No, The NRA Is Not Our Enemy
Posted: March 9, 2013
It will not be guns that destroy this country. It will be ignorant, gullible people that will believe the drivel and fallacies that Mr. Schmookler and his left wing strategist put forth (“NRA Undermines Our Birthright,” Feb. 18). His First Amendment rights should be regulated just like he wants my Second Amendment right regulated; after all, the pen is mightier than the sword! There should be a ban on his assault speech. (as he is assaulting my Second Amendment rights). We should also limit his verbiage to seven to 10 words, so we can limit the damage to the ignorant and gullible. He should also be registered and a five-day waiting period before writing and only write one article per year.
First, he fallaciously compares “falsely yelling fire in a theater” and “human sacrifice,“ which are both crimes that directly violate the rights of others, with my God-given right to own the means to protect my life, family, property and freedoms. My God-given right to own the tool of my choice for defense in no way hurts or infringes on another individual. Only if I were to use that tool in a crime, such as Mr. Schmookler’s human sacrifice, would it hurt or infringe on others — in which case I should and would be punished accordingly.
To use Mr. Schmookler’s analogy in a factual and logical manner, people would be gagged before entering a theater to prevent the crime. And heaven knows what objects we would have to ban to prevent human sacrifice. Then he mischaracterizes members of the National Rifle Association as followers led to envision war. He states that civilian weapons will not slow down tyranny. That just bolsters my arguments for even more weapons. Not for war but to prevent war. A government that fears the people will serve them while an unarmed citizenry will serve the government. It is the government that has the war mindset (war on terror, war on drugs, war on poverty, class warfare).
As far as tyranny goes, we are almost there. We have an imperial president who subverts and ignores the Constitution at every turn. His Justice Department illegally funnels fully automatic weapons to drug cartels through Operation Fast and Furious, resulting in the death of a border agent. And only heaven knows how many innocents have died as a result of this operation, because it’s all been covered up and no one is being held accountable. This same imperial president is supplying the Muslim Brotherhood with F-16s and tanks.
Yet, he wants to disarm Americans. He sues states that try to protect themselves from illegal invasions. He illegally releases thousands of criminals illegal aliens from prisons. Yet, he wants to remove the means of American citizens to protect themselves. This imperial president thinks he has the power to write laws, as he circumvents Congress with his executive orders. His arrogant abuse of power clearly demonstrates every day that he holds our Constitution, our freedoms, our American values and the American people in contempt. And yes Obama loves gun control because, just like Pol Pot, Stalin and Hitler, he will be the one controlling the guns. When will gullible, ignorant Americans wake up? Maybe when they are being loaded onto the railcars?!?
In New York, they tell you how much soda you can drink. The government tells you how much water to use in your toilet and what light bulb to use. And now, with ObamaCare, thousands of other cradle to grave policies and regulations to control your life. And this tyranny is not coming about by wars or guns. No, it is happening from within by politicians, such as Mr. Schmookler, with dangerous and false ideas of the role of government. And the demonization of those who oppose them. Politicians, like Mr. Schmookler, are the ones using deception to distract from the truth of the Constitution and the freedoms that it confirms.
The Bill of Rights is my American birthright and you, Mr. Schmookler, not the NRA, are its enemy.
Mr. Stevens lives in Fulks Run.
First, he fallaciously compares “falsely yelling fire in a theater” and “human sacrifice,“ which are both crimes that directly violate the rights of others, with my God-given right to own the means to protect my life, family, property and freedoms. My God-given right to own the tool of my choice for defense in no way hurts or infringes on another individual. Only if I were to use that tool in a crime, such as Mr. Schmookler’s human sacrifice, would it hurt or infringe on others — in which case I should and would be punished accordingly.
To use Mr. Schmookler’s analogy in a factual and logical manner, people would be gagged before entering a theater to prevent the crime. And heaven knows what objects we would have to ban to prevent human sacrifice. Then he mischaracterizes members of the National Rifle Association as followers led to envision war. He states that civilian weapons will not slow down tyranny. That just bolsters my arguments for even more weapons. Not for war but to prevent war. A government that fears the people will serve them while an unarmed citizenry will serve the government. It is the government that has the war mindset (war on terror, war on drugs, war on poverty, class warfare).
As far as tyranny goes, we are almost there. We have an imperial president who subverts and ignores the Constitution at every turn. His Justice Department illegally funnels fully automatic weapons to drug cartels through Operation Fast and Furious, resulting in the death of a border agent. And only heaven knows how many innocents have died as a result of this operation, because it’s all been covered up and no one is being held accountable. This same imperial president is supplying the Muslim Brotherhood with F-16s and tanks.
Yet, he wants to disarm Americans. He sues states that try to protect themselves from illegal invasions. He illegally releases thousands of criminals illegal aliens from prisons. Yet, he wants to remove the means of American citizens to protect themselves. This imperial president thinks he has the power to write laws, as he circumvents Congress with his executive orders. His arrogant abuse of power clearly demonstrates every day that he holds our Constitution, our freedoms, our American values and the American people in contempt. And yes Obama loves gun control because, just like Pol Pot, Stalin and Hitler, he will be the one controlling the guns. When will gullible, ignorant Americans wake up? Maybe when they are being loaded onto the railcars?!?
In New York, they tell you how much soda you can drink. The government tells you how much water to use in your toilet and what light bulb to use. And now, with ObamaCare, thousands of other cradle to grave policies and regulations to control your life. And this tyranny is not coming about by wars or guns. No, it is happening from within by politicians, such as Mr. Schmookler, with dangerous and false ideas of the role of government. And the demonization of those who oppose them. Politicians, like Mr. Schmookler, are the ones using deception to distract from the truth of the Constitution and the freedoms that it confirms.
The Bill of Rights is my American birthright and you, Mr. Schmookler, not the NRA, are its enemy.
Mr. Stevens lives in Fulks Run.