Brady Campaign endorses Obama-Biden ticket

Yes, but don't worry, your library card will be safe from Bush-Hitler, we'll just drop the Bush and go with the Hitler part.

Given that huge, colorful 63-page Brady brochure on "Mass Produced Mayhem", methinks the gun controllers are just salivating at the thought of taking another shot at another semiauto ban (despite Heller).

And I could potentially agree with Obama, in that I too would prefer keeping guns out of the hands of those with a proven track record of misuse of arms.

But alas ... a "criminal" to Obama is anyone who merely owns an AK, AR, FAL, etc. type weapon, or even magazines for them.

No thanks, Mr. Obama. No thanks, Brady Campaign. As a member of the well-regulated militia, whose existence is necessary to the security of my home, community, and nation, I will exercise my free will and citizen authority, and retain my right to keep that AK rifle.

Just once, I'd like to actually meet someone in person who goes on about "assault weapons" and how horrible they are, just so I can straight-up ask them, "How do you define an 'assault weapon'?" and see what kind of equivocating they can come up with when none of their perceptions are accurate.

Hard libs won't accept dictionary definitions. They know it destroys their arguments. As soon as you ask for a definition of 'assault weapon' they'll jump in your face with an ad hominem attack and add that ALL guns should be banned.

The argument goes downhill from there because REASON is not a winner.

Gee, I'm shocked - NOT!

To me this is just confirmation that there are certain things you CAN count on, no matter how chaotic things are: the Sun rises in the East, the sky is blue and the Brady hag and her ilk still hate guns.

I cannot honestly believe that a single vote is swayed, one way or the other, by this endorsement (any more than by the NRA's endorsement) - people on both sides of the issue aren't going to change their minds, and those in the middle have about 100 other issues upon which their votes will be based before coming to the gun issue.

As much as I wish I could be a single-issue voter this year, I cannot be.

McCain has time and time again lost my trust, and my vote. Not that I'm a fan of Obama mind you, but I agree with many of his policies save for one important one, so I will not be voting for McCain.

The Republican party has lost its way. I believe it would have found its way again much faster if they didn't have gun owners, and the religious right and other SOCIAL conservatives to always count on.

Because of this, I am not voting for McCain. I havn't made my mind up if I will be voting for Obama or Barr yet.

As soon as the Republican party gives me a REAL conservative (i.e. Barry Goldwater, etc) then I will be happy to vote Republican again.

JT: You'd be surprised just how many people will change their mind if you calmly explain the problems with the "gun show loophole" and "Assault weapons."

I was in an Obama IRC chatroom last night, and I had a captive audience. After explaining it, most of them agreed with me that the whole thing was retarded.

Of course, there are hardcore blowhards on both sides that will never be convinced, but it doesn't mean you should not try.

This is exactly why my wife and I decided to buy an AR-15. If all goes well if it goes South, ours will be grandfathered in, much like pre-1986 machine guns.

Ye gods, I cannot read anything put out by the Brady Campaign idiots without first applying a liberal (and I mean that in the traditional sense of the word) coating of duct tape to my skull. They utter the most inane, disingenuous, absurd statements and outright, bald-faced lies.

To wit:

"don't tell me we can't uphold the Second Amendment while keeping AK-47s out of the hands of criminals." And Senator Biden helped get a ban on assault weapons passed in 1994 and fought for its renewal in 2004."

NON SEQUITUR! WTF does the 1994 AWB have to do with keeping AK-47s out of the hands of criminals? Answer: NOTHING. And you know and I know that the Brady Campaign liars know that as well - but they keep making these ridiculous claims because the law has a convenient name: "Assault Weapon BAN"!! As in - we "banned" those nasty "assault weapons." BS, pure and simple - no you didn't. You banned certain cosmetic features, which were totally unrelated to the functioning, power, accuracy, lethality, range or efficiency of the subject firearms made no difference in the sale of semi-automatic, military-styled rifles. Furthermore, it easily is demonstrable that the so-called "ban" had zero, zilch, zip, nada, no effect on keeping guns out of the hands of criminals whatsoever.

And DUH. Of COURSE we can "uphold the Second Amendment while keeping AK-47s out of the hands of criminals." Or any other guns for that matter. These disgusting, disingenuous manipulators know full well that the Second Amendment does not and never has protected any "right" to use firearms in a felonious manner. At least I hope they know full well -they can't be THAT stupid, can they? But they always try to paint the NRA and freedom-loving firearms owners as amoral absolutists who "want" to allow criminals access to guns. Sheesh.

Oh yeah - one more thing. I have told my wife that if Obama gets elected, I am going to buy a couple more guns and a pile of ammo, just in case he and a Dem-controlled Congress start trying more "bans."