We must realize that getting our rights back will require attacks on mulitple levels. Building bridges is critical and we will have to reach left.
This weekend I was spent time with a French Documentary crew who are making a documentary to be broadcasted in Europe before our elections.
The crew was focusing on Gay issues and since I'm the San Jose coordinator for the Pink Pistols, I brought them down for a shoot. I leased a private range for the event which we spent close to 5 hours filming.
They had come out a few months early to scout things, all I know is they went alot more extensive than guns with me, they wanted to know my private life.
What was interesting is we spent probably about a good 16 hours together and we had alot of back and forth talks on a lot of things.
We got along very well and there is definitely a culture clash between us and Europeans.
I drilled the point that the LBGT community is making a serious mistake in being anti gun because the LBGT community, like any other minority, needs arms to protect themselves on many levels.
1. From Individuals.
2. From Groups
3. From Governments. I cited modern day Iran as an example.
I pointed out that we get our rights from God, or the creator and that governments exist to serve us, not the other way around.
The first amendment exists to give us peaceble means to correct our government and the 2nd amendment is our enforcement tool.
Without ablility to enforce our rights, we have none.
We talked about cars, since my turbo trans am was part of the story, still need to fine tune it, new fuel system was running too rich, I could only get 513rwhp and 630 foot pounds of torque at 4200 rpm on the motor.
Still, that is double stock power and it probably matches both the corvette z06 and Dodge viper for power output. When I fix the tuning, I'll smoke both of them. Car passes Cal emmissions by the way.
Guys, things in Europe are not good, they definitely have the nanny state, especially on the highways and the Europeans hate it, but as "Jean" was telling me, they can't do anything about it.
At least in Europe, most of the speed limits are 70 to 80mph, except of course in Germany where they have roads where the speed limit is open.
How would you like to have highways with hidden remote speed cameras and a national speed limit of 60 mph where if you drive say 64mph, you get a speeding ticket in the mail plus 1 point on your license.
How would you like to have a mandatory GPS tracking on your car?
How about mandatory GPS control on your car?
Most people(sheep) don't pay attention are care unless things effect them.
The average driver commits at least 1 minor traffic violation every 8 to 10 miles of driving. How many of us would have driver's licenses if there was widespread use of hidden remote traffic enforcement for speed and the speed limits were set artifically low by say 10 to 15 mph to what the traffic would naturally drive based on road conditions?
I made a point that the issue for me wasn't guns, it was freedom.
Let's put it this way, the French guys got it when I explained to them why we have guns in America.
They asked about the 2nd amendment, and my response was that the second amendment had multiple purposes.
1. The government recognizes the individual right to own arms.
2. Their is a collective duty to be ready to participate in the Militia and to report with appropriate arms for militia duty.
The militia was supposed to be the bulk of the national defense, no standing army, and that it existed to protect the country from enemies foreign and domestice.
If the government got oppressive, it was the not only the right, but the duty of the militia to restore a just government.
The second amendment exists to protect all of our other rights and to control government.
I made it a point that in Democracies, sometimes people can elect really bad people, and we have to have a way to remove bad people othewise really bad things can happen.
Since they were French, I gave the example of the Germans electing Hitler.
I don't know how I will come out on the film, they could do a complete hatchet job, I don't know. My feeling is that they want to make a positive film and I made it a point not to bash the gay community, rather what I said was that I had a disagreement with them.
Of course we went to a nightclub in San Jose, and people were asking what I was doing and I told them who I was and what I stand for and everyone of them told me that what I was doing was awesome, that it was fierce. I got no negative comments from anyone and that is what the film crew saw.
I do have one major ace in the hole that most of you probably never will have. Since I am transgendered, if the any media person does a hatchet job on me, they make themselves look transphobic.
Even though I disagree with the LBGT community on this issue, media people are afraid to make LBGT people look bad.
The track record here in the United States on press for the pink pistols indicates that we get balanced, even positive press coverage.
I am well aware of how the media portrays most gun owners which is one reason why I am always open to talking with media people on guns.
