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Send your Gun Guy and Gun Gal opinions to mailbag@gunguys.com. NOTE: If we feel like it, any email you send to Gun Guys may be published with your name. Don't hold your fire, we want to hear from you. Sincerely, Mike Magnum, Proprietor of Gunguys.com gun shop and liquor emporium. Law and Order, Iraq Style Heres some bizarre irony: The Bush administration, who are about to let the Assault Rifle Ban expire, has decided to issue an order to the US military command in Iraq to start CONFISCATING assault rifles from all Iraqi citizens, so as to stop rampant crime, violence, and lawlessness on the streets of Baghdad. Now I thought rightwing logic said that in order to maintain law and order, the citizenry of a country should be well armed with the most sophisticated hardware gun manufacturers could come up with. Gun Control? Here's the way I see it, Mr. gunguy.. There are 80 million gun owners in the United States.... There are 200 million LEGALLY owned guns... Less than 1% of 1% of those guns will ever be used in the commission of a crime... Your chances of being struck by lightning are far greater than being a victim of gun violence... 36 states now have some form of a "shall Issue" concealed carry law. What has happened in ALL of those states since these laws have been enacted, Mr. gunguy ? I'll tell you what, Mr. gunguy - Gun related crime has gone down !!! The average holder of a concealed carry permit has far more integrity than the average gun-ban politician !! Let me ask you something, Mr. gunguy - If I am confronted by a violent attacker, do I or do I not have the right to defend myself ? Do you think that a woman laying beaten, battered and raped is morally superior to a woman standing over the dead body of a rapist with a smoking gun in her hand ? There's one more thing I'd like to mention, if you don't mind Mr. gunguy... The one thing that seperates this country from the rest of the world is simple - It's called freedom !! Have you ever heard of that concept, Mr gunguy ? freedom, liberty and justice .... I wonder what would become of these things if the government were to snatch up all the firearms currently owned by law abiding citizens ? ConcealedColt45@aol.com [You're obviously a worshipper of John Lott, the guy who pretends to be a chick to defend his research. Still a fan? Or are you John Lott in disguise? - Mike] The Founding Fathers and Their Guns I keep reading this pro-gun drivel that the patriotic American was busy pulling his flintlock out when George the Third became a tyrant (shall I assume that the women were against the war of independence?). Major problem is that there was a significant amount of true patriots who felt that George the Third was not a tyrant. Estimates of the number of Loyalists range as high as 500,000, or 20 percent of the white population of the colonies! About 19,000 Colonial Loyalists, armed and supplied by the British, fought in the revolution against the "Patriots." About 100,000 Loyalists left the country after the revolution, including William Franklin, the son of Benjamin, and John Singleton Copley, the greatest American painter of the period. Most settled in Canada. Some eventually returned, although several state governments excluded the Loyalists from holding public office. In the decades after the Revolution, Americans preferred to forget about the Loyalists. Apart from Copley, the Loyalists became nonpersons in American history. Unfortunately, my ancestor was one of those freezing his ass off at Valley Forge while I'm not sure what Tom Paine (you know "sunshine soldiers and summer patriots" was doing) being disciplined by a German (Von Steuben). I am not sure whether my ancestor actually had a flintlock since quite a few of the colonial soldiers carried pikes if they had anything (maybe we should say "They can take my pike away from my cold stiff fingers"). Add in that a lot of the folks who were running the show for the American Patriots were named Lafayette, Louis Le Bègue de Presle du Portail, François-Louis Teissèdre de Fleury, La Rouërie (marquis de Tuffin), Denis-Jean Florimond de Langlois, Jean-Joseph Sourbader de Gimat. Hey FRENCHMEN! Yeah, Aware that the new Continental Army needed engineers and experienced artillerymen, as well as staff officers, the US Congress requested that Silas Deane and Benjamin Franklin secure some professional French officers with such skills. Even before this recruiting, a number of French and other European military officers sought to join the American Army as they learned of the thirteen colonies revolt against England. Many joined even before the Battle of Bunker Hill. Yep, the French Contribution to the "Patriots" was so strong that one of the causes for the French Revolution was the fact that the French government helped bankrupt the coffers by supporting the cause of American Independence. In 1779 Spain, hoping to reacquire territories taken by Britain in the Seven Years' War, entered the conflict on the side of France, but not as an ally of the Americans. Problem is that victors control history. So, we are told of the brave colonial soul like my ancestor, but neglect the real impetus behind the war for Independence. Think of what we would call the War for Independence and how we would tell the story if the Loyalists had won. Michael Bannerman Hello, I'm your average run of the mill petty criminal. I would just like to say how much I appreciate the gun-control crowds activities on my behalf. Can you just imagine how much easier (not to mention safer) my line of work will be if all the decent law-abiding citizens are permanently disarmed? Of course I'm not in the slightest bit concerned about losing my gun, after all I'm a criminal, I'll have a gun anyway. I look forward to the day when I can safley break into a home and know that even if the resident has a gun, he'll be afraid to use it because he may go to prison for possesion of an illegal firearm. I mean it's pretty good now, I can even sue someone for shooting me in their own home, they don't have the right to do me any harm unless they can prove I was attempting to do them bodily harm. All they can leglly do is sit and wait for the police while I do whatever I choose but it will be even better when I know no-one has a gun; after all it's kinda hard to sue someone if they kill you. While I'm on the subject I'd like to thank the average pro-gun believer. With the igoranant, profanity filled type of arguments they choose, they give anti-gun activists even more ammunition(no pun intended) in there fight to remove guns from the hands of every law-abiding citizen in America. Thank you all George Luster Just curious Hello, I am a poor frenchman who is mystified about the U.S. gun culture. Probably the most important question is why is the right to keep and bear arms a god given right? Was this right mentioned in the bible? In fact, are guns or firearms mentioned at all in the bible? Why then is this right not mentioned in La Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen a été adoptée par l'Assemblée constituante du 20 au 26 août 1789? Especially since our national anthem states "Aux armes, citoyens, Formez vos bataillons, Marchons, marchons!" Perhaps Our weapons will be the tears that come us from injustice as the singer Zazie suggests in her song "Aux armes citoyennes". Pierre Federspiel guns this guy has some good points:
