My mom and sister are going to be visiting from California next week. It'll be interesting to see their reaction when I am open carrying my handgun in plain view. This is a perfectly legal practice in Pennsylvania, but not in California. The difference in the states is vast. It brings up a big point about the anti-gunners (who control California and most liberal states). They aren't trying to ban the instrument; they are trying to install fear into the public minds about guns. My mom and sister living in California who are qusi-informed about politics are led to believe guns are horrible instruments of death because gangs have them in south-central LA. The fact that my mom and sister would even care that I have a gun, and carry it openly proves that the Brady bunch and their thugs have accomplished their mission of fear. We as gun owners need to stand up and say "ENOUGH"! Carrying a gun is a right and should be as normal as a cell phone, set of keys or a women’s purse. Someone carrying a gun openly shouldn't even turn heads, guns are an essential part of American culture.
This reminds me of the last time when my mom came out. She about lost it when she realized I had a loaded gun in the car. "Isn't that illegal"? she asked. "Only in your state mom..." and this was about a concealed handgun in a car. She thinks guns are bad and told me as such. I think I got thru to her a bit last time, but I didn't open carry last time either... I'll be curious to see how she reacts to a gun in plain view in public, which I'm sure she has not been exposed to in California. Looks like I’ll have more educating on my hands.
This brings up another point about people who support gun ownership, but aren't avid about it as say someone like me. Take my father or my boss for example. They both support gun ownership, but say things like “I don't think you need an AK-47" or "You shouldn’t carry a gun into a polling place, it's not common sense". They both support gun ownership and concealed carry but say crap like this. They eat this stuff up because it is all they are exposed to. They aren't looking at crime statistics, they aren't reading gun forums and they aren't avid about it, they just "support" it. They only get a 2 minute blurbs on TV at night. These reports lead people to believe that AK-47's are used only in mass shootings, and not for defense against a tyrannical government. This is the reason for the Second Amendment, not to hunt, but to keep thugs from hunting you. The anti-gun lobby doesn't make villains out of hunters, just people who carry handguns legally and people who use AK-47's for sport shooting, but lead you to believe if you own an AK-47 or carry a handgun you will shoot up a mall, or become a thug and rob a liquor store. This explains why even people, who support gun ownership, really don't.
Now you can see how someone like my mother in an anti-gun state of California who doesn’t even follow politics gets brainwashed into believing guns are evil. If educated people like my father who support it still get tricked into believing concealed carry and AK-47’s are bad, but hunting rifles aren’t, then imagine what it does to people who have no clue.
Us real gun owners and supporters know better… much better.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Monday, June 2, 2008
Importing poverty to America
Illegal immigration. What about it do the liberals not understand? It's ILLEGAL, also known as a federal felony. There are legal ways to enter this country, too bad if you have to wait in line, and too bad if you have to take citizenship classes. If you want to be an American citizen bad enough, do what you need to do, otherwise you need to leave.
"Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door".
This is what the plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty says. We are America, we are all immigrants. Our ancestors came here legally, and did what they had to do to get in. Yes, even from poor nations. America opens its arms to anyone who wishes to come here and make a better life for themselves. It needs to be done legally though.
I get furious when people call me xenophobic, racist, bigoted and any other anti-racial slur they can think of. People who want to secure our borders are NOT racist, they want security (I’ll get into that later) There is a big difference between people who came here legally at ports of entry and did the work necessary to gain citizenship, and those who decided to cut open a fence in the middle of the desert at 3am.
The problem with illegal immigration is this. They break in from the south mostly; they come here to our nation. They aren’t in any public databases such as social security or police records etc. They are in essence a ghost. They cross the border, get fake or stolen ID’s from people on the street. They use these fake ID’s to get healthcare for free (they don’t pay, so we do), the get social security checks (They never put a dime into), they put their kids in public school (they don’t pay taxes to pay for the schools) and they take our jobs at a lower cost. I admire the immigrants that come here legally and do the dirty work that Americans won’t do. They’ll come here and pick our crops, tend to livestock and do other undesirable work that the average American would not do. The problems with illegal’s is they are paid under the table and don’t pay into social security that other illegal’s are getting for free from hardworking Americans.
