Mike Lester for March 10, 2018

Lester is right; we need assault rifles for the next time the British invade America.

Lester is wrong. The 2nd amendment is about the “security” (what ever exactly that means) of the several states. The word “state” in the constitution occurs many times, is used to refer to foreign powers only a couple of times, otherwise it always refers to the the constituent components of the Union (which is what the United States of America is always called, in the const.) Also, don’t forget what the amendment is really about (hint: militias).

Or auto or semi-auto military grade assault type weapons.

I thought that Mr. Lester preferred “assault ‘shooty things’”. His cartoonist’s license requires that he show that “libs” aren’t as bright as “CONSERVATIVES”.

Ok Lester, where is the well regulated militia in all this?

How many shots does Lester take before scratching on paper?

Not original with me, but worth sharing:

You’re afraid we’ll take away your guns. We’re afraid your guns will take away our children.

How many of your guns have we taken? How many of our children have your guns taken?

Whose fears are unfounded?

So, let’s go back to the original meaning: abolish our standing army & require everyone to serve in the militia as needed. I’m sure Lester can explain how that will deter Iranian aggression in the Middle East.

What’s that you say? That wasn’t the original meaning? True, it was also a concession to southern states that wanted to have armed posses available to suppress slave revolts.

It’s about making sure Americans are armed in case they need to overthrow the government? The Founders’ thoughts on American citizens using rifles to express their opposition to policies enacted by our elected officials was pretty conclusively shown by the reaction to Shay’s Rebellion & the Whiskey Rebellion.

The idea that a bunch of twerps with semi-automatic rifles can mount a successful resistance to the National Guard, let alone our active military is a bad joke.

Please name a school shooter that was a member of the NRA.Or any felon.Or any shooter in any city controlled by the National Socialist Democrat Workers Party that was a member of the NRA.Maybe someone in Chicago. Or California the bank robbery capital of the world.

I often see gun owners raise the American revolution as a prime example of armed citizens overthrowing an oppressive government. Oddly, they never cite the Bolshevik revolution, the Chinese revolution or the overthrow of Batista in Cuba. Not all violent overthrows of a government work out as a positive.

Do the 2nd amenders really thing they can overthrow the government.. In fact it was just done by electing the likes of trump.. but as the NRA led the charge I guess in fairness the 2nd amenders just did.. Well played!

breech loading And, you know it was won with breech loading , single shot weapons, right?

breech loading And, you know it was won with breech loading , single shot weapons, right?

Ha, a lot of Americans are still fighting the Civil War. Lester is still fighting the War of Independence!

Brewingbiker, ah the slippery slope. If we legalize abortion, we’ll start killing old people. I’m 77 and feel very safe, thank you!

How does one distinguish between a terrorist bent on savaging the populace with fear, and a Citizen, armed with assault weaponry that shoots many rounds before re-loading and clips and magazines that provide for quick re-load with, apparently, the same intent ? Shouldn’t such anti-social, purported “Patriots”, be tried and executed as terrorists, since their mission appears to be the same ?

Brewingbiker, I was referring to the slippery slope anti choicers said when abortion was made legal. Hasn’t happened, has it?

SJLDOESNOTSPEAKFORME, I was specifically addressing the slippery slope comment that BREWINGBIKER made about rights being taken away. In the case of abortion the slippery slope was killing old people and babies who aren’t perfect, and it hasn’t happened.

Ronald Reagan opted to regulate assault rifles, and the Supreme Court Justice , Scalia said gun ownership’s (hiscomments in District of Columbia vs Heller) , “Like most rights, the right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited…”We think that limitation is fairly supported by the historical tradition of prohibiting the carrying of ‘dangerous and unusual weapons.’"

Guns are less regulated than fishing.

You need an AR-15 to protect yourself against British soldiers? You should join a militia and get your musket if that is what you are worried about. We don’t need assault rifles in the hands of citizens – they end up being turned on innocents far more than is acceptable.

Ahmed Alaklouk loves the NRAs success in making assault rifles accessible! He got his easily, but no luck on his fishing license.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/11/06/opinion/how-to-reduce-shootings.html