If a person decides to murder another person with a gun- whatever, that person will even use a knife, club-baseball bat, sticks or stones! Will they ban those too? As some have already commented, the ‘ objects ‘ don’t kill, it is the people behind them that kill.

The Government officials want to take away the people’s ‘ rights ‘ according to the U.S. Constitution, and they have been slowly doing exactly that for years now. The twin towers, and building number 7 which nothing hit the number 7 building-CIA building, it came down in a controled demolition 7-11 hours after the twin towers were hit. Nothing has never been said about what brought down the number 7 building.

All this was a planned setup to pass legislation- the patriot act- to take away some more ‘people’s rights ‘. You will find out- that government will want to have total and complete power over its citizens in the future, government officials will want to achieve super huge-government control, and they have been gaining progress.

People must stand up, and keep aware, and mark those government officials, who want to chop away the original U.S. constitution, and expose them, and vote them out of office, or, better yet, don’t let them get into office. Learn everything about a canidate, and even their background, and even then take caution.

Take note, Obama came in ‘ out of the blue ‘so to speak, he promised and promised, but he too is a puppet on a string, and people wanted change from George Bush 2,and people fell for him, hook, line, and sinker; but these same people have been let down by Obama, the same way G.B. let down on his promises. Both Rep. and Dem. parties are controled by ONE organization, go find out that organizations name- you may be in shock.

Both Reagan( visit to the Vatican) and Clinton( St. Louis MO 97) acknowledged and said to the Pope ” Whatever you exhort us to do, we will listen.” This is not ‘ separation of church and state ‘ as the U.S. Constitution declares in government, it is a violation of our Constitutional rights from both major Presidential parties in U.S. Government.

The U.S will become a ‘ totalatrian government ‘ and is even now leaning toward ‘ fascism ‘, unless the people in this country stand up and defend our Constitution and it Citizens rights.

Eliyahu

Standard long range target in the MARINES is 600 yards and with an M-14, it’s pretty easy to make Expert.

I agree with most all of you, as a retired MARINE and history teacher I see how things have gone down hill. When we lose our weapons ( never call a rifle a ‘gun’) we will lose our freedom
God Bless the USA, God bless the Marine Corps

Gun control,

Gun control isn’t the anwser, enforcing the existing laws we now have.You can have all the strict gun laws,it will not solve the problems.Criminals will always have guns and weapons.

The current gun control laws should be left alone and just simply enforced. Is is that complicated for them to be enforced? If they can’t enforce them, then why have them at all? Why do we, as responsible gun owners have to continue to bear the burden for the criminals? This is all garbage. The criminals have and always will get guns no matter what. I cannot believe the government does not realize this factor. As for me, I have my little handgun, and my husband will continue to have his guns—this is our right. Geez, ammo sure has become expensive, but I guess this is to be expected.

“gun control is hitting what you shoot at…” what part of,” the rite to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed…” do you people not understand?

You guys should sign up for emails fromn WND.com (World Net Daily.com). They keep me up to date on everything Congress and Obama are trying to sneak by us. One of the emails has a petition from Dr. Paul Broun, Congressman from GA in conjunction with National Association for Gun Rights. Also see the new one from the NRA re supporting second amendment rights in the states.

WND.com
EnglishFirst.org (self-explanatory)

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the securityof a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” This one sentence is the whole of the second amendment to the Constitution of these United States. It garauntees, not gives, as that which is givin can be taken away by the giver, my GOD given right to bear Arms. No where in that sentence does it say anything about me having to buy permission from anyone to bear that arm. As to gun control, if one can hit a six inch bullseye at one hundred yards five of six attempts, that is “gun controll.”

Just for fun, try this test out. They use a 4 dimensional scale, not just “left” or “right.” This means they use one scale, left to right, to gauge whether you’re in fiscally conservative or favor “economic equality.” The up/down is how socially liberal or conservative you are. for example, if you’re fiscally conservative yet socially liberal, then you’re a libertarian. If you’re socially conservative and fiscally liberal, you fall into the “authoritarian-right” category. Some politicians are in places you wouldn’t expect them to be, such as Sarah Palin, who is considered to be fiscally liberal, not because she loves welfare, but because she supports monstrous corporate subsidies and tax breaks. It really is an interesting test, I ended up somewhere I didn’t think I’d be.
http://politicalcompass.org/

I hope I never have to use my gun to defend myself or my family. However, if it ever happens, I am armed, trained and prepared. That is my right under the Constitution.

You’re right that gun control is mostly about voter control. People who don’t have guns have a harder time protecting themselves. Inventive people without guns do come up with the means, however. Are they going to outlaw knives? How about rocks? There was that guy a few years ago who used his SUV to mow down a crowd. Are they planning to outlaw cars because they have the potential to be used as weapons? How about my brother,who holds a blackbelt in karate. Should we outlaw him next? Or maybe they would just like to outlaw taking self-defense classes.

