Self-Defense Is a Human
Right
It deserves bipartisan protection at every level of
government
By Chris Cox
Your right to defend your life and the lives of your loved ones when faced with
a deadly threat is not bestowed on you by government. Indeed, self-defense is
the most fundamental of all human rights, and it’s the duty of our elected
officials to preserve it.
That is why the 5 million men and women of the National Rifle Association will
not allow self-defense to be used as a scapegoat so that President Obama and
his administration can continue to exploit tragedies to push their political
agenda. We will continue to defend the right of every law-abiding American –
regardless of race, color and creed – to defend themselves and one another.
Attorney General Eric Holder shockingly claimed that pro-self-defense laws
"sow conflict." Last week, President Obama demonstrated that he, too,
does not recognize that your right to save your own life is a fundamental human
right.
"Stand your ground" or "no duty to retreat" laws, recognize
that a person who is attacked in any place where that person has a right to be,
may use defensive force without first being required to retreat.
This is important, because determining whether a safe retreat is available may
require a split-second calculation that could end up being a losing gamble for
the innocent person who is under attack. Criminals don’t always back off when
their victims retreat. Some chase them down. They corner them. They gain a
significant, and deadly, advantage once a victim turns his or her back.
Fundamental justice does not demand that law-abiding people endanger
themselves, or their families, in such a manner, and neither should our laws.
Despite the Obama administration’s assertion that "stand
your ground" laws are a new concept in self-defense, they are in
fact founded in common sense, natural law, and are well enshrined in American
jurisprudence.
As pointed out by numerous constitutional law scholars, the right to stand your
ground against a threat can be found in common law at least as far back as the
1895 case of Beard v. United States. Here, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously
ruled that a victim "was not obliged to retreat, nor to consider whether
he could safely retreat, but was entitled to stand his ground, and meet any
attack upon him with a deadly weapon, in such a way and with such force as,
under all the circumstances, he, at the moment, honestly believed, and had
reasonable grounds to believe, were necessary to save his own life, or to
protect himself from great bodily injury."
Gun control supporters falsely claim that "stand your
ground" laws cause an increase in crime. To the contrary, the
national violent crime rate has decreased in 18 of the last 20 years, according
to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Furthermore, the murder rate dropped
significantly between 2005 and 2009, the same time frame in which approximately
25 states passed stronger self-defense laws.
The right to self-defense is a fundamental human right that deserves bipartisan
protection at every level of government. No parent should ever be denied the
right to defend his or her children. No woman should ever be denied the right
to defend herself against a violent, sexual predator. Very simply, no one
should be denied the right to defend themselves in the face of grave danger.
And despite the views of the president and his attorney general, this is a
point on which most Americans agree.
Chris W. Cox is the executive director of the Institute for Legislative Action,
the political and lobbying arm of National Rifle Association.
Infographic: Gun sales up, gun crimes down
http://www.theblaze.com/blog/2013/08/15/infographic-gun-sales-up-gun-crimes-down/
The Eurocentric worldview, there is no “right” to self-defense, and the
national government is obligated to restrict civilian ownership of firearms,
including determining which citizens properly “understand” firearms and might,
therefore, be permitted to possess them.
From this global perspective, the International Small Arms Control Standard
module then directs, in excruciating detail, the manner in which national
governments should restrict access to firearms and ammunition:
-Restricting civilian possession of firearms only to those “at the lowest risk
of misusing them.”
-Limiting sales and other transfers of firearms only to commercial transactions
at licensed “sales premises” (in other words, no transfers at gun shows).
-Only persons licensed and periodically relicensed by the national government
could possess firearms.
-All firearms must be registered with the national government.
-All persons wishing to possess a firearm must pass a rigorous exam
administered by the national government.
-All firearms must be stored in locked containers separate from ammunition, and
“bolted to a heavy or immovable object.”
-Only a predetermined number of firearms and rounds of ammunition may be
possessed by a properly licensed civilian.
-Magazine capacity is limited to 10 rounds.
-Possession of a firearm may only occur after a seven-day waiting period.
-No civilian could own or possess a firearm for self-defense unless he first
demonstrates a clear and convincing need.
-Individuals licensed to own firearms are subject to periodic and random
inspections of their homes or businesses.
-In order to be granted a license to possess a firearm, an individual must
secure recommendations from “responsible members of society,” attesting to
their “suitability to possess a small arm.”
