Where debating everything under the sun is only the beginning

On December 1, Texas state representative Matthew Krause (R-Ft. Worth) introduced legislation barring the in-state enforcement of nearly any federal gun control measure "past, present or future."

The legislation, HB422, "requires the state to refuse to enforce" federal gun control measures which infringe on the exercise of the Second Amendment.

Subsection (b) of the bill specifies how the agencies and law enforcement officers of the state or any local government entity in Texas would be prohibited from being used for that purpose:

    Any agency of this state or political subdivision of this state, and a law enforcement officer or other person employed by an agency of this state or a political subdivision of this state, may not contract with or in any other manner provide assistance to a federal agency or official with respect to the enforcement of a federal statute, order, rule, or regulation purporting to regulate a firearm, a firearm accessory, or firearm ammunition if the statute, order, rule, or regulation imposes a prohibition, restriction, or other regulation, such as a capacity or size limitation or a registration requirement, that does not exist under the laws of this state.
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For the first time in more than two decades of Pew Research Center surveys, there is more support for gun rights than gun control. Currently, 52% say it is more important to protect the right of Americans to own guns, while 46% say it is more important to control gun ownership.

Support for gun rights has edged up from earlier this year, and marks a substantial shift in attitudes since shortly after the Newtown school shootings, which occurred two years ago this Sunday.

The balance of opinion favored gun control in the immediate aftermath of the Newtown tragedy in December 2012, and again a month later. Since January 2013, support for gun rights has increased seven percentage points – from 45% to 52% — while the share prioritizing gun control has fallen five points (from 51% to 46%).

Increasing Number Say Gun Ownership Protects People From Crime. The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center, conducted Dec. 3-7 among 1,507 adults, also finds a shift in attitudes about whether gun ownership in this country does more to protect people or put people’s safety at risk. Nearly six-in-ten Americans (57%) say gun ownership does more to protect people from becoming victims of crime, while 38% say it does more to endanger personal safety. .......... CONTINUED

.......... As recently as December 2012, in the immediate aftermath of the Newtown, Conn., shooting, 51 percent of people surveyed by Pew said it was more important to control gun ownership than protect the rights of gun owners.

That consensus has since disappeared, confirming the fears of many gun-control advocates that outrage after Newtown wouldn't last long.[glow=green,2,300]

What's most striking in Pew's new data is that views have shifted more in favor of gun rights since then among nearly every demographic group, including women, blacks, city-dwellers, parents, college graduates, millennials and independents. [/glow]............... CONTINUED

Yeah and children booked for killing too. George Washington has a lot to answer for nut there again he didn't expect a large part of the population to have child minds and never grow up.

South Carolina may become the 10th state to nullify federal gun control laws.

State Sen. Lee Bright filed two bills last week to rein in the Obama administration’s attempts to infringe on the Second Amendment rights of South Carolinians.

The South Carolina Firearms Liberty Act and the Second Amendment Preservation Act would reject federal gun control regulations and prevent any future federal laws from restricting guns made in the state.

At least nine other states have passed similar nullification laws, the first being Montana, whose 2009 Firearms Freedom Act is largely seen as unenforceable.

States cannot pick and choose which federal laws apply to them, the Supreme Court decided in 1958.

However, de facto nullification can still work because the same court said that states and communities cannot be required to enforce federal regulations.

“Every state helps the feds enforce their gun control in major ways,” Shall Not Campaign spokesman Scott Landreth said in a statement.

The Shall Not Campaign is a pro-gun group that supports legislation like Bright’s, according to guns.com.

“The federal government simply cannot enforce gun control in South Carolina without the help of South Carolina,” Landreth added ..............

With as many state legislatures and governor’s mansions in Republican control after the 2014 midterm elections, we’d like to think that even more states will soon be considering such measures........... .......CONTINUED

If they ever make a well, remake of "Killing Fields" the ex-colonies would be a superbly  ideal place to do it, Would decrease the cost and no doubt the inbuilt attitude of a right to shoot all over the place can be traced back of course to that bit of paper in the 18th century.
If you hear a low rumbling noise SmileyFace it is Washington revolving in his grave.  :

And this is the country that wants others to follow it's lead in the world and it's "values"/ Could have saved a load of cash not bothering with schools and education! 

