Tired of "politically correct?" Want an editorial cartoon that is quick to call out the bumblings of U.S. politics and cuts slack to no one? Pulitzer-Prize winner Ben Sargent is paying attention and making Washington have second thoughts about that little thing called the First Amendment.
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apfelzra
said, 5 months ago
Check and mate, NRA.
ruff
said, 5 months ago
Does the Grover Norquist pledge fall into this definition?
sw10mm said, 5 months ago
Senator Dianne Feinstein,
I will not register my weapons should this bill be passed, as I do not believe it is the government’s right to know what I own. Nor do I think it prudent to tell you what I own so that it may be taken from me by a group of people who enjoy armed protection yet decry me having the same a crime. You ma’am have overstepped a line that is not your domain. I am a Marine Corps Veteran of 8 years, and I will not have some woman who proclaims the evil of an inanimate object, yet carries one, tell me I may not have one.
I am not your subject. I am the man who keeps you free. I am not your servant. I am the person whom you serve. I am not your peasant. I am the flesh and blood of America.
I am the man who fought for my country. I am the man who learned. I am an American. You will not tell me that I must register my semi-automatic AR-15 because of the actions of some evil man.
I will not be disarmed to suit the fear that has been established by the media and your misinformation campaign against the American public.
We, the people, deserve better than you.
Respectfully Submitted,
Joshua Boston
Cpl, United States Marine Corps
2004-2012
Clark Kent said, 5 months ago
@sw10mm, The government knows you have a car and requires license and insurance, and a car was designed to transport, not kill. A gun was designed specifically to kill. Therefore it should require even more licensing.
sw10mm said, 5 months ago
@Clark Kent
Yes they know people own cars and require a license. If that’s true and a ban works so well, why do you need to buy uninsured motorist insurance? Also, look at the death statistics by the CDC and FBI. Hammers and clubs have killed more people than with rifles.
masterskrain said, 5 months ago
@sw10mm
I highly suspect that the “Government”, or at least the ATF already knows what types of weapons you own, unless you have only bought all of them for cash from an unlicensed dealer. If toy used a credit card, or wrote a check, it was listed in the audits they run periodically.
99.9% of the time, they really don’t care, but it’s the occasions when someone buys 50,000 rounds of armor piercing shells for a .50 Caliber machine gun, or some such thing that it will trip a red flag in the system.
Normally, if you are a hunter, or a sports shooter, they already know, but it’s not a real concern to them.
It’s the whackos they are trying to keep an eye on, and some people don’t realize this.
masterskrain said, 5 months ago
Whoops…typo. “If You used a credit card…”
motivemagus said, 5 months ago
@sw10mm
Selective much? Try comparing handgun deaths in the US to, oh, any civilized nation IN THE WORLD rather than “rifles” versus “hammers and clubs.”
Ms. Ima said, 5 months ago
A gun is an inanimate object and by itself has never hurt anyone. Anything in the hand of a crazy person can cause damage and death.
Dycel
said, 5 months ago
@sw10mm
Your pathitic!
Your “belief” that your service gives you the right to “defend” yourself against the government you served is proof that you dont deserve the right to bear arms!
Your fear is the product of irrational mis-information created by selfserving interests that only serve themselves and you are nothing more than a coward with grandious paranoia!
blackash said, 5 months ago
This country was founded on a rebellion against the British crown which was also considered treason. The Declaration of Independence gives us the right to rebellion.
Robert Landers said, 5 months ago
@sw10mm Had this person (and just because he is either a current Marine or a former Marine does not mean he can not be wrong) been talking about a normal firearm such as a hand gun, rifle, or shotgun, then I would have applauded his message. But he is talking about a semi-automatic Assault weapon normally only used by police tactical squads or the military.By the way, it is relatively simple to convert such a semi automatic firearm to fully automatic, as they were originally designed to be fully automatic. Criminals frequently do this. And I am certain that you can find instruction in how to do it on the internet, heck you can find the plans of atomic bombs if you look hard enough!And do not give me the usual argument that if tough gun laws are passed only criminals would have guns. I am so against criminals using guns that I am for (and I think the NRA even agrees with this) laws that state that if you commit a crime with a gun, you go to prison for the rest of your life, no possibility of parole. If you commit a crime with a gun and anybody is killed, then your life could very well be forfeit in return!!
DrCanuck said, 5 months ago
@sw10mm
So what is the penalty for treason in the US these days?
TheTrustedMechanic said, 5 months ago
@Ms. Ima
A wrench is an inanimate object and by itself has never fixed a car. Anything in the hands of a motivated person can achieve it’s designed purpose with precision results.
The difference between my example and yours is a wrench is intended to fix things and in the hands of a motivated mechanic can work wonders in repairing a broken car. In yours a gun is designed for one purpose and one purpose only, to kill. And in the hands of a motivated person can create great destruction and devastation. A low capacity, single fire (non-automatic or easily converted to automatic fire) weapon can be very effectively used to hunt and provide food for your family, or defend your home against an intruder. A high capacity, multiple shot weapon in good for only killing masses, usually multiple people. You can try and spew any scenario you wish to try and justify needing more than 2 or 3 shots, but the fact is all of them can be credibly refuted.
TheTrustedMechanic said, 5 months ago
@blackash
You are correct on the first point, but please provide substantiation for your second assertion.
We have the right and privilege to overthrow our government, by law, every 2 (repreesntatives in the House), 4 (the President) and 6 years (Senators), it’s called voting. Any other effort is not permitted and is in fact defined as treason. Can you provide a specific quote, or a rational interpretation of a quoted provision in the Declaration of Independence? I thought not!