RSS Feed for This PostCurrent Article  NY approves sweeping gun
control package, owners worry (open thread)  Yesterday, Larry
Johnson wrpte a post, “The Reality of Bearing Arms” yesterday:
The ignorance of the American people with respect to the Second
Amendment is startling.  As a descendant of 18 men who fought in
the American Revolution (1776-1783), I understand that the right
to keep and carry a weapon, not just a gun, exists as the final
and fundamental protection against tyranny. …  “A well-regulated
Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the
right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be
infringed.” (Read more of Larry Johnson‘s post below.)  I just
read the preface to a book by Ron Suskind, in which Thomas
Jefferson wrote, “When the people are informed, they can be
trusted with their own government.” You can purchase a copy of
The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America’s Pursuit of Its
Enemies Since 9/11.  I found it amusing, imagining that Thomas
Jefferson would be tur