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  • Bullseye Shooter

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    Not sure if anyone has posted this (couldn't find it in a search), but here's a link to Jimmy Carter's op ed in the New York Times today on why we need an assault weapons ban, etc. Just one lie after another.
    [URL]http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/opinion/27Carter.html?_r=2[/URL]

    The guy needs to go build a house somewhere.
    Here's the op ed in case the link dies.

    THE evolution in public policy concerning the manufacture, sale and possession of semiautomatic assault weapons like AK-47s, AR-15s and Uzis has been very disturbing. Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and I all supported a ban on these formidable firearms, and one was finally passed in 1994.
    When the 10-year ban was set to expire, many police organizations — including 1,100 police chiefs and sheriffs from around the nation — called on Congress and President George W. Bush to renew and strengthen it. But with a wink from the White House, the gun lobby prevailed and the ban expired.
    I have used weapons since I was big enough to carry one, and now own two handguns, four shotguns and three rifles, two with scopes. I use them carefully, for hunting game from our family woods and fields, and occasionally for hunting with my family and friends in other places. We cherish the right to own a gun and some of my hunting companions like to collect rare weapons. One of them is a superb craftsman who makes muzzle-loading rifles, one of which I displayed for four years in my private White House office.
    But none of us wants to own an assault weapon, because we have no desire to kill policemen or go to a school or workplace to see how many victims we can accumulate before we are finally shot or take our own lives. That’s why the White House and Congress must not give up on trying to reinstate a ban on assault weapons, even if it may be politically difficult.
    An overwhelming majority of Americans, including me and my hunting companions, believe in the right to own weapons, but surveys show that they also support modest restraints like background checks, mandatory registration and brief waiting periods before purchase.
    A majority of Americans also support banning assault weapons. Many of us who hunt are dismayed by some of the more extreme policies of the National Rifle Association, the most prominent voice in opposition to a ban, and by the timidity of public officials who yield to the group’s unreasonable demands.
    Heavily influenced and supported by the firearms industry, N.R.A. leaders have misled many gullible people into believing that our weapons are going to be taken away from us, and that homeowners will be deprived of the right to protect ourselves and our families. The N.R.A. would be justified in its efforts if there was a real threat to our constitutional right to bear arms. But that is not the case.
    Instead, the N.R.A. is defending criminals’ access to assault weapons and use of ammunition that can penetrate protective clothing worn by police officers on duty. In addition, while the N.R.A. seems to have reluctantly accepted current law restricting sales by licensed gun dealers to convicted felons, it claims that only “law-abiding people” obey such restrictions — and it opposes applying them to private gun dealers or those who sell all kinds of weapons from the back of a van or pickup truck at gun shows.
    What are the results of this profligate ownership and use of guns designed to kill people? In 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported more than 30,000 people died from firearms, accounting for nearly 20 percent of all injury deaths. In 2005, every nine hours a child or teenager in the United States was killed in a firearm-related accident or suicide.
    Across our border, Mexican drug cartels are being armed with advanced weaponry imported from the United States — a reality only the N.R.A. seems to dispute.
    The gun lobby and the firearms industry should reassess their policies concerning safety and accountability — at least on assault weapons — and ease their pressure on acquiescent politicians who fear N.R.A. disapproval at election time. We can’t let the N.R.A.’s political blackmail prevent the banning of assault weapons — designed only to kill police officers and the people they defend.
    Jimmy Carter, the 39th president, is the winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize.
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    DCortez

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    I don't live in fear of my neighbors, don't work in a criminal underworld, and don't care what 1100 police chiefs & sheriffs have to say. Jimmy needs to get back to farming.

    3 Card Monty for the masses.
     

    JKTex

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    "But none of us wants to own an assault weapon, because we have no desire to kill policemen or go to a school or workplace to see how many victims we can accumulate before we are finally shot or take our own lives. That’s why the White House and Congress must not give up on trying to reinstate a ban on assault weapons, even if it may be politically difficult."

