Question Of The Month. (January 2018)

"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."
- Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC

There are way to many answers to this month's question.

"Well, you know, my shotgun will do better for you than your AR-15, because you want to keep someone away from your house, just fire the shotgun through the door."
- Vice President Joe Biden

"The Second Amendment comes from the right to protect themselves from slave revolts, and from uprisings by Native Americans. A revolt from people who were stolen from their land or revolt from people whose land was stolen from, that's what the genesis of the Second Amendment is."
- Danny Glover (Yes, the "Lethal Weapon" Danny Glover)

”Some of these bullets, as you saw, have an incendiary device on the tip of it, which is a heat seeking device. So, you don’t shoot deer with a bullet that size. If you do you could cook it at the same time.”
- Former Democrat New York Assemblywoman Patricia Eddington

“This is a ghost gun. This right here has the ability with a .30-caliber clip to disperse with 30 bullets within half a second. Thirty magazine clip in half a second.”
- California Democrat State Senator Kevin de Leon

“Well, if it can fire a lot of bullets very quickly, that’s a good definition… And then you can argue what a lot is, okay, let’s say three. If you haven’t hit the deer with three shots, you’re a pretty lousy shot, that deer deserves to get away.” – Michael Bloomberg

“…it is easier for a 12- or 13-year-old to purchase a gun, and cheaper, than it is for them to get a book.”
– Barack Obama

Well not your book Obama.
They can't give that one away!
-- Me

Well I didn't really say that.

My favorite.... the second amendment was for a state militia as the founders never intended to have a standing army. Therefore, since we have a standing army the second amendment isn't necessary anymore.

WRONG!

Lets see the timeline shall we:

Continental Army - 1775-1783 (omg standing army)
Legion of the United States - 1792-1796 (omg standing army)
US Army 1796 - present (omg standing army)

So for approximately 9 years in the Nation's history we had no standing army. That's it... and to be presumptuous about what the majority of the founding father's felt that no standing army was required? Well:

The Second Amendment was ratified on 12/15/1791.... Legion of the US was formed shortly after the ratification (like months later) which was approved by Congress which contained the original founding fathers.

The largest opponent of standing armies (James Madison) was in office in 1809-1817 and did nothing to disband the army nor would he have support of his peers to do so.

Not to mention Article 2 Section 2 of the Constitution gives the President CIC of any army, navy OR militia.

So in summation... that line is complete shit, the second amendment is for the people to create militias not to be part of one in order to exercise said amendment.

But we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it . . .

-- Nancy Pelosi