Obama's 10 Point Plan to 'Update' The Second Amendment

What does the campaign of Barack Obama mean for the Constitution's Second Amendment?

One thing is sure: the ultra-liberal senator will be no friend of gun owners and strict Constitutionalists.

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Second Amendment Sentiments

Bernie sends along a missive entitled A Gun in the House.

The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental. As John Steinbeck once said:

1. Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.

2. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.

3. I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.

4. When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away.

5. A reporter did a human-interest piece on the Texas Rangers. The reporter recognized the Colt Model 1911 the Ranger was carrying and asked him 'Why do you carry a 45?' The Ranger responded, 'Because they don't make a 46.'

6. An armed man will kill an unarmed man with monotonous regularity.

7. The old sheriff was attending an awards dinner when a lady commented on his wearing his sidearm. 'Sheriff, I see you have your pistol. Are you expecting trouble?' 'No Ma'am. If I were expecting trouble, I would have also brought my rifle.'

8. Beware the man who only has one gun. He probably knows how to use it!

I was once asked by a lady visiting if I had a gun in the house. I said I did. She said 'Well I certainly hope it isn't loaded!' To which I said, of course it's loaded, can't work without bullets!' She then asked, 'Are you that afraid of some one evil coming into your house?' My reply was, 'No not at all. I am not afraid of the house catching fire either, but I have fire extinguishers around, and they are all loaded too.' To which I'll add, having a gun in the house that isn't loaded is like having a car in the garage without gas in the tank.

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Quite possibly the best motivational poster of all-time

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Charlton Heston's Basement

This is the late, great Charlton Heston's gun vault. And this isn't listed in Snopes, so it must be real! Clickety-click to zoom.




I thought my Y2K bunker was pretty cool until I saw Heston's gun-vault.

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Build your own home security system

Curmudgeonly & Skeptical offers this quick 'n' easy instruction sheet.

HOW TO INSTALL THE NEW HOME SECURITY SYSTEM:

1. Go to a second-hand store and buy a pair of men's used size 14-16 work boots

2. Place them on your front porch along with several empty beer cans, a copy of Guns & Ammo magazine and several NRA magazines.

3. Put a few giant dog dishes next to the boots and magazines.

4. Leave a note on your door that reads: 'Hey Bubba, Big Jim, Duknd Se alim, I went to the gun shop for more ammunition. Back in an hour. Don't mess with the pit bulls -- they attacked the mailman this morning and messed him up real bad. I don't think Killer took part in it but it was hard to tell from all the blood.'

PS - I locked all four of 'em in the house. Better wait outside.'

INSTALLATION COMPLETE!!!!

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Obama's Speeches need a "Born-on Date"

Barack Obama responds to the Supreme Court's rejection of the DC gun ban:

I have said consistently that I believe the second amendment is an individual right. And that was the essential decision that the Supreme Court came down on.

Problem is that Obama is as anti-firearm a politican who has hit the national stage since Al Gore spontaneously combusted in 2000: "Barack Obama Voted Four Times To Allow Criminal Charges Against Homeowners Who Defend Their Person and Home With a Gun"

The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz ("Pretzel Logic") plunges Obama's clogged rhetoric clean as a whistle.

Here's how the Illinois senator handled the issue with the Chicago Tribune just last November:

"The campaign of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said that he... believes the D.C. handgun law is constitutional.' "

Kind of a flat statement.

And here's what ABC reported yesterday: " 'That statement was obviously an inartful attempt to explain the Senator's consistent position,' Obama spokesman Bill Burton tells ABC News."

For and against public financing of campaigns? Check.
For and against FISA? Check.
For and against a "divided Jerusalem"? Check.

Red State asks: "May I suggest that Senator Obama start putting a 'Freshest if used by' date on all his speeches?"

And Hot Air's Ed Morrissey observes:

"Barack Obama has been spinning like a top, and watching his positions on, well, just about everything is like watching table-tennis matches on TiVo triple fast forward. FISA, public financing, and NAFTA have all been reversed in the last couple of weeks, and Obama's not through yet . . .

"Suddenly, with the general election looming, Obama discovers that his campaign's statement was inartful. This seems rather puzzling, because before he ran for public office, Barack Obama was supposed to be a Constitutional law expert... the Constitution is what he supposedly studied at Columbia and Harvard."

We might as well have had a Clinton win the Democratic primary. Obama will say anything (and I mean eh-nee-thing) to win. And that's precisely why he will lose the general election.

This Chicago politician can't be trusted as far as you can throw a bogus presidential seal.

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8,400 murdered in DC since gun ban went into effect

The AP's Stephen Manning spends 26 paragraphs describing the various reactions to yesterday's Supreme Court decision striking down the District of Columbia's handgun ban.

The story's lede:

Washington's blanket ban on handguns will fall and tight gun laws in places like Chicago and San Francisco are sure to come under attack. But most of the nation's firearms regulations will probably stay on the books, and some politicians said Thursday's Supreme Court decision won't hinder their efforts to prevent bloodshed.

He waits until paragraph 23 to tell us that more than 8,400 people have been killed since the ban went into effect in 1976; the vast majority of them with handguns.

Seems the criminals have been ignoring the ban all along.

I'll alert the blogosphere.

Graphs: Washington Post (Nov. 12, 2007): "Homicide Rates in D.C. and Other Major Cities -- Despite a ban on handgun ownership passed in 1976, the District's homicide rate has remained generally higher than those of other cities."

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