Constantine's Sidearm has been on a very long hiatus. This is mostly due to the fact that it seemed as if we were preaching to the choir about most things; our readers are all very much in sympathy with our views. But perhaps it is time for a different outlook: the need for us, and our readers, to disseminate information to a larger audience. Evangelize, as it were; try to bring more people into the fold, by making known the news and events that Mainstream Media (Make-Believe Media, Motherf*cking Media, etc.) refuse to cover in their effort to keep the proletariat ignorant and docile. The 2012 elections will be here before we know it, and HUGE changes need to be made across the board. So, without further ado...
Later today, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker will sign legislation that will legalize the concealed carrying of firearms in that state, the 49th to do so. That leaves Illinois as the only state in the union that does not allow American citizens to exercise their constitutional rights. The fundamental Right in question time and again has been legally proven to be an individual right, not a collective one. Common Sense ought to tell us that, as every other amendment in the Bill of Rights is inherently an individual right, but Common Sense is as foreign to most people these days as dactylic hexameter. As such a right, it should be beyond the power of any government body, federal, state, county, local, whatever, to impinge upon. And yet Illinois does, selectively and vindictively. Why do we allow this?
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
Your Spectral Cavalier has explained this before, but for clarity's sake let us go through it again:
1. A well regulated militia does not mean a National Guard. Nor does it mean a strictly controlled and monitored civilian police force. A militia is a body of citizens called together in times of emergency or unrest who are then disbanded after the disturbance has been dealt with. It is not a standing force. In the parlance of the Founding Fathers, "well regulated" meant "well supplied" or "well equipped", and the citizens were expected to be self-sufficient in that regard. They were expected to have their own firearm, powder and shot. It was the driving concept behind our famous Minutemen: within one minute of getting the call, citizen soldiers were expected (and able, for the most part) to grab their gun and their gear and start heading toward the muster sight/battlefield.
2. Notice how the authors of the Constitution made a point of saying "necessary" to a free state. They didn't say "handy", or "not a bad idea", or "couldn't hurt"...they said "necessary". As in, "We definitely NEED this." Why do we NEED it? To protect us against foreign kings being dicks, dirtbag zealots trying to blow things up, and our own government getting all uppity and trying to run our lives for us. The government is supposed to work for us: that is why we are citizens, and not subjects.
3. The "right of the people" means just that: people, i.e. individuals. Not groups or armies or even militia: the PEOPLE. You and me. The knuckleheads who continue to pay galling taxes to support the re-elections of assholes who don't give a shit about anything other than their cut of said taxes.
Every other amendment in the Bill of Rights refers to individual right, not a collective one. So why should the 2nd Amendment be any different? To say the Framers meant otherwise is ludicrous. It's #2 for crying out loud, not #10 or "*see below".
4. The concept of keeping and bearing arms should be pretty self-explanatory, but apparently it is not. So let's make it simple: "keep and bear" means "own and carry". It does not mean "purchase after an extensive, restrictive and overly complicated process and then store unloaded and locked up in a safe where you can't get to it if you need it."
5. "Shall not be infringed" means, quite frankly, "don't fuck with this". Glaringly straightforward.
I've heard all of the arguments against private ownership of guns, and they're all daft. Not to mention unconstitutional. The adage that "guns don't kill people, people kill people" is absolutely true. A firearm is a tool, not a sentient being (well, for those of us of a more mystical bent, perhaps they are, but I digress). Restrictive firearm laws lead to higher crime rates: that is a proven fact. The highest crime rates in the United States are ALL in areas where the gun laws are the most restrictive. Why? Because the only thing accomplished by those laws is the removal of self-defense. Criminals by definition do not abide by the law, so restricting or outlawing guns does not affect them: it only affects their prey.
Here's one anti-gun mantra I love: "If everybody has guns, the whole country will turn into the Wild West!" Well, no it won't. It hasn't happened in places where ordinary citizens are allowed to carry firearms; crime rates in those areas have fallen steadily over the last 25 years. Plus, not everyone likes to carry a six-shooter in a custom leather rig, so it wouldn't be the case even aesthetically. (Personally, I'd love to walk around with a single-action Colt .45 on my hip, but I'm weird that way.)
