Are the Second Amendment "rights" of Americans really being "threatened" - or is this complaint just another gimmick to get the right-wing, reactionary base "fired up" for 2012?

"P.I.G." when applied to law-enforcement personnel means "Pride, Integrity, Guts" - which the Milwaukee Police Chief certainly displayed in the face of bullying from Lindsay Graham ... Speaking of "guts", the Milwaukee Chief also displayed more of that quality than wingnut Keystone Kops like Joe Arpaio and Wood County Sheriff Ken Merrit who put their allegance to the NRA ahead of their concern for their nation and the welfare of children ... And exactly what has the Stiff done lately to improve his society.? I see NO evidence here! Calling folks "fascists" or "commies" on a daily basis does not qualify as a particularly noteworthy achievement ... @Stiff - You ought to know by now that I don't "grovel" - certainly not before the likes of some small-time wannabe Limbaugh like you!

Thats funny sticky !!And just what were the repercussions in 94 when Raygun banned assault weapons ? What you fail to see is it's not a democrat thing and it's not a republican thing , its a common sense thing !

disclaimers include warnings like "taking this may cause depression, outbursts of anger, or thoughts of suicide") should NOT be permitted to buy or own firearms of ANY kind ... This definition of "mental-illness" also might include persons who live in a paranoid fantasy-world where they imagine that all government is "out to get them"!

@Sticky - Despite your silly posturing, you, Tired, and the Greek are definitly in the minority on this issue. 75% of NRA members favor universal & comprehensive background checks. So do 71% of the citizens of Kentucky! So too do the voters in the disgraced Jesse Jackson Jr's former district near Chicago who turned out to nominate an anti-NRA Democrat over a pro-NRA Democrat in the runoff elections today ... It ain't just the urban folks who are turning on the NRA. The rural folks are too! ... Again - despite your whining - these are NOT attempts to "steal" your guns, but righteous outrage against the mass-killings made possible by allowing combat-style weapons and high-capacity magazines to be easily obtained by lunatics ... BTW I agree that mental-illness is part of the equation. My view is that people (young or old) who take certain types of mood-altering drugs (i.e. the kind of stop-smoking pills, sleeping pills, depression-curing pills whose tv ads include disclaime

inside the victim's body, tearing apart bone & tissue and rendering (literally) the victim's body so that the remains are virtually unrecognizable. Begg also cited the effects of identical weapons upon troops killed in combat zones like Afghanistan ... We now return you to the regular fantasy-world presentations of Stickhauler and other "gun geeks" who post daily diatribes against any form of gun-control in this blood-drenched nation!

Apart from the understandably anguished testimony from the bereaved father of Jesse Heslin, one of the 20 elementary-school chidren at Sandy Hook, today's Senate gun-control hearings contained some hard facts that dispute the NRA's bogus claims. Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn resisted the bullying tactics of Senator Graham and stated that most law-enforcement officials - with the exception of wingnuts like Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio - favor universal background checks and bans on assault weapons. Perhaps the most graphic & convincing testimony came from Newtown Medical Examiner William Begg (who had the unhappy responsibility of examining the corpses of the Sandy Hook victims). Begg noted that many, if not most, victims of handgun shootings survive because the bullets from such weapons make a straight track through the victim's body, but the kind of bullets (and I'm sure the Stick will enlighten us about their caliber) fired from assault weapons like the AR-15 rifle explode i

true enough pat. i wished they had as much vigor in preventing the foreign invasion that we have been experiencing for the past decade or so. having a national registry is just one step closer to the (un)lawful confiscation of our weapons. we should not be so foolish to assist them in their endeavor. i particulary enjoy getting advice from someone that has around the clock personal security that you and i provide. that is truly rich. btw, shorts on the golf course weather for the past few days but a cold front will be dipping down for the week-end. as a nod to workingstiff, we would welcome any gun manufacturer to come on down south. nice weather and friendly people...plus we are right-to-work state!

thanks for the observation tiredofit. i am very familiar with our friend munsters position on this subject. he has not been shy about sharing it. while his intentions are good, i personally think they are mis-directed. but he gets an "A" for consistency from me.

Free, you're deluded if you think gun owners will stand for a ban of AR/AK rifles! Just think, your President has been the best salesman that segment of gun sales has ever seen! Kinda ironic, huh?

Logic and reason are the criteria that should be used when passing laws, not emotions and hysteria. Even the cherished measure your side is pushing allows some rifles shooting the 5.56 mm round, while banning another, made by the same company. It would ban a folding-stock "Mini-14", yet it allows one in a full stock.

Remember that "logic" criteria?

Lovie, that's exactly what these gun grabbers want, and it's one non-negotiable idea that gun owners, and especially NRA members will never stand for. Mainly because there are far too many examples of such an idea being a total failure.

Where I'm sitting right now, Canada, is one close by to study. Extreme left politicians passed a "Long Gun" registry several years ago. They claimed it would cost 2 million. They ended up spending 3 Billion, and police concluded that they only got 2 percent of gun owners to comply. And they didn't get any of their criminals to register theirs.

Hope you have good weather. It snowed up here last night, they got about 9 inches. Now it's melting off, and it's a slushy mess!

Lovie, that's exactly what these gun grabbers want, and it's one non-negotiable idea that gun owners, and especially NRA members will never stand for. Mainly because there are far too many examples of such an idea being a total failure.

Where I'm sitting right now, Canada, is one close by to study. Extreme left politicians passed a "Long Gun" registry several years ago. They claimed it would cost 2 million. They ended up spending 3 Billion, and police concluded that they only got 2 percent of gun owners to comply. And they didn't get any of their criminals to register theirs.

Hope you have good weather. It snowed up here last night, they got about 9 inches. Now it's melting off, and it's a slushy mess!

No what you dont understand is there are many weapons that are allowed and many that arent ! You dont see people hunting with flame throwers and its the same with assault weapons ! you'll keep your muskets and shotguns etc , but I think the bell tolls for your AK's and probably AR's !

Its not so much a matter of NEED, its what we allow the Federal GOVT to dictate. That is what you dont understand. Goodnight, God Bless.

Regardless of your constant drone the facts remain and they are no civilian needs a military assault weapon !

Thats what Milita and Standing armies are for, the individual right to keep and bear arms as supported by the Supreme Court is as I said. You really dont learn quickly do you.

But what they meant was foreign invaders !Not your right-wing crap factory garbage !

Luv I am afraid you are laying pearls before swine as they say. Mr Munster trusts his Govt and seems to have forgoten the lessons of history if he ever knew them. Make no mistake, the second amendment has nothing to do with squirrel hunting rather it empowers the CITIZEN to resist a tyranical Govt. PERIOD

no one said they did. there also was no country, declaration of independence, constitution or bill of rights. as you said "protect themselves". you are so correct and the 2nd amendment affords us that right.

They didnt step off the boat and say lets create the second amendment !They used their guns to provide food and to protect themselves ! Its basics !

The Second Amendment to the Constitution was written by James Madison, who became a member of the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention in 1787. It was presented to the House of Representatives in Congress on June 8th 1797, and ratified on December 15th 1791. It was one of a total of 10 amendments drafted by Madison, who is often known as the father of the Bill of Rights, as well as being called the father of the Constitution, for his work on the Constitution with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. i don't think he included shootin' dinner and varmits as limits or the primary reason for the second amendment. but they turned out to be pretty useful for that purpose as well.