Here I am again, writing to defend my Second Amendment right.
As Vladimir Lenin said, "One man with a gun can rule a hundred without one." We already have hundreds of gun regulations on the books now. Obviously, letter writer David Matos ("Still no changes in our gun laws," April 20) has never bought a handgun, because if he had he would know that there is an instant background check that goes through the GBI.
We the people do not need more regulations or registrations of our guns. Ask the people of California about registration. When California passed a law for all who owned any assault style weapons, six months later they passed another one deeming these weapons illegal. They then confiscated every weapon that was registered.
By the way, the criminals didn't get theirs taken away. They kept theirs.
The Second Amendment was placed in the Bill of Rights to protect the people and our freedoms that 99 percent of Americans take for granted. Those rights are not guaranteed without the Second Amendment in place. President Obama and all of his miscreants are trying their hardest to disarm us so they can rule over us. Wrong answer, people. We do not serve the government; they are our servants.
Just take a look at some of the cities with the most stringent gun laws ever. Their crime rate is through the roof. So explain to me again how gun control deters crime, other than disarming law-abiding citizens.
As the saying goes: "A man with a gun is a citizen. A man without one is a subject." If you want my guns, come and get them. Oh, and good luck.
Shannon Thigpen
Augusta
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Shannon, in general I agree with your letter. However, I would advise you to think twice about your final paragraph. I believe you wouldn't do a damn thing if the feds came to take your guns away. Hollow threats get you nowhere. Make better plans on how to deal with forced confiscation, Shannon. GGpap
GGAP, good post. If Ms. Thigpen does have to deal with the ultimate display of big government, confiscation, you can thank this president. He believes in big brother, I mean, big government.
.22s against tanks... that's what an armed rebellion would about to. Use your power of logical thought and vote! Let our law makers know that we will not tolerate the abuse of the 2nd Amendment. Support those who lawfully fight its abuse. Be heard.
You moron, the OBAMA ADMINSTRATION never said about abolishing the second amendment but abolishing assault weapons you must be a Republican grouch because I don't know why you wrote this letter to the editor with this misleading myth.I told you the Republican party,a cult leader, have led many people astray about the new administration from leaving debts with our grandchildren 20 years from now to abolishing gun rights.
More right-wing paranoia about losing their right to have a gun...Can you say STUPID????
the 3headedbeast is the mythical creature that can't see the truth if it hit him on all 3 heads...there is no myth to what this administration is doing which includes trampling on the 1st amendment, abolishing 2A and nationalizing the banks...we're on the brink of revololution and I pray it is done in the voting booth in 2010, it not, violent revolution will be a real concern for me
motorman, he who has all the guns and money wields all the power....read history
Big man/woman. They got a gun. They talk bad. Bullets fly. How many dead? This writer is a useful wingnut and here is why: California is Democrat state, while his/her state is mostly Republicans. How can U compare two entirely different states and use one state's governing to justify some ignorant belief. Now that's really stupid reasoning and demonstrate the shallowness of this writer's intelligence. In fact, California allowed interracial dating in the 1950s while Thigpen's state law changed only since the 1990s. Wow! Can U say backwards? Again, a poor misinformed soul that is confusing apples with oranges.
justus4...i'm speachless..forget the apples and oranges...i'm worried about all the eggplants
"as goes California...so goes the rest of the nation". Who said it?
People that do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.You folks should compare nazi germany (circa.1936-37) to what is happening here today.To control the masses, keep them ignorant and afraid. High school grads can't read or write-that covers ignorant, attempts to reduce or take away our rights-that covers fear. If the general populous does not wake up soon, there will be no United States of America.
The progressives are after our Constitutional rights. It's a known fact that the progressives, that are in control at this time, have two agendas. The progressives believe its religion and guns that cause the violence in the United States and through out the world. The progressives want to take away the first and second amendments to the US Constitution. The Conservatives see this coming we know what BARRY and his Elite Progressives agendas are. Which is to take the individuality away from the person and in the governments control through demonetization of religion and guns . The only way for them to accomplish their goals is to abolish the first two amendments They may have the liberals and the ignorant independents fooled, but not us. What do I know I'm just a hick who clings to his religions and guns. Which is my right under the US Constitution, what is wrong with that BARRY?
justus4, my, my. it never ceases to amaze me how the majority of YOUR reasonings seem to shallowl-ly relate back to race.
I don't own any guns but I wish I did. Thanks to Obama they cost too much now. Everyone done got scared of him and started buying them and now the price is sky high. I guess I'll just hold to my religion since I can cling to guns and religion. I sure am glad we legalized interacial dating so Justus had something to talk about on the gun posts.
