And Then There Were Two
Mitt Romney seems very slippery on 2A
already gave up on mike............it’s FRED all the way!!!
Up until the 20th Century, American Citizens always had small arms which were superior to those of the military. Civilians had repeating rifles long before they were issued to the military. The military was still using cap and ball revolvers when civilians were using cartridge type revolvers. Nope, it wasn’t till into the last century when the government decided it wanted its troops to have superior small arms firepower than its citizens.
Guys, practical reality time here. No electable politician is going to NOT say he’s for some form of gun control. The purely pro gun folks like us are looked at askance, even by many gun owners. If the pro gun crowd can stomach him/her because they figure he/she won’t do anything significant and the antis think she/he’s in favor of controls, they’re in office. That’s the current politician’s concept of being middle of the road.
I’m just praying that the Nifty Nine decide that the Second Amendment is an individual right and then we can be done with this nonsense.
If this bunch of turds is the best the Republicans can come up with to counter the socialists I weep for the future.
Posted by single stack
11/26/2007 at 10:28 PM
I’ve decided Fred was our only hope when Giuliana made the ‘Guns are for Hunting’ mistake, back in February I think. After the dustup this weekend, where we finally saw some Fred flexing, it’s obvious that there’s some divisiveness showing in Republican circles. Check out allapundit’s response, and some of the comments.
But even if there’s a bloodbath, we need some strong conservative response to the Giuliana/Romney RINO crap…
I’ve always believed Fred was the only way to go. Now if we could just convince Sean Hannity and Fox News that Fred Thompson is the winning candidate, we can win the upcoming election!
Posted by 45 cal
11/27/2007 at 02:48 PM
I agree that Fred is the best chance we got to beat Hillary. Good luck in trying to get Fox News or any of the MSM on that one though. They are wanting the NY Show down between Guiliani and Hillary.
And I don’t want no damn yankee in control of my country. While Huckabee MAY be a better choice than any of the yankee demoncraps, I’m going FRED! all the way. Huckabee is too close to the northern philosophy, and that ain’t happenin’. Notice my occasional shift to Southern colloquialisms. FRED! is our one hope. He’s the only true federalist in the running, and for damn sure better than any of the demoncrap offerings.
I went over to “Hot Air” to read the allapundit’s response over there, and was sadly disappointed that I could not register to comment. There was one big hiccup in the comments, related to Don Guiliani being a “made man”, and the comparison to “Las Vegas odds”. If I have to spell it out, I’m sorely disappointed in the reader of this post.
It is an emotive subject. On the one hand I personally can’t see why anyone would want a 50 calibre rifle, but at the same time it must be a lot of fun to burn half a pound of powder (well almost!) at every shot. It comes down to choice I suppose, but I do think there is some sense in regulating ownership of inordinately powerful weapons. I mean where do you stop? If 50 cal is ok what about a 20mm cannon or a chain gun? I just hope it doesn’t end up like it is in England with regulations that make gun ownership almost impossible.
Jeff Cooper, the gunner’s guru, opined that at a minimum, the 2nd Amendment had to at least cover individual weapons. That is to say a firearm that can be operated by one man or woman, rather than being crew served like a 155 MM Howitzer.
I’m fairly comfortable with his idea. Whether or not crew served weapons are covered by the 2nd Amendment could be a subject for much debate. However, that definitely would cover 50 caliber rifles, but I would be worried about the M2. It can be reasonably operated by one, but is often serviced by 2 or more. Hmmmmmmm, LAW rockets and such are individual weapons now, aren’t they. Warning! My sense of humor is starting to set in!
...."what about a 20mm cannon....”
I remember while growing up in Phoenix, my dad had a Swedish Lahti 20mm anti-tank gun in our living room. A six-foot barrel with a great muzzle brake on the end of it. He’d take it out in the desert and explode boulders with it...all he could get were armor-piercing tracer rounds. I went along once, but was a bit too young to get to fire it.
He sold the thing in 1968, right after the ‘68 Gun Control bill passed; he didn’t want to have to register the thing. 75 bucks…
FRED!FRED!FRED!FRED!
when a candidate can twist “shall not be infringed” into “unnecessarily powerful” he has utterly lost my support
Point, and match.
11/28/2007 at 11:27 AM
