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One Origin of Gun Laws
All Americans should keep in mind that they have no "right" to be protected
by the police. American police are reactive, not proactive. They don't
usually "prevent" crime. They catch lawbreakers after they have committed a
crime. zzz
One useful fact all Americans should keep in mind is that they have no
"right" to be protected by the police. American police are reactive, not
proactive. They don't usually "prevent" crime. They catch lawbreakers after
they have committed a crime.
This was by design of the Founding Fathers. Because, as we see today with
the anti-terrorism laws, in order to "prevent" crime, police would need all
sorts of obnoxious powers that would trample all over our rights of life,
liberty and property.
Instead, Americans were intended to have the means of self defense. Put
another way, the Constitution does not grant the federal government the
authority to restrict American citizens from keeping and bearing arms.
Rather, the Second Amendment clearly instructs those in government that
"the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed."
James Madison wrote in The Federalist Papers #46: "Americans have the right
and advantage of being armed -- unlike the citizens of other countries
whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms."
Thomas Jefferson also recognized the need for citizens to be armed: "A
strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise
the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness,
enterprise, and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball and
others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character
on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your
walks." (Encyclopedia of T. Jefferson, 318 [Foley, Ed., reissued 1967])
As late as the 1960s, members of Congress agreed that the American people
have an inherent right to keep and bear arms. Even the most liberal
Democrats recognized that right: "Certainly one of the chief guarantees of
freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the
right of the citizens to keep and bear arms. This is not to say that
firearms should not be carefully used and that definite safety rules of
precaution should not be taught and enforced. But the right of the citizens
to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government and one
more safeguard against a tyranny which now appears remote in America, but
which historically has proved to be always possible."
That was Senator Hubert H. Humphrey[1], later to become Vice President
under L.B. Johnson.
Even in the 1980s, Senators were grudgingly admitting that a private
citizen has the right to own and carry firearms. According to the
Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator
Orrin Hatch (R-UT), chairman, in the Report of the Subcommittee On The
Constitution of the Committee On The Judiciary, United States Senate, 97th
Congress, second session (February, 1982): "The conclusion is thus
inescapable that the history, concept, and wording of the second amendment
to the Constitution of the United States, as well as its interpretation by
every major commentator and court in the first half-century after its
ratification, indicates that what is protected is an individual right of a
private citizen to own and carry firearms in a peaceful manner."
So, what happened? If these Senators knew perfectly well that the American
people have a Constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms, why
did they turn tail and allow all those unconstitutional gun control laws to
be enacted? Or, perhaps we should ask: Why is there no punishment for those
lawmakers, judges and bureaucrats who knowingly and intentionally violate
the Constitution? Are they now above our Constitution?
Anyway, there is a very interesting story behind the federal gun control
scheme. Over the years, some have said that the federal gun control laws
smelled a lot like the old Nazi gun control laws. And, maybe they do.
Apparently, the U.S. Gun Control Act of 1968 has quite a lot in common with
the Nazi Weapons Law of 1938.
One popular gun rights group looked up the old Nazi law and compared it
with the U.S. Gun Control Act of 1968. As they report:
"Members of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership (JPFO) consider
'gun control' to be an aggressive cancer. JPFO has a cure, a way to destroy
'gun control'. JPFO has hard evidence that shows that the Nazi Weapons Law
(March 18, 1938) is the source of the U.S. Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA
'68). Adolph Hitler signed the Nazi Weapons Law. The Gestapo (Nazi National
Secret Police) enforced it. In 'Gun Control': Gateway to Tyranny we present
the official German text of the Nazi Weapons Law and a side-by- side
translation into English. Even more deadly: a side-by- side,
section-by-section comparison of the GCA '68 with the Nazi Weapons Law. If
you have this in your hands, no one can tell you that you're imagining things."
JPFO is hopping mad about this, as we all should be. They present evidence
and name the names of those in government who spearheaded this treacherous
nonsense. Some people named are still on Capitol Hill.
For a great outline of the story (and names), visit the JPFO web site.[2]
If you are interested in Constitutional issues and your right as an
American to keep and bear arms, you will find this page very interesting.
Then comes the problem: How do we correct it?
Doug Fiedor
Fiedor Report on the News
Notes:
1. "Know Your Lawmakers," Guns Magazine, February
1960://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=95001226>http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=95001226
2. http://www.jpfo.org/GCA_68.htm
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News. Previous editions of his newsletter are available at
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Author: Doug Fiedor
Bio: Doug Fiedor
Date: December 20, 2004
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One Origin of Gun Laws
All Americans should keep in mind that they have no "right" to be protected
by the police. American police are reactive, not proactive. They don't
usually "prevent" crime. They catch lawbreakers after they have committed a
crime. zzz
One useful fact all Americans should keep in mind is that they have no
"right" to be protected by the police. American police are reactive, not
proactive. They don't usually "prevent" crime. They catch lawbreakers after
they have committed a crime.
