Two words: Second Amendment

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Wednesday November 09, 2016 · 6:25 AM PST

2016/11/09 · 06:25

It’s not like I don’t get it.

Felons should not be able to bypass the background check system at gun shows by buying from private sellers who don’t keep paperwork. In fact, background checks could stand to be revamped. And those convicted of domestic violence charges shouldn’t own firearms at all.

But as we have learned yesterday, declaring war on gun owners as a whole is no path to victory.

The first thing we do is rid the national and state party platforms of “Gun Violence Prevention” sections that alienate undecided voters with unnecessary (if not unconstitutional) gun laws and initiatives.

The second thing we do is open our minds, take a deep breath, and come up with a leaner and meaner approach to rational gun legislation that unites urban, suburban, and rural voters alike.

In the 2018 midterms and going forward, Democrats and progressives are going to have to fight and scrap for every last vote they can get. This means serious soul-searching on gun legislation is in order.

It may not be a panacea, but it’s a start.

"Three Negroes Were Burned Here"

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Saturday March 07, 2015 · 3:03 PM PST

2015/03/07 · 15:03

These five words led off a United Press report from May 1922 detailing a lynching in an eastern Texas town. There were many lynchings in those days all across the South, but this one stood out as being especially heinous - and it happened around 80 miles southeast of Dallas.

The condemned men were McKinley "Snap" Curry, Mose Jones, and John Cornish, who was only 19 years old at the time of his death. All three had been implicated in the brutal murder of a white female high school student in the town of Kirvin. Only one of them may have had anything to do with her death, but that didn't matter to the white townfolk of Kirvin. They weren't interested in a fair trial. They were interested in a spectacle of blood - and fire.

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Sunday July 31, 2011 · 7:33 AM PDT

2011/07/31 · 07:33

To those of you who are monitoring the debacle on Capitol Hill today as well as the punditpalooza on television, calculating how much the final agreement is going to hurt the American people, I dedicate this new offering on Mixcloud to you.

"Music For Governments To Default By" on Mixcloud

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Thursday August 19, 2010 · 7:51 AM PDT

2010/08/19 · 07:51

The 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division rolled across the security checkpoint into Kuwait last night, and the gates closed behind the last unit of American "combat" troops to leave Iraq. Now we hear that Operation Iraqi Freedom will officially be retired on September 1 and replaced with Operation New Dawn.

The illegal war in Iraq isn't over yet. Not until December 2011 at the very earliest.

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Friday July 09, 2010 · 10:13 AM PDT

2010/07/09 · 10:13

(Coming soon to the Amendment II Democrats website)

DC v. Heller. McDonald v. City of Chicago. And now Gill v. OPM?

Maybe, especially with Chicago’s City Council, under pressure from Mayor Richard Daley, voting 45-0 to impose draconian new gun laws for the Windy City in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s McDonald ruling. These new laws require both a city permit and an Illinois FOID card to purchase firearms, limit civilian purchases to one gun a month, allows a civilian to own only one handgun, forbids gun sales and firing ranges within Chicago city limits, and leaves a civilian vulnerable to arrest if spotted with a firearm either on the front porch or in the garage of his or her own home. There is already at least one lawsuit to block Chicago’s new laws.

But in a US District Court ruling that declares the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional, has Judge Joseph L. Tauro handed more ammunition to defenders of Second Amendment rights?

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Thursday June 03, 2010 · 8:22 AM PDT

2010/06/03 · 08:22

Here's a purely hypothetical story to consider, but one that is certainly not beyond the realm of possibility.

After sorting out the aftermath of my wife's death, I finally decide to move into a smaller place. I go through more paperwork, more heavy lifting, more wrangling the cats so they don't accidentally get left behind or trapped in a storage box. You know how cats are.

Finally, the utilities are hooked up, my new fridge has enough food to last me a while, the cats are wrestling with each other and exploring their new digs, and I've cleaned all the piles of clothes off my bed. Satisfied that I'm settling into my new home, I decide to break out my portable charcoal grill and cook up some organic burgers on the front porch.

Poll

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Would you be offended if asked if you keep a gun in the house?

248 votes Vote Now!

Would you be offended if asked if you keep a gun in the house?

Never

55 votes

Usually not

20 votes

Depends on the circumstances

115 votes

Usually

18 votes

Always

35 votes

Uncertain / Don't know

5 votes

[Amendment II Democrats] Why denying DC residents their rights is a really bad idea

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Wednesday April 21, 2010 · 2:27 PM PDT

2010/04/21 · 14:27

If you haven't heard by now, Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives have blocked consideration of the "DC Voting Rights Bill." This means that people living in the District of Columbia still won't be represented in the House of Representatives, despite the fact that the Senate voted to give DC a voice in Congress last year.

The sticking point? Language in the bill that would have liberalized DC gun-control laws.

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Thursday December 10, 2009 · 7:42 AM PST

2009/12/10 · 07:42

Okay, maybe your humble Webmaster is jumping the gun a little - Chanukah hasn't even started yet, and here I am reminiscing about some of the best and worst gun-related news items in America over the past year. There was certainly a lot to consider for this year's hall of fame and shame, from record-setting sales of firearms and ammunition nationwide to New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's ever-changing stand on gun legislation, but I had to narrow down this year's awards list at some point. Without further exposition on the matter, lock and load this year's Cheap Shots, and enjoy!

Daniel Barnett, Amendment II Democrats

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Monday October 19, 2009 · 9:11 AM PDT

2009/10/19 · 09:11

Your humble Webmaster has frankly been too busy to discuss this month's murder-suicide involving Pennsylvania soccer mom and concealed-carry advocate Meleanie Hain. For starters, my wife and I came down with the dreaded H1N1 swine flu over a week ago, and even though I am no longer contagious, I still have some residual muscle aches and coughing, although the raspiness in my voice has now subsided.

I did, however, come across some musings on the Hain tragedy from Violence Policy Center founder Josh Sugarmann:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

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Friday September 11, 2009 · 12:53 PM PDT

2009/09/11 · 12:53

Your humble Webmaster just got off the phone with a media representative for the Dallas Police Department. Following a story from our local NBC affiliate, I learned from the DPD that Dallas has apparently experienced a 24-day period without a single homicide within city limits - the longest streak of its kind in our city's recent history.

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Thursday September 03, 2009 · 7:30 AM PDT

2009/09/03 · 07:30

Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi are in the Oval Office. Obama is reading from a sheet of paper.

Obama: When it comes to the cost of our health care, then, the status quo is unsustainable. Reform is not a luxury, but a necessity. Let there be no doubt - the cost of inaction is greater. If we fail to act, premiums will climb higher, benefits will erode further, and the rolls of uninsured will swell to include millions more Americans.

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Friday July 17, 2009 · 6:59 PM PDT

2009/07/17 · 18:59

The "Most Trusted Man in America" allowed himself a few passions in life besides journalism, and one of his favorites was to sail the high seas. As we mourn the loss of one of the world's greatest news personalities, I can think of no better song to eulogize Cronkite with than this Rod MacDonald composition.

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Two words: Second Amendment

"Three Negroes Were Burned Here"

Music For Governments To Default By

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Killing DOMA may kill Chicago’s restrictive gun laws

What's so bad about asking someone if there's a gun in the house?

[Amendment II Democrats] Why denying DC residents their rights is a really bad idea

[Amendment II Democrats] Cheap Shots for 2009

[Amendment II Democrats] Gun advocacy or thoughtcrime?

[Amendment II Democrats] 24 Days

Mr. President, please don't let health care reform turn into a SEINFELD episode

In memory of Walter Cronkite - A Sailor's Prayer