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Dennis · July 13, 2000, 02:35 PM

Westtexas,
1) “Lib's give it up. You are trying to smear Bush.”
(chuckle) So by quoting Bush we’re smearing him.

2) “If you cared about RKBA, you'd support the only candidate with a chance
of winning.”
Sorry, but nobody here is qualified to tell me what I care about. The only
reason to vote for Bush’s gun control program is fear of Gore’s gun control
program. If enough people cared about our RKBA as much as they say,
neither Gore nor his protege Republican would be in the race.

3) “By voting Browne, you're a becoming a closet Gore supporter.”
By voting for Bush, you support part of Gore’s anti-gun agenda.
A vote for Bush is 1/2 vote for Gore. (That one's for you, Joe!

)
-----

All,

Gore is a nightmare. Bush is a bad dream. Electing anyone else is merely
dreaming.

If I vote for a third party, and Bush wins, Republicans figure gun owners have
no power and can be raped at will.

If I vote for a third party, and Bush loses, gun owners will be raped because
of Gore.

If I vote for Bush, whether he wins or loses, he knows gun owners will vote
away their gun rights because we fear the Democrats. So, if Bush wins, he then signs
important bills with anti-gun amendments because he “has no choice”.

Looks to me like we’re screwed no matter what we do.

How did we get here? Every election in the past forty years has been
“different” and “critical” for some cause and we have been told to vote
“pragmatically, just this once.”

So, now we must pay hundreds of dollars for the “privilege” of exercising a
small, limited part of our Second Amendment Rights.

So, now we must pay hundreds of dollars pleading for the federal government
to give us permission to obtain a license to exercise the “privilege” of owning
a full-auto firearm.

So, now we have states ignoring the Constitution saying, “If you have this
kind of rifle, you’ve got a problem.”

So, now our nation’s Capital is a cess pool of crime where decent people are
not permitted to own a firearm.

So, now we have to be afraid of driving up I-95 in a U-Haul truck because
police may stop us and search our property for drugs and firearms.

So, now we virtually outlaw devices that muffle the retort of a firearm and
then have lawsuits about the noise of gun ranges.

So, now we can not have large amounts of cash in our homes because it is
“legally inadvisable”.

So, now we can not pull $10,000 cash out of our savings without completing
federal government “tracking” forms.

It goes on and on. The list never ends. And we keep voting for the same
tyranny time after time because “this time it’s different”.

Now we’ll tell kids they can go to war, fight and die, but they will be
forbidden to own a firearm at the very home, in the very country, they are
fighting and dieing for.

Now we’ll outlaw standard capacity magazines because we believe bad guys
can not reload quickly and good guys shouldn’t.

Well, if you’ve been around longer than all week, you notice a trend here.
We continue to be cursed with increasingly severe restrictions, none of which
are repealed. We have so many laws that we are in violation of some law or
another nearly at any given moment.

The Republicans have abandoned us! We did not leave them! They became
faux Democrats and partners in the crime of turning America into a Socialist
state acceptable to the United Nations and the “world village”.

So now we must vote for gun control to save our Right to Keep and Bear
Arms. It’s hilarious how we profess to be pro-RKBA while we grease the skids
on the slippery slope into tyranny.

Before Republican supporters tell me to take a “reality check”, take one
yourself.

[This message has been edited by Dennis (edited July 13, 2000).]

July 13, 2000, 02:35 PM	#21
Dennis Staff Emeritus Join Date: November 23, 1998 Location: a small forest in Texas Posts: 7,079	Westtexas, 1) “Lib's give it up. You are trying to smear Bush.” (chuckle) So by quoting Bush we’re smearing him. 2) “If you cared about RKBA, you'd support the only candidate with a chance of winning.” Sorry, but nobody here is qualified to tell me what I care about. The only reason to vote for Bush’s gun control program is fear of Gore’s gun control program. If enough people cared about our RKBA as much as they say, neither Gore nor his protege Republican would be in the race. 3) “By voting Browne, you're a becoming a closet Gore supporter.” By voting for Bush, you support part of Gore’s anti-gun agenda. A vote for Bush is 1/2 vote for Gore. (That one's for you, Joe! ) ----- All, Gore is a nightmare. Bush is a bad dream. Electing anyone else is merely dreaming. If I vote for a third party, and Bush wins, Republicans figure gun owners have no power and can be raped at will. If I vote for a third party, and Bush loses, gun owners will be raped because of Gore. If I vote for Bush, whether he wins or loses, he knows gun owners will vote away their gun rights because we fear the Democrats. So, if Bush wins, he then signs important bills with anti-gun amendments because he “has no choice”. Looks to me like we’re screwed no matter what we do. How did we get here? Every election in the past forty years has been “different” and “critical” for some cause and we have been told to vote “pragmatically, just this once.” So, now we must pay hundreds of dollars for the “privilege” of exercising a small, limited part of our Second Amendment Rights. So, now we must pay hundreds of dollars pleading for the federal government to give us permission to obtain a license to exercise the “privilege” of owning a full-auto firearm. So, now we have states ignoring the Constitution saying, “If you have this kind of rifle, you’ve got a problem.” So, now our nation’s Capital is a cess pool of crime where decent people are not permitted to own a firearm. So, now we have to be afraid of driving up I-95 in a U-Haul truck because police may stop us and search our property for drugs and firearms. So, now we virtually outlaw devices that muffle the retort of a firearm and then have lawsuits about the noise of gun ranges. So, now we can not have large amounts of cash in our homes because it is “legally inadvisable”. So, now we can not pull $10,000 cash out of our savings without completing federal government “tracking” forms. It goes on and on. The list never ends. And we keep voting for the same tyranny time after time because “this time it’s different”. Now we’ll tell kids they can go to war, fight and die, but they will be forbidden to own a firearm at the very home, in the very country, they are fighting and dieing for. Now we’ll outlaw standard capacity magazines because we believe bad guys can not reload quickly and good guys shouldn’t. Well, if you’ve been around longer than all week, you notice a trend here. We continue to be cursed with increasingly severe restrictions, none of which are repealed. We have so many laws that we are in violation of some law or another nearly at any given moment. The Republicans have abandoned us! We did not leave them! They became faux Democrats and partners in the crime of turning America into a Socialist state acceptable to the United Nations and the “world village”. So now we must vote for gun control to save our Right to Keep and Bear Arms. It’s hilarious how we profess to be pro-RKBA while we grease the skids on the slippery slope into tyranny. Before Republican supporters tell me to take a “reality check”, take one yourself. [This message has been edited by Dennis (edited July 13, 2000).]