Daily Archives: August 25, 2012

Repeal 2nd Amendment

Because of the Supreme Court's misinterpretation of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, we, the citizens of the U.S., are saddled with a law that opens the door and welcomes violence, deadly violence. The Second Amendment does not say any citizen may personally bear arms, but that a citizen acting as part of a militia may bear arms.

But we no longer have militias because they're not needed.

Instead, we have an Army, a Navy, the Marines, an Air Force, the Coast Guard, and Border Patrol, which are more effective than antiquated militias. So how do we get rid of a legal excuse for violence? It starts with Congress with an amendment to repeal the Second Amendment. The problem is that our elected representatives are in the pocket of the gun industry.

To pry them out of that pocket, a concerted citizen effort is needed. Maybe, a Mothers Against Firearms (MAFA), like MADD, could start the ball rolling. And, add a FAFA (Fathers Against Firearms) to the mix. But do fathers really care about the safety of their sons and daughters, or are they also in the pocket of the gun industry?

Gun manufacturers, gun sellers, gun owners, criminals, and the NRA will pull all their tricks out of the hat to stop a repeal process. They will say without guns, your security is at risk. But the mere presence of millions of guns in our society already presents a grave threat. They will also say respectable sportsmen wouldn't be able to hunt. Well,

Are mothers, fathers, aunts, and uncles willing to take on the gun industry? Don't let the Supreme Court's decision hobble your better judgment. Prod your congressional representatives into action - then prod your state representatives to vote sanity.

STAN KARP

Las Cruces

Elliptical deviance

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Your View: Letters to the editor (Aug. 26)

Lousy shooting by Union troops in the Civil War led to the creation of Americas premier group defending the Second Amendment.

Back in 1871, the National Rifle Association was formed by Gen. George Wingate and Col. William Church, as a means of enhancing marksmanship with the long-barrel weapons.

Today, the NRA is a multi-million-dollar organization, and no state boasts more ardent members than West Virginia, with some 32,000 strong, says Terry Kourey, chairman of the Southern West Virginia Friends of NRA.

It goes back to West Virginia traditionally being a hunting area, he said.

Over the years, and generations, people have owned guns and support trying to preserve the Second Amendment and continuing with the generations to come, we hope.

Come Sept. 13, the Friends of NRA plans to hold its annual dinner, with the doors opening at 6 p.m. at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center.

A single ticket runs $40, while the charge is $70 per couple, and $500 for a table of eight.

As a 501-c-3 entity, the Friends of NRA raises tax deductible funds to support shooting sports and benefit charities, while defending the 2nd Amendment.

We began in 1990 and since then have had 14,000 such events, Kourey said.

Weve awarded $180 million in grants to different organizations. Some are for youth firearms safety and education programs, hunter education, range development and improvement, and wildlife conservation efforts.

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Friends of National Rifle Association set annual dinner