gun rights

The issue of gun rights is discussed on numerous websites and blogs like National Gun Rights and Gun Rights Advocates, to name but a few. The focus of the discussion is countering gun control advocates in order to preserve the right to keep and bear arms. The message is generally the same - it's not about guns so much as it's about freedom.

The basis for the idea of gun "rights" is the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, where it states, "...the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Like the rest of the Bill of Rights (the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution), the 2nd Amendment is a description of what the government can't do against "the people." And, the idea of gun rights is embodied in state constitutions as well.

Gun rights in America is an emotional as well as a historical issue. The American Revolution was started when General Gage marched against the armories of the colonists. Southern states passed laws against firearm ownership by former slaves, and guns were illegally confiscated from law-abiding people as part of the aftermath of hurricane Katrina.

Many recognize that the reason gun rights are such a hotly debated topic is simply because we only have the rights we fight for. Others argue convincingly in favor of gun rights by showing statistically that more guns equals less crime.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “gun rights”

• Opposing a Good Cause for a Misguided Reason

  
  LearnAboutGuns.com — Authority: 425
  Earlier this month, a pink Smith & Wesson M&P pistol (which was customized to the specifications of chamion competitive shooter Julie Goloski Golob) was auctioned on GunBroker.com by the seller Donna’s Store (donnasstore).  The seller of this pistol pledged to donate a portion of the proceeds to a breast ...
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• NH: Open carry rifle demonstrators join 420 protest

  
  U.S. Politics Online: A Political Discussion Forum — Authority: 155
  YouTube - NH: Open carry rifle demonstration @ 420 finale What do you think about this? To me it is edgy but not immoral.
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• Quote of the day - Adolph Hitler

  
  Life on Sleepy Creek in Words and Images — Authority: 454
  This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration! Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient and the world will follow our lead into the future! Adolph Hitler, 1935
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• Mandatory Gun Ownership an Idea Whose Time Has Come

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 571
  Mandatory Gun Ownership an Idea Whose Time Has Come IF THE GOVERNMENT IS SO INTENT ON FORCING ITS CITIZENS, Why not try mandatory gun ownership? From the good Doctor Zero, Hot Air, Guns Or Butter : Some 15,000 Americans died last year because they didn’t have it. As many as five million more ...
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• And your point is?

  
  The View From North Central Idaho — Authority: 542
  ATFsays E. Washington source of Mexico guns: Agent Steve Foreman told a forum Thursday in Yakima that gun shows in Eastern Washingtonare the main problem because unlicensed dealers avoid making background checks onthe buyers. Foreman said the investigation into one drug cartel ...
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• Interfering with the free market

  
  The View From North Central Idaho — Authority: 542
  Sebastianpoints out the WashingtonPost reported yesterday : A binational task force on U.S.- Mexico borderissues will call Friday on the Obama administration and Congress to reinstate an expiredban on assault weapons and for Mexico to overhaul its frontier police and customsagencies to mirror ...
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• Quote of the day--Ben Franklin

  
  The View From North Central Idaho — Authority: 542
  Never confuse motion with action. Ben Franklin [I believe many of the anti-gun people make this mistake. "We have to do something !"they say. No. We dont. Even with a system optimally configured its possible for something bad to happen.There are many, many trade-offs in life. We could ...
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• Gun Rights and Concealed Weapons

  
  Sports & recreation - sports-rec.marc8.com — Authority: 459
  There is an increased interest in gun rights... More people are getting permits to carry weapons, theyre buying guns, and stocking up on ammunition... And as Donnell Preskey reports it has to do with more than just the hunting season... Rick Jorgenson believes in the right to carry a gun so much that hes training to ...
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• More that, "How is gun control working for you Chicago", stuff.

  
  Conservative Scalawag — Authority: 126
  If one wants to know why Chicago has such high levels of gun crime, then all one has to do is look at the proclivity toward guns, as Deputy Chief Nick Roti explains with an analogy. For his analogy of the tale of two cities" is misguided and wrong. Sure, if take all the guns away from the civilians, and make the city ...
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• Guns or Butter?