& this next guy is a retard:
Gunguy, Interesting however that I support the ownership of firearms by almost anyone. I used to think that there was no need of assault type weapons in the hands of John Q citizen, but the more I see of our own gov't run amok, the more I see why the guns are #2 on the list by our constitution's framers - that in the end, it may be your last resort against a tyrant. While I agree with 'Puddin' Tame' that no one is perhaps going to stand-off against the gov't forces or even local police, I do think it makes a difference in the big picture that the guns are there. What happened in Germany in the 1930's & 40's, it has been argued, was accomplished much much easier because the citizens had only pitchforks & shovels. When you watch the horrific films of nazi shit, what do you wish you had when they come for your folks& the little small town leaders are cooperating & the other citizens don't think that they can do anything. It's not a question of standing off against the police in an isolated incident but rather when you start to see the major breakdown of the judicial system that's supposed to protect your constitutional rights & they're actaully taking people out of their homes. Perhaps it will never get to that in the US. People are already
slaves to their debt as the system of the extreme wealthy (making
the rules) pulls out the rug as you go. And like the Jews in nazi
Germany, we're going willingly into slavery as the corporations & extreme
consumerism of the last 40 yrs gut the poor folks ability to even
know which end of their boot to pull up on. Guns aren't the problem,
it's a sickly society. bo bridges Site of the Month possibility? The supposedly gay group of gun owners, the Pink Pistols, have their own enemies list. And what a peculiar list it is! http://www.pinkpistols.org/antigun.html The stridently anti-gay Family Research Council mysteriously seem to be OKAY with the Pink Pistols... so does the stridently anti-gay American Family AssociationS ...as does the stridently anti-gay Free Congress Foundation. So is Dobson's stridently anti-gay Focus on the Family group....not a murmur of complaint from the Pink Pistols for any of those groups. On the other hand they seem to hate the ACLU, which has fought for gay rights. They hate the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which has come out strongly for gay rights. The Episcopal ChurchScurrently under fire for consecrating an openly gay bishop? The Pink Pistols HATE the Episcopal Church. Jerry Falwell, who blamed gay people for 9/11...he's okay with them though. Not a word against Jerry Falwell, or Pat Robertson. Crazy old Phyllis Schafly, who hates gays with a white hot passion...the Pink Pistols seem to think she's just aces. Tony Scalia is a bigoted old turd, but he doesn¹t make the Pink Pistols enemies list. On the other hand, they can¹t stand Anne Heche, Debbie Reynolds, Bette Midler AND Barry Manilow. What's up with THAT, do you suppose? Arlen Lindner of Minnesota, who claimed gays were responsible for the worst of World War 2 (oh yes he did). http://www.equality.org.za/news/2003/03/12arlon.htm doesn't make the Pink Pistols hate list. Barbara Boxer, who has fought for gay and lesbian rights tirelessly, did make the enemies list. Bigoted Rick Santorum, who compared gay rights to "man on dog sex" is just dan-dan-dandy to the Pink Pistols, who DO save their hatred for..Barbra Streisand. Bigoted Pat Buchanan complained publicly, "Rampant homosexuality, a sign of cultural decadence and moral decline from Rome to Weimar, is celebrated, as our first lady parades up Fifth Avenue to share her Opride" in a lifestyle ruinous to body and soul alike." Pat's not on the list, but Hillary Clinton, the first lady Pat condemned for her association with gays, IS. Even nutty old Fred "Mr. Rogers is in hell" Phelps is okey-dokey with the Pink Pistols...but not Barney Frank. Jeeze, you don't suppose this could be yet another sham group of right wing loonies pretending to be what they are not, do you? So this bunch is not at all critical of Jerry Falwell blaming 9/11 on them, but entirely bent out of shape by the American Academy of Pediatricians telling parents not to keep guns where toddlers can reach them? Gee, but it sure seems DAMN strange that Barney Frank and loads of other pro-gay people and groups are being criticized by a supposedly gay website that seems utterly and blissfully unconcerned by anti-gay individuals and groups that say they have no right to even exist. Especially when it is a website touting the issue that some of the most bigoted people in America (including many anti-gay ones) have seized as their own. And especially when the largest and loudest group of those bigots has a penchant for phony websites and fake groups. Try contacting a local chapter to see...try NYC. Click to the chapter in NYC, and you get "Welcome to THE
NEW YORK CITY PINK PISTOLS WEBSITE. This page is currently under
construction. Please contact the New York City But hey, gun nuts are generally looked at with scorn by New York city dwellers... Let's try a more gun friendly part of the country...like, oh,
Asheville (they spelled it wrong and wouldn't a group IN Asheville
know that?) NC..." Welcome to THE ASHVILLE, NC PINK PISTOLS
WEBSITE Baltimore? "Welcome to THE BALTIMORE PINK PISTOLS WEBSITE
This page is currently under construction. Please contact the Baltomore
group for more information at baltimore@pinkpistols.org. " New Mexico (guess they didn't want to risk A-l-b-u-q-u-e-r-q-u-e)? " Welcome
to THE NEW MEXICO PINK PISTOLS WEBSITE This page is currently under
construction. Please contact the New Mexico St. Louis MO.? "Welcome to THE ST LOUIS PINK PISTOLS WEBSITE
This page is currently under construction. Please contact the St
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