Republicans, what proof do you have that Democrats want to take your guns?

Question

Please back up your statements with FACT.

Washington D.C. has always had seperate laws, they are not being changed.

Looks like NO PROOF.

The Brady Bill keeps Americans from having fully automatic weapons and cop killer bullets, sound like a good idea to me.

Democrats can only "control" a city if they're voted into office by the people.

Granddad1070 - You've had your guns for over fifty years and nobody has come to get them.

chemcook - That's true, the New York gun restrictions were by Republican mayors.

Answer 1

In NYC the gun rules have been sponsored and supported by the GOP. Remember we've had GOP mayors?

The Brady act was to protect people from assault weapons, not to infringe gun ownership. And regulating guns doesn't infringe upon ownership.

Answer 2

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., on CBS "60 Minutes": "If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one of them -- Mr. and Mrs. America, turn them all in -- I would have done it."

"Mr. and Mrs. America, turn them all in." Those are the only words gun owners should ever need to remember. Never has the anti-gun agenda been stated more succinctly or more honestly.



Other proof was found in the infamous "Assault Weapons Ban" which in actuality banned only semi-automatic weapons based on menacing appearance and high capacity magazines. The guns actually banned functioned like any common rifle used for hunting or plinking, that is to say, the trigger has to be squeezed for each round of ammunition. If a gun can be banned for appearance only it's not a difficult to see where having a sight and a trigger could be construed as "menacing".

If you want to know the difference between a semi-automatic and an assault weapon, here's a video that shows the difference, magnificently!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6yyQ_328mA&feature=related




Contained within the Second Amendment are the words "well-regulated" in regards to the militia. The militia is every able bodied man, woman and child who are citizens of the USA. It should be noted one of the definitions of the word "regulate" is to ensure proper operation, to function as intended.

The framers of the Constitution were neither stupid or foolish.

To think they would have limited guns based on the ability kill an enemy of the document one at a time or by the thousands, if necessary, is ludicrous.

Suggesting that modern firearms would have dissauded them from recognizing the right to arms (self-defense, singularly or collectively) on any day in the future is like suggesting the spread of ideas via the internet and computers would have led them to limit speech because the Document was written with quill and inkwell.

As to what kind of people are for limiting speech and firearms; read this.

"Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas."

Joseph Stalin

Answer 3

To Stephen M , I can give you a good example, democrat Richard M.Daley, democratic mayor of Chicago,vehemently anti-gun. The same goes for democratic governor Blagojevich, they both hate the 2nd Amendment.

Answer 4

Ted Kennedy has been a staunch supporter of gun control initiatives. In 2006 he was one of the 16 senators who voted against the Vitter Amendment, which prohibited the confiscation of legally-possessed firearms during a disaster.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kennedy


Hillary Clinton is America’s leading gun-hater. This is no secret. She holds a “F” rating from the National Rifle Association. http://www.nohillaryclinton.com/2007/12/03/why-hillary-hates-guns/

Need I go on????

(Look it up yourself, just like I did.) Typical Democrat, to lazy to do their own work......

Answer 5

A few false things you state

Brady bill prevents owning full auto - wrong, all it did was ban semi-auto weps that had that scarey bayonet lug on the barrel, also "cop killer bullets" don't make me laugh. There is no such thing. Those bullets had a teflon coating to reduce fouling in the barrel of the guns, also, no cop was ever shot or killed by one. Heck, no cop ever arrested anyone that I can find who even had them on their person.

HCI spends millions with the DNC to work on getting more and more draconian gun laws passed that only affect the law abiding.

Answer 6

Why do Republican want guns? there is a big difference between the guns that were around when the right to bear arms was written in the US constitution. Back then it was flint locks with only one shot in say two seconds. Now you can shoot a lot more in a second without reloading. There is no comparison for accuracy are the amount of damage a gun carrying person today can do than say David Crockett is there. Not to many mountain lions in New Orleans is there and I have never heard of anyone really using their Uzi to kill a mountain lion in their kitchen.

Answer 7

The D.C gun law. The Brady Bill. And a whole host of other Federal gun laws that are absolutely in violation of the second amendment.

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Well your "good" ideas are still in violation of the constitution. These rights were to insure us the ability to engage in combat with our own government not to insure the ability to shoot a rabbit.

That you value the ability of a foreign enemy to plan an attack on us more than our ability to continue in freedom speaks volumes.


The D.C. Law is going to the supreme court because it is Federal jurisdiction and does not enjoy the same rights as a state.

Answer 8

Their own words and actions over the last 30 years.
I've owned guns for over 50 years,not once has one climbed out of the gun cabinet,snuck out of the house and committed a crime.
Guns are very well behaved and inoffensive.
Wish I could say that about some people.

Answer 9

I still remember the campaigns (state, not federal) where the democrats were boasting that THEY were more gun-friendly than the republicans.

Answer 10

Well first, we will probably remind people that there was more to the second amendment that says that the right to bear arms shall not be infringed. Some people seem to forget that.