Obama to sign UN Arms Treaty this month while
congress is in recess
http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/14/obama-to-sign-un-arms-treaty-this-month-while-congress-is-in-recess/
The U.N. comes after America’s guns
Barack Obama’s OK of a gun-control treaty would destroy the Second Amendment
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/aug/19/barr-the-un-comes-after-americas-guns/
http://townhall.com/columnists/katiekieffer/2013/08/05/gun-owners-dont-let-obama-sign-un-arms-trade-treaty-n1655101/page/full
As a recent publication by Oxfam America (Far left anti-gun & anti
self-defense group) states, “the Arms Trade Treaty will not infringe on your
right to bear arms ... unless you are an international war criminal.” It is no
surprise that the only countries to vote against the treaty were Iran, Syria
and North Korea.
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/16045-sen-chris-murphy-claims-un-arms-trade-treaty-doesn-t-affect-2nd-amendment
Ginny Simone Special Report: U.N. Arms Trade
Treaty (Video)
Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton discusses the Obama administration and
implications of the United States signing the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty.
http://www.nranews.com/ginny/video/the-u-n-arms-trade-treaty-a-miscarriage-of-our-democracy
NRA President James W. Porter II: Obama’s
meanest streets
http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/20/nra-president-james-w-porter-ii-obamas-meanest-streets/
Federal gun bill would ban AR-15 lower parts kits, barrels and receivers
http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/14/federal-gun-bill-would-ban-ar-15-lower-parts-kits-barrels-and-receivers/
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr2910/text
California Rushing Headlong Toward Draconian Gun Control
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/08/19/California-Rushing-Headlong-Toward-Draconian-Gun-Control
Bloomberg gun-control group facing internal backlash amid growing profile
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/29/bloomberg-anti-gun-group-backlash/
In the Best of Hands: NYPD/Bloomberg press conference points hundreds of guns
at reporters
http://www.redstate.com/dloesch/2013/08/19/bloomberg-fail-mayors-presser-aims-guns-at-audience-literally/
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/08/19/officials-violate-one-of-the-most-important-gun-safety-rules-during-mayor-bloomberg-press-conference-announcing-massive-gun-seizure/
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/356149/nypds-gun-safety-demonstration-charles-c-w-cooke
http://bearingarms.com/in-the-best-of-hands-nypdbloomberg-press-conference-points-hundreds-of-guns-at-reporters/
Now more than ever people need the ability to defend
themselves, examples happen every day on why we need to protect ourselves and
anyone that is not a sheeple knows that the police have no obligation to help
or protect you or your family.
Police say teens killed Australian student in Oklahoma for the 'fun of it'
Police revealed Sunday that one of the teens confessed to the crime and said he
did it for the “fun of it,”
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/08/20/police-say-teen-shot-australian-student-in-oklahoma-for-fun-it/
http://www.koco.com/news/oklahomanews/around-oklahoma/police-ecu-baseball-players-slaying-in-duncan-was-random/-/12530084/21516444/-/uofsvt/-/index.html
Faces of joy killers revealed
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/08/three-oklahoma-teens-murder-australian-baseball-star-on-side-of-the-road-just-for-fun/
The military defends our rights, Constitution and our country and they deserve to
be taken care of.
DOD turning a blind eye to troops
http://www.hannity.com/pages/dod-turns-blind-eye
http://download.premiereradio.net/seanhannity/temp/Hunter_Hagel_Troop_Supply_FINAL.pdf
http://download.premiereradio.net/seanhannity/temp/dod_response.pdf
http://download.premiereradio.net/seanhannity/temp/troops_direct_emails_final.pdf
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.559074964138293.1073741828.118836174828843&type=1
News of Import:
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to
gain ground.
— Thomas Jefferson, 1788
It looks like the Coward-Piven
theory of leftist agitation, overwhelming public institutions with garbage data
until they collapse, then can be replaced with something more to the radical
Left's taste.
Lead Story: GOP: Pass immigration reform without path to citizenship
http://rare.us/story/gop-pass-immigration-reform-without-path-to-citizenship/
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/08/16/RNC-Goes-Further-Than-Senate-Bill-in-Call-for-Immigration-Legislation-Focused-on-Employers-Needs
Far left liberal Time Mag: http://swampland.time.com/2013/08/16/rnc-ups-immigration-reform-pressure-on-congressional-gop-but-rejects-path-to-citizenship/
Something is very wrong at the Republican National Committee
http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/liberty-our-times/2013/aug/18/something-very-wrong-republican-natoonal-committee/
Backdoor Amnesty: Liberals exploiting anti-human-trafficking aid
http://rare.us/story/backdoor-amnesty-liberals-exploiting-anti-human-trafficking-aid/
Politico's Immigration Blackmail
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2013/08/19/Politico-s-Immigration-Blackmail
U.S. Amnesty Shelters Revealed: Law Enforcement Ordered to Stand Down (Video)
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/08/18/U-S-Amnesty-Shelters-Revealed-Law-Enforcement-Ordered-To-Stand-Down-Video
Poll showing 2 percent support for immigration bill
http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/16/group-pushes-poll-showing-2-percent-support-for-immigration-bill/
Co-Lead Story: Report:
Welfare Pays More than Minimum Wage, Discourages
Workers
Recipients in 39 states can accept benefits while employed. Why would anyone
work, when they could live a better life on welfare?
