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December 7, 2009
Charlton Heston: Speaking Truth to Cower
A democrat who later turned Republican, he told President Clinton that: "America doesn't trust you with our 21-year-old daughters, and we sure, Lord, don't trust you with our guns." In 2000, then speaking out against candidate Gore, he wielded a replica of a Revolutionary War musket, and bellowed: "Mr. Gore: 'From my cold, dead hands!' " -- Iconic Photos
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Posted by: tim at December 7, 2009 12:20 PM
"Mr. Gore: 'From my cold, dead hands!' "
Done.
"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." Which implies training and organisation.
Posted by: Fletcher Christian at December 7, 2009 2:32 PM
The last time I saw Charlton strike that pose he was on Mt. Sinai. Another excellent performance.
Posted by: Velociman at December 7, 2009 5:59 PM
I was present when Heston spoke at an NRA function. He was better in real life, even, than on the screen. He had grizzly old vets in tears, and the kind of girls you want your sons to marry, enraptured.
Do what Tim says, and join the NRA now if you don't already belong. America ultimately will prosper because of the "rifle behind every blade of grass." Or fail from the loss of them.
Posted by: askmom at December 8, 2009 4:06 AM
Current law of the United States of America makes every able-bodied male (and some females) aged 17-45 a member of the militia (10 USC 311). Training and organization or not, it's a right of the people and not a right of the government nor a right of government employees. Do your homework before you snark. Reading Heller v. DC would be informative too, but then based on your comment, I rather doubt that you'd bother to take the time to gain an understanding of the facts and legal history before you spout.
Posted by: RKV at December 8, 2009 5:42 AM
The 2nd Amendment is as much about trust as it is about arms. The founders built a government based on the proposition, that because the government represented the people, the people could trust the government, AND that they have means of replacing the government if the trust proved to be misplaced. I've heard a lot about how that wouldn't work anymore. BS. I'll skip the scenario planning exercise and just say, it would be more painful than it might, but the people would win in the end, not the government. An argument can be made that we need more and better arms in the hands of citizens to make the outcome more certain and less costly to the people, so that the government KNOWs it will lose any contest of this nature. The possibility of success only encourages the potential totalitarian.
Posted by: RKV at December 8, 2009 6:22 AM
FP do you know what the word "regulated" meant in early 18th century America?
Posted by: monkeyfan at December 9, 2009 1:51 PM
well.. it's like I said!
Posted by: Acoumn at December 20, 2009 3:09 PM