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A little gun history

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In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
------------------------------ In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
------------------------------ In 1938, Germany established gun control. From 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.
----------------------------------- In 1935, China established gun control. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated
------------------------------ In 1964, Guatemala established gun control. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
------------------------------ In 1970, Uganda established gun control. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
------------------------------ In 1956, Cambodia established gun control. From 1975 to 1977, one million educated' people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
----------------------------- Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million.
------------------------------ It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by their own Government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more than $500 million dollars.

The first year results are now in:

List of 7 items:

Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2 percent
Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent
Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!

In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent. Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not, and criminals still possess their guns!

While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12 months, since criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed.

There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the ELDERLY. Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public safety has decreased, after such monumental effort, and expense was expended in successfully ridding Australian society of guns The Australian experience and the other historical facts above prove it.

You won't see this datum on the US evening news, or hear politicians disseminating this information.

Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.

Take note my fellow Americans, before it's too late!

The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind them of this history lesson.

With guns, we are 'citizens'. Without them, we are 'subjects'.

During WWII the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most
Americans were ARMED!

If you value your freedom, Please spread this anti-gun control message to all of your friends.

The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental.

As John Steinbeck once said:

1. Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.

2. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics stink.

3. I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.

4. When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away.

5. A reporter did a human-interest piece on the Texas Rangers. The reporter recognized the Colt Model 1911 the Ranger was carrying and asked him 'Why do you carry a 45?' The Ranger responded, 'Because they don't make a 46.'

6. An armed man will kill an unarmed man with monotonous regularity.

7. The old sheriff was attending an awards dinner when a lady commented on his wearing his sidearm. e your pistol. Are you expecting trouble?' 'No Ma'am. If I were expecting trouble, I would have brought my rifle.'

8. Beware the man who only has one gun. HE PROBABLY KNOWS HOW TO USE IT!!!

But wait, there's more!

I was once asked by a lady visiting if I had a gun in the house. I said I did. She said 'Well I certainly hope it isn't loaded!' To which I said, 'Of course it is loaded, can't work without bullets!' She then asked, 'Are you that afraid of someone evil coming into your house?' My reply was, 'No, not at all. I am not afraid of the house catching fire either, but I have fire extinguishers around, and they are all loaded too.' To which I'll add, having a gun in the house that isn't loaded is like having a car in the garage without gas in the tank.
 
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To which I'll add, having a gun in the house that isn't loaded is like having a car in the garage without gas in the tank.
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Those are horrific numbers you posted there. They also have strict gunlaws in Canada. I don't know what the stats are though.
I remember something about how Hitler used his special hit squads, to quell all opposition, politically.
Take away the ability to defend themselves...take away their opposition leaders. Seems like a recurring theme in history.
I only have one hesitation with what you are saying...that is care should be taken for who can access these loaded weapons. As a child my father was a mountie...he used to leave his 38 in the top drawer, which I was prone to pull out and put bullets in (he didn't know that). I once almost shot my brother in the basement playing with a .22 cal. (when I was young, and just playing around with it and the bullets).
I'm only saying, guns are dangerous things to have around especially if you don't know your children might be messing with them.
In Canada it actually is illegal to travel with a loaded rifle.
I do understand your concerns though. I am sure you have already taught your children respect for firearms...as my father did later when he taught us how to shoot.
 
Yes, I agree. Be a responsible gun owner if you choose to have guns, always! Educate your kids about guns.
 
My dad was telling me when he was young (c.a. early 1950's) you could purchase a hand gun from ad's out of Popular Mechanics magazine. Of course, you had to check the box that said you were over 18. :)

Fast forward to today and you have the likes of Obama, Pelosi, and McCarthy, rabid gun haters, who want to strip us of our rights to even own a firearm.

Remember folks. When Obama was still a nobody in the Illinois congress he was on record saying he wants to ban all handguns and semi auto's. He's as far left as it gets when it comes to being an anti.
 