http://freebeacon.com/report-welfare-pays-more-than-minimum-wage-discourages-workers/
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/heatherginsberg/2013/08/20/many-welfare-recipients-eligible-for-more-in-benefits-than-many-fulltime-workers-n1669027
http://rare.us/story/welfare-pays-more-than-work-in-most-states/
http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/theworkversus.pdf
http://books.google.com/books?id=Iq5DdWXr9vcC&pg=PA93&lpg=PA93&dq=Gene+Falk+and+Thomas+Gabe,+%E2%80%9CWelfare:+Work+%28Dis%29Incentives+in+the+Welfare+System,%E2%80%9D+Congressional+Research+Service&source=bl&ots=JS0Cif7iZW&sig=9QLIhH-8ygsOGBe23-usNCUEeKs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uGESUor6D_OFyQH2yYBA&ved=0CD8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=normal%20good&f=false
Study: NY Welfare Recipients Eligible For More In Benefits Than Teachers
Earn
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/08/19/Study-NY-Welfare-Recipients-Eligible-For-More-In-Benefits-Than-Teachers-Make
http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/theworkversus.pdf
Food Stamp Trafficking Up 30% From 2008 to 2011
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/food-stamp-trafficking-30-2008-2011_748511.html
Voter ID laws are enormously popular with the general public, routinely
scoring 70 to 80 percent approval.
The ruling class does, however, love to crusade against voter ID
laws. Talk of Jim Crow laws, poll taxes, and other artifacts of racism is
ubiquitous. The civil-rights struggle is constantly invoked. Those
who play the race card against voter ID know it’s a free play, with no risk of
political penalty.
The ruling class war against voter ID
http://www.redstate.com/2013/08/19/the-ruling-class-war-against-voter-id/
RNC Operatives Join Holder’s Campaign Against
Texas, Several Other States
Sources say RNC donations are being used to re-impose federal mandates struck
down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Eric Cantor House Majority Leader, VA (R) “If my colleagues had only joined me
in updating the law, we would not be at a place where the VRA
has essentially become toothless,” Cantor said, then proposed using data from
the three most recent presidential elections to determine which states would be
subject to pre-clearance.
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2013/07/26/exclusive-rnc-operatives-join-holders-campaign-against-texas-several-other-states/
Yes, the RNC Really DID Support Federal
Oversight of State Elections
RNC collusion with the racialist left was well-known and obvious. After all,
the GOP used Section 5 federal oversight to racially gerrymander safe
Republican districts and herd blacks into electoral enclaves for the last 23
years.
http://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/2013/07/28/yes-the-rnc-really-did-support-federal-oversight-of-state-elections/
Left Roll Call: http://blogs.rollcall.com/goppers/cantor-calls-for-a-voting-rights-act-fix/
The Bailout Bait and Switch: DOJ’s Last-Ditch
Attempt to Rescue Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/04/the-bailout-bait-and-switch-dojs-last-ditch-attempt-to-rescue-section-5-of-the-voting-rights-act
Holder Math: How the Obama DOJ & the Media Tricked South Carolina And
Protected Voter Fraud
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/01/02/Holder-Math--How-the-Obama-DOJ---the-Media-Tricked-South-Carolina-And-Protected-Voter-Fraud
http://www.scribd.com/doc/76397189/Justice-Department-Letter-To-South-Carolina-Blocking-Voter-ID-Law
DOJ whistleblower: ‘Voting law, Civil Rights
Law is a tool to help Democrats’(Must
Watch VIDEO)
http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/18/doj-whistleblower-voting-law-civil-rights-law-is-a-tool-to-help-democrats-video/#ixzz2cRCod0sB
DOJ employee admits to perjuring herself 3
times, Holder keeps her employed
[George W.] Bush Justice Department, throughout 2005-2007, numerous
attorney-client privileged documents, confidential personnel information, and
other sensitive legal materials were leaked from inside the Voting Section to
the Washington Post and various left-wing blogs
http://dailycaller.com/2011/12/22/report-doj-employee-admits-to-perjuring-herself-3-times-holder-keeps-her-employed/
VOTER FRAUD (Virtual State of the Union 2013
Video)
http://youtu.be/5BOYJJSQQO4
This is who will be in charge of all your records, health and everything piece
of info about you.
