Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Politics / Woods In Murfreesboro, Second Amendment Freak Holsters His Weapon
Posted by Jeff Woods on Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 7:53 AM
"I think it's a sad commentary on our Constitution when those with gun permits cannot carry their guns. Maybe we could make some kind of compromise. I feel very strongly that on our walking trails you should be able to have your gun. I think we could perhaps compromise that when we have certain events here (like Spring Fling) we don't allow (guns). Maybe we don't have a blanket law having it in effect all the time. We can have it up to the event holder's request."Rutherford County Democrats are urging people to vote in the DNJ online poll which asks: Should Murfreesboro City Council opt out of a law to take effect Sept. 1 allowing conceal-carry permit holders to take weapons into state and local parks? So far, the anti-gun commies are winning 52-47 percent.
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So which is it Jeff? "All Americans" or citizens of Tennessee that have passed through background checks in all 50 states, submitted fingerprints and personal info, taken a state mandated training course (normally run by law enforcement officials) and have clean records? You don't seem to know what you are talking about, as usual...
"Heh. Guess there are legitimate limits to Second Amendment rights."
- Of course. Like not allowing felons to own guns. But having arbitrary laws drafted by pseudo intellectuals like yourself is far from "reasonable" or "legitimate".
You're a disgrace, Jeff...
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Pith,
I love your column, but please, drop the anti-firearm rhetoric. The individuals who cause all the crime in this community don't bother to get carry permits. They also don't bother to follow any other laws. The only people these new laws affect are the ones who have gone to great expense, and taken a large amount of time to be able to defend themselves and us.
C.Edward,
To them, you are just another "gun freak" who can't wait to get drunk in a bar before plinking at empty bottles. Trying to reason with these tards is pretty futile...
Some of us just don't like guns, knives or anything that maims or kills, like drunk drivers or fighting dogs. Way to go, Jeff. Enjoy your posts.
"Some of us just don't like guns, knives or anything that maims or kills, like drunk drivers or fighting dogs".
So you're equating law abiding gun carrying citizens with drunk drivers, fighting dogs? The maiming and killing you are referring to is not done by law abiding citizens except in self defense, which I am all for. Cars and trucks maim and kill. Are you against them too?
The maiming and killing you are referring to is not done by law abiding citizens except in self defense, which I am all for.
Like that guy with a carry permit in Memphis who shot someone in self-defense of a parking space?
And let's watch it with the "fighting dogs" bullshit, too. Animals are just animals; it's the people who own them who screw them up.
Andy,
By your logic we shouldnt have cops. You found 1 case. I can find seemingly endless cases of cops shooting innocent people, raping, kidnapping, racketeering, you name it...Cherrypicking just makes you look desperate (and stupid). Our record speaks for itself...
As the Tennessean story pointed out, the 9 board members of TSSAA are all high school principals. Guns are not allowed in their schools. In fact, they have a zero-tolerance policy. As TSSAA observes, the Spring Fling events are like an extension of the school day, with students both as participants and observers.
That's a perfectly logical view of things. If TSSAA wants to insist that no guns be allowed at their events, that's perfectly their right. And if Murfreesboro wants to show TSSAA the door for the sake of upholding the right to carry guns in parks under the new law, that now seems to be their right, too.
I thought the mayor of Murfreesboro had a good take on why he did not favor the kind of compromise that Gilley wants: Whatever rule Murfreesboro follows should apply to all children in their parks, not just those in TSSAA events.
And by the way, on the guns in restaurants and bars law, why would that make me feel safer? Let's see. On the off chance that an armed robber, hostage-taker, homicidal maniac or al Qaeda terrorist shows up in a bar or restaurant while I'm there, will I really be safer because some guy at the next table who's already had 3 or 4 beers has a gun handy? If he manages to deploy it successfully, in his impaired condition he's just as likely to hit me or some other innocent bystander as the person he's aiming for.
Except it is illegal to consume alcohol and carry a gun, as it has always been. And in light of the excellent record of HCP holders, they will most likely continue to be law abiding...
For the record, not everyone is into poisoning themselves with alcohol.
How much longer must we law-abiding citizens put up with the emasculation of the Constitution of the United States.
I took an oath to uphold and defend, as many have, including all those politicians at the federal level.
I have come to the point of declaring anyone who would infringe or water-down the Constition or Bill of Rights as a traitor.(This means you Feinstein, Laughtenberg, Holder, et al.)
If I only had the Legal Authority to charge them as such . . .
No, I wouldn't shoot 'em - they're not worth a bullet.
Now each person, in each community, who is tired of the criminal having more rights than the law-abiding, of having local/state/federal politicians lieing out both sides of their mouths just to stay in power; get up off of your butts and take back your towns, cities, states, and Congress. Any judge who displays an activist agenda from the bench gets impeached. - Get the first one, the rest will fall in line.
Vote out the School Board, fire the Principal, tell the mayor to grow some backbone. Tell your Congressman to stop being a traitor to his oath and stop attacking citizens rights to self defense!
It is the way it is because WE let it be so. WE can stop it, and must before we look like Great Britain or Australia.
Take off your hood for a moment, Mike, and notice the words "well regulated" in the Second Amendment.
Requiring gun registrations and background checks and disallowing guns in restaurants or schools no more "emasculates" your Second Amendment right to own a gun than requiring driver testing and drivers licenses emasculates your right to operate a motor vehicle.
I don't need a license to operate a motor vehicle.....I only need one if I am driving on public roads.
Bad analogy try a different one.
Jeff you are a joke. Do you silly Nashville anti gunners think you have any political influence in TN. Can you name a single politician voted out of office for being pro gun in TN? Ask "President" Gore about what happens when you PO gunowners in this state.
