Chuck Asay sifts the events of the day through his biblical worldview and tries to persuade readers to see things his way...that rights are given by a higher authority than the governments of men, that mankind is not the ultimate arbiter of truth and that our Constitutional Republic is worth protecting. Chuck believes ideas, not politicians rule the world. He tries to protect ideas which he thinks are good and attacks ideas he thinks bring harm.
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zoidknight said, 4 months ago
Hey, you cannot talk about the U S Constitution in school, it is considered racist and elitist by the current administration and by liberals and democrats.
lonecat said, 4 months ago
If the teacher had had a gun, the intruder might be dead by now.
Gore Bane said, 4 months ago
An absolute precondition to any dialogue on gun control must be the unconditional acknowledgement of our rights under the Second Amendment. Without this acknowledgement, there will be no dialogue.
lonecat said, 4 months ago
@Gore Bane
I unconditionally agree that the second amendment allows something (though it does seem to include its own condition — a well regulated militia). Exactly what is open to debate. I will even grant that the courts have rather stupidly decided that it’s an individual right. But the question still remains, a right to what? The first amendment unconditionally guarantees free speech, yet the courts agree that there are conditions on free speech — you can’t yell “Fire!” in a crowed theater, you can’t libel someone, you can’t publish secret government documents, and so on. I think the people who want gun control want the same kinds of reasonable restraints on the second amendment that there are on the first.
Chillbilly
said, 4 months ago
The guy in the tri-corner hat needs to hurry up with the lesson. He has a slave auction to go to because his ornery chattel wife hasn’t been keeping house well enough.
Bruce4671 said, 4 months ago
@lonecat
And I think that those that support the second amendment agree with that. That is why there are over 450 laws on the books already to control who can have one, how it must be secured under every circumstance, who can actually carry one, whether it must be concealed or can be carried in the open, which state will honor which other states laws and so on. Our problem is not a lack of rules and regulations it is a lack of enforcement, and training.
As an example, tell me of the laws in NYC and how those laws have totally eradicated gun violence. Tell me how the ban on assault weapons in Connecticut prevented the tragedy at Sandy Hook. Tell me how the strict gun laws in California have stopped the current wave of Gang violence in Oakland.
The restraints are already in place.
SusanCraig said, 4 months ago
@Bruce4671
…and those restraints ain’t workin’
Nos Nevets said, 4 months ago
If speech were more restricted and controlled, one life may be saved because people couldn’t lead others astray.
If searches and seizures didn’t need warrants, we would be safer.
If we could force people to confess, we could get more criminals off the street.
If people couldn’t own guns legally, fewer crimninals could get hold of them.
Why do we trade safety for freedom for the other enumerated rights, but run the 2nd amendment through different “logic” ?
Bruce4671 said, 4 months ago
@SusanCraig
yes, my point. so fix that problem. don’t punish the innocent doing it.
Captain Colorado said, 4 months ago
An ideal for Chuck Asay:
Panel one: A obvious mad man shoots an innocent victim. Obama and an American citizen witness this crime and are horrified.
Panel two: The victim is dead. The mad man runs away. Obama and the citizen look at the victim.
Obama: “This is terrible! I’m going to do something about
this!”
Panel three: Obama tries to wrestle a gun from the citizen.
Obama: “I’m going to take YOUR GUN away from YOU!”
Harleyquinn
said, 4 months ago
@Nos Nevets
If people couldn’t own guns legally, fewer crimninals could get hold of them."
No it don’t work that way. Sorry but that would be MORE “crimninals” would have guns.
Harleyquinn
said, 4 months ago
@Nos Nevets
Why do we trade safety for freedom for the other enumerated rights, but run the 2nd amendment through different “logic” ?
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
CasualBrowser
said, 4 months ago
@zoidknight
“Hey, you cannot talk about the U S Constitution in school, it is considered racist and elitist by the current administration and by liberals and democrats.”
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I have to wonder what the motivation is for putting forth that false statement. Is it a plea for attention, a cry for help, a pathalogical compulsion, a desire to get praise from a certain group? The more I read from this commentor, the less it maddens me, rather it engenders empathy. I almost wish he/she wasn’t anonymous so I could assist in finding help.
NeoconMan said, 4 months ago
We must oppose this tyrannical president every way we can. We have to thwart his every effort.
He wishes to keep guns out of the hands of the crazies? We have to GIVE guns to all the crazies.
DrCanuck said, 4 months ago
@lonecat
Well worth repeating.
If that teacher had a gun as the Rednecks recommend, THAT Redneck intruder would be dead.