second amendment

The NRA has targeted Barack Obama's anti-gun record in Illinois in this hard hitting ad.

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/22/nra-ad-imagine/

This ad is aimed not so much at the rural sportsmen community, but for those people who buy firearms for personal protection. Amazingly, Obama voted in the Illinois State Senate to allow towns to bring charges against such people for defensive firearms use, which as usual, does not comport with his tepid support of the Heller v. DC  decision.

The Obama-Biden ticket is simply put, against the Second Amendment. Even when it comes to people trying to defend themselvesin their homes from the sort of juvenile psychopaths William Ayres thinks should not be locked up.

Thankfully, we don't have to rely on the DC Republican establishment to bring this message to the voters.  

Instapundit linked to this post showing the sudden boom in women showing an interest in shooting sports. The film clip was from a report on Denver TV, who of course attributed the increase to Governor Palin.

http://williamamos.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/sarah-palin-revives-annie-oakley-movement/

http://www.pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/archives2/024322.php

I think the liberal conventional wisdom that female voters are waiting to have their victim status confirmed by politicians is going to be dealt a rather harsh blow by the "targeted" (sorry, couldn't help it) electorate  

Podcast Show Notes

America is paying reparations for Ronald Reagan's bombing in Libya in response to that government's terrorist attacks. (Hat Tip: The Corner.)

John Murtha stands up for an American company that's endangering our national security through illegal exports military weapons. (Hat Tip: Hot Air.)

A Utah Democratic Congressional Candidate claims a high profile endorsement-Jesus Christ. (Hat Tip: Michelle Malkin.)

Fact Check: Offshore drilling would have 3 times the impact of tire pressure. (Hat Tip: Patterico.)

Poland accepts U.S. interceptors in the face of Russian aggression. (Hat Tip: Clayton Cramer.)

A woman finds love for a new baby born from rape.

Birth Control effects women's taste in men. (Hat Tip: Jill Stanek.)

Children enlisted to serve as green spies. (Hat Tip: Crunchy Cons.)

Teachers pack heat in North Texas.

Updates on the Second Amendment being used in defense of life and property.

Saudi Arabia fails to keep its promise to clean up hate-filled textbooks. (Hat Tip: Education Watch.)

Democrats show their concern for the homeless by shoving them out of site during the Democratic Convention. (Hat Tip: Midnight Sun.)

Brits get better scores through grade inflation. (Hat Tip: Education Watch.)

George McGovern gets it right on Card Check. (Hat Tip: Hot Air.)

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June 26, 2008 Washington, DC (AP)

Supreme Court: Individuals don't have right to gun ownership

In a stunning blow to pro-gun forces such as the National Rifle Association, the Supreme Court today upheld the District of Columbia's ban on handgun ownership. In a sweeping 6-3 decision, the Court rejected the position that individuals have a right under the Second Amendment to keep and bear arms.

The majority opinion, authored by Justice Stephen Breyer and joined by Justices John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, David Souter, and the court's two newest members, Chief Justice Mario Cuomo and Justice Marsha Berzon, declared that the Consitution "clearly spells out that gun ownership is a right limited to those whom a state decides belong to a well ordered miltia".

The opinion concluded "there is no constitutional obligation for a state to organize such a militia and to the extent it chooses to establish one, whether this militia bans certain weapons is a matter beyond constitutional review"

In a stinging dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia, joined by Justice Clarence Thomas  accused the majority of "emasculating the meaning of the Bill of Rights by permitting the capricious disarmament of law adiding citixens". Justice Anthony Kennedy also dissented in part from the decision, suggesting some gun bans might be overbroad and unjustified.

Liberals and supporters of gun control hailed the ruling, which cemented the ascendancy of the court's liberal wing, augmented by the two recent appointees by President Kerry, Chief Justice Cuomo and Justice Berzon.    In previous decisions rendered this term, the Court authorized those detainees released from the now shuttered Guantamano Bay prison camp to sue the CIA for damages in U.S. courts, declared the federal Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, and voided all leases for new U.S.oil drilling as being in violation of the Endangered Species Act.  This followed last year's landmark decision which abolished capital punishment across the United States.

Anticipated to be ruled on next year by the Cuomo court are a challenge to the U.S. immigration statutes as violating the Equal Protection clause of the Constitution, as well as a challenge to Pennsylvania's restrictive abortion statutes.

President Kerry announced his support for the decision upholding the gun ban saying "As far as I know, you can shoot grouse in rural Ohio, but not here in D.C. Effective gun control is how the Kerry Administration plans to fight crime in urban America".  Attorney General  Eric Holder was reportedly planning legal challenges to various gun laws such as "concealed carry" in Florida and other states based on the expected outcome of this case. 

Republican presidential candidate John McCain expressed outrage at today's ruling. Observers believe this was an effort by McCain to rally skeptical conservatives to his camp.

Meanwhile, large celebrations were expected in Cambridge, Berkeley and Aspen to mark the latest milestone in the "new jurisprudence" of the Cuomo court, which liberals have already compared with the Warren Court of the 1960's.

(we were 118,000 votes in Ohio away from this story, folks!)   

For those who know Warren Zevon, well the next line in the song is about what is going to happen to Senator Obama

A 5-4 decision of the Supreme Court has restated the "right to keep and bear arms" clause of the Second Amendment in the Heller case.   http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_guns

Obama is trying to explain away his prior support for the D.C. gun ban as being "inartful". Well artful dodger, you can't outrun your voting record in Illinois.

The NRA points out that as an Illinois State Senator Obama voted to uphold local gun bans and criminalize the use of handguns for personal self-defense  http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Federal/Read.aspx?id=3991 ( Illinois Senate, March 25, 2004 SB 2165, vote 20.)

And is Senator Obama going to throw his webmaster under the bus as "inartful" "REALITY: OBAMA HAS CONSISTENTLY SUPPORTED COMMON SENSE GUN CONTROL  .."http://www.barackobama.com/factcheck/2007/12/11/fact_check_no_news_in_obamas_c.php

And you know who agrees with this assessment----that reliable member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy---CBS News!  

Obama regularly supported gun-control measures, including a ban on semiautomatic "assault weapons" and a limit on handgun purchases to one a month.

He also opposed letting people use a self-defense argument if charged with violating local handgun bans by using weapons in their homes. The bill was a reaction to a Chicago-area man who, after shooting an intruder, was charged with a handgun violation.

Supporters framed the issue as a fundamental question of whether homeowners have the right to protect themselves.
 

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/17/politics/main2369157.shtml

Obama may be an Ivy League lawyer, and he is awash in money, but he is going to find that on guns, as ole' Warren said ...the "Sh-t has hit the fan" when he tries and pretend he really thinks Americans have the right to defend themselves in their own homes.

Because he never believed it before.