Posted by Landon Tucker on September 12, 2007, 4:57 pm, in reply to "Re: Huckabee?" --Previous Message--
Two Fish Tucker
Yeh, Paul's view on the war does not impress me. I didn't understand why he wanted to pull out, or why he had no plan of doing.
: I like Huckabee better than the top tier
: candidates. However, he is no Ron Paul when
: it comes to restoring our 2nd amendment
: rights.
:
: HON. RON PAUL OF TEXAS
: IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
: January 9, 2003
:
: Restoring the Second Amendment
:
: Mr. Speaker, I rise to restore the right the
: founding fathers saw as the guarantee of
: every other right by introducing the Second
: Amendment Protection Act. This legislation
: reverses the steady erosion of the right to
: keep and bear arms by repealing
: unconstitutional laws that allow
: power-hungry federal bureaucrats to restrict
: the rights of law-abiding gun owners.
:
: Specifically, my legislation repeals the
: five-day waiting period and the
: "instant" background check, which
: enables the federal government to compile a
: database of every gun owner in America. My
: legislation also repeals the misnamed ban on
: "semi-automatic" weapons, which
: bans entire class of firearms for no
: conceivable reason beside the desire of
: demagogic politicians to appear tough on
: crime. Finally, my bill amends the Gun
: Control Act of 1968 by deleting the
: "sporting purposes" test, which
: allows the Treasury Secretary to infringe on
: second amendment rights by classifying a
: firearm (handgun, rifle, shotgun) as a
: "destructive device" simply
: because the Secretary believes the gun to be
: "non-sporting."
:
: Thomas Jefferson said "The
: constitutions of most of our States assert
: that all power is inherent in the people;
: ...that it is their right and duty to be at
: all times armed." Jefferson, and all
: of the Founders, would be horrified by the
: proliferation of unconstitutional
: legislation that prevents law-abiding
: Americans form exercising their right and
: duty to keep and bear arms. I hope my
: colleagues will join me in upholding the
: Founders' vision for a free society by
: cosponsoring the Second Amendment
: Restoration Act.
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