I'm right there with ya, KYH. Normally it's wisest for me to stay apolitical at places like this, because I have very strong political beliefs AND because I love to debate outspokenly (I promise to behave here, though!).

I lean just liberal enuf on certain issues to where I seem to pizz off a lotta conservatives in my circle- and I lean far enuf to the right on other issues to where my liberal loved ones often feel trampled on...

that said... more than one Supreme Court decision, voting result and constitutional argument of late have riled the hell out of me.

I for one appreciate what you offered and support your right to speak out eloquently. Now I'll stop short of speaking my two cents on several issues- that wouldn't be pretty at all! :eek:

>Here is a man surrounded by secret service, who are all carrying weapons to protect HIM and HIS family,<

Liberals and politicians always behave that way. They want rules that only apply to the other guy.

You remember, for instance, when Ted Kennedy's bodyguards were not allowed to enter the Pentagon, because they were carrying unregistered and unlicensed automatic weapons? The loudest anti-gun voice in America, knowingly surrounded by the very things he claimed to dispise.

Or the time that big-name anti-gun columnist for the Washington Post shot a teenager for using his pool? With, I might add, an unregistered handgun. Just another case of do as I say, not as I do.

Or..... well, we could both list dozens of such instances.

The ironic thing about all this is that the last thing a typical homeowner wants for home protection is a handgun. I used to do a lot of consulting in this area, and 99 out of 100 times a handgun was the wrong choice.

And for anyone who still has a knee-jerk reaction to gun ownership, I send you only to the FBI's uniform crime statistics, that show a drastic reduction in violent crime in every state that has adopted concealed carry laws (all of which, btw, are unconstitutional).

For me the whole argument in the majority opinion about militias was to illustrate that the right is indeed an individual right, not a right granted to the Government for sake of the military.

The minorities opinion to me just was some pouting about how they cannot throw away the Constitution and BOR when it doesn't fit their ideological perception.

In short, Scalias opinion was interpretation, whereas Breyer and the rest of his ilk were commenting on what they think the Constitution SHOULD say, rather than what it does say.

Could you elaborate on this?

Dear Nan,

I have printed this article out and will read it to and share it with my 8 yr. old Granddaughter. Thank you for letting us know about it Nan. I am amazed by these unsung heroes still in our midst. And I thank God for the reminder of that fact!

I would hate to see another "Facist Regime" come into existance, although there are many in existance today! I hate to see America go that path:(....

We must continue to be a proactive people to prevent it! I highly encourage everyone to be active, write your Congressmen and Senators, and please "Let your voices be heard" no matter where you stand on the issues. We simply must rise up.......and be heard!