From My Cold Dead Hands

God bless Charlton Heston

And so, it begins.

 Attorney General Eric Holder announced this week that the Obama administration will seek to reinstate the assault weapons ban. This is the first step in the disarming of the American populace.

Per Jason Ryan, ABC News, “Holder said that putting the ban back in place would not only be a positive move by the United States, it would help cut down on the flow of guns going across the border into Mexico, which is struggling with heavy violence among drug cartels along the border.”

Let’s examine that statement. Why, first, would this be a ‘positive’ move by the United States’? Is it somehow positive to restrict the right of the people to purchase the type of firearm they deem necessary to their self-defense or interest? It can only be deemed a positive by a tyrannical government wishing to impose its will on a lesser-armed populace.

Secondly, the notion that Mexican drug cartels are legally purchasing their fully automatic weapons in U.S. gun stores and then carting them back across the border is just idiotic.   They can purchase any weapon they want directly from the Mexican Army, Police, or any of the banana republics to the South. In fact, they can purchase them directly from any manufacturer and have them delivered by FedEx to their door, with all necessary Customs signatures and stamps in place.

To suggest that this is a legitimate reason for limiting the rights of law abiding Americans to keep and bear arms, should be an affront to anyone with half a brain in their over medicated heads. ‘But OMB, those black plastic and metal assault weapons look like they could hurt somebody!”. True, they can, in fact that’s the point, but so too can a board with a nail in it hurt someone if you clobber them with it. Here’s what you need to know.

The first American assault weapon

 
The revolution was fought in large part with personal hunting weapons of the Continental soldiers. This included the Pennsylvania, aka. Kentucky Long Rifle, which was considered to be the most superior of firearms deployed at the time, through the early 1800’s. The British were astonished at the accuracy of the Continental sharpshooters with their ability to hit a target at over 300 yards.

This is relevant because when the 2nd amendment was included with this knowledge. In other words, the Founder’s thought it appropriate that the citizenry be armed with the latest and most advanced of military weaponry. By that measure, we would be expected to own fully auto assault rifles in this day and age.

What the 2nd Amendment basically affirms is the following: It’s not up to the government whether or not we can be ‘trusted’ with weapons, it’s up to us, WE THE PEOPLE, to determine if they can be trusted with more and more power over our daily lives. It guarantees our right to hold the means to depose them from power if they can not.
Beyond that, all I can say about Holder’s comments is “From my cold dead hands”.