Washington, DC –-(Ammoland.com)- While gun owners dramatically winning the culture war.
“The founders did not establish a right to bear arms,” GOA’s Erich Pratt was quoted as saying to Newsmax. “They assumed it already existed [and] said that it ‘shall not be infringed.’ [But] gun-control advocates frequently want to skip over those words.”
Gun Owners of America joined a chorus of pro-gun organizations in slamming idiotic comments made recently by former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
In a newly released book, Justice Stevens said the Second Amendment should be altered to say that people only have the right to bear arms “when serving in the militia.”
GOA blasted the comments, adding that gun owners would welcome the opportunity to demolish Stevens’ arguments in the court of public opinion.
“Bring on the debate,” said GOA Communications Director Erich Pratt in an interview with Newsmax over the weekend. Gun control advocates are always “pushing for draconian gun restrictions” while hiding behind words like “gun safety.”
But to a gun banner, those words are code for, “We just want the military and the police to have guns,” Pratt said. “So let’s get them out of the closet.”
Gun owners need not worry about Stevens’ idea gaining traction. Even an anti-gun liberal, like Professor Alan Dershowitz, opposes Stevens’ proposal.
“You don’t amend the Magna Carta,” Dershowitz said. “You don’t amend the Bill of Rights. There are certain things that you just leave pristine.”
GOA agrees. And increasingly, so do the American people.
Polls Show More Americans Opposing Gun Control
Remember all the phony polls which were used by Obama last year in order to push gun control?
Remember the unrelenting unilateral media pressure to ban guns — pressure reflected in even the “conservative” media?
Well, who’s laughing now?
Tuesday, the liberal USA Today was forced to concede that even liberal pollsters have found a massive, cataclysmic shift by Americans in favor of the right to keep and bear arms.
We bet that USA Today trolled all of the polls for some evidence that Americans embraced gun control to the same extent as their editorial board. What they found was a liberal Pew poll — conducted immediately after last year’s Newtown vote in April — that found that Americans were statistically evenly divided between pro-gunners and anti-gunners. Okay, it’s a liberal poll.
But what was even more interesting is that, in 2000, the same poll, asking the same questions, had found Americans supporting gun control by a margin of 66% to 29% — a 37% gap in favor of gun control.
And Pew is not alone.
Later in 2013, Gallup found that 51% of all Americans do not support stricter gun control. In 2000, that number was 38% — with 62% of Americans supposedly favoring more anti-gun laws.
Of course, 2000 was the year when gun owners confounded the pollsters and elected George Bush as president, over the anti-gun Democratic candidate, Al Gore.
Hence, you shouldn’t trust the polls. But when liberal gun grabbers are forced to concede that the polls are against them, that tells you something really interesting.
So, guess what, in this Easter week, we note that even Satan quotes scripture when he has no choice.
Bloomberg Gets It Really, Really Wrong
Speaking of the forces of darkness quoting Scripture, anti-gun former Mayor Michael Bloomberg chose this Easter week to try his hand at some biblical exposition.
But before we tell you about his whopper, Bloomberg made headlines on Wednesday after announcing his “threat” to spend $50 million to change people’s hearts and minds in favor of gun control.
Never mind the fact that Bloomberg has anything but the Midas touch when it comes to pushing gun control, as he’s lost almost every battle where he’s spent his millions.
“I guess he’s free to do so; he’s got money to waste,” said GOA Executive Director Larry Pratt on MSNBC. “But frankly, I think he’s going to find out why his side keeps losing.”
Indeed…
- Bloomberg lost in Nevada last year, where he tried to get a universal gun registry and universal background checks enacted.
- He lost in Colorado, where he tried to rescue two state senators from being recalled because of their gun control votes.
- And he lost in the U.S. Senate, where a concealed carry amendment actually garnered more Senate votes than did his proposal for expanding background checks on guns.
But it’s not just on guns where he gets it wrong. Obviously proud of his efforts in pushing firearms restrictions, Bloomberg said this week that:
“If there is a God, when I get to heaven, I’m not stopping to be interviewed. I’m heading right in. I’ve earned my place in heaven. It’s not even close.”
Wow, if he thinks he’s blessed because of his efforts to disarm the public, he should consider passages like I Samuel 13:16-22, where arms control was considered a curse; and Luke 22:36, where Jesus told His disciples to sell their cloaks and buy a sword (if they didn’t already have one).
And as for breezing right through the pearly gates, without an interview, and gaining entrance on the basis of his own very tainted efforts? Does he really think that he can buy his way into heaven because of the millions he’s spent on “social issues”?
Most people would find that disgusting.
Sadly, it appears that Bloomberg has no idea what this Easter weekend is all about. And so on that note, we here at Gun Owners of America hope that you and your family will have a blessed holiday.
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First of all you don’t earn your way into Heaven!! As long as we keep pushing the truth for all to see and hear we will win against anti-gunners because everything they use is based in lies and deception!!
The lengthy comment by Dirt of 04/19/2014 is right on but left out one little thing. As recognition of this Easter Eve let us not forget the words of Jesus,”Should a man take your sword, sell your cloak and buy another” (approximately), so Jesus Himself coming face to face with Mayor of the USA Bloombutt would tell him, “Shut up Bloomie”!
To those foolish enough to use the “militia argument” to argue that the 2A does not mean an individual right, I offer this: simple English grammer will tell you that the entire 13 word militia reference is an introductory clause, and serves only to provide a lead-in to the actual meaning: “…the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” The last 14 words can stand alone.
So how much money did the mayor’s group spend on the Colorado recalls? What did all that money get them? BWAAAAHAAAAAHAAAA
Now not only are we faced with Obama and the democrats and his attempted to place a surgeon general that will ban all firearms claiming they are a health risk but also rich Communists like Bloomberg trying to get our 2nd Amendment eliminated but now as I stated long ago, the United Nations is calling for a complete elimination of American’s ownership or guns as they do not feel we have the right to defend ourselves either against criminals or the government. Research by the respected Dr. Gary Kleck clearly states that only 3% of criminal gun assaults involves anyone… Read more »
I am sure that the Liberals wouldn’t like the 1st amendment to be altered to read that freedom of speech applies only to those authorized by the government and can be revoked at any time. At least they wouldn’t if a Republican was in the white house and not a socialist.
“An unarmed man is an Enslaved man.
A disarmed man is a Conquered man.
I shall not be Enslaved or Conquered.”
Sic Semper Tyrannis !
I love this Op Ed – but where is the USA Today article from Tuesday about the big shift? I have googled it and can’t find it.
Gun Control: Being able to hit, consistently and with accuracy, what your aiming at.
Robt Bomba – You should research the writings of the Founders vis a vis “militia”. James Madison and George Mason, the co-authors o0f the 2d Amendment say that the militia was comprised of all citizens between the ages of 14 and 60. Madison says that the militia need not train because training should have been accomplished at a very young age and there was no point in marching to and fro and wasting powder and shot. Even George Washington disdained the militia because they lacked military training and discipline, and, at the first volley, would run and hide behind trees… Read more »