”A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.”   ~George Washington

“I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few politicians.” – George Mason, co-author of the 2nd Amendment.

“A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves.” – Richard Henry Lee.

“And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the Press, or the rights of Conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms.” – Samuel Adams.

“Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people’s liberty teeth and keystone under independence.” – George Washington

“Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense? Where is the difference between having our arms in possession and under our direction and having them under the management of Congress? If our defense be the real object of having those arms, in whose hands can they be trusted with more propriety, or equal safety to us, as in our own hands?” – Patrick Henry.

“The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.” – Alexander Hamilton.

“I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.” – Thomas Jefferson.

“To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them.” – George Mason.

“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe.” – Noah Webster.

“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.

“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin.

“A free people ought to be armed.” – George Washington.

“No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.” – Thomas Jefferson.

“The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere restrains evil interference – they deserve a place of honor with all that’s good.” – George Washington.

We felt it appropriate to close this list with a quote from the father of our country – George Washington.
No man or woman in the history of America has been given more responsibility and trust, gambling the existence of our newborn nation in the hands of one righteous man. Washington could have been the King of America. He could have been the nation’s first dictator. He could have enslaved the whole continent. But he proved time and again that protecting the freedom of the people was his only concern.

If they ever make a well, remake of "Killing Fields" the ex-colonies would be a superbly  ideal place to do it, Would decrease the cost and no doubt the inbuilt attitude of a right to shoot all over the place can be traced back of course to that bit of paper in the 18th century. If you hear a low rumbling noise SmileyFace it is Washington revolving in his grave. 

And this is the country that wants others to follow it's lead in the world and it's "values"/ Could have saved a load of cash not bothering with schools and education! 

In fact, all states show a long term decline in murder. ......you know nothing about America nor her people, [glow=blue,2,300]so you can kiss our freedom loving ass. [/glow]

If British Regulars hadn't marched on Concord and Lexington for the purpose of taking Colonial stockpiles of guns and ammunition, the whole thing might have had a different outcome than it did. As it is, that march showed the Colonials just how important such an amendment truly is to our Constitution and our way of life.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied an effort by California Attorney General Kamala Harris to intervene in a case involving concealed carry permits. The refusal means that a lawsuit challenging California’s “may issue” concealed carry law will succeed.

According to a report by FoxNews.com, Harris’s effort to intervene in the suit after San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore announced that he would not appeal the ruling. The sheriff of Yolo County, California, which also was involved in a similar case, also declined to appeal the ruling, which struck down a requirement that applicants for a concealed carry permit show a specific reason to be granted one. The three-judge panel also heard a case from Hawaii, which also required that applicants show “good cause” to be granted a permit, and similarly struck down that state’s requirement.

The result of these rulings is that California and Hawaii will become “shall issue” states, boosting the total number of states with either “shall issue” concealed carry or “constitutional carry” (requiring no permit) to 44. The only states with “may issue” laws, some of which are so strictly interpreted so as to make these states “no issue” states, are New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Rhode Island, New York, Massachusetts. The District of Colombia passed a restrictive “may issue” carry law after a court ruling, and most U.S. territories are either “may issue” or “no issue.”

Several years back, MAD magazine had a picture of a fellow called the "Super Patriot". He was described as loving his country but hating 98% of the people in it.

That sorta describes the way you come off about the US. You might like us well enough, but you hate 98% of everything about the way we run things here. Every post describes how we don't do things to suit you.

Several years back, MAD magazine had a picture of a fellow called the "Super Patriot". He was described as loving his country but hating 98% of the people in it.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied an effort by California Attorney General Kamala Harris to intervene in a case involving concealed carry permits. The refusal means that a lawsuit challenging California’s “may issue” concealed carry law will succeed.