From My Cold Dead Fingers

I'm occasionally questioned, both on my blogs and in public, about all of this "2nd Amendment paranoia", what's so wrong about at least getting rid of the "assault rifles" and why are all the "gun nuts" in such a fervor about Obama, they're buying out the gun stores? Have we all gone over the edge? And really...........isn't the Second Amendment just a single issue? Is that the only one that matters to you, Mike?

Yes it is. Because without it, you can't protect the rest of them, so I'm going to tell you non-gunners a few things you WON'T hear from the media, so that you might better understand why we "rednecks" cling to our guns as we do.

To begin with, our founding fathers knew all about oppressive governments. They had just thrown one OFF, and didn't use the Obama "sit down and parlay with the enemy" method to DO it. There was a lot of blood spilled so you and I can sit down today and own a home, a business, or just watch the Superbowl. So we could be free to speak, worship, vote and live as we wish.

To most politicians, power is intoxicating. Our founders knew that even back then, and so our Constitution was drafted expressly to keep our government ANSWERABLE to the citizens.

It is well that the First and Second Amendments are in the order they are. First, the freedom of speech........and secondly, the means to back it up. This is why the 2nd Amendment is so important...........even if you DON'T own, or even LIKE guns, the 2nd Amendment is YOUR most vital issue, whether you know it or not. If we ever lose it, the rest are gone as soon as "Big Brother" decides to come in and take what he wants. Who's to stop him?.....With what?

That Amendment was put in place to keep government in check. The job of government is to GOVERN......not RULE. On OUR end of it, it becomes the difference between being a citizen, or being merely a subject.

So this business of "gun control", that many believe to be some sort of crime prevention program, is nothing more than a subterfuge. Gun control isn't about guns, it's about control.

Genocide has never, and WILL never happen in a country where its citizens have the means to resist. Six million ARMED Jews would not have gone to the ovens.

"OK Bazookaman..........but at least concede THIS........why do we need AR-15's to hunt deer?"

We don't. But if you give them up as some sort of "comprimise", your Remington 7mm Magnum rifle......you know, the one that shoots Ted Kennedy's "cop-killer" bullets........will be next, followed by that old 30-30 Winchester lever action with its "high capacity" under-the-barrel tube magazine.

That old Browning 12 gauge pump shotgun your grandfather left you when he died, is still something you could "assault" someone with, so it too will eventually be labelled as an "assault weapon."

"That's absurd!"

Really?.........you obviously have a computer or you wouldn't be reading this. Look up H.R.1022, one of MANY anti-gun proposals sponsored by our "party of change", and see what else is on the first list besides AR's and AK's. This is why the NRA will NEVER comprimise. They KNOW as do most of us gun owning individuals, what ANY comprimise will lead to. I don't have a problem with a good neighbor who might own a belt-fed machine gun. I WANT him next door if we're ever invaded from outside OR WITHIN.

I AM concerned with some punk down the street with a switchblade, a growing record with the local police, who's "not really at fault, because he comes from a dysfunctional family, and we just need to show a little more COMPASSION."

Queen liberal Dianne Feinstein has openly stated that if it were in HER power, she would say "Mr. and Mrs. America, turn them all in." Her words.

And as of January, it just about WILL be in her power. The AR-15/AK-47/UZI thing is to appeal to your "common sense." But those of us on the "powder end" of it have watched these snakes for decades now. We've watched every backdoor/around the barn rider bill proposed. They don't want my AK..............they want them all. They're just smart enough to KNOW better than to go for them all at once, and that might change after Obama is sworn in.

"AH-HAH!!!!(says people like Ex-Intern).........I KNEW you couldn't resist whacking on HIM..........ADMIT IT!"

Guilty as charged. And so is he. The newsmedia that got him elected, tells us he SUPPORTS the 2nd Amendment, and that's what HE said as well......when he needed votes. Biden, an even BIGGER antigun snake, avoided that subject like the plague.

But what Obama has VOTED for in the past, is a much clearer picture of where he stands. Matter of RECORD....he wants a 500% sales tax on ALL guns and ammunition.

He wants a complete handgun ban and revocation of all concealled carry permits. ON THE RECORD

He wants no gunshops to exist within 5 miles of any school. ON THE RECORD.....(study the geographics of THIS one!)

He wants anyone using a firearm to defend his own home or family prosecuted. ON THE RECORD

He wants to re-establish lawsuits against gun manufacturers if one of their guns is used in a crime. ON THE RECORD (And the crime is usually committed by some gangbanger that already HAS a record as long as his leg, and should have been put away for keeps long ago)

He seems to admonish those of us who "cling to our guns and religion" as some kind of redneck outcasts, doesn't he?

Now..........take what he has said and voted for, add that to Biden's antigun record (and we won't even go into that--------check it for yourself). Look at Pelosi's record in California with her girlfriend Dianne.

Open your computer into the world of congress and see every proposed gun ban/restriction/confiscation bill already introduced and/or waiting in the wings.........noting that EVERY one of them is sponsored by a Democrat.

In the final tally, you see that as of January 20th, it is ALL theirs, with virtually NO Republican opposition..........................................................it doesn't take rocket science to understand why gun stores all over this country are being bought out. (Paranoia, of course..........nothing to base any of it on).

I don't really see a physical confiscation attempt. There was a time when I did, but there's too many of us now, and with bad attitudes to boot. I DO think they're going to at the very LEAST, attempt to shut down manufacturers and imports. Cut off the supply, if you will. Luckily, ENOUGH of us have seen this coming for years and were not caught wanting.

Most of the voters in this country, while still in the "feel-good/we've made a statement/honeymoon" mode, have no idea what they've potentially opened our country up to.

I'm NOT saying it's gonna happen.........but whatever DOES follow, good, bad or otherwise, there will be NOTHING to stop it, for at least another two years.

Some of you make jokes and mock us now, but the time will come, when a lot of you will wish you had more in your home than a baseball bat.

A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone.

And for you "scholars" out there, who argue that the Second Amendment applies only to "militia.".........you're absolutely right. It does.

Next time you're close to Webster's...look that word up. And when we check up a bit further, we find the word "militia" determined by our founding fathers THEMSELVES as "All able bodied men over the age of 17, capable of bearing arms in chaotic times."

The Minutemen.............you and I. They couldn't have been clearer......................but Barack knows best, eh?

I'm going to follow this blog up later tonight or maybe tomorrow with what I will call the "Anti-Gunner's Glossary."

Today being the 233rd Anniversary of the Marine Corps, and tomorrow being Veteran's Day........this would seem to be an IDEAL tie to write both of them.