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In a battle for control in theRoman Empire, Etruscan king ofClusium, Lars Porsenna, in anattempt to quell any futurerevolts, banned anyone from

owning iron weapons. Hewas later overthrown by

his own troops.


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Both Oligarch and Tyrantmistrust the people, andtherefore deprive them ofarms.

Aristotle


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Magna Carta

22. We are not to have the custody ofan heir or of any land which is held fromanother by knight service on the pretext

of some small serjeanty [agreement] heldfrom us by service of rendering usknives or arrows or suchlike things.


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Negro Slave Revolts in the UnitedStates, 1526-1850

August 21, 1831 Nat Turner sinsurrection Virginia

Nat Turner and a fellow slave bludgeoned

their master and his family to death whilethey were sleeping and stole four firearmsto enable their escape and have short-lived freedom.


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The British realized that they could not controlthe people with only 2,000 troops in Boston. Sothey sought to eliminate the people s ability to

firearms and gun powder.

On September 1, 1774, just before dawn, GeneralGage sent approximately 260 Redcoats up theMystic River to seize several hundred barrels ofpowder from the Charlestown powder houseand this became known as the Powder Alarm.


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The British Crown had committeda number of acts of oppression

against the American Colonistsincluding the Stamp Act of 1765,the Quartering Acts of 1765 and

1774, and the Townshend RevenueAct of 1767, but one final act wastoo much to bear


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On April 19, 1775, British troopsattempted to seize weapons and

munitions of the American Militiaat Lexington and Concord.

The ensuing battle marked thebeginning of the AmericanRevolution and our liberty.


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A common claim by the liberals today isthat the Founding Fathers would havenever included modern military style

weapons in the Second Amendment. Thetruth is that the people had not only thesame weapons as the military, many of the

cannons used by the American militarywere provided by private citizens whogave or loaned the Army their personalcannons.


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"Before a standing army can rule, the peoplemust be disarmed; as they are in almost everykingdom of Europe. The supreme power inAmerica cannot enforce unjust laws by the

sword; because the whole body of the people arearmed, and constitute a force superior to anyband of regular troops that can be, on anypretence, raised in the United States."

--Noah Webster, An Examination of

the Leading Principles of the Federal

Constitution, 10 October 1787


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Forty years ago, when the resolution of enslavingAmerica was formed in Great-Britain, the Britishparliament was advised by an artful man, [Sir

William Keith] who was governor of Pennsylvania,to disarm the people. That it was the best and mosteffectual way to enslave them. But that they shouldnot do it openly; but to weaken them and let them

sink gradually

George Mason speaking at the

Virginia Ratifying Convention


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The said Constitution shall never beconstrued to authorize Congress toprevent the people of the UnitedStates who are peaceable citizensfrom keeping their own arms.

Sam Adams, as reported inthe Philadelphia IndependentGazetteer, August 20, 1879.


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The Conventions of a number of the States,having at the time of their adopting theConstitution, expressed a desire, in order toprevent misconstruction or abuse of itspower, that further declaratory andrestrictive clauses should be added: And as

extending the ground of public confidencein the Government will best insure thebeneficent ends of its institution.


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The Bill of Rights is approved. 2ndAmendment -

A well regulated Militia, beingnecessary to the security of a freeState, the right of the people to keep

and bear Arms, shall not beinfringed.

Ratified December 15, 1791


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Mr. ChairmanA worthy member hasasked, who are the militia, if they benot the people, of this country, and ifwe are not to be protected from the fate

of the Germans, Prussians, &c. by ourrepresentation? I ask who are themilitia? They consist now of the whole

people, except a few public officers. George Mason, June 16, 1788

Father of the Bill of Rights


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As civil rulers, not having their duty tothe people before them, may attempt to

tyrannize, and as the military forceswhich must be occasionally raised todefend our country, might pervert their

power to the injury of their fellowcitizens, the people are confirmed by thearticle in their right to keep and beartheir private arms.

Tench Coxe, June 18,1789


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Americans need never fear

their government because ofthe advantage of being armed,

which the Americans possessover the people of almost everyother nation.

Gouverneur Morris


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Laws that forbid the carrying ofguns...disarm only those who are

neither inclined nor determined tocommit crimes.Such laws makethings worse for the assaulted and

better for the assailant; they serverather to encourage than to preventhomicides, for an unarmed man may

be attacked with greater confidencethan an armed man.

Thomas Jefferson


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On every question of construction carryourselves back to the time when theConstitution was adopted, recollect the spiritmanifested in the debates and instead of

trying what meaning may be squeezed out ofthe text or invented against it, conform to theprobable one in which it was passed.

-- Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to U.S.Supreme Court Associate Justice

William Johnson, June 12, 1823.


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No free man shall ever be

debarred the use of arms. Thestrongest reason for the peopleto retain their right to keep and

bear arms is as a last resort toprotect themselves against

tyranny in government.

Thomas Jefferson


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The U.S. 7th

Cavalry Regiment murdered 150-300Lakota Sioux Indians including men, women andchildren and wounded an additional 51 at the

Wounded Knee, South Dakota Reservation

during an attempt to seize their firearms. Muchlike at Lexington, anunknown person fireda round which resulted

in the massacre.The military killed 20 oftheir own in crossfire.


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Turkey established gun control.

From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 millionArmenians, unable to defend

themselves, were rounded upand exterminated.


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The Soviet Union establishedgun control.

From 1929 to 1953, about 20

million dissidents, unable todefend themselves, wererounded up and eliminated.


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The first attempt at federal gun-control legislation, the National

Firearms Act (NFA) only coveredtwo specific types of guns:machine guns and short-barrel

firearms, including sawed-offshotguns. It did not attempt toban either type of weapon.


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Germany established gun control in 1938.

This year will go down in history. For thefirst time, a civilized nation has full gun

registration. Our streets will be safer, ourpolice more efficient, and the world willfollow our lead into the future! ~Adolph Hitler

From 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jewsand others who were unable to defendthemselves were rounded up and murdered.


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China established gun registrationin 1927 and banned private owner-

ship in 1935.

From 1927 to 1976, 30-45 million

political dissidents, unable todefend themselves, were roundedup and exterminated.


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Certainly one of the chief guarantees offreedom under any government, no matterhow popular and respected, is the right ofcitizens to keep and bear arms.. The rightof Citizens to bear arms is just oneguarantee against arbitrary government,one more safeguard against the tyranny

which now appears remote in America,but which historically has proven to bealways possible.

Hubert H. Humphrey, 1960


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Guatemala established gun controlin 1964.

From 1964 to 1981, 100,000-200,000

Mayan Indians, unable to defendthemselves, were rounded up andkilled.


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The U.S. Congress began workingon what would become the Gun

Control Act of 1968.

It is nearly word for word the samelaw that was adopted by NaziGermany in 1935.


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In 1971 Uganda initiated gun control.

From 1971 to 1979 with first register-ing guns and then banning them,300,000 Christians and political

enemies were unable to defendthemselves and were murdered.


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The Khmer Rouge began gunregistration in 1975.

From 1975-1979, 2 million educatedpeople and political enemies unable

to defend them-selves were roundedup and executed.


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In 1994 Rwanda began registeringguns and then began prohibiting

them.

This allowed them to kill 800,000unarmed and defenseless Tutsitribes people.


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The Clinton Assault WeaponsBan was voted into effect by

Congress for a 10-year period.

It expired September 13, 2004.

It banned the following:


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Semi-automatic rifles able to acceptdetachable magazines and two or

more of the following:

Folding or telescoping stock

Pistol gripBayonet mountFlash suppressor, or threaded

barrel designed to accommodateoneGrenade launcher


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PRE-BAN NON-COMPLIANT

POST-BANCOMPLIANT

Changes: Smaller and welded flashsuppressor or no flash suppressor,no bayonet lug, fixed stock.


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Semi-automatic pistols with detachablemagazines and two or more of the following:

Magazine that attaches outside the pistolgrip

Threaded barrel to attach barrel extender,flash suppressor, handgrip, orsuppressor

Barrel shroud that can be used as a hand-

holdUnloaded weight of 50 oz (1.4 kg) or moreA semi-automatic version of a fully

automatic firearm.


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AP 9 NON-COMPLIANT GLOCK 17 - COMPLIANT

9mm semi-automatic20 round magazine - notallowed: barrel shroud

and external magazine

9 mm semi-automatic18 round pre-bangrandfathered magazine

Threaded barrel


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Semi-automatic shotguns with two

or more of the following:

Folding or telescoping stockPistol gripFixed capacity of more than 5

roundsDetachable magazineRevolving magazine


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All are compliant becausethey are pump shotgunseven though they all have 2or more items prohibited for

semi-automatic shotguns.


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High Standard Model 1012 gauge shotgun


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No machine guns were banned in the 1994Assault Weapons ban. They were only

required to be registered per the 1934 NationalFirearms Act.


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In 2004, a research report submitted tothe United States Department of Justiceand the National Institute of Justicefound that should the ban be renewed,

its effects on gun violence would likelybe small, and perhaps too small forreliable measurement, because rifles in

general, including rifles referred to as"assault rifles" or "assault weapons", arerarely used in gun crimes.


