By Alan Korwin

(Prior report with Brady/ Democrat gun-ban lists:
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/6376)

The powerful gun-ban lobby has developed its own language to color and disguise its true agenda -- the disarming of law-abiding Americans in every way possible, and the end of effective self defense.

Their latest set of plans -- used as a fund raiser (outlined below) -- is filled with nice sounding terms that put a deceptive spin on their goals. Respect for the Bill of Rights is nowhere to be found, only clever end runs and literal destruction of rights Americans have always had.

Starkly missing from these plans is any direct attack on criminals -- the whole game plan is aimed at firearms the public holds. It is a product of abject gun fear -- hoplophobia -- that afflicts the people behind the plan. They deny they're hoplophobic, but just look at their plans, directed solely at restricting and eliminating guns -- instead of the crime caused by criminals they nominally complain about. I noticed that all mentions of accident prevention, a former holy grail for the group, are gone.

By Gerard Valentino

It's almost understandable why members of the media end up as apologists for the immoral agenda to ban guns. They see the after-effects of violence perpetrated with guns more than just about any other demographic group in America. Still, they are supposed to act as professionals and use sound logic in determining if guns are the problem, or if gun violence is simply a symptom of other societal break-downs.

Gun advocates point out that when the government began to legislate away the right to self-defense, the crime rate began to sky-rocket. Criminals, being good at their craft, knew that once the populace is disarmed the pickings got much easier. Claiming that banning guns only leaves unarmed victims, however, is a stale refrain – but that doesn’t make it less truthful.

Instead, the simplest and oldest arguments for letting the law-abiding go through life armed are classics for a reason. Classics never get old, and remain fresh and relevant no matter how much time passes. In stark contrast to the banalities of the anti-gun agenda, the pro-gun stance remains as vibrant today as when the Founding Fathers put it on paper over 200 years ago.

The voice of Martin Luther King, the wisdom of Benjamin Franklin and the unwavering leadership of General George Patton are all proof that the work of genius does not fade away. Instead, such work remains profound despite an ever-evolving society. America has changed in ways someone like Franklin could never fathom, yet his profound statement that people who give up freedom for security deserve neither is as relevant in our post-9/11 world as when he uttered it all those years ago.