Sunday, 24 January 2010

Mark Kirk - Count Down to Un-election - Day 10 - Gun Control

Kirk, you can have my weapons when you pry them from my cold dead fingers Today I'm going to discuss Mark Kirk's ongoing assault on your God given right to defend yourself and your country and your country's sovereignty with firearms. This entry will fully inform you as to why your right to keep and bear arms is so important and why a fool like Mark Kirk should be kicked to the kurb for his continued efforts to take away this right of the people.

It would be instructive at this time to recall why the American citizenry and Congress have historically opposed the registration of firearms. The reason is plain. Registration makes it easy for a tyrannical government to confiscate firearms and to make prey of its subjects.

HITLER

Like Hitler, Kirk would take your guns and then impose his despotic government on you Denying this historical fact is no more justified than denying that the Holocaust occurred or that the Nazis murdered millions of unarmed people. In 1938, Adolf Hitler enacted the "Nazi Weapons Act".

Nazi Weapons Act of 1938 (Translated to English)

Classified guns for "sporting purposes". (here in America, we classify guns for military or civilian use)
All citizens who wished to purchase firearms had to register with the Nazi officials and have a background check. (here in America all citizens have to do the same.)
Presumed German citizens were hostile and thereby exempted Nazis from the gun control law. (Recently, Janet Napolitano has said that "Patriotic" Americans are placed on watch lists for suspected terror type activities.)
Gave Nazis unrestricted power to decide what kinds of firearms could, or could not be owned by private persons. (the same restrictions apply to Americans.)
The types of ammunition that were legal were subject to control by bureaucrats. (the same restrictions apply to Americans.)
Juveniles under 18 years could not buy firearms and ammunition. (the same restrictions apply to Americans children, its up to their parents to purchase weapons for them, its also encumbent of the parents to teach them proper use.)

"The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing. Indeed, I would go so far as to say that the supply of arms to the underdogs is a sine qua non for the overthrow of any sovereignty. So let's not have any native militia or native police. German troops alone will bear the sole responsibility for the maintenance of law and order throughout the occupied Russian territories, and a system of military strong-points must be evolved to cover the entire occupied country." -- Adolf Hitler, dinner talk on April 11, 1942

As history shows, Hitler and the Nazis then went on to force the Jews into ghettoes and from there on to trains bound for one of the many death camps erected so as to exterminate as many Jews as possible for Hitler's "final solution".

RUSSIA

Unlike in the United States, where citizens have a right to bear arms under the constitution, the Russian federal government has a monopoly on gun legislation. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russia and all forceably held territories at the time) prohibited civilian gun ownership in 1929. For the next 70 years Russia ran roughshod over her citizens, murdering at least 50 million and sending many others to a sure death in labor camps located in Siberia, where the average temperature is 15 degrees Farenheit.

Josef Stalin once reportedly said: "We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?" (sound familiar? it should, as our US CONgress feels the same way about us.)

Under recent reforms civilians have an opportunity to have hunting weapons, but, they must belong to a hunting club where the membership may be exclusive or the cost to join so high it becomes impossible.

AMERICA

We here in America enjoy the greatest freedom of any persons in the world with regard to private ownership of guns. Our right to keep and bear arms is guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment. This right is necessary so as not to allow our government to become despotic, because if they do we have a mandate as free citizens to over throw them by any means necessary and restore the republic to its constitutional state.

KIRK'S VOTING RECORD ON GUN CONTROL

Kirk is afraid you will use your guns to overthrow him and CONgress, tough shit Mark! The Associated Press asked every Republican and Democratic candidate running in the Senate primaries the following question: "Please explain your views on gun control, including whether the federal ban on "assault weapons" should be revised."

The following is Mark Kirk's answer: "I support the Second Amendment and sensible measures to reduce illegal gun violence." This answer really makes me laugh, only a lawyer could give such a flim flam bull-shit answer and expect the rational Americans to buy it. Congrats Mark, not many people can flip-flop in the same sentence with the same breath.

Instead of demanding the Kirk the Jirk give us a better answer I'm going to present to you his voting record on Gun Control. I'm pretty sure 'Papa Joe Stalin' would be proud of Mark.

H.R. 2159: Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009

Mark Kirk is one of the main sponsors of this Bill. This bill is To increase public safety by permitting the Attorney General to deny the transfer of a firearm or the issuance of firearms or explosives licenses to a known or suspected dangerous terrorist.

These anti-gun Republicans-in-Name-Only want to disarm you because they fear your pro-liberty views.

In fact, your love of freedom frightens them so much that they're now going to great lengths to label you a domestic terrorist.

It's the perfect way to silence "troublemakers" like you and me, and to marginalize our influence.

And make no mistake: If Congress passes H.R. 2159, Eric Holder would have the authority to deny thousands of innocent Americans their constitutionally protected rights.

But this bill isn't just about Eric Holder taking away your Second Amendment rights if you're "appropriately suspected" for "terrorism."

H.R. 2159 also allows Holder and his team of gun-grabbing henchmen to "withhold" any and all evidence from you or a court if Holder & co. "determine" that it might "compromise national security."

Keep in mind Kirk submitted this bill after Napolitano declared that patriotic American's like me who speak out are possibly terrorists.

Rated D by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record.

KIRK'S HOUSE VOTING RECORD ON GUN ISSUES - from Project Vote Smart

Date	Bill Title	Vote	Outcome
05/20/2009	Allowing Loaded Guns in National Parks HR 627	No	Concurrence Vote Passed - House 279 - 147)
09/17/2008	Repealing Portions of the D.C. Firearm Ban HR 6842	No	Bill Passed - House 266 - 152)
09/26/2006	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives HR 5092	No	Bill Passed - House 277 - 131)
06/28/2006	Trigger Lock Amendment H AMDT 1156	No	Amendment Adopted - House 230 - 191)
10/20/2005	Firearms Manufacturers Protection Bill S 397	No	Bill Passed - House 283 - 144)
04/09/2003	Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act HR 1036	Yes	Bill Passed - House 285 - 140)

FINAL THOUGHTS ON KIRK'S GUN CONTROL

Kirk is best known among gun owners and activists for his proposal last year to revive the federal "Assault Weapons Ban" after its sunset provision ended it in 2004. He's rated "D" by the NRA ( of whom he is said to have said "the NRA is more powerful than Al-Qaeda” ) and endorsed by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership. His Gun Owners of America rating is a dismal "F-" grade. That's right, "F-minus." How does a Republican like Kirk get a rating like that? It's not easy:

Propose a new "assault weapons ban" to replace the first useless ban four years after it expired.
Propose to "close" a nonexistent "gun show loophole" that makes even less sense since Illinois already requires the background checks involved.
Propose to "close" the "Terror Gap" by prohibiting sales of firearms to anyone on the "Terrorist Watch List"--perhaps forgetting that the people on that list are not accused of any wrongdoing and are often just people with similar names--the glaring exception being Ted Kennedy. An actual accused murderer, Kennedy was removed from the list rather promptly.
Vote against a measure to prohibit frivolous lawsuits against gun manufacturers (the lawsuits in question were based on the actions of others with guns, not anything the manufacturers themselves did.)

Please vote NO to Mark Kirk being a candidate for US Senator from Illinois with me. We Americans already have enough on our plate fighting the leftinista agenda of Obama and the Marxists in CONgress. Do we really want to chance our freedom and our right to defend ourselves by voting in a man whose Gun Rights record is dead set on taking away one of the precious and necessary rights you have?

Catch all 15 articles in the Un-elect Mark Kirk Series at Mark Kirk - Count Down to Un-election - Day 15