JUSTUS, funny how you always bad mouth Republicans but never mention how African-Americans rights, including the right to date outside their race that you just mentioned, were stepped on while DEMOCRATS were in power! It must be the effect of the "non-minority media." And MOTORMAN, I can spell stupid.. O-B-A-M-A. And 3HEAD, your boy and this congress has just chained all of our children to trillions in debt. You wanted "change." You sure sure as Hell got it!
About once per month we get one of these inane, sophmoric letters. Next week, Shannon will take on the tough topic of condemning flag burning. I wonder how the Bruce familky feels about this letter?
the poor Bruce woman was killed by a psychopath...remember the story where Cain killed Abel....it wasn't a gun but a club or a rock...evil exits and we have to deal with it
Nobody ever explains to us why the military, with the best gun saftey training and well motivated young folks in America keeps all it's weaponry under lock and key. Could it be that those folks know something about security and possibly that the phrase "Well regulated" means something to them? 17,000 gun deaths last year. A lot less than those who were killed in auto accidents. Only 300 of those gun deaths were by the police protecting us and thank you very much. Were all the 16,700 others scum who deserved to die? How many were innocent victims? Over 5,000 gun laws in the United States? Wow! If you take your concealed gun accross a state line you are probably in violation of a law. Ridiculous at best. I used to hunt as a kid but these days I prefer my meat from Kroger. It tastes better. You want to eat that tough-a**ed ol' deer meat by all means enjoy. Your dentist and my car appreciate you. Are you more effective in your hunting with a 30 round capacity Kalishnakov? Or does it just help your testosterone level? Well at least you can kill more school kids at one sitting with one of those things. That and a 15 round capacity handgun. Really poor marksmen need those things.
wizzardx1, for Americans,the example of Germany is from before it became "Nazi Germany". From '33 to '36, when it was Marxist Germany, the charismatic leader persuaded the population that he represented change they could believe in and that he'd end corporate greed and that if they'd just register their guns, he'd be able to guarantee their safety. Soon, the change they got was confiscation of corporations and guns and the total control of all action taken within the country. The great equalizing uniform of the day was the brown shirt and all Germany was finally living the utopia they had asked for. Is history repeating itself or is this just an illusion? Sieg heil Obama, sieg heil
southern: Sorry, those Dems were DINOs (to borrow from the right wing terminology-Democrats in Name only). During and after the civl rights movement they began to flock to the Repubs and now make up the main constituency of the Republican party. It's not a coincidence that the last gasp of the Republican party is the old south, home of the last gasps of slavery, Jim Crow, Black codes, etc.
forget assault weapons! the second amendment is useless until the government lets us keep ICBMs in our backyards!
Yeah, TechLover, small is large and less is more. We've all heard that spiel before.
Will you gun nuts please get over it. No one wants to take away your right to bear arms. If you want to use a tank, bazooka or an M-60 to hunt Bambi, then all means go right ahead. Hell I am sure that there are a few F-14s that are just sitting around that you might wish to bid on.
Where was the LTE writer when the previous administration actually elimimated the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th Amendments (as opposed to what Obama might do)? Personally, I prefer our leaders to uphold the entire Constituition.
Obviousley southernguy hasn't heard or convieniently forgets Richard Nixons "Southern Stratagey" which is still being used until this day. When Lyndon Johnson(Democrat) signed the Civil Rights act of 1965 he famously stated "I fear I have lost the South for a generation. Judging from many of the posts here I fear he was wrong. Looks more like 2 or three generations. Fringe Republicans, Lincoln, Teddy Rooseveldt and Dwight Eisenhower would be ashamed to be seen in public with you. Mainstream Republicans, please take back your party.
" Legalized interracial marriages". What in the hell does that have to do with this?
this nation defeated king george, jefferson davis, hitler, etc...soon they will defeat domestic terrorist like shannon thigpen.
I guess if you can't find anything to be critical of with the present administration, then you make up things and hope something will stick. I thought the last elections proved to the republicans that those fear tatics don't work. Republicans must be slow learners, but I won't complain. There are more elections for them to lose. HELLO! HELLO! I am so proud of what our president is trying to do despite hannity still talking about jeremiah wright. Bush left a real mess behind when he got in that helicopter and Cheney got out of his wheel chair. The thing that I am most proud of is that Mr. President Obama is not bitter about the last election and is looking forward not desiring to put the last administration in jail. HELLO! HELLO! HELLO! and you remember TOOT
TechLover, Bush did not eliminate the 4th, 5th, 6th nor 8th amendments. The completely false accusations were just election year politics and only the easily tricked fell for the lies.
Very Dem post, 234, one of those words almost meant something.