quotations

From a discussion on CalGuns about a suit brought in California, Enos et al v. Holder et al, which challenges the lifetime ban on firearms possession by those convicted of domestic violence even if they have had their rights restored. The suit is funded by the Madison Society Foundation.

It really sucks that gun owners contribute to defend their right but pay taxes to support the mokes that want to take them away.

Scarville

It does suck.

It also points out the importance of making contributions to pro-Second Amendment groups such as the Second Amendment Foundation, the Mountain States Legal Foundation, and the CalGuns Foundation (along with the Madison Society above) who undertake or support litigation to preserve our Second Amendment rights. They are going up against opponents who have a virtually limitless litigation fund thanks to our tax dollars.

Sean at An NC Gun Blog has what must be considered the Quote of the Day:

Come on people, if you can’t keep guns out of the hands of terrorists living on an island, where can you do it?

Sean was speaking about a story from Omagh, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland where a man was charged under their terrorism laws for having 3 shotguns, a sub-machine gun, ammunition, and explosives. While shotguns are legal, he had them “under suspicious circumstances.”

Buckeye Firearms Association, a grass-roots gun rights organization in Ohio, has come up with a gun quote collection. They are famous quotes from movies, celebrities, the Founding Fathers, Col. Jeff Cooper, and others.

Here are some samples:

“A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity.”
– Sigmund Freud

“Among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised.”
– Charlton Heston

“An armed society is a polite society.”
– Robert Heinlein

“You can say ‘stop’ or ‘alto’ or use any other word you think will work but I’ve found that a large bore muzzle pointed at someone’s head is pretty much the universal language.”
– Clint Smith

“Remember the first rule of gunfighting … have a gun.”
-Col. Jeff Cooper

“Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.”
– Mahatma Gandhi

“The gun control extremist has at least two things in common with the Islamic extremist. He has a willingness to die for his fundamental beliefs. And he has the sanctimony to demand that others go with him.”
– Dr. Mike Adams

If you have a gun quote that is not listed in their collection, you can send it to them here.