, and that we owe everything to our veterans. Shame on you, Jay Collett!
If I looked in the dictionary by IDIOT your picture should be there!!
Right on, CH. Jay Collett must also have problems with Christians and my right to practice my religion as I see fit. No one has any right to interfere with my practice of religion unless I am endangering someones well being by so doing.
I am very grateful for our founding fathers, had we lost the revolution they would have been hanged for treason but they were willing to put their necks on the line to be free. The fought to make this country what it is today and for its survival, just like our military. Therefore, Mr. Collett it is appropriate for you to be thankful for both our founding fathers and the people who maintain and support the foundation they built. God bless America and God bless our military.
Jay, you astound me! You are proof positive a blabbering idiot can breathe without a brain!
RBK, you are 100% correct! I agree with you!
The second paragraph made sense. WTF happened at the end of the LTE? Every person should thank every soldier they see. They never get tired of it and they deserve every single thank you they get.
just, did you know the GA law forbidding people from carrying a firearm in a 'public gathering' was a direct jim crow law from a protest by mostly black americans in GA? We want this racist law removed.
I see there are at least two more idiots who fall in your category, Jay. They being justus and hoser!
FFH, you forgot Retarded Army for the idiot category.
FFH, you forgot Retarded Army for the idiot category. Right to bear arms not in danger? If this were true, why was a case brought against DC (and won by poaintiffs). There are other cities that need to be sued for the same reason-NYC being one.
Ad hominem attacks are the last resort of those who have nothing to say to refute an argument.
The TRUTH is that "racist" gun laws go back to the 16th century. I'm not racist in any way. Just telling it like it is.
honden, 1500s you say, who enacted the gun laws?
The only IDIOT I see on thsi site is a low life coward that instead of being original in thought or user name, has to resort to using similar names to other posters because him dumb inorant [filtered word] has be deleted so many time. This person is a waste of air. As far as a right to carry a weapon, as long as idiots like him are not allowed to carry them, I am all for it. @ the jackazz that posted at 9:05am.
What a scumbag.
The colony of New Spain prohibited all blacks, free and slave, from carrying arms because they were terrified of black slave revolts.
want more?
Starting in 1751, the French Black Code required Louisiana colonists to stop any blacks and, "if necessary," beat "any black carrying any potential weapon, such as a cane." If a black refused to stop on demand and was on horseback, the colonist was authorized to "shoot to kill." In Louisiana, the fear of Indian attack and the importance of hunting to the colonial economy necessitated that slaves sometimes possess firearms. The colonists had to balance their fear of the Indians against their fear of their slaves. As a result, French Louisiana passed laws that allowed slaves and free blacks to possess firearms only under very controlled conditions.
Like I stated before I am nowhere near racist. I am as white as anyone could be. I just think that if someone is going to talk about gun laws and ignoring a racist bias at the same time. they are obviously ignorant of historical events as they REALLY happened. There WERE reasons behind them.
1751 is the 16th century, What year did new spain initiate the prohibition? Fire I carry and I do have a permit.
Firefight ... 1751 is the 18th century. I would watch out before attacking people on this forum calling them idiots.
1518 - 1574
my bad on the 16 honden!
What an idiot.
intheknow, quit talking about yourself.
The letter is perhaps the most arrogant I have read in a long time.
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