To all those promoting Wayne Fincher’s being elevated to folk hero status for breaking the law, enough already. The argument of Second Amendment violation in this circumstance is ridiculous. Neither the Constitution, nor the Bill of Rights contains a single word about automatic weapons. Also absent is any mention of anti-tank weapons, driving under the influence, dealing drugs at the local schoolyard or child pornography. These are all issues we, as a society, have deemed to be generally bad ideas, and we put in place laws to deal with the excesses of others.Congratulations, Russ.
Mr. Fincher’s case is not a Second Amendment case. It is a case about not following the rules, or more precisely, interpreting the rules to suit one’s own interests.
Before dismissing this as another letter from the fringe, I am a gun enthusiast, a consultant to the firearms industry, NRA member, and I hold a federal firearms license. I also play by the rules.
Russ Whitfield
Fort Smith
Jim Zumbo couldn't have said it any better.
If the Wayne Finchers of this country all fall, their enemies will turn their attention to the useful rule-playing idiots soon enough.
Not everyone understands what the Founders were creating, but before criticizing and/or speaking about the 2nd, you'd think they'd at least have a look see before making total fools of themselves.
ReplyDeleteRuss is a liar. He does not follow the rules. Hell, he doesn't even know what they are.
ReplyDeleteHe has no clue about liberty, the Constitution, law or morality. Him and the horse he rode in on.
Besides being a liar, I suspect he is a coward if he pretends that his position is anything other than begging to be left alone if he will sell out his fellow citizens and advocate the breaking of the real rules.
I suppose he couldn't find anything about a fair trial, or a jury's duty and powers in the courtroom, either.
This man has spent way too much time in a locked bathroom alone.
So now rules trump rights, huh.
ReplyDeleteWait, I guess rights aren't rights when they violate post hoc rules.
Makes perfect sense.
Russ Whitfield’s letter belittling defenders of Wayne Fincher and the U.S. Constitution, shows a vacant and thoughtless understanding of the rights of Americans under the Second Amendment and perfectly represents the superficial and specious rationalizations of the constitutionally challenged.
ReplyDeleteUnlike Whitfield, Wayne Fincher knows and stands on the words and original intent of the Constitution, not the unconstitutional works of a fickle and feckless Congress.
Whitfield stated he is a gun enthusiast, a consultant to the firearms industry, NRA member, holder of a Federal Firearms License and one that plays by the rules. Well good for him… but then Gen. Benedict Arnold was a distinguished military hero and patriot… If you are wrong, you are wrong, despite any hollow claims of credibility and being right.
Whitfield incongruously said the Constitution does not mention any specific weapons. Well, nor does it prohibit any. He should contemplatively re-read the Bill Of Rights paying particular attention to the Ninth and Tenth Amendments.
The historical record is indisputable: the original and specific intent of the Second Amendment provided peaceable American citizens the right to keep and bear their own arms (no restrictions) and prevented Congress from infringing upon that right.
While this truth may trouble and bother the feminized chicken littles, the generally faint of heart and those trying to retain their FFL license – it remains the incontrovertible truth.
Lamentably, congress, the judiciary and the executive branch of our government, along with most American citizens, have long ago forgotten that the U.S. Constitution is the people’s document to control government; not the other way around. The Constitution was intended to protect from a tyrannous and intrusive government, a self-governing people.
Remember: If your religion is wrong, you go to Hell. If your politics are wrong, your country goes to Hell.
Dale Morfey
Obviously an F Troop tool...
ReplyDelete"Neither the Constitution, nor the Bill of Rights contains a single word about automatic weapons."
ReplyDeleteDoesn't say anything about revolvers, semiautomatics, lever actions, cartridges, bolt actions, falling block actions, break actions, scopes, red dot sights, peep sights, ecetera, either.
Matter of fact, it doesn't say a damn thing about "firearms" at all; only a moron would say that they are not included in the definition of "arms".
He seems pretty proud of his "federal firearms license"; I wonder how he reconciles "shall not be infringed" with the definition of "license".
license: a right or permission granted by a competent authority (as of a government or a business) to engage in some business or occupation, do some act, or engage in some transaction which would be unlawful without such right or permission.
Then again, one just might question whether the u.S. government is a "competent" authority as regards firearms.
Suck eggs, Whitfield!! NEVER darken my dor!
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