My Unalienable Rights

My Unalienable Rights (Reiterated in the Second Amendment) Will Not Be Infringed!


The United States Constitution asserts that the freedom of speech, religion and