ORLANDO MASSACRE AND IT'S CONSTITUTIONAL AFTERMATH

[M]

From http://articlevprojecttorestoreliberty.com/ site reprinted with permission;

​ORLANDO MASSACRE AND IT'S CONSTITUTIONAL AFTERMATH

Editors Note: Normally I would not put this here. But, In the aftermath of the Orlando Terrorist Massacre and it's probable impact on the Second Amendment, I feel justified to sound the voice of reason on this issue. Now as always, the Overreaching Progressive Faction in the Federal Government is again blaming the tool instead if the agenda and the persons responsible for the tragedy. Again we have yet another Mass Murder in a "Gun Free Zone". It is my contention that we now need to stop all the rhetoric towards the Liberal agenda to disarm the law abiding public, and preventing them from having the means to defend themselves. I feel we now need to put extreme pressure on Congress against the agenda of the Gun Grabbers It was Congress heeding the loud demands of those who agenda is to totally disarm the public for politically correct reasons that contrived the concept of "Gun Free Zones" and put in place to "Make Us Safer". How well has that worked out for the multitude of innocent victims? How many fewer bodies of innocent people would there have been if armed Law Abiding Citizens had been on hand to stop the murderers at the beginning of their rampage? It is my considered opinion that Congress has erred in not abiding by the intent of the Second Amendment, and because of that collective decision, has endangered the lives of every American Citizen by removing their capability to defend themselves!

In The Aftermath Of Orlando, This Is Most Intelligent Argument Against Gun Control And Against Gun Free Zones I Have Seen
Source; http://www.selfreliancecentral.com/2016/06/13/another-shooting-tragedy-gun-free-zone/?utm_source=160613SRCDBSPOTNUTRITION3&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=160613SRCDBSPOTNUTRITION3


by Dan Mitchell

It’s happened again. A nut went to a gun-free zone and engaged in a mass killingIn this example, the perpetrator apparently was an Islamic fanatic upset about gay people.
But let’s set aside the question of motive and ask the important question of why politicians and bureaucrats don’t want innocent people to have any ability to defend themselves (they’ve even adopted policies prohibiting members of the military from being armed!).
The invaluable Crime Prevention Research Center has already weighed in on the issue.
Since at least 1950, only slightly over 1 percent of mass public shootings have occurred where general citizens have been able to defend themselves. Police are extremely important in stopping crime, but even if they had been present at the time of the nightclub shooting, they may have had a very difficult time stopping the attack. Attackers will generally shoot first at any uniformed guards or officers who are present (the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris last year illustrates that point).  …In this particular case the police only arrived on the scene after the attack occurred. That illustrates another point: it is simply impossible for the police to protect all possible targets. It is hard to ignore how these mass public shooters consciously pick targets where they know victims won’t be able to defend themselves.
By the way, if you think that allowing guns in bars is somehow a recipe for carnage, consider the fact that it’s already legal in many states to have concealed carry or open carry where alcohol is served, yet we never read stories about mass shootings in these states.
Among the recent states that allow permitted concealed handguns in places that get more than 50 percent of their revenue from alcohol are: Georgia (2014), Louisiana (2014), North Dakota (2015), North Carolina(2014), Ohio (2011), South Carolina (2014), and Tennessee (2009).  Besides Florida, other states that prohibit them are: Illinois, Kentucky, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Washington and Wyoming.  Many of the states that allow one to carry a gun in a bar still prohibit you to consume alcohol.  Here are some other state laws: Alaska, Idaho, Michigan (allows you to open carry if you have a concealed handgun permit), and Montana (allows you to openly carry a gun into a bar), and Oregon.

To be sure, it’s possible at some point that some moron with a gun will do something wrong in one of these states, so it’s not as if there’s no possible downside to having guns legally in places where alcohol is served.
But the really bad people are far more dangerous, and their evil actions are enabled and facilitated by gun-free zones.
For my safety and the protection of my children, I want there to be more well-armed law-abiding people, whether in bars or anyplace else in society.
Including schools.
Professor Nelson Lund of George Mason University Law School explains in the New York Times that gun-free zones on campuses simply don’t work.
…colleges pretend that disarming responsible adults makes their students safer. The university at which I work, for example, forbids faculty, staff and students to bring their weapons to school, even if they have a concealed-carry permit issued by the government. …The university police are unable to prevent violent crimes, and it is heartlessly arrogant to disarm potential victims, leaving them and those they could protect at the mercy of rapists and other predators. Armed citizens frequently save lives and prevent violent crimes, often without firing a shot. Nearly all mass shootings occur in “gun-free zones,” and some of these massacres have been stopped by civilians who intervened after retrieving a gun.
He points out that the evidence favoring concealed carry is overwhelming.
…states have adopted laws allowing law-abiding adults to carry a concealed handgun in public. About 13 million Americans now have concealed-carry permits, and 11 states do not even require a permit. As the number of armed citizens has skyrocketed, violent crime has gone down, not up, and permit holders almost never abuse their rights. In Florida, for example, where permits have been available for almost thirty years, they have been revoked for firearm misuse at an annual rate of 0.0003 percent; even the police have higher rates of firearms violations (and higher overall crime rates) than permit holders.
So what’s the bottom line?
Professor Lund has an understandably low opinion of the “callous” school bureaucrats who think grief counselors are better than self defense.
When murders and even massacres occur, …university bureaucrats will undoubtedly absolve themselves of guilt, wash the blood from their demonstrably unsafe spaces, and call in the grief counselors. Some state legislatures have put a stop to these callous disarmament policies.