Another BIG issue with illegal immigration (and I think Canada finally gets it) is terrorists know they can get across the border in Mexico. They can slip some poor Mexican a few hundred dollars to smuggle over drugs, illegal guns, and bomb making materials to someone on the American side, and the American authorities would have no clue about the trade. This is dangerous and goes further than Jose working for a dollar an hour for some farmer in California. It’s about national security.
The solution I believe is simple. First we have to plug the leak; it’s pointless to pump water out of a boat that still has a hole in it. Look at the Border States. We have California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. I to solve this problem I believe the federal and state governments should exempt all land owners along the border from paying any taxes EVER again if in turn they build an 8 foot high fence along their property line, and install cameras to monitor activity. States such as Arizona and Texas have strong gun laws, and with the Castle Doctrine law, should be allowed to shoot at ANY illegal immigrant who illegally enters our nation and their property. This would solve two problems. The first would be the cost of building the fence would dwindle to practically nothing since land owners would be responsible for doing so with such a large prize (No taxes). The second would be the lack of illegal immigration in these areas because of the risk of legally getting shot by land owners. Illegal immigrants would not risk it as much.
For the problem of all the ones here now, do what Arizona did. Impose severe penalties for hiring or renting to illegals. They will eventually not be able to find work or housing and head home as they are doing in Arizona. Yet again I find myself screaming at the TV at night… “It’s not that friggin’ hard people”!! Just listen to the people of this nation, we have the answers.
"Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door".
This is what the plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty says. We are America, we are all immigrants. Our ancestors came here legally, and did what they had to do to get in. Yes, even from poor nations. America opens its arms to anyone who wishes to come here and make a better life for themselves. It needs to be done legally though.
I get furious when people call me xenophobic, racist, bigoted and any other anti-racial slur they can think of. People who want to secure our borders are NOT racist, they want security (I’ll get into that later) There is a big difference between people who came here legally at ports of entry and did the work necessary to gain citizenship, and those who decided to cut open a fence in the middle of the desert at 3am.
The problem with illegal immigration is this. They break in from the south mostly; they come here to our nation. They aren’t in any public databases such as social security or police records etc. They are in essence a ghost. They cross the border, get fake or stolen ID’s from people on the street. They use these fake ID’s to get healthcare for free (they don’t pay, so we do), the get social security checks (They never put a dime into), they put their kids in public school (they don’t pay taxes to pay for the schools) and they take our jobs at a lower cost. I admire the immigrants that come here legally and do the dirty work that Americans won’t do. They’ll come here and pick our crops, tend to livestock and do other undesirable work that the average American would not do. The problems with illegal’s is they are paid under the table and don’t pay into social security that other illegal’s are getting for free from hardworking Americans.
Another BIG issue with illegal immigration (and I think Canada finally gets it) is terrorists know they can get across the border in Mexico. They can slip some poor Mexican a few hundred dollars to smuggle over drugs, illegal guns, and bomb making materials to someone on the American side, and the American authorities would have no clue about the trade. This is dangerous and goes further than Jose working for a dollar an hour for some farmer in California. It’s about national security.
The solution I believe is simple. First we have to plug the leak; it’s pointless to pump water out of a boat that still has a hole in it. Look at the Border States. We have California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. I to solve this problem I believe the federal and state governments should exempt all land owners along the border from paying any taxes EVER again if in turn they build an 8 foot high fence along their property line, and install cameras to monitor activity. States such as Arizona and Texas have strong gun laws, and with the Castle Doctrine law, should be allowed to shoot at ANY illegal immigrant who illegally enters our nation and their property. This would solve two problems. The first would be the cost of building the fence would dwindle to practically nothing since land owners would be responsible for doing so with such a large prize (No taxes). The second would be the lack of illegal immigration in these areas because of the risk of legally getting shot by land owners. Illegal immigrants would not risk it as much.
For the problem of all the ones here now, do what Arizona did. Impose severe penalties for hiring or renting to illegals. They will eventually not be able to find work or housing and head home as they are doing in Arizona. Yet again I find myself screaming at the TV at night… “It’s not that friggin’ hard people”!! Just listen to the people of this nation, we have the answers.
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