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God and Guns, Part I
by Chuck Norris

Tuesday, October 13, 2009


God and guns are what our country was founded upon.

But more and more, these pillars of American life and liberty are being attacked and abandoned out of not only sheer bias but also ignorance of our Founding Fathers, the Revolutionary period and our Constitution. These pivotal American rights have become the brunt end of cultural jokes and often are regarded as biased lifestyle components of "rednecks" and rural citizens.

For example, gone but not forgotten is even President Barack Obama's partiality on the campaign trail in April 2008. You might recall when he addressed the economic hardships, at a private California fundraiser, of those in Pennsylvania, with this quip: "You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years, and nothing's replaced them. ... And it's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion ... as a way to explain their frustrations."

Presently, with the Supreme Court back in session and new justice Sonia Sotomayor's narrow view of the Second Amendment, gun rights are back again on the docket. Two weeks ago, concerning a case out of Chicago, the justices agreed to rule on whether the Second Amendment gives Americans a constitutional right to keep and bear arms that is enforceable against local and state gun laws.

The indifference toward and lack of education and passion regarding all of our Bill of Rights gravely concerns me. And while there is nothing funny about it, it is one of many reasons roughly one-fifth of the 101 short stories are "Freedom" entries in my new book, "The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book," a fun yet inspirational and educational book in which I share my 101 favorite Chuck Norris "facts" -- embedded within five core values: freedom, family, faith, fitness and fight. (It will be released Nov. 1 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com for less than $9. Proceeds will go to help KickStartKids.org.)

In my column last week, I gave a sneak peek and example of a "Fight" entry, in which I discussed my struggle with a snake on "Walker, Texas Ranger." In this column, I'd like to share an entry from my "Freedom" code. Each of the 101 entries in the book is divided into four sections: one of my favorite official facts, a related short story ("Let's be honest"), a classic or contemporary corresponding quote ("They said it") and one of my principles for life ("Chuck's Code"), which are represented by the five "F's," or my core values. (Next week's example will be on "Faith," in "God and Guns, Part 2.")

Here's Entry No. 49, on the Second Amendment:

"Chuck Norris sleeps with a pillow under his gun."

Let's be honest ...

This past year I shot (no pun intended) an NRA public service announcement (now on YouTube) in which I shared my conviction about self- defense: "If some thug breaks into my home, I could use my roundhouse kick. But I prefer he look down the barrel of my gun."

The reason I was so adamant in that PSA is because there has been some movement in our country to get away from our Second Amendment rights. Last year, the Supreme Court even wrangled over the question, Should the government allow private citizens or only public servants ("state militias") "to keep and bear arms"?

Is someone joking? Could the twenty-seven words of the Second Amendment be any clearer? "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed" (emphasis added).

Just because Washington, D.C., had a pistol problem (with their ban on handguns from 1976-2008, during which time the murder rate actually increased), the court (or government) shouldn't penalize the rest of the country by resetting national precedent based upon a biased Constitutional interpretation. The Bill of Rights either encompasses the privileges of every citizen in every amendment or none at all.

In the early days of our country, many states had gun laws that aligned with the Constitutional standard. As Chief Justice John Roberts asked, "If it is limited to state militias, why would they say 'the right of the people'? ... What is reasonable about a total ban on possession?"

Thomas Jefferson similarly wrote near the end of his life in 1823, "On every question of construction (of the Constitution), carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed."

They said it ...

"Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks." --Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to his nephew Peter Carr

Chuck's Code (Freedom):

The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

Lynyrd Skynyrd, a legendary Southern rock band, put it well in the title track of their new album, "God and Guns":

"God and guns

Keep us strong.

That's what this country

Was founded on.

Well, we might as well give up and run

If we let them take our God and guns."