This was by design of the Founding Fathers. Because, as we see today with
the anti-terrorism laws, in order to "prevent" crime, police would need all
sorts of obnoxious powers that would trample all over our rights of life,
liberty and property.
Instead, Americans were intended to have the means of self defense. Put
another way, the Constitution does not grant the federal government the
authority to restrict American citizens from keeping and bearing arms.
Rather, the Second Amendment clearly instructs those in government that
"the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed."
James Madison wrote in The Federalist Papers #46: "Americans have the right
and advantage of being armed -- unlike the citizens of other countries
whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms."
Thomas Jefferson also recognized the need for citizens to be armed: "A
strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise
the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness,
enterprise, and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball and
others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character
on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your
walks." (Encyclopedia of T. Jefferson, 318 [Foley, Ed., reissued 1967])
As late as the 1960s, members of Congress agreed that the American people
have an inherent right to keep and bear arms. Even the most liberal
Democrats recognized that right: "Certainly one of the chief guarantees of
freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the
right of the citizens to keep and bear arms. This is not to say that
firearms should not be carefully used and that definite safety rules of
precaution should not be taught and enforced. But the right of the citizens
to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government and one
more safeguard against a tyranny which now appears remote in America, but
which historically has proved to be always possible."
That was Senator Hubert H. Humphrey[1], later to become Vice President
under L.B. Johnson.
Even in the 1980s, Senators were grudgingly admitting that a private
citizen has the right to own and carry firearms. According to the
Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator
Orrin Hatch (R-UT), chairman, in the Report of the Subcommittee On The
Constitution of the Committee On The Judiciary, United States Senate, 97th
Congress, second session (February, 1982): "The conclusion is thus
inescapable that the history, concept, and wording of the second amendment
to the Constitution of the United States, as well as its interpretation by
every major commentator and court in the first half-century after its
ratification, indicates that what is protected is an individual right of a
private citizen to own and carry firearms in a peaceful manner."
So, what happened? If these Senators knew perfectly well that the American
people have a Constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms, why
did they turn tail and allow all those unconstitutional gun control laws to
be enacted? Or, perhaps we should ask: Why is there no punishment for those
lawmakers, judges and bureaucrats who knowingly and intentionally violate
the Constitution? Are they now above our Constitution?
Anyway, there is a very interesting story behind the federal gun control
scheme. Over the years, some have said that the federal gun control laws
smelled a lot like the old Nazi gun control laws. And, maybe they do.
Apparently, the U.S. Gun Control Act of 1968 has quite a lot in common with
the Nazi Weapons Law of 1938.
One popular gun rights group looked up the old Nazi law and compared it
with the U.S. Gun Control Act of 1968. As they report:
"Members of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership (JPFO) consider
'gun control' to be an aggressive cancer. JPFO has a cure, a way to destroy
'gun control'. JPFO has hard evidence that shows that the Nazi Weapons Law
(March 18, 1938) is the source of the U.S. Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA
'68). Adolph Hitler signed the Nazi Weapons Law. The Gestapo (Nazi National
Secret Police) enforced it. In 'Gun Control': Gateway to Tyranny we present
the official German text of the Nazi Weapons Law and a side-by- side
translation into English. Even more deadly: a side-by- side,
section-by-section comparison of the GCA '68 with the Nazi Weapons Law. If
you have this in your hands, no one can tell you that you're imagining things."
JPFO is hopping mad about this, as we all should be. They present evidence
and name the names of those in government who spearheaded this treacherous
nonsense. Some people named are still on Capitol Hill.
For a great outline of the story (and names), visit the JPFO web site.[2]
If you are interested in Constitutional issues and your right as an
American to keep and bear arms, you will find this page very interesting.
Then comes the problem: How do we correct it?
Doug Fiedor
Fiedor Report on the News
Notes:
1. "Know Your Lawmakers," Guns Magazine, February
1960://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=95001226>http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=95001226
2. http://www.jpfo.org/GCA_68.htm
Biography - Doug Fiedor
Doug Fiedor writes a weekly internet newsletter, Fiedor Report on the
News. Previous editions of his newsletter are available at
http://www.uhuh.com/reports/headsup/list-hu.htm
Read other commentaries by Doug Fiedor.
Visit Doug Fiedor's website at http://www.uhuh.com/reports/headsup/list-hu.htm
=========================================================
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