    That's unbelievable and I agree, as stupid as stupid can get. Why can't a single shot shotgun "kill policeman" or one of his rifles "with a scope" since he can do it from a distance?

    It's shameful for him to say he and his friends cherish the right to own a gun and even collect rare guns, yet the type of gun or it's collectability is based on what he and his friends feel is appropriate.

    I wonder if anyone will ever get it, that even if they can take every so called "assault weapon" off the face of the earth, the criminal that is going to kill people will still do so, with whatever he/she can use as a weapon appropriate to do what they intend to do.
     

    2Shots1Wound

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    "But none of us wants to own an assault weapon, because we have no desire to kill policemen or go to a school or workplace to see how many victims we can accumulate before we are finally shot or take our own lives. "

    The disturbing thing about this from my perspective is the hidden bloodlust I have for killing humans. I would love to own a Rock River AR-15 but never realized my own dark intentions. Thank God for these insightful facts from less than mediocre politicians from days long gone. Thanks Jimmy!!!! (insert cheezy Mementos commercial smile here)


     

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    But none of us wants to own an assault weapon, because we have no desire to kill policemen or go to a school or workplace to see how many victims we can accumulate before we are finally shot or take our own lives.


    Simply at a loss for words.
     

    Texas42

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    Ever wonder who the 2nd amendment somehow got confused with the right to hunt and do target practise?

    Carter talking about how he owns guns is like hearing someone say, "well I have friends who are [insert political/ethnic/racial group]."
     

    Big country

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    I've said it about politicians and other stupid people before and I'll say it again. Dumb ass. And yes how dose the second amendment get confused with hunting? It has very little to do with hunting and every thing to do with our right to own guns for the protection of the people from the enemies of this great nation, foreign and domestic. Or at least that is how I see it.
     

    GM.Chief

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    And all this coming from one of the highest income tax raising presidents ever...while I was not old enough to remember Carter in office, I still hear how horrible it was to be a worker trying to collect a paycheck during his administration. Looks like he's just gotten to be a bigger jackass over the years.
     

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    I can think of a number of other reasons besides this article that confirm that Carter is affected by senile dementia.
     

    mortdooley

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    If this story had not come with a link I would have believed it was a hoax, that is not the jimmy earl I remember. That black powder pistol hung on the wall in his office and when the media asked about it he claimed it was the only firearm he owned at the time. He never would have missed a chance to restrict gun ownership and I don't remember anything about him being a hunter. The man is a full blown socialist and thinks the American people are little more than children needing firm but wise guidance.
     

    2Shots1Wound

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    Yea

    I can think of a number of other reasons besides this article that confirm that Carter is affected by senile dementia.

    The confusing part about Carter is diciphering between his old man dementia vs his twisted liberal mindset. The two have a tendency to blend together into one big old mess.
     

    DCortez

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    The confusing part about Carter is diciphering between his old man dementia vs his twisted liberal mindset. The two have a tendency to blend together into one big old mess.

    The Habitat for Humanity project was, from what I know about it, a great idea and a very admirable way for an ex-president to stay involved. Too bad this guy fell off the deep end.
     

    MadMo44Mag

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    Hell Billy Carter would have made a better president.
    He likes guns, beer, beer, and tasteless jokes. Opps , he was a tasteless joke just like his brother Jimmy!
     

    Big country

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    I'm definitely to young to remember Carter, but I have heard lots about his commie beliefs. I do from history think Carter is an idiot just like Obama is.
     

    cuate

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    1- Carter's Mother said, "Billy drinks too much and Jimmy doesn't always tell the truth" .

    2- Carter said he helped Admiral Rickover on the first nuclear submarine
    but Adm. Rickover said, referring to Carter, "I never heard of him".

    3- Carter cannot pronounce the word nuclear, he pronounces it "nukear".

    4- Democrap Presidents have become more worthless as them come in my lifetime and I was born the year FDR took office, 1932.
     
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