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Amnesty Insanity: Proof that DC gridlock is good

Some people think we need our politicians in DC to “work together” more often.

More often than not, though, gridlock is the preferred state of affairs in DC. A great example of how utterly devastating “bipartisan cooperation” can be for the country is the new amnesty bill thrown together behind closed doors. Any time you can get Ted Kennedy and John McCain to agree on something, you know we’re in for a real hard ride.

Here’s a reasonably good article: No Amnesty for McCain

Of course, nobody wants to do what has to be done first, before any of this legal stuff has a chance of securing our borders: actually secure the border. Build the fence. Then come and talk to me about what to do about everyone already here illegally.

More thoughts on the VT massacre

A Culture of Passivity (Mark Steyn)

“…I’d prefer to say that the default position is a terrible enervating passivity. Murderous misfit loners are mercifully rare. But this awful corrosive passivity is far more pervasive, and, unlike the psycho killer, is an existential threat to a functioning society.”

Wanted: A culture of self-defense (Michelle Malkin)

Gun Rights and Voting

Today I was researching concealed carry permit reciprocity across the various states, and while viewing a color-coded map showing where a concealed carry permit is honored from another state, two things struck me:

1. Imagine if we had to look at a map like that to find out where we could exercise our FIRST amendment rights.

2. It should be as difficult to register to vote as it is to legally carry a concealed firearm. If you can not be trusted with your Second Amendment rights, you can not be trusted to help decide who gets to make laws.

Virginia Tech – Another failure of gun control laws.

Yesterday’s Virginia Tech massacre, where a single crazed student was able to kill over 30 of his peers in the span of two hours, is just one more example of the failure of gun control laws to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. But will this event cause gun control proponents to rethink their position ensuring that only criminals can carry guns?

Suppose that one year ago, house bill 1572 were not squashed before it could get a floor vote:

[State quashed bill allowing handguns on campuses]

Clearly, squashing a bill reaffirming students’ Second Amendment rights didn’t make Virginia Tech “safer.”

Imagine if those students had their First Amendment rights infringed in college. The ACLU would have been there in a heartbeat. Where are those students’ civil rights now?

The attack on the Second Amendment rights of responsible United States citizens hasn’t just disarmed law abiding citizens; it has also had the effect of making them dependent upon government agents for their defense. And that’s the tragedy in the atrocity: that a single student could rampage for over two hours without being stopped by his peers.