How have the gun bans in Great Britain and Australia worked out? By all accounts, horribly. Sift through some non-MSM websites and see for yourself.
But hey, Ghost Knight, man...if we got rid of ALL the guns, we could just groove on peace and love all the time, you dig? Well, ignorant hippie...you're an idiot. Put down the bong, stop hugging the tree for a second, and OPEN YOUR G*DDAMNED EYES! Run your peace & love rap by some islamic nutjobs and see how they respond.
The Second Amendment is our concealed carry permit, people. It's high time those in power remember that.
Send the word.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
The Kentucky Rifle and the California Liberal
They didn't miss a beat, did they? Sure as hell didn't let this tragedy go to waste: a lunatic guns down an Arizona congresswoman, a 9-year-old girl, and a dozen others, and before the bodies are cold the progressive, liberal Left ramps up the hate rhetoric, assigning more blame for the carnage to Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, and every gun owner in America than to the shooter himself. But that's okay: it's only hate speech when conservatives do it. When liberals do it, it's freedom of speech and old-fashioned aggressive politics. It seems that Fiberals and Proglodytes (two terms which I am hereby trademarking, as of right now) are as incapable of hate speech as they are clear thought. (Although this little post at Ace of Spades HQ might say otherwise, at least about the hate speech.) Let's see if we can drain the collective swamp of liberal thinking a bit, help them find their way.
Two things, polar opposites in intent, have had a profound effect on this nation: one good, one horribly bad. They are, respectively, the Kentucky Rifle and the California Liberal.
The Kentucky Rifle, for those of you who don't know, is the Grandaddy of American Firearms. The longer barrel and rifled bore made it far more accurate at much longer ranges than the smooth-bore muskets of the day, and the sharpshooters of the American frontier were quick to recognize the advantages. The Kentucky Rifle became an indispensable tool of survival. Better shots meant more food on the family table. It also meant tipping the odds on the battlefield: many foreign officers and Indian war chiefs felt the long-barreled sting even before they heard the shot. The Kentucky Rifle did more than its fair share of work, not only in forging our nation, but in forging what has become a long-standing American tradition, and indeed a Constitutionally protected right: the private ownership of firearms. The Founding Fathers deemed it so vital they gave the right its own section in the framework of our nation:
Amendment II: A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
And so it began. The American tradition of gun ownership. Privately owned firearms used to feed and defend our families, and to protect our sovereign rights as a nation. All sired by the Kentucky Rifle, and living on in myriad forms today: rifles, shotguns, and handguns of all makes, models, and calibers, civilian and military. Hundreds of millions of guns owned, enjoyed, and indeed cherished by millions of Americans.
Enter the California Liberal. (Actually, like firearms, liberals come in various sizes and calibers, but the California types are usually the loudest and most obnoxious, so for the sake of our readers I'll just go ahead and pin the rap on them as the representative douchebags.) Nuts to the 2nd Amendment, the Caliberal says: guns are dangerous, you can't carry them around. Guns kill people, they aver: we should get rid of them. Let the police handle it, they say: surely armed criminals won't be able to harm your ENTIRE family before the cops arrive. Better a woman raped and killed at knife-point than a sexual predator killed by gunfire...that logic seems to play in liberal circles. Right up to the tragedy in Tucson: one gun owner goes crazy, therefore all gun owners must be bad. Sarah Palin likes guns, so let's kill her. We're smarter and better and more evolved than you; we know best, so we're going to scream it from the rooftops until you wise up and bow down! So the Caliberals claim; they make the world safer. And they sure do: safer for criminals and terrorists.
You get the idea: flawed logic and muddied thinking. The hallmarks of Fiberals and Proglodytes everywhere.
We here at Constantine's Sidearm offer prayers and condolences to all those affected by the shooting in Tucson. May God Bless the aggrieved, and bring justice to the offenders.
Two things, polar opposites in intent, have had a profound effect on this nation: one good, one horribly bad. They are, respectively, the Kentucky Rifle and the California Liberal.