It is necessary for a republic’s citizens to be armed WITHOUT the government’s control or knowledge, because it was the understanding of our Founders that governments always eventually become abusive and tyrannical and the citizens will need their guns to bring their leaders back to heel. Of course, considering who lives in Virginia, I’m not surprised they want to outlaw guns. Government and government drones always want to secure the means of control for themselves.

Eugene O’Neill, That is why Obama struts around. He has no idea what
to do about the troops in Afgan. He is the most incompetant dude ever
to come near the White House in HISTORY! Palosi is right behind him,
breaking her nose everytime Obama turns left or right!

Two sides of the coin: Only free men and women keep and bear arms. Only slaves keep and bear saddles on their backs. The eternal rim that joins each side tells us that, unlike technologies, human nature never, ever really changes. Since the time of the ancients, “War” in all its manifestations, “is the father of all things,” and “peace is but a parenthesis.” Therefore, remember the immortal words of Vegetius, “Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum” — If you wish to enjoy peace, prepare for war. The latter takes commitment, knowledge, training, courage and “seasoned substance of the soul,” i.e., Character . . . virtues, parasites on the Left don’t have. What they have plenty of is arrogance; and, as you know, arrogance is what a liberal possesses, on the surface, to defend the fact that he hasn’t got what he pretends to have. The liberal doesn’t want you to know that he or she is a thief and a liar.

I am very concerned about the Governor elect’s stand on gun control. I am afraid he will not try and stamp it out of existance….

As I tell my liberal friends, I carry all the political correctness I need in a shoulder holster.

Gun control is equivelent to political correctness. Both are aimed at controlling the decent people of this country. One is to control their minds by trying to make them conform to what the powers that be think and say, and making it unlawful for the citizens to have their own thoughts and freedoms of speech.
The second is controlling the ability of the citizens to be able to protect themselves, making them more dependant on the governement. Then the government gets more and more powerful and the people become enslaved to the government.
This is what they hope happens, but there are too many of us who know what our freedom is and means, and we will not let that happen.

Go Bob McDonell, Wish you were governor of my state, California.

Not exactly a balanced article – where’s the comment from NRA, GOA, or VCDL.

It looks like the anti-freedom mob has decided to focus on Virginia and use more of their own ‘facts’ and un-named authors to interpet people and events.

Bob McDonnell has my full support. These communists must be stopped and these attempts on our rights are not worth a response. Enough is enough.

The constitution is clear. The right of the people to keep and bear arms will not be infringed. The 2nd amendment was wisely put right after the first to protect not only your right to free speach, but to protect your right to life, liberty, and the pursute of happiness, the right to be free of tyranny, the right to your personal property not being stolen or taxed from you. Remember the boston harbor? Gun control laws are being used to take your ability to protect yourself from you and the law abiding general public.

Criminals (and government) will always have guns(or ill gotten power) and other means in which to inflict their will on the public. “(righteous laws cannot govern evil men) “armed citizens are feared by it’s government”. …and those that would otherwise bring harm and calamity to your home. …how about criminal control? …think it’ll catch on?
Kudos Bob!

The fact is is that it is legal under federal firearms laws and under most state laws for private citizens to sell their firearms to another person. What really makes the liberals froth and foam at the mouth is when one private citizen sells a firearm to another citizen and doesn’t go through a dealer the gun suddenly becomes untraceable, no yellow sheet no trace back, and thus this gun is no longer registered. Even though the liberals won’t admit it gun registration is necessary for confiscation to work, the gun grabbers can’t get them if they don’t know who has what and where.

I’m just glad to see Viirginia waking up and electing some better people. Now the rest of the states need to follow their example and vote the bums out, replacing them with real Americans.

The “Gun Show Loophole” is a myth. One of a long list created to confuse the media and the voting public, like “all plastic hijacker special handguns”, “cop killer bullets”, “saturday night specials”, and of course, my personal favorite “semi-automatic, military-styled assault weapons”.

The fact is: Laws that cover firearms sales are the same inside a gunshow as they are outside. FFL holders are required to run background checks on retail buyers while ordinary citizens are not.

As Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan said: “Sir, you are entitled to your own opinion. You are not entitled to your own facts!”

Another radical judicial appointment by the great conciliator.
http://gunowners.org/a111209.htm

If McDonnell is as smart as he appears to be, he won’t even acknowledge VPS’s existence. If he’s a typical political panderer, he’ll inquire into the size of its membership, and if it’s above some personal threshold, he’ll attempt to conciliate them. If he’s a McCain-style Republican desperate for adulation from his enemies, he’ll reverse his stand in the hopes of a few positive column-inches from a few editors of regional dailies.

Anyone want to bet?