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. (This is the second amendment)
If you look up the word 'militia' in the dictionary you will see that a militia is any army composed of citizens rather than professional soldiers, called up in time of emergency.
Yesterday's paper stated that State Representative Mike Harmon, a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, said that he plans to introduce legislation during next year's General Assembly session to allow Kentuckians to carry concealed weapons without a permit!!!! Phil Moffett a Louisville business man is his running mate. Moffert is running for Governor.
They want to lower the price for gaining a gun permit because some law abiding citizens find the price prohibitive. Harmon wants to find a balance to restoring Second Amendment rights while at the same time not putting people in danger! (Huh?) He said every law abiding citizen " should have the right to carry a gun if they so choose, to protect themselves". They will be required to attend a training course on gun safety and gun laws and apply to the local sheriff's office.
How about the law abiding citizen that has had alcohol or other substances before deciding to "protect" themselves? What about the law abiding citizen that chooses Not to carry a gun, because of the danger to themselves as well as others?
A twenty year old kid had a gun and alcohol and a deadly hunting knife and had the charges dismissed. He had a few other unsavory incidents before he became a 24 year old but was given his freedom to carry a gun
Over the weekend we had a very sad happening here in Louisville. A young man that had a reputation of being a good citizen, helping the young, attending church, having a clean record, no signs of criminal activity in the past, a team player and a young man that was in line for a long productive life, was shot dead on a downtown street.
His funeral was attended by people from near and far, hundreds of people, business men, leaders of communities, past school mates, past team mates, past coaches, all along with his family and friends from surrounding communities, attesting to his good character and to his potential for good in his life. He had a bachelor's degree in justice administration in 2009. He was shot dead on a down town street.
One of the eulogists at or outside his funeral said,"It used to be that someone got in an altercation, someone got a bloody lip," he said. " Now people carry guns,and Smith & Wesson is undefeated."
He was shot dead on a downtown street.
The authorities have been reluctant to name the man who did the shooting. The information is that the authorities have already said, the man will not be charged because it was self defence! As the situation is described both men with friends had visited a downtown bar separately. They had passed each other during the evening but did not interact with each other. The dead man is a former U of L football player and the shooter is a former U of L baseball player. After leaving the bar the men, each with one friend in his car, were supposedly driving home. They happened to stop at the same traffic light and one of the men in one of the cars shouted a remark to the other car. It is alleged that it was a racial epithet that was shouted. The light changed and one car followed the other. Once again they were stopped at a light and one of them jumped out of their car and accosted the men in the car that did the shouting. These men were in a closed, locked car with a lowered window. The accoster reached in through the window and battered the two men aboard. Where upon the driver pulled out a gun and shot, not only the attacker but shot his car mate in the hand. The man that had been shot, died about a half hour later. Self defence??
He was shot on a downtown street.
The Kentucky Legislator passed a law saying that the same rules that apply to a person's home apply to his car. The Castle Law. Your car can now be considered your castle and you have the right to protect it!
The information gathered on the 'shooter' thus far is that when he was 20 he was charged with carrying a concealed deadly weapon and possession of alcohol by a minor after he was stopped for driving on an expired plate and police found a hunting knife under his seat and a bottle of gin. The charges were dismissed. That was in 2004. Last year he was charged with alcohol intoxication after he was found walking away from a car that had run into a tree. The citation said he was "manifestly under the influence of alcohol and a danger to self." He was assigned to 10 hours of volunteer work, and the charge was dismissed.
In January, he was charged with disorderly conduct and alcohol intoxication after police stopped a car driven by a friend of his who was charged with DUI.The police heard that there was a gun in the car and they asked the two men to step out of the car. The alleged shooter of the football player became "verbally abusive and belligerent." He reportedly told the officers they "couldn't do anything to him because his father is an attorney," This information is in the police report. :His friend that was driving paid a $709 fine and court costs. Obviously, his dad is not an attorney.
If licences to carry are going to be granted to anyone that can scrape up the fee and take lessons then we must all be advised to drive around in our Castle" on wheels with our windows closed and our doors locked and the ability to quickly "duck"
I do wonder when sanity will be restored to this country.
When are we going to learn the lessons of the past. I listened to a Chicago Policeman state one day that he had taken more guns out of the hands of dead people, that were trying to protect themselves, than out of the hands of criminals. Caio!
When are we going to learn the lessons of the past. I listened to a Chicago Policeman state one day that he had taken more guns out of the hands of dead people, that were trying to protect themselves, than out of the hands of criminals. Caio!
