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Originally Posted by Defender968
Respectfully KClapp it sounds to me like you are giving up, let me ask you a question, does your congressman and senators know how you feel, have you expressed your views to them in a respectful manner,
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Yes, they do. And I have written them on matters concerning more than just firearms ownership. One of them has an automated email response that pretty much tells me, in a very politically-correct manner, that my views are irrelevant to him as he knows what is best for me.
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how about the members of Congress considering the H.R. 25?
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Yup, same as the senators. And my congressional representative knows better than me what is best for me also. Just ask him.
To demonstrate the futility of writing your representatives, consider what happened with the first bailout bill. Reports indicated that the correspondence received from constituents was overwhelmingly against the bailout. But the constituents were ignored. We have a problem Houston.
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Even though all the things you said may be true we still have one thing that the Dims/Commies/Left wing wackos/ and tree hugging hippies don't have on their side, the constitution and that is a very powerful force,
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It's a powerful force only if your view of the Constitution is supported by the majority of the SCOTUS judges. The fact that the two primary political parties try to stack the deck within the Supreme Court, in order to get rulings that support their political ideology, tells me the Constitution has been relegated to near irrelevance.
I'm sure Leonidas and crew understood their situation. I know I understand mine. While my cause may be lost, I will die with my boots on and standing, because I believe in what I'm defending and my honor demands it.
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Originally Posted by BrianK
Duly noted. However to clarify what I meant by not adhering to a lawful order would be in the instance of Uncle Sam telling me to go door to door ransacking houses to claim Citizens arms by any means necessary, or something to that effect. That would be a very clear violation of our rights as US Citizens.
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Unfortunately, just such an order can be made both lawful and Constitutional given the right conditions.