TO: Steve Richardson, Chairman, Gregg County Texas Democrat Party
re: Lies and damn lies (without statistics)
Dear Sir,
In a story on 5 September on the Cox newspaper wire, Jamaal O'Neal has a story entitled "Gun sales brisk ahead of election." In it a spokesman of your party, one Patrick Franklin, is quoted as saying "Republicans used the same tactic in 1992 when Bill Clinton ran for office. Barack Obama is not going to take people's gun rights away. That's not his intention. . . There's soon going to be a discussion in this country about automatic weapons. I think people would agree having an AK-47 on the streets is something that needs to be regulated."
Uh, if I might, let's fact check this amazing leap of lying legerdemain.
1. "Automatic weapons" also called "machine guns" (known to the ATF under the National Firearms Act as "Class III") are already tightly regulated, their possession without a license gets you thrown under the jail for ten years.
2. The "assault weapons" the limp-wristed Mr. Patrick is talking about are, in fact, Class I semi-automatic rifles, no different in function than a Remington semi-auto deer rifle.
3. With the passage of both the Brady Bill and the Assault Weapons Ban, Bill Clinton was most certainly a gun-banner and Obama, with an even greater legislative majority will do the same, or worse. This despite the undeniable fact that gun control has been a losing political issue for your party ever since. How's that working out down there in Texas, eh?
It is not my fault that your party chose to vest its national leadership hopes in two of the most liberal mokes ever to come down the political pike, Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi. Surely despite their words (and we gun owners have long ago ceased to pay attention to words in an election cycle, either yours or the ill-named "Republicans") they will once more deliver us gun control. It is in their liberal genes.
But to deny it in the press is mendacity to the nth degree.
Far better to shut up about it and hope the electoral sheep pay no notice, don't you think? So please thank Mr. Patrick for once again reminding us gun owners who pay attention to such things of the lying, gun banning Democrat party. Even cognitively dissonant gun owning Democrats ought to perk up at that.
Have a nice day.
Mike Vanderboegh
PO Box 926
Pinson, AL 35126
GeorgeMason1776@aol.com
Friday, September 12, 2008
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6 comments:
Too bad both this letter and the post below came out today because Mike could have used some outstandingly simple words that are, in your face words that sum it up excellently.
David's words from below in his comments:
"These lying sons of bitches are shameless and relentless in trying to con the childish and weak-minded out of their Liberty. "
This is what it really comes down to and without question is the full intent. Don't anyone think for a second that dumbing down the children in the government schools isn't part of the plan.
Far too many of the sheep could care less about liberty. They want bread and circuses...and nothing more.
The only freedom they're concerned with is:
- do I watch American Idol or the football game?
- what color do I dye my hair?
- Which tattoo design do I get?
- Should I have an abortion, or give birth and go on welfare?
You are certainly correct on your assumptions. The Democrats have even stated that fact in writing! Here is an excerpt from their 2008 Democratic Platform Report
And I quote "We recognize that the right to bear arms is an important part of the American tradition, and we
will preserve Americans’ Second Amendment right to own and use firearms. We believe that
the right to own firearms is subject to reasonable regulation, but we know that what works in
Chicago may not work in Cheyenne. We can work together to enact and enforce common-
sense laws and improvements – like closing the gun show loophole, improving our background
check system, and reinstating the assault weapons ban, so that guns do not fall into the hands of
terrorists or criminals. Acting responsibly and with respect for differing views on this issue, we
can both protect the constitutional right to bear arms and keep our communities and our children
safe." What kills me is the ability to talk out of both sides of the mouth here!
I keep asking, "who defines 'reasonable?'" ---
Each one of us
or
The criminal (any sort) holding a gun to our heads?
The only "reasonable" gun controls I know are to keep it pointed in a safe direction and keep the finger off the trigger until I'm ready to shoot. And some of us control it better in both hands!
I would love to see fully automatic AK-47s "on the street" in the hands of the good people. We outnumber the bad guys; we should also outgun them. There is NO WAY to keep guns out of the "wrong hands" without also keeping guns out of the "right hands". Why is that so hard for the socialists to comprehend?
Like nuclear weapons... sure, we all wish they didn't exist, or need to. Meanwhile, back in reality....
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