  
  Life on Sleepy Creek in Words and Images — Authority: 454
  http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2009/11/13/guns-or-butter/
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• Not Liberal Talk Radio

  
  Ride Fast & Shoot Straight — Authority: 524
  The Armed American Radio show isnt out here in the west but theyre coming. Brought to you by CrossbreedHolsters.com , eFoodsdDirect , USConcealedCarry and GeorgiaCarry . via AmmoLand Ride Fast & Shoot Straight
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• VD & Its Effects on Gun Owners Time to Eradicate VD

  
  AmmoLand.com — Authority: 609
  Time to Eradicate VD VD & Its Effects on Gun Owners VD = Victim Disarmament By Jeff Knox FirearmsCoalition.org Manassas, VA - There has been a close association between sexually transmitted diseases and the military for as long as the two have existed, but the focus of this article is not Venereal ...
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• Government forcing freedom

  
  The View From North Central Idaho — Authority: 542
  Doug Pennington who is the Assistant Director of Communications at the BradyCampaign writes : [I]sn’t it ironic how some libertarians want government to stay out of their lives,yet have no problem with forcing other people to live with loaded, concealed weaponseverywhere they turn?  The ...
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• I wonder what this means

  
  The View From North Central Idaho — Authority: 542
  In the Chicago Gun Case (McDonald, et. al. v. City of Chicago) the BradyCampaign has announced they will be filing a brief in support of neither party . Im anxious to find out what that means. As much as I like to think of them as spoiledchildren asking the nanny (government) to make the bad boys to go ...
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• Armed Redmond, OR Womand Defends Herself and Her Children Against a Violent Intruder

  
  LearnAboutGuns.com — Authority: 425
  As reported, a Redmond, Oregon woman used her handgun to defend herself and her children against a home invader, when the police didn’t arrive in time. Police say that the woman was at home with her two children, ages 8 and 12, when a violent man she knew came to her home and tried to [...]
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• America Stunned as U.S. Military Attacked from Within

  
  AmmoLand.com — Authority: 609
  America Stunned as U.S. Military Attacked from Within IllinoisCarry.com Illinois - - (AmmoLand.com) - Americans watched in shocked outrage as the murdered were carried away and the wounded were rushed to emergency rooms. Attacked, gunned down, murdered and UNARMED in a Gun Free Zone . What was more shocking ...
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• Nice to know, but still wont shop there.

  
  Conservative Scalawag — Authority: 126
  According to GCO president, Ed Stone, Home Depot will now allow guns in their stores , or to be more precise, according to state law. Now while it pleases me that yet another large national chain store are permitting gun owners, mostly to bow to a large demographic and the all mighty dollar. Home Depot still has to ...
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• Wheel chair bound man rights that he alread had.

  
  Conservative Scalawag — Authority: 126
  Welcome to New Jersey, the only state that would not refuse the right to bear arms to everyday citizens, but also to those who havent the physical ability to fight off thugs. Thank goodness the courts actually read the Constitution.
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• Man’s Law Kills Again – The Sin of Gun Free Zones

  
  AmmoLand.com — Authority: 609
  Man’s Law Kills Again – The Sin of Gun Free Zones Commentary by Rabbi Dovid Bendory, The “Gun Rabbi”. Jews For The Preservation Of Firearms Ownership Hartford, WI - -(AmmoLand.com)- If only we had followed the Ten Commandments, the massacre at Fort Hood would not have happened. Tautological, no? Oh, ...
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• Quote of the day--Alan Gottlieb

  
  The View From North Central Idaho — Authority: 542
  Weve had a very well-plotted-out legal strategy for years, leading up to this. Alan Gottlieb November 10, 2009 Barack& Load Regarding the McDonald gun case out of Chicago thatis being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. [I recently talked with Alan and he is 100% convinced we are going to win ...
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