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originally posted by: RickyD
a reply to: bullcat
In my daily life I try to. I have been armed since the young age of 13 let's say for argument sake. I am 29/now and the age I started as a bit early I think. Since then I have never owned a concealed permit. I do so anyway. I have carried everyday and never been called out. I do what I can to not only abide by the constitutional laws but educate others on them. I have been responsible for at least 5 individual citizens becoming armed on my recommendation. After which I taught them their responsibilities and even enlisted my combat vet to help as well. I just have little sympathy for those who chose to be ignorant. What is my help gonna do. Nothing! That's what. I tend to take responsibility when I can control what's going on. Any other time I can't possibly claim this. So I tend to stay out of it. I have told many people they should not own guns. All it takes is a week or so and a couple questions to figure if they are responsible or not. Anyone handling a fire arm around me is subject to common sense rules and I have and will disarm anyone not a hearing to them. Its not a god damn game its a right of passage and responsibility which has made this country great. I am saddened that foriegners know our laws better than a good majority of our own citizens. I really hope our current system is unrecoverable due to events which I think will pass but until then we are #ed by dumbasses who don't know half of what you do.
You out number them.
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
The world (especially Europe) pays for your INACTION.
We are the ones suffering from your INACTION.
That is why we care about your constitution and system, even when YOU DO NOT.
Because we are the ones that pay for it.
“We’re saying that if you want to do that in this state, then you don’t have to get the permission slip from the government,” Brownback said. “It is a constitutional right, and we’re removing a barrier to that right.”
originally posted by: DYepes
You out number them.
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
The world (especially Europe) pays for your INACTION.
We are the ones suffering from your INACTION.
That is why we care about your constitution and system, even when YOU DO NOT.
Because we are the ones that pay for it.
Now see here bullcat, this is where we are going to have an issue with the way we see things. You want to blame America for screwed up policies in Europe?? I just want to know exactly what price Europe is paying as a result of American citizens inaction. Far as I see, the only real right I lost after 9/11 was that I can just go hang out at the Airport terminal or port without official business. I still have the right to bear arms. I still have the right to deny the Holocaust if I want too without going to jail (not that I believe that, but will state it with passion just because I can). I still have the right to be out as late as I want. I can challenge most violations of the fourth amendment, or better yet not utilize the technology and services that makes it easy for that right to be violated.
Perhaps you should look elsewhere to blame for the problems of Europe. Surely it has nothing to do with the fact that Europe still has more Monarchies than Africa or Asia Pacific, or even the Middle East? Oh sure, you can feed us the typical feel good story of limited power due to being a Constitutional Monarchy. But wait, did you not just slam us because our constitution is not always followed by our leaders?? I suppose the very divine families of royalty are somehow exempt from this kind of behavior??
Let us not forget what a Monarch really is, typically the RICHEST, WEALTHIEST, most WELL OFF families in a given land. Strange, because in America, it is the same Richest, wealthy, and most well off families that just so happen to be the alleged true power brokers behind our governments. This must not be the case in Europe because....
I apologize right now if I sound a bit ticked, but well I am. Europe does not need to blame its problems on us. We do not need to stand up to our government to fix Europe's suffering, whatever that is. Perhaps Europeans should start by admitting to themselves it is the richest families of the land that are the true power brokers of their land, as is alleged daily many times about us, the Americans. I am sure it is no coincidence that the richest families in your lands happen to be the Monarchs. They have very limited influence because... , well I guess because they said so right??
But yes, keep believing that story, and you may end up buying a bridge from me one day.
In any case, to get back on topic, I think this right here should be the quote of the year:
“We’re saying that if you want to do that in this state, then you don’t have to get the permission slip from the government,” Brownback said. “It is a constitutional right, and we’re removing a barrier to that right.”
To hear that from any politician, well I just have a feeling there is a snowball fight going on right now in a dark scary place very far below where bad people go.
originally posted by: Sremmos80
a reply to: RickyD
Ya and now they can just buy it off someone that did do the checks and carry it around no problem since you don't need a permit to carry.
This swings the door open for those bad guys to carry much easier as well.
Though, really, it shouldn't matter what you have done. Your right can't be infringed right?
Again, I just find it amusing that this all comes from it being to time restrictive and costly to obtain a license.
originally posted by: STTesc
Isn't this the way it was supposed to be? The 2nd amendment is a God given right. You shouldn't need a permit or permission to practice a God given right. The Constitution and Bill of Rights is the law of the land above both Federal and State law.
It will be so cool to watch some drunk sports fan open up on a ref. after a disputed call. Or just drunks in general in a "thin the herd fest" at a Darius Rucker concert!
Good times!!
originally posted by: RickyD
a reply to: Sremmos80
Again…it's not like the criminals were taking part in any of those checks and certainly weren't notifying officers of their firearms anyway. So what difference does it make other than making it easier for us (the good people) to defend from them (the bad people)?