Take it from Snee: VCDL hampers Second Amendment rights
Posted on July 25, 2007
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So I read an article yesterday about some guy bringing his gun to Haborfest in Norfolk, Va. When it turned out he wasn’t a cop and didn’t intend to take his .45 and go home, the police arrested him. Since this is Virginia, the news has been greeted by armed citizens and the Virginia Citizens Defense League, who are arguing for the man’s Second Amendment rights and claim that state carrying laws trump an event’s wish to ban firearms.
I’m not going to argue for or against the man’s arrest. The gun ownership advocates will give that argument greater (or lesser) justice. My argument is against guns rights groups and their half-assed interpretation of the Second Amendment.
If you read the Second Amendment, it grants the right to bear arms–not just guns–in order to maintain a militia. The question is not whether groups like the NRA and the VCDL are endangering the rest of us by handing out guns with mortgages, but why aren’t they fighting to uphold the Second Amendment’s real meaning as the framers intended?
The whole point of the Second Amendment is to allow citizens to form militias to protect all of the other rights in our constitution should any government–foreign or domestic–attempt to take those rights away. Ignoring the fact that any repressive government would repeal the Second Amendment, rendering any gun owner unconstitutional and the NRA and VCDL moot, these arms must deter or combat essentially any standing army, including our own.
(For those already snickering, this isn’t a literal satire advocating the amputation of arms from infants. Jonathan Swift was so-o-o 262 years ago.)
Guns are not enough to stop Army Strong (even if it is an Army of One). Our individual owner’s rights should include all arms for waging war on the United States, including–but not limited to–swords, crossbows, howitzers, tanks, plastic explosives, stealth bombers and tactical nuclear warheads. Anything less would abridge my Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms for my antidisestablishmentarian militia.
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Since the NRA and VCDL focus only on guns, I can only make one of two logical assumptions about them: either 1) they’re in the pocket of anti-nukes politicians and special interest groups in order to keep us from uprising, or 2) they can’t read.
The NRA has an out, of course: they’re the National Rifle Association. However, they also advocate private ownership of handguns and shotguns, so my assumptions apply.
The VCDL has no excuse. Virginia’s citizens need every possible arm attainable to once again gloriously uprise against the wussy liberal North. No one wants another embarassing Appomattox because the Antidisestablismentarian Militia didn’t have an adequate missile shield.
It’s time to stop giving groups like the NRA and VCDL any form of legitimacy. They aren’t really fighting for our Second Amendment rights, not completely. They’re just like liberal environmental groups that want to promote hybrid cars for cleaner air, yet let the cows and their methane farts–the real culprits–live. Until they win my right to own my own fully-armed Apache attack helicopter, they’re just hogging the spotlight and accomplishing nothing for the rest of us.
Written by Rick SneeThe only bad advertising is no advertising
Posted on July 25, 2007
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An anti-porn group in Indiana is targeting local sex shops with a giant billboard that proclaims “XXX: Garbage In, Garbage Out.”
Be careful what you say, ROCK-you may have negated all support for your cause by possibly naming the latest hot movie.
Written by Chris "Chugs" TaylorHigh tech electronic theft, Australian style!
Posted on July 25, 2007
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Remember hearing those stories about people stealing PS3s from the lucky few on launch day? Australia, not one to be left out of current social events and issues, recently had a home invasion where the only item taken was a Sony Playstation.
No, there was no extra number attached to the Playstation title. Yes, you read that right-the thieves stole an original Playstation, not a PS2 or PS3.
You know what Australia? You keep trudging along. Eventually you’ll hit the year 2001, big guy.
Written by Chris "Chugs" TaylorHealth story of the Week
Posted on July 25, 2007
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During the summer time, it’s even more common to come in contact with animals. Heck, when I went running yesterday, I saw a wild deer. I tore off after it in hopes to a barehanded kill, but the doe was too fast for me, next time, Bambi, next time.
In any case, no matter where you go, be it countryside or the city, you are in danger of being attacked by animals. Stay alert, everyone. And don’t let the bed bugs bite.
Written by Bryan McBournieReach out and touch someone?
Posted on July 25, 2007
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There seems to be a lot of this going around lately: a toll free number listed on a Web site has some kind of typo, which leads to people seeking help or information and instead getting a sex hotline. Mistakes will happen and this may just happen often enough that this blog no longer needs to point it out to people.
Except when it’s a sexual assault hotline listed on the Florida attorney general’s Web site.
Written by Bryan McBournie