They’re trying to restrict firearms from the New Mexico Capitol, a proposal that cleared the house but failed in the senate, and this comment caught my attention:
Democratic Sen. Peter Wirth of Santa Fe said he proposed the restrictions after constituents told him they were afraid last year to attend legislative proceedings because gun rights supporters were openly carrying handguns and rifles in the Capitol. Rep. Brian Egolf, a Santa Fe, gave a similar explanation for why he was pushing the restrictions in the House.
“When citizens feel that they can’t participate in the democratic process because you’ve got a roomful of people legally carrying firearms, something is not working,” Wirth said.
Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2014/02/05/3308810/senate-panel-rejects-gun-restrictions.html#storylink=cpy
Cry me a river, when I was a smoker I did not want to participate on jury duty because I feared being without my cigs, yet I doubt my former habit would have been accepted as an excuse to get out of jury duty.
Here’s how real Americans deal with fear:
Rep. Cathrynn Brown, a Carlsbad Republican, said she had received death threats as a legislator.
“There are people who will threaten you because they want you to walk in fear,” she said. “And I have a right, as a woman and as a citizen, to exercise my constitutional right and if I choose to have a firearm, that is my right.”
That’s what separates Republicans from Democrats, we act as individuals, they demand everyone else act like they do. If we’re afraid, we get a gun, if they’re afraid, they do a gun ban and hope criminals will behave themselves.
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