04-27-2013, 10:52 AM
An updated compilation provide me by a friend:
Quote:Talks to revive gun control legislation are quietly under way on Capitol
Hill as a bipartisan group of senators seeks a way to bridge the
differences that led to last week’s collapse of the most serious effort
to overhaul the country’s gun laws in 20 years.
Senators Quietly Seeking New Path on Gun Control
By JEREMY W. PETERS
The New York Times
April 25, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/us/pol....html?_r=0
You cannot mess with America. The moment the Boston Marathon came under
attack, the country pulled together and rallied. The FBI vowed to pursue
the bombers "to the ends of the earth." They meant it, and everyone knew
it. America's might is something to behold. Except when it isn't.
More than 30,000 people in the United States are killed every year by
someone brandishing a gun. It is a staggering number, no matter what you
believe about the right to bear arms ... And yet America simply cannot
find a way to stop it. How strong is that?
How strong, really, is America?
By Frida Ghitis
Staff reporter
CNN
April 24, 2013
http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/24/opinion/gh...le_sidebar
Announcing that he would vote for a renewal of the ban on assault
weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines ... Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) ... told a story about a conversation he had
recently had with a friend in Nevada:
He asked me if the police have assault weapons. He asked me if
United States military personnel have assault weapons. I said, "Yes, of
course they do." And he said, and I quote, "If they have them, I want
them." I thought about what this statement means. It means that there
should be no limits on the kinds of weapons private citizens are allowed
to own. I asked myself whether I believe that to be true. The police
have riot gear and tear gas and battering rams. Should civilians have
those, too? The military has rockets and machine guns and tanks and
fighter jets. Should civilians have those, too? I decided the answer is
no. In a civil society, where we have to balance individual rights with
public safety, there should be limits on the kind of destructive weapons
people are allowed to own ... The desire to arm ourselves against the
young men and women who willingly risk their lives to defend our
freedoms overseas is not a reason to oppose an assault weapons ban. The
wish to arm ourselves against the police who keep our streets safe is
not a reason to oppose an assault weapons ban ... The United States
military is not out to get us. Federal law enforcement and local police
departments are not out to get us. These conspiracy theories are
dangerous and they should be put to rest ... I will vote for the ban
because maintaining law and order is more important than satisfying
conspiracy theorists who believe in black helicopters and false flags.
And I will vote for the ban because saving the lives of young police
officers and innocent civilians is more important than preventing
imagined tyranny.
Boston Seen as Roadmap for 'Second Amendment Remedies' Crowd
By Josh Horwitz
Executive Director
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
The Huffington Post
April 25, 2013
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-horwi...54506.html
Seemingly, for the first time in the United States, we witnessed
paramilitary-garbed law enforcement personnel forcing residents out of
their homes at gunpoint. In some cases, the language used by law
enforcement was menacing.
Because of the hysteria that comes after any terror event, the American
people wanted the perpetrators caught and, in doing so, appeared to have
allowed their rights against unlawful search and seizure to not be
suspended, but removed ... These past events in Watertown have set a
precedent ... If the government can order us to stay in our homes, it
looks like it can throw us out of them any time it wants ... at the
point of a gun.
Has Watertown Made Warrantless Searches The 'New Normal'?
April 25, 2013
By Bob Parks
Columnist
CNS News
April 25, 2013
http://cnsnews.com/blog/bob-parks/has-wa...new-normal
Patriotic citizens from coast to coast rallied around our government
after witnessing the courageous actions of first responders and law
enforcement in Boston. The notion that some would see this instead as an
opportunity to divide us -- to foment a civil war -- is deeply
disturbing. Haven't we been visited by enough violence in recent months?
The irony also shouldn't be lost on us that the real "well regulated
Militia," the National Guard [untrue. Citation* below], was deployed to
Boston during the tragedy to protect Americans citizens and keep the peace.
Boston Seen as Roadmap for 'Second Amendment Remedies' Crowd
By Josh Horwitz
Executive Director
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
The Huffington Post
April 25, 2013
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-horwi...54506.html