Copyright © 2009 Salem Web Network. All Rights Reserved.
source: townhall.com


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God and Guns, Part 2
by Chuck Norris

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Despite atheists' attempts to keep our national motto ("In God We Trust") from being engraved on the walls of the new 580,000-square-foot Capitol Visitor Center, the inscription was indelibly etched recently in large, bold and deep letters. And the Pledge of Allegiance soon will follow.


It's about time that good news came out of Washington. But this shouldn't be shocking news or even a contested matter. For the very words of the national motto are inscribed on our currency. They even are etched above the speaker's rostrum in the House of Representatives.

Only in our modern age have skeptics and secular progressives fought God in America. Religious inscriptions on Washington's other buildings testify to yesteryear's commitment to our Judeo-Christian heritage.

For example, in front of the Reagan Building is a statue titled "Liberty of Worship," which is resting on the Ten Commandments.

On the aluminum capstone at the very top of the Washington Monument are the chiseled words "Laus Deo" (Latin for "Praise be to God").

A statue of Moses holding the Ten Commandments is in the rotunda of the Library of Congress.

In addition to the words "In God We Trust" within the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives, is it just a coincidence that Moses is the central figure and the only frontal-depiction bas-relief looking down on Congress of 23 reliefs of great historical lawgivers?

A stained-glass window in the chapel of the U.S. Capitol depicts George Washington with the words of Psalms 16:1 written around him and the words "This Nation Under God" above his head.

The Ten Commandments also are displayed on the floor of the National Archives, just 100 feet or so in front of the original copies of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

The prayer of President John Adams, the first president to occupy the White House, was inscribed on the mantel in the State Dining Room: "I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof."

And Moses and/or the Ten Commandments are depicted a whopping 64 times on the U.S. Supreme Court building.

Do we believe any of these Judeo-Christian displays could be erected today in Washington, let alone in any other civic setting across the country? Why is it that those in yesteryear didn't decry them as violations of the separation of church and state? It's because they didn't see displaying God or religion as a violation of the First Amendment but a practice of it.

That is one of many facts about America's Founding Fathers that I explain in my new book, "The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book," a fun yet inspirational and educational book in which I share my 101 favorite Chuck Norris "facts" and 101 related stories that pivot around five core values: freedom, family, faith, fitness and fight. (Set for release Nov. 1, it is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com for less than $10, and proceeds will go to help http://www.KickStartKids.org.)

Last week, I gave a sneak peek of a "Freedom" entry from the book. I discussed the Second Amendment and our right to bear firearms. In this column, I'd like to share an entry from my "Faith" code in which I discuss the First Amendment.

Official Chuck Norris Fact No. 54:

"They wanted to put Chuck Norris on Mount Rushmore, but the granite wasn't tough enough for his beard."

Let's be honest ...

One of the geniuses of America's Founding Fathers was to provide and secure a foundation for our freedom of religious belief. The First Amendment simply reads, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

When Thomas Jefferson originally penned his legendary commentary on the First Amendment -- "a wall of separation between Church and State" -- in his letter to the Danbury Baptists in 1802, he was concerned with prohibiting the domination and legislation of religious sectarianism in government, as it was back in England and even in some early colonies, such as Virginia. However, he was not trying to rid government of religious influence.

That does not mean we enforce one religion on all people -- that is what the First Amendment protects us from. I believe in the separation of religious sectarianism from government and protecting our religious institutions, such as churches, from the long arm of the federal government. I don't believe, however, in an erroneous interpretation of the Bill of Rights, or of Jefferson's and Madison's interpretive words, that would restrict religious or speech freedoms or produce a secular-progressive barrier that bans any religious influence in society.

Whatever your religious persuasion, don't be ashamed of it. This is America. And that's one of the things that still makes us a great nation. In God we trust.

They said it ...

"There! His Majesty can now read my name without glasses. And he can double the reward on my head!" -- John Hancock, after signing his name in large letters on the Declaration of Independence

Chuck's Code (Faith):

"In God We Trust -- all others we search." A statement from my friend Dave LaGroue, who is a California Highway Patrolman.



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