tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287147033560336418.post8488955448948384229..comments2024-03-24T04:54:49.485-07:00Comments on The Dixie Pig: **UPDATED** The Gun Movement Comes to Fort HuntScott A. Surovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14899160531211393625noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287147033560336418.post-60142663021088406582010-04-25T06:29:58.696-07:002010-04-25T06:29:58.696-07:00My personal count is 3 loved ones dead from legal ...My personal count is 3 loved ones dead from legal guns, none saved. So when I see someone with a gun, I feel sick. And they're protesting the loss of gun rights from the prez that signed the bill allowing open carry in national parks in this manner- logic is not part of this equation.ludiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13322565461536833581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287147033560336418.post-6284005428347220432010-04-24T19:58:15.484-07:002010-04-24T19:58:15.484-07:00Someone needs to tell these "tea partiers wit...Someone needs to tell these "tea partiers with guns" that just because you CAN do something, doesn't mean you SHOULD. Don't these guys have mothers? <br /><br />We went to both events (Fort Hunt Park and Gravelly Point) and found them pretty much wash-outs. Perhaps 24 people at the first, and 50-70 at the second. Supposedly they were expecting hundreds, if not thousands. Pitiful. <br /><br />But the press! Lord help us, there was more press than there were participants. Every major news organization, and lots of foreign ones as well. I guess numbers really don't matter; if you want to get noticed, you just need to carry lots of loaded weapons, encourage violence, talk sedition and threaten treason. <br /><br />Apparently, the new health care bill is the greatest threat to our liberty and freedom in 200+ years! Yes, a few of them also made passing reference to the Patriot Act, the War, Katrina, etc. but, funnily enough, they didn't make a peep when THAT was going on. No, mostly it was Health Care and, of course, WACO. April 19th, as everybody here now knows, is the anniversary of Waco and the anniversary of Timothy McVeigh's act of revenge and terrorism against the federal government. <br /><br />Well, at least they left their Confederate flags at home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287147033560336418.post-78235262769949333012010-04-23T05:51:07.652-07:002010-04-23T05:51:07.652-07:00Thanks for your comments.
I did not receive a s...Thanks for your comments. <br /><br />I did not receive a single comment or email in support of this rally before it happened. I received many emails asking how it could be stopped. My point above was simply that the venue chosen was not a good place, not that having a protest was an improper activity. <br /><br />I advised everyone who contacted me that it was this group's right to have their rally at this park. <br /><br />The Supreme Court has also declared that the Second Amendment protects and individuals right to possess a handgun in federal enclaves. There is a case pending as to whether that right is incorporated on to the states via the Due Process Clause and/or Privileges and Immunities Clause of the 14th Amendment. <br /><br />As with all rights, they are not unlimited - e.g. you cannot scream fire in a crowded movie theatre pursuant to the First Amendment. When I was referring to privileges above - I was referring to privileges associated with asserting that right not the right itself - e.g. conceal carry permits which I'm pretty sure Heller or any case afterwards will not invalidate.Scott A. Surovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899160531211393625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287147033560336418.post-40352358164200262422010-04-21T11:08:14.229-07:002010-04-21T11:08:14.229-07:00"This rally has unnecessarily caused a lot of..."This rally has unnecessarily caused a lot of people a lot of concern in my district and I will be happy once it is over."<br /><br />Really?<br /><br />I live in this district. I am proud they chose this area for their protest! Have you forgot that they did this protest here because Washington DC treats its residents like "subjects", not "citizens"? Probably. Funny, but as I walk around these very same areas you talk about the "concern", I find nobody I talk to on the street as "concerned" about law abiding citizens, its the "CRIMINALS" they are concerned with. Hope you heard that!<br /><br />"I'm a strong believer in the First Amendment."<br /><br />So, you support the 1st amendment, but only if it fits in your "cookie cutter template"?<br /><br />NONE OF the Constitution or its Amendments are negotiable.<br /><br />I carry everyday in Fairfax County. A majority of the time, openly. I have taught those of all sexes, races and religious backgrounds of their rights to own and carry in this great state!<br /><br />I frequent businesses that support ALL of the constitution, and by-pass those that do not.<br /><br />Please remember, just because we live in Fairfax County, does not mean that state laws and the constitution do not apply!Spannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00033637429088997695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287147033560336418.post-5871243823387458392010-04-20T20:04:26.788-07:002010-04-20T20:04:26.788-07:00Writing a letter, starting a blog, or running a TV...Writing a letter, starting a blog, or running a TV ad get nowhere near the attention of a peaceful gathering in a park. For some reason, that makes people sit up and notice.<br /><br />They're noticing, by the way, the very same people who walk next to them in the grocery stores, who stand in line with them at the bank, who nod as they pass on the street, who take their kids to the park. Most of the time, you don't see the guns. Those of us who understand protection beats response every time are usually, or always, armed. We're your neighbors, your firefighters, your cable guys, your trash collectors, etc. You see us every day.<br /><br />See the person, not the gun, and you will no longer have to fear inanimate objects.<br /><br />It isn't "over". These events will continue.<br /><br />Gun ownership is not a privilege. It is a right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com