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In Chicago, gun owners are required to have aChicago Firearm Permit, which costs $100 and mustbe renewed every three years. Before getting thepermit, the resident must complete a training course

that includes at least four hours of classroom trainingand one hour of range time. Each gun must beregistered with the Chicago Police Department at aone-time cost of $15 per gun, and an annual

registration report must be filed every year.

Gunpossession is permitted only inside a dwelling, not ina garage or on the outside grounds of the property.Only one gun at a time may be kept in a usable state.


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Federal Appeals Court rules that the Stateof Illinois total ban on concealed weaponsby the public is unconstitutional. It is

currently under appeal by the State ofIllinois.

Number of murders in Chicago in 2012:

534Number of people shot in Chicago in 2012:

2,670


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Chicago Murders

31

Chicago Shootings

109

http://crimeinchicago.blogspot.com/


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If passed, Feinstein s Gun Ban would:

*** Ban the sale, transfer, importation, and manufacturing of 120

specifically named rifles, shotguns and handguns.

*** Ban the sale, transfer, importation and manufacturing of ALL firearmswith a detachable magazine and at least one "military characteristic .

*** Ban the sale, transfer, importation, and manufacturing of magazinesholding more than 10 rounds;

*** Force owners of ALL "grandfathered" weapons to undergo an intrusivebackground check and fingerprinting -- treating law-abiding citizens likecriminals;

*** Force owners of ALL "grandfathered" weapons to federally registertheir guns after obtaining a permission slip from local law enforcementshowing their guns are not in violation of state or local law.


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There has never been a nationalregistration of firearms that did notlead to the confiscation of thosefirearms. The most recent examplesare Great Britain, Canada and

Australia. People in those nations arepleading with Americans to not giveup our right to keep and bear arms.


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The true importance of theSecond Amendment will notbe fully understood, until they

begin to usurp its power.

Thomas Jefferson


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All laws which are repugnant tothe Constitution are null and void.

Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S.

(2Cranch) 137, 174, 176, (1803)


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Where rights secured by theConstitution are involved, there

can be no rule making or legisla-tion which would abrogate them.

Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436P. 491 (1966)


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An unconstitutional act is not law;it confers no rights; it imposes noduties; affords no protection; itcreates no office; it is in legal con-templation, as inoperative as thoughit had never been passed.

Norton v. Shelby County, 118 U.S.,425 p. 442 (1886)


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It is not the function of our Govern-ment to keep the citizen from fallinginto error; it is the function of thecitizen to keep the Government fromfalling into error.

American CommunicationsAssociation v. Douds, 339 U.S. 382,442 (1950)


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The general rule is that an unconstitutional statue,whether federal or state, though having the formand name of law, is in reality no law, but whollyvoid, and ineffective for any purpose, sinceunconstitutionality dates from the time of itsenactment, and not merely from the date of thedecision so branding it, an unconstitutional law, inlegal contemplation, is as inoperative as if it hadnever been passed. No one is bound to obey anunconstitutional law and no courts are bound to

enforce it.

16 Am Jur 2nd, Sec 177, late 2d, Sec 256 at 724


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All persons are presumed to knowthe law, and if they act under anunconstitutional enactment of thelegislature, they do so at their peril,and must take the consequences.

Sumner v. Beeler, 50 Ind 341, 342(1875)


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Experience should teach us to be most on ourguard to protect liberty when thegovernment s purposes are beneficent. Menborn to freedom are naturally alert to repelinvasion of their liberty by evil minded rulers.The greatest dangers to liberty lurk ininsidious encroach-ment by men of zeal, well-

meaning but with-out understanding.

- Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis

Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438 (1928)


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The following are excerpts fromletters from two Oregon Sheriffs

to Vice President Joe Bidenregarding the proposed federalrestrictions on firearms. There

are more than these two thatcarry the same basic message.


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I will not tolerate nor will I permit any federal incursion within theexterior boundaries of Grant County, Oregon, where any type of guncontrol legislation aimed at disarming law abiding citizens is the goal orobjective. We live in a free society and firearms ownership and the rightto defend ones self from becoming a victim of a criminal act or from a farreaching government attempting to enact laws that are unconstitutional.

As Sheriff for Grant County, Oregon, I too will publicly state that I willrefuse to participate, or stand idly by, while the people I represent aremade into criminals due to your unconstitutional actions.

Sincerely,

Sheriff Glenn E. PalmerGrant County, Oregon.


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Arms control has never been

about the control of violenceor the reduction of crime. It

is about the control of peopleand loss of liberty resulting

in greater government controlof the people.

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