Our Guns. The Symbol of our Freedoms

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This is a bit dated but the tactics of the Socialist Base of anti-Gunners has not changed in it's confiscatory ideology.

Citing the Brady Campaign as one of the more visible Anti-Gun Campaigns that is completely connected to insider Washington, I believe it shot itself in the foot on three things lately. 1. It did something that I must admit I have to agree with but for different reasons. I gave President Obama an "F" for failed leadership. They gave it to him because he didn't push for the plethora of anti gun laws they wanted. Obviously I think he failed for many other reasons like pushing Socialistic ideals and such. 2. They tried to use the socialist Big Brother Tactics of dictating to a private company on how to run their business. Starbucks refused to buckle to their demands to ban patrons who had legal gun permits from being served. 3. They graded the States on the amount of gun control laws they had that concurred with the Brady Campaign ideals. California was graded highest and Utah got the first zero. The truth of the matter lies in the stastics, California has Murder and other violent crime rates 10 and 13 percent higher than the rest of the Country. Utah has murder and violent crime rates lower than California by 76 and 56 percent. Does that say something about gun control laws and stopping crime? I believe the Obama Administration is waiting patiently to enact the "Holy Grail" of Progressive Socialists, the confiscation of all firearms from everyone except Governmental entities. Some of the most vocal administration advisors have publicly stated; they agree with the statement by Chairman Mao Zedong that "power ultimately comes from the barrel of a gun". The gun control advocates want to strip that power away from the people by ending private owenership of firearms. That would take away not only the means to resist government excesses, but it would destroy the symbolic freedom we still enjoy. I wonder if the people will fully wake up  from their politically correct government imposed stupor, and act in time to save our Constitutional heritage? I hope and pray we will rise to the occasion. Over the past 60+ years, special interest groups have changed the way we teach our children. Especially History. When I went to school, civics and history classes taught us the real meanings of the Constitution and the amendments, and the reasons behind their coming into existance. They did not teach that the Constitution was a living document to be interpreted for every generation. They taught it was only to be changed through the amendment process to clarify it's meaning. They also taught the duties and restrictions imposed on the three branches of Government by Constitutional Law. This is no longer true due to the inroads the Progressive Socialist philosophy of Political correctness. "Teachings" that imply the opposite viewpoint on Gun ownership, and on the Constitutions Second Amendment meaning. Very shortly I expect the Administration and the Democratic Socialist crowd in Congress to start a massive campaign to "educate" us on the evils of private firearm ownership as a precursor to confiscation for our own "safety and protection". Every other Dictatorship in history so far has done the same thing.