.The moral of the story is that lawful people should have the right to defend themselves and others.
The police play an important role, of course, but they generally show up after bad things have happened. Which is why the vast majority of cops oppose gun control (and even a growing number of police chiefs, who often are corrupted by being political appointees, now say private gun ownership is important to deter bad guys).
That’s why legal gun ownership is important, particularly for communities that are targeted for violence, such as European Jews, or for people such as teachers who could be in a position to protect others who have no ability to defend themselves.
The good news on this sad day is that more and more states are moving policy in the right direction. Hopefully something good will come out of this tragedy and there will be further moves to help law-abiding people defend themselves from evil.
Of course, I won’t be surprised if the people who can’t pass this IQ test argue instead for more gun control. 

​Out of the Mouths of Babes, Here's what a 16 year old had to say about the unnecessary Orlando Radical Islamic Terrorist Attack and Murders;

FINAL NOTE:
​One extremely important fact to remember is; The Vast Majority Of Muslims World Wide Are Honorable, Peaceful, God Fearing People. They Are Getting The Bad Reputation From The Few Who Use Their Religion For Power, Politics, and Personal Gain.

The real and only problem is: The Elitist Liberals in positions of power, and who have armed security for their personal protection, have put in place laws and regulations to make the rest of us victims, who must cower and beg for the protection of an indifferent and hostile government as serfs had to under the Kings, instead of having the capability to exercise our God given right of self protection. 

[charles royer]

After Orlando, the Homemade AR-15 Industry Surges

In the wake of the worst mass shooting in US history, many Americans want to ban civilians from buying the AR-15, that ultra-popular, all-American killing tool. But in basements and garages around the country, another group of Americans is collecting the machines and materials to make those firearms in the privacy of their own homes. And for them, just as much as for gun control advocates, Orlando represents a call to arms.

Senate Democrats reacted to the massacre by filibustering until Republicans agreed to allow a vote on four gun control measures. Every measure failed on Monday night. But even fears of such legislation have lead gun owners to stock up on guns and ammunition after every mass shooting in recent history. And now a newer trend has emerged in the days since Omar Mateen killed 49 people with a handgun and a Sig Sauer MCX rifle: sales are spiking for the equipment and materials used by DIY gunsmiths to make their own, fully-functional, semi-automatic weapons.

Using power tools, chunks of aluminum, and cheap, consumer-grade digital gadgets, those firearm-focused members of the maker movement fabricate homemade weapons like AR-15s and AR-10s that skirt all regulation and would be untraceable in some imagined, future crackdown in which the government were to seize registered weapons. “People are hopping off the mainstream train and accepting an underground dissident mentality when it comes to guns,” says Cody Wilson, the founder of the Austin, Texas-based DIY gun group Defense Distributed. “They’re making the connection: If [an AR-15 ban] is enacted, I can get this machine and make one anyway.”
https://www.wired.com/2016/06/orlando-homemade-ar-15-industry-surges/

[kevin kiernan]

This reminds me of the British making laws that  forbid the colonists from having forges unless they were  over seen by British  soldiers.The masses are not going to have their rights taken away easily. The government can make laws, but simply making law does not stop people from doing what they want.Enforcing these laws will not be a walk in the park.Our founding Fathers were all guilty of breaking Laws. AND THEY BECAME HERO`S.

[M]

Unfortunately, many young people 18 through 45 are giving up their Constitutional Rights in droves for the false safety promised by the political Elitist sharks. That is a direct result of over 50+ years of Progressive/Socialist Political Correctness Propaganda & outright Lies put out in schools, on Television, in Movies, and through Political campaigns, maybe even churches.

[charles royer]

Conservative Activist Jailed After Pulling Gun on Gang of Thugs Trying to Kick His A$$ (Video)

Jim Hoft Jul 10th, 2016 11:53 pm 137 Comments

This weekend Michael Strickland, a former contributor at The Gateway Pundit and Progressives Today, was jailed in Portland, Oregon after he pulled a gun on a gang of thugs who were going to kick his a$$ at a black lives matter protest.

Last year Michael was jumped by an anti-gun activist who broke his arm in three places at an anti-Second Amendment event.

This weekend Michael was confronted by a gang of men and he pulled out his gun. The story made headlines and Michael was thrown in jail. Michael has a concealed carry permit in Oregon and can legally carry a weapon. He was being threatened and he pulled the gun on his would-be assailants.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/07/conservative-activist-jaile...