keep and bear arms

The web is ablaze with discussion and opinions about people in America who keep and bear arms - guns in particular. Individuals like Neal Knox are in favor of gun rights, and organizations like the Brady Campaign are in favor or gun control. Irrespective of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in D.C. vs Heller, there will continue to be discussion and disagreement about the right to keep and bear arms in America.

The controversy is largely focused on what is meant by the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It's fueled by three general segments of the political spectrum - those who believe in an individual right to keep and bear arms, those who promote gun control, and those who believe that a right to keep and bear arms is only associated with being part of a militia.

Central to the controversy is the understanding of whether the U.S. Constitution grants a right, or simply guarantees as one of our civil rights our natural right of self defense. Also central to the controversy is tens of thousands of firearms related deaths each year in the United States.

Indeed a lack of freedom in America is troubling, and there are some that question the ethics of gun control. Abuse of freedom that results in thousands of deaths each year is equally troubling.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “keep and bear arms”

• Surprise, Surprise, Once Again Guns Make People Safer

  
  Tai-Chi Policy — Authority: 444
  And this becomes another instance of hard evidence that the left will continue to ignore. Posted in The Right to Keep and Bear Arms Tagged: Crime Rates, Freedom, Guns
  3 days ago

• Yeah, We Get That A Lot

  
  ricketyclick — Authority: 127
  Blood In The Turnstiles: A year ago, my native home town of Atlanta decided that people with CCW’s were ok to ride mass transit carrying their weapons. And just like every other time the law abiding are allowed to exercise their rights, nothing happened. It’s almost like the anti-gun forces are lying to us.
  1 week ago

• Keeping Pandora’s Box Sealed

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 753
  By Ilya Shapiro In today’s Washington Times , Ken Klukowski and Ken Blackwell co-authored an op-ed about McDonald v. Chicago and the Privileges or Immunities Clause titled, “ A gun case or Pandora’s box? ” If that title sounds familiar, it should. Josh Blackman and I have co-authored a forthcoming article ...
  2 weeks ago

• Alaska Second Amendment Patriots Rally

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Anchorage, AK --(AmmoLand.com)- You, the citizens of the great State of Alaska, are cordially invited to participate in A Rally of Patriots in support of our unalienable right to keep and bear arms as affirmed by our constitution! This rally will take place on Monday April 19th, 2010, statewide, in a city near you. ...
  4 weeks ago

• Nebraska Firearms Owners Association Forms Partnership with CCRKBA

  
  AmmoLand.com — Authority: 619
  Nebraska Firearms Owners Association forms partnership with Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Nebraska Firearms Owners Association Lincoln, NE, – - (AmmoLand.com) - Andreas Allen President of the Nebraska Firearms Owners Association (NFOA) announced today that the NFOA has formed an ...
  4 weeks ago

• Zionist Jews in New York Congress, Mayor Bloomberg and Atty. General Holder Move Against Second Amendment

  
  Pragmatic Witness — Authority:
  Senator Gillibrand and Representative McCarthy have introduced the Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2009. Ostensibly designed to prosecute gun traffickers, the bill would also deny the Second Amendment to anybody on the so-called terror watch list. The legislation is supported by New York City Mayor Michael ...
  4 weeks ago

• When Seconds Count….

  
  ricketyclick — Authority: 127
  …The police are putting on you hold for an hour. …[T]he afternoon of May 5, at Phoenix Park near Turner Field, Jackie Gordon watched a middle-aged man in a yellow jumpsuit chasing children on the playground while exposing himself. Gordon grabbed her cellphone and dialed the familiar number for help: 911. The ...
  4 weeks ago

• Why You Can’t Keep Guns Out of the Hands of the Bad Guys

  
  ricketyclick — Authority: 127
  They’re just too damn easy to make. Like, for instance, this home-made, full-auto shotgun. EMBED-Home-Made Belt-Fed Shotgun – Watch more free videos Yeah, it has feed problems. Yeah, I bet it’s not as rugged or as portable as a mil-spec unit of equivalent power and speed. But it’s a home-made ...
  5 weeks ago

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