Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a DKos group of second amendment supporters who also have progressive and liberal values. We don't think that being a liberal means one has to be anti-gun. Some of us are extreme in our second amendment views (no licensing, no restrictions on small arms) and some of us are more moderate (licensing, restrictions on small arms.) Moderate or extreme or somewhere in between, we hold one common belief: more gun control equals lost elections. We don't want a repeat of 1994. We are an inclusive group: if you see the Second Amendment as safeguarding our right to keep and bear arms individually, then come join us in our conversation. If you are against the right to keep and bear arms, come join our conversation. We look forward to seeing you, as long as you engage in a civil discussion. If you're just here to disrupt or troll, expect to get a Do Not Respond (DNR) comment and then be ignored. Insults, lies, and willful ignorance will be dealt with by normal community moderation. Disagreement by itself is not considered trolling.
As always, if you're interested in joining RKBA, message KVoimakas.
KV:
Meteor Blades is leaving.
I enjoyed our conversations, meeting him at NN11 and have selected a few RKBA related quotes (he was a member of our group for a time) that I particularly enjoyed:
I understand your fears. But everyone should ... (10+ / 0-)
...know basics of guns. That reduces the fear. It doesn't mean you ever have to touch one, although that helps to understand them.
Don't tell me what you believe. Tell me what you do and I'll tell you what you believe.
by Meteor Blades on Wed Oct 27, 2010 at 11:09:29 AM CDT
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Nonsense. I own enough guns to ... (22+ / 0-)
...supply two to all the people who have commented so far on this thread. Good self-defense is based on smart tactics, not resorting to firearms at the first sign of trouble. If the protesters choose to fight back in the streets (and that may or may not be a good idea), they have some advantages. The Basiji are extremely vulnerable, they're outnumbered, and motorbikes are easy to topple.
Some people would be better off not reading diaries they comment on, since they already have all the answers.
by Meteor Blades on Sun Jun 21, 2009 at 04:52:40 PM CDT
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Not all of us backers of the 2nd Amendment ... (15+ / 0-)
...are thugs. Just for the record.
Some people would be better off not reading diaries they comment on, since they already have all the answers.
by Meteor Blades on Sun Jun 21, 2009 at 04:54:10 PM CDT
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I will end with one of my favorite photos from NN11:
Massachusetts:
GOAL to File Legislation To Repeal Ban On Modern Sporting Arms
In May of 2011 an unsigned and undated “Advisory Letter” was sent out by the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPS) regarding certain arms and feeding devices. Virtually everything in the letter was factually incorrect and has caused very serious legal concerns among firearm retailers and licensed citizens including law enforcement officers.
The letter states “G.L. c. 140 Section 131, prohibits the possession of assault weapons and large capacity feeding devices by individuals in the Commonwealth.” This statement is factually incorrect. As most gun owners are well aware, licensed individuals can legally possess and transfer these items if they were lawfully possessed on September 13, 1994. The letter then contradicts itself by stating that this exemption is only valid if they were possessed “under a Massachusetts license.” No such requirement exists in Massachusetts law or regulation!
In the same letter EOPS then attacks law enforcement officers by stating that the exemption for purposes of law enforcement does not allow police officers to possess these items for their own personal use, or for both on-duty and off-duty use. GOAL is not aware of any such regulations or court rulings restricting this exemption, but because of the advisory letter from EOPS, law enforcement officers are concerned they may face up to ten years in prison for potential violation of the law.
meagert:
Secret History of Guns
THE EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENTS gathering on the west lawn of the state capitol in Sacramento were planning to lunch on fried chicken with California’s new governor, Ronald Reagan, and then tour the granite building constructed a century earlier to resemble the nation’s Capitol. But the festivities were interrupted by the arrival of 30 young black men and women carrying .357 Magnums, 12-gauge shotguns, and .45-caliber pistols.
The 24 men and six women climbed the capitol steps, and one man, Bobby Seale, began to read from a prepared statement. “The American people in general and the black people in particular,” he announced, must
take careful note of the racist California legislature aimed at keeping the black people disarmed and powerless Black people have begged, prayed, petitioned, demonstrated, and everything else to get the racist power structure of America to right the wrongs which have historically been perpetuated against black people The time has come for black people to arm themselves against this terror before it is too late.
Seale then turned to the others. “All right, brothers, come on. We’re going inside.” He opened the door, and the radicals walked straight into the state’s most important government building, loaded guns in hand. No metal detectors stood in their way.
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Civil-rights activists, even those committed to nonviolent resistance, had long appreciated the value of guns for self-protection. Martin Luther King Jr. applied for a permit to carry a concealed firearm in 1956, after his house was bombed. His application was denied, but from then on, armed supporters guarded his home. One adviser, Glenn Smiley, described the King home as “an arsenal.” William Worthy, a black reporter who covered the civil-rights movement, almost sat on a loaded gun in a living-room armchair during a visit to King’s parsonage.