Obama math: under new Common Core, 3 x 4 = 11 [VIDEO]
Getting the right answer in math just doesn’t matter as long as kids can
explain the necessarily faulty reasoning they used to get to that wrong answer.
http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/18/obama-math-under-new-common-core-3-x-4-11-video/
Obamas Feds give housing grant to ACORN
affiliate despite federal ban
http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/hud-documents-revealing-acorn-spin-off-received-hud-grant-despite-federal-funding-ban/
http://washingtonexaminer.com/article/2534326
Administration Memo Shows Again That Housing
Crisis Was Caused By Government
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/081513-667688-memo-demonstrates-again-that-housing-crisis-was-governmentand8217s-mess.htm
Bank of America to Dissolve Merrill Lynch
In 2009, Bank of America chief Kenneth Lewis
testified that the federal government threatened to strip Bank of America board
members if the bank reneged on acquiring Merrill Lynch.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/08/19/Bank-of-America-To-Dissolve-Merrill-Lynch
Far Left NBC: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/31238331/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/t/bofas-ceo-fed-pressured-bank-buy-merrill/
Stunning new study dismantles Obama’s “1% vs. 99%” inequality argument
http://www.aei-ideas.org/2013/08/stunning-new-study-dismantles-obamas-1-vs-99-inequality-argument/
Flood of new labor regs worry businesses, elate
labor advocates
http://rare.us/story/flood-of-new-labor-regs-worry-businesses-elate-labor-advocates/
U.S. appeals on cellphone privacy
The Obama administration, taking the advice of two judges to rush the issue to
the Supreme Court, has moved quickly to ask the Justices to rule that police
are free to look through the contents of a private cellphone they take from an
individual they arrest, and to do so without a judge’s approval.
http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/08/u-s-appeals-on-cellphone-privacy/
http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/08/20/Obama-Asks-SCOTUS-for-Warrantless-Cellphone-Searches
What We Lose if We Give Up Privacy
A civil libertarian reflects on the dangers of the
surveillance state.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323639704579015101857760922.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_opinion
Obama EEOC Blasted
in Background Check Discrimination Ruling
The Obama administration’s claim that criminal background checks discriminate
against minority job applicants suffered a lashing from a federal court that
found the allegations “laughable,” “distorted,” “cherry-picked,” “worthless”
and “an egregious example of scientific dishonesty.”
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2013/08/obama-eeoc-blasted-in-background-check-discrimination-ruling/
http://www.mdd.uscourts.gov/Opinions/Opinions/EEOC%20v.%20Freeman%20%5B09-2573%5D%20Memorandum%20Opinion%20and%20Order%208.9.13.pdf
It is amazing how the Dem party has never progressed
beyond forcing people into servitude. New century, same
tactic.
If health insurance is a “right” then slavery by forced provision (your
neighbors, doctors) is OK to Democrats
You have a right to force your neighbors to provide
for you.” Not a right, forced provision
If health insurance is a “right” based on provision,
the assumption is that other people have a right to demand their neighbors to
pay for it?
I know of no other “rights” which requires the participation of 2.7m millennials to make “right
participation” solvent.
If health insurance is a “right,” what “right” sees rate increases in every
state, sometimes by as much as triple digits?
if health insurance is a “right,” the president has
already twice promised to cut Medicaid reimbursement rates. Right
of free service, too?
Obama Calls Health Insurance a 'Right'
Obama has repeatedly left the word “Creator” out of a recitation of the
famous line about endowed rights from the Declaration of Independence,
misquoting it as, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are
created equal, that each of us are endowed with certain inalienable rights,
that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/08/17/President-Obama-Calls-Health-Insurance-A-Right
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/08/17/weekly-address-working-implement-affordable-care-act
http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/08/obama-declares-health-insurance-to-be-a-right/
Since When Did Free Stuff Need ‘Buzz’?
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/20/since-when-did-free-stuff-need-buzz/
J. Christian Adams: DOJ using the law as ‘a way to punish your opponents’
[VIDEO]
http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/18/j-christian-adams-doj-using-the-law-to-punish-opponents-video/
Unpublished CRS Memo: Obama Administration Has Missed Half Of Obamacare's
Legally Imposed Implementation Deadlines
http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/08/18/unpublished-crs-memo-obama-administration-has-missed-half-of-obamacares-legally-imposed-implementation-deadlines/
ObamaCare launch creates opening for scammers
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/19/obamacare-launch-opening-scammers/
End of News of Import 8-20-2013