Saturday, September 10, 2005
WHY I'M NOT IN THE NRA:
No, it's not because they have consistently refused to support my right to own private nuclear weapons. (If they're okay for North Korea, why not for me?) No, it's not because they still decline to make their first priority a crusade against the oppressive federal tax levied on my simple right to defend myself against loud neighbors by owning machine guns.
The real reason is because they are such mealy-mouthed wimps on the only thing they claim to be good for, namely fighting against the confiscation of my ordinary everyday household pistols and rifles. Here's the Quisling equivocation they put up on their site Friday:
The best model for how Americans should act if we don't want to submit to the minions of our domestic King George the Third comes from the words of Patrick Henry, when Americans were under assault by the last ruler we had by that name:
No, it's not because they have consistently refused to support my right to own private nuclear weapons. (If they're okay for North Korea, why not for me?) No, it's not because they still decline to make their first priority a crusade against the oppressive federal tax levied on my simple right to defend myself against loud neighbors by owning machine guns.
The real reason is because they are such mealy-mouthed wimps on the only thing they claim to be good for, namely fighting against the confiscation of my ordinary everyday household pistols and rifles. Here's the Quisling equivocation they put up on their site Friday:
Numerous media sources are reporting on a campaign by New Orleans city authorities to confiscate lawfully-owned firearms from people in the city. ...What more do they need to learn? Already disarmed victims of the Statist Inquisition are being fitted with plastic handcuffs and frog-marched away at gunpoint.
Of course, the entire situation in New Orleans is constantly in flux. But rest assured NRA is monitoring this situation very closely and will address any activity by the government that unduly infringes upon the rights of lawful gun owners at the appropriate time. As we learn more, we will report to our members accordingly.
The best model for how Americans should act if we don't want to submit to the minions of our domestic King George the Third comes from the words of Patrick Henry, when Americans were under assault by the last ruler we had by that name:
Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace – but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!The quivering cowards at the NRA, absent under fire, can just keep their heads up their rectums. That will make it easier for us to kick them out of the way.
