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Date Posted: -10:16--pm, ------ 08/28/08 Thu
Author: Heretic
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Serendipity is afoot!
In reply to: Pud 's message, "Incredible!" on - 1:28--pm, ------ 08/28/08 Thu

So tonight, I�m taking care of some�ahem��business�, idly perusing the September issue of American Rifleman. For some odd reason I start looking through the �2008 NRA Officers & Directors� section towards the back (page 118 to be exact), looking at the long list of names. Who should I happen to see on the NRA Board of Directors? None other than Bob Barr! Now I for one don�t always agree with the NRA, as they�ve always seemed a little too willing to compromise with the anti�s for the sake of political expediency. Still, I figure a guy dedicated enough to serve on the Board must be pretty Second Amendment friendly.

   "America's Founders viewed the Second Amendment as necessary to protect the citizen, states and the nation from tyranny both domestic and foreign. Blackstone's Commentaries termed this right as 'the true palladium of liberty.'

   "The Second Amendment is no less important today. As the Supreme Court recently has held, the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right. The Second Amendment guarantees all Americans the means to hunt, protect themselves and their families from crime, and ultimately defeat any effort to impose tyranny in America.

   "I oppose any law requiring registration of, or restricting the ownership, manufacture, or transfer or sale of firearms or ammunition to law-abiding citizens. The Court majority behind the landmark Heller ruling was narrow, and should be supported by the Justice Department, not undercut by the federal government, as happened during the Bush and predecessor Clinton administration."

- Bob Barr

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