Nicki
This weekend I was spent time with a French Documentary crew who are making a documentary to be broadcasted in Europe before our elections.
The crew was focusing on Gay issues and since I'm the San Jose coordinator for the Pink Pistols, I brought them down for a shoot. I leased a private range for the event which we spent close to 5 hours filming.
They had come out a few months early to scout things, all I know is they went alot more extensive than guns with me, they wanted to know my private life.
What was interesting is we spent probably about a good 16 hours together and we had alot of back and forth talks on a lot of things.
We got along very well and there is definitely a culture clash between us and Europeans.
I drilled the point that the LBGT community is making a serious mistake in being anti gun because the LBGT community, like any other minority, needs arms to protect themselves on many levels.
1. From Individuals.
2. From Groups
3. From Governments. I cited modern day Iran as an example.
I pointed out that we get our rights from God, or the creator and that governments exist to serve us, not the other way around.
The first amendment exists to give us peaceble means to correct our government and the 2nd amendment is our enforcement tool.
Without ablility to enforce our rights, we have none.
We talked about cars, since my turbo trans am was part of the story, still need to fine tune it, new fuel system was running too rich, I could only get 513rwhp and 630 foot pounds of torque at 4200 rpm on the motor.
Still, that is double stock power and it probably matches both the corvette z06 and Dodge viper for power output. When I fix the tuning, I'll smoke both of them. Car passes Cal emmissions by the way.
Guys, things in Europe are not good, they definitely have the nanny state, especially on the highways and the Europeans hate it, but as "Jean" was telling me, they can't do anything about it.
At least in Europe, most of the speed limits are 70 to 80mph, except of course in Germany where they have roads where the speed limit is open.
How would you like to have highways with hidden remote speed cameras and a national speed limit of 60 mph where if you drive say 64mph, you get a speeding ticket in the mail plus 1 point on your license.
How would you like to have a mandatory GPS tracking on your car?
How about mandatory GPS control on your car?
Most people(sheep) don't pay attention are care unless things effect them.
The average driver commits at least 1 minor traffic violation every 8 to 10 miles of driving. How many of us would have driver's licenses if there was widespread use of hidden remote traffic enforcement for speed and the speed limits were set artifically low by say 10 to 15 mph to what the traffic would naturally drive based on road conditions?
I made a point that the issue for me wasn't guns, it was freedom.
Let's put it this way, the French guys got it when I explained to them why we have guns in America.
They asked about the 2nd amendment, and my response was that the second amendment had multiple purposes.
1. The government recognizes the individual right to own arms.
2. Their is a collective duty to be ready to participate in the Militia and to report with appropriate arms for militia duty.
The militia was supposed to be the bulk of the national defense, no standing army, and that it existed to protect the country from enemies foreign and domestice.
If the government got oppressive, it was the not only the right, but the duty of the militia to restore a just government.
The second amendment exists to protect all of our other rights and to control government.
I made it a point that in Democracies, sometimes people can elect really bad people, and we have to have a way to remove bad people othewise really bad things can happen.
Since they were French, I gave the example of the Germans electing Hitler.
I don't know how I will come out on the film, they could do a complete hatchet job, I don't know. My feeling is that they want to make a positive film and I made it a point not to bash the gay community, rather what I said was that I had a disagreement with them.
Of course we went to a nightclub in San Jose, and people were asking what I was doing and I told them who I was and what I stand for and everyone of them told me that what I was doing was awesome, that it was fierce. I got no negative comments from anyone and that is what the film crew saw.
I do have one major ace in the hole that most of you probably never will have. Since I am transgendered, if the any media person does a hatchet job on me, they make themselves look transphobic.
Even though I disagree with the LBGT community on this issue, media people are afraid to make LBGT people look bad.
The track record here in the United States on press for the pink pistols indicates that we get balanced, even positive press coverage.
I am well aware of how the media portrays most gun owners which is one reason why I am always open to talking with media people on guns.
Nicki
