Quote of the Day

John Adams was a member of the Committee of Five that were charged by the Second Continental Congress with drafting the Declaration of Independence. The other four members were Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston. The document they produced was formally presented to Congress on June 28, 1776 and was approved by a vote the Second Continental Congress on July 2, 1776. It underwent minor revision and the final version that we know today was adopted on July 4, 1776.

In a letter to his wife Abigail dated July 3rd, Adams wrote on the Declaration and the voted resolve of the Congress of the preceding day:

The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.

I suggest that we follow the advice of John Adams and celebrate the Declaration of Independence by going shooting.

Saturday a week ago, TSA officials in Florida forced a 95 year-old woman who has terminal leukemia to remove her adult diaper to be inspected. They claimed to have found something “suspicious” on her leg.

Tam at View from the Porch had this to say about this outrage, TSA’s support of the ghoulish thugs who perpetrated this on an elderly woman, and a culture that would allow it.

Seriously, have we reached a point where we, as a nation, are so pants-pissingly scared of a bunch of self-immolating neolithic goatherds that we are willing to inflict any indignity on any citizen at any time rather than expose ourselves to the slightest bit of risk?

I couldn’t agree more. If our forefathers had this same level of risk aversion, we’d still be a colony and the National Anthem would be God Save the Queen.

H/T Markos

Sean Sorrentino makes an interesting observation about politicians, interest groups, and gun bloggers in a post entitled “Why aren’t gun bloggers considered an “Interest Group?”

It’s time that Gun Bloggers were considered an interest group. We know the gun laws better than anyone but Gura and Gottlieb. We live, eat, and breathe guns and gun politics. And we have a built in audience of people who will look to us to sniff out the phonies. If you get in good with us, you’re ready for the big time.

Truer words have never been spoken than in this quote of the day that was Tweeted by “Ambaltrip”.

“Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars”

H/T Linoge

While taking the shuttle bus from the David Lawrence Convention Center to where our car was parked, I overheard the following comment.

I just bought my first gun so I thought I should join the NRA to protect my rights.

This was from an unknown guy who had just been asked why he joined the NRA from his seatmate.

Wildfires have raged around the state of Texas for weeks now. It is estimated that these fires have burned over 1.8 million acres of land.

One of the hardest hit spots in terms of homes lost is the weekend and resort community of Possum Kingdom Lake west of Forth Worth. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that 159 house and 2 churches have burned in this fire. Residents have been told during the last week to pack those things they want to save in their cars because of the speed with which the fire has moved.

From this order to pack what you want to save comes the quote of the day.

“We’re in Texas, so we pack guns and knives,” said Ted Lewellen, a real-estate agent.

God Bless Texas!