The Kentucky Rifle, for those of you who don't know, is the Grandaddy of American Firearms. The longer barrel and rifled bore made it far more accurate at much longer ranges than the smooth-bore muskets of the day, and the sharpshooters of the American frontier were quick to recognize the advantages. The Kentucky Rifle became an indispensable tool of survival. Better shots meant more food on the family table. It also meant tipping the odds on the battlefield: many foreign officers and Indian war chiefs felt the long-barreled sting even before they heard the shot. The Kentucky Rifle did more than its fair share of work, not only in forging our nation, but in forging what has become a long-standing American tradition, and indeed a Constitutionally protected right: the private ownership of firearms. The Founding Fathers deemed it so vital they gave the right its own section in the framework of our nation:
Amendment II: A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
And so it began. The American tradition of gun ownership. Privately owned firearms used to feed and defend our families, and to protect our sovereign rights as a nation. All sired by the Kentucky Rifle, and living on in myriad forms today: rifles, shotguns, and handguns of all makes, models, and calibers, civilian and military. Hundreds of millions of guns owned, enjoyed, and indeed cherished by millions of Americans.
Enter the California Liberal. (Actually, like firearms, liberals come in various sizes and calibers, but the California types are usually the loudest and most obnoxious, so for the sake of our readers I'll just go ahead and pin the rap on them as the representative douchebags.) Nuts to the 2nd Amendment, the Caliberal says: guns are dangerous, you can't carry them around. Guns kill people, they aver: we should get rid of them. Let the police handle it, they say: surely armed criminals won't be able to harm your ENTIRE family before the cops arrive. Better a woman raped and killed at knife-point than a sexual predator killed by gunfire...that logic seems to play in liberal circles. Right up to the tragedy in Tucson: one gun owner goes crazy, therefore all gun owners must be bad. Sarah Palin likes guns, so let's kill her. We're smarter and better and more evolved than you; we know best, so we're going to scream it from the rooftops until you wise up and bow down! So the Caliberals claim; they make the world safer. And they sure do: safer for criminals and terrorists.
You get the idea: flawed logic and muddied thinking. The hallmarks of Fiberals and Proglodytes everywhere.
We here at Constantine's Sidearm offer prayers and condolences to all those affected by the shooting in Tucson. May God Bless the aggrieved, and bring justice to the offenders.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
New Year, Same Results
Following up yesterday's theme of threats to America, let's take a look at a big threat to everyone: the death-cult of islam.
The islamic fifth column is, unfortunately, alive and well in our nation. With the likes of CAIR and the ACLU defending them and crying foul at every turn, it's no wonder so many ignorant people fail to see the true face of the followers of Mohammed. There is no shortage of loud, brash people ready to villify Christians at a moment's notice for any imagined slight, but make speak out against islam? Fuck you, buddy...you're a racist, narrow-minded asshole.
Am I really? Let's take a look at some facts. Here's one reported by Religion of Peace: in their annual jihad report for 2010, islam staged 1987 attacks in 46 countries against 5 religions, accounting for 26,611 casualties, 9175 of which were fatalities. That's an average of over 5 attacks per day at over 13 casualties per attack. Yet the Progressive Left would have us believe that Americans and our lack of understanding is the real problem, not the inherent violence of a cult that believes its religious tenets should also be political policy; that ritually, brutally abuses and degrades women; that believes non-muslims are unworthy of any respect or courtesy.
Of course, you will hear the tired refrain of "those radicals are not really muslims" or "true muslims don't condone those acts". While that may be true in isolated instances, once again reality flies in the face of that convention. Islamic countries around the world have always been dangerous for non-muslims, and are increasingly so. And, as I mentioned yesterday: where is the public outcry of these "moderate" muslims against the more unhinged of their fellows? Nowhere to be found; the silence is almost deafening.
Here's a little something from Time Magazine (surprisingly), in the "Worth 1,000 Words" file: a little photo essay showing some of islam's best work.
There is plenty of other evidence to support my theory (one shared by many, to be sure), found at various places: Jihad Watch, CAIR Watch, Creeping Sharia, and Gates of Vienna are just a few to get you started.
Still think there can ever be any type of lasting, negotiated peace between the West and islam? I've got a bridge in Florida I want to sell you...
The islamic fifth column is, unfortunately, alive and well in our nation. With the likes of CAIR and the ACLU defending them and crying foul at every turn, it's no wonder so many ignorant people fail to see the true face of the followers of Mohammed. There is no shortage of loud, brash people ready to villify Christians at a moment's notice for any imagined slight, but make speak out against islam? Fuck you, buddy...you're a racist, narrow-minded asshole.
Am I really? Let's take a look at some facts. Here's one reported by Religion of Peace: in their annual jihad report for 2010, islam staged 1987 attacks in 46 countries against 5 religions, accounting for 26,611 casualties, 9175 of which were fatalities. That's an average of over 5 attacks per day at over 13 casualties per attack. Yet the Progressive Left would have us believe that Americans and our lack of understanding is the real problem, not the inherent violence of a cult that believes its religious tenets should also be political policy; that ritually, brutally abuses and degrades women; that believes non-muslims are unworthy of any respect or courtesy.
Of course, you will hear the tired refrain of "those radicals are not really muslims" or "true muslims don't condone those acts". While that may be true in isolated instances, once again reality flies in the face of that convention. Islamic countries around the world have always been dangerous for non-muslims, and are increasingly so. And, as I mentioned yesterday: where is the public outcry of these "moderate" muslims against the more unhinged of their fellows? Nowhere to be found; the silence is almost deafening.
Here's a little something from Time Magazine (surprisingly), in the "Worth 1,000 Words" file: a little photo essay showing some of islam's best work.
There is plenty of other evidence to support my theory (one shared by many, to be sure), found at various places: Jihad Watch, CAIR Watch, Creeping Sharia, and Gates of Vienna are just a few to get you started.
Still think there can ever be any type of lasting, negotiated peace between the West and islam? I've got a bridge in Florida I want to sell you...
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Two Down, Two To Go
Posting here at the Sidearm has fallen by the wayside in recent months. More accurately, it has been kidnapped by shadowy government agents and held in isolation. But we have broken free, neutralized our captors, and reappeared with a new vigor and sense of purpose.
That purpose? Continuing the fight to save this country from itself. Saving America from the lies, depredations, crimes, and rank stupidity of the Obama administration; from the terrorists of radical islam actively trying to destroy our nation, and from the so-called "moderate" muslims who continue to do NOTHING to stop them; from the unabashedly socialist policies of the Left; from fifth columnists of myriad stripes: eco-terrorists, supporters of illegal immigration, anti-Christian groups, "Progressives", PC thugs, militant feminists, the velvet mafia, class warriors, and race-baiters to name but a few.
Hopefully the newly-minted Speaker of the House and his fellow conservatives can start us off on the right path, and quickly. (Certainly, the repeal of Obamacare, the most hideous crime ever foisted on the American people, is of the utmost importance.) We've had two years of "hope & change", and what has it gotten us? Hope that the changes we've seen won't accelerate this country's slide into total ruin.
Those currently in power will not relinquish it willingly, despite their obvious and dangerous ineptitude. So we must wrest it from them, by any means necessary. Failure to do so will result in the increasing balkanization of this country, and its ultimate demise. America used to be such a proud nation, and rightfully so. No longer. But the irons are in the fire to forge it anew, and we must begin to hammer away with strength and purpose. The next two years will be among the most important years of our nation. The time is now.
God Bless America!
That purpose? Continuing the fight to save this country from itself. Saving America from the lies, depredations, crimes, and rank stupidity of the Obama administration; from the terrorists of radical islam actively trying to destroy our nation, and from the so-called "moderate" muslims who continue to do NOTHING to stop them; from the unabashedly socialist policies of the Left; from fifth columnists of myriad stripes: eco-terrorists, supporters of illegal immigration, anti-Christian groups, "Progressives", PC thugs, militant feminists, the velvet mafia, class warriors, and race-baiters to name but a few.
Hopefully the newly-minted Speaker of the House and his fellow conservatives can start us off on the right path, and quickly. (Certainly, the repeal of Obamacare, the most hideous crime ever foisted on the American people, is of the utmost importance.) We've had two years of "hope & change", and what has it gotten us? Hope that the changes we've seen won't accelerate this country's slide into total ruin.
Those currently in power will not relinquish it willingly, despite their obvious and dangerous ineptitude. So we must wrest it from them, by any means necessary. Failure to do so will result in the increasing balkanization of this country, and its ultimate demise. America used to be such a proud nation, and rightfully so. No longer. But the irons are in the fire to forge it anew, and we must begin to hammer away with strength and purpose. The next two years will be among the most important years of our nation. The time is now.
God Bless America!
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
...the long slow goodbye of Western Civilization...
I almost choked on my delicious, greasy, pork-bacon this morning reading the headlines....
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/22/obama-signs-dont-ask-dont-tell-repeal/
"SSG Bendover, 69th ASSault Brigade, reporting for duty, Sir."
Thanks Ranger Jim, for the quote in this brief post. Not much else to say really...
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/22/obama-signs-dont-ask-dont-tell-repeal/
"SSG Bendover, 69th ASSault Brigade, reporting for duty, Sir."
Thanks Ranger Jim, for the quote in this brief post. Not much else to say really...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Some Words Against the Death-Cult
From...not me:
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/09/hindu-human-rights-watch-spokesman-never-trust-any-politician-who-says-islam-is-religion-of-peace.html
This goes out to all the liberal, multicultural, granola-eating, tree-hugging, every religion except the ones I don't like, let's all be friends idiots in this country. A special nod to an ignorant, smarmy, jack-ass ex-friend of mine. Read it and weep, dipshit...
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/09/hindu-human-rights-watch-spokesman-never-trust-any-politician-who-says-islam-is-religion-of-peace.html
This goes out to all the liberal, multicultural, granola-eating, tree-hugging, every religion except the ones I don't like, let's all be friends idiots in this country. A special nod to an ignorant, smarmy, jack-ass ex-friend of mine. Read it and weep, dipshit...
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
The City That Works, As Long As You Pay
Even though I live on the South Side of the city, the majority of days that means I'm upwind of Chicago, and I'm grateful for that. Because the stench from that Democratic sty gets worse every day.
Today's Tribune headline reads: "City wants $1 billion more for O'Hare plan." The project, an expansion of the airport, is already over budget and behind schedule. When the city introduced the plan back in 2001, the cost was estimated at $6.6 billion. Latest jabberings from Shitty Hall...Little Big Man's private sty...is that in order for the project to fully succeed, final costs may exceed $15 billion.
I'd like to say I'm surprised by this, but I'm really not. This is how Chicago "works": imagine a grand scheme to "improve" the city; ram funding bills and taxes down citizens' throats; make sure project money is steered to cronies to pay off markers issued behind closed doors during elections; hire corrupt, unionized companies to drag their feet through construction; fall behind schedule and demand more money; return to step 2 and begin again. The Chicago Machine has become legendary in its ability to rob taxpayers blind, renege on promises, and never deliver the goods as expected. And yet, somehow, they manage to keep re-electing the same crooks, year after year after year. Two groups Chicago can always count on to habitually fail their supporters: the Cubs, and the Democrats.
This environment, incidentally, is the same one where Prez Obingbong learned the ropes. Which explains why America is in such a sad and sorry state.
Tribune story here.
Today's Tribune headline reads: "City wants $1 billion more for O'Hare plan." The project, an expansion of the airport, is already over budget and behind schedule. When the city introduced the plan back in 2001, the cost was estimated at $6.6 billion. Latest jabberings from Shitty Hall...Little Big Man's private sty...is that in order for the project to fully succeed, final costs may exceed $15 billion.
I'd like to say I'm surprised by this, but I'm really not. This is how Chicago "works": imagine a grand scheme to "improve" the city; ram funding bills and taxes down citizens' throats; make sure project money is steered to cronies to pay off markers issued behind closed doors during elections; hire corrupt, unionized companies to drag their feet through construction; fall behind schedule and demand more money; return to step 2 and begin again. The Chicago Machine has become legendary in its ability to rob taxpayers blind, renege on promises, and never deliver the goods as expected. And yet, somehow, they manage to keep re-electing the same crooks, year after year after year. Two groups Chicago can always count on to habitually fail their supporters: the Cubs, and the Democrats.
This environment, incidentally, is the same one where Prez Obingbong learned the ropes. Which explains why America is in such a sad and sorry state.
Tribune story here.
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