The 109th Congress should
- repeal the Gun Control Act of 1968,
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defund Project Safe Neighborhoods,
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reject efforts to bar municipal
lawsuits against gun manufacturers,
- stop the illegal compilation of gun-owner
registration lists from the National Instant Check System.
-
use its constitutional authority over the District of
Columbia to overturn D.C.’s handgun ban and enact a ‘‘shall issue’’
concealed carry licensing statute,
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enact legislation that would
authorize airlines to arm pilots who volunteer and complete appropriate
training.
Call him a pacifist,
but Kevin Craig does not like guns. He deplores gun violence. For this
reason he opposes all gun control laws. Such laws give ever more powerful
guns to the greatest gun-wielding force on the planet: the State. The guns
(and tanks) directed against a church in Waco, Texas, were enforcing a
gun-control law.
The Second Amendment was not designed to protect
the rights of hunters and gun collectors. It was designed to protect the
rights of armed revolutionaries to defend themselves against their
government, overthrowing it if necessary. The United States of America was
born out of an armed revolution. Any politician who advocates gun control
laws arguably violates her oath of office to support the principles of the
Constitution.
Kevin
Craig opposes all armed revolution. He also opposes intrusive government
laws which abridge unalienable rights and foster armed revolution.
The problem is not guns, it is criminal hearts
and defenseless victims. Kevin Craig believes that law-breakers buy guns to commit
crimes, while law-abiding citizens buy guns to prevent crimes,
and do so successfully millions of times a year. Jurisdictions with laws
against guns are jurisdictions with laws against the law-abiding, laws which
raise barriers to self-defense against crime -- to the benefit of
law-breakers. Lawbreakers do not obey laws.
"Liberty Under God" -- not gun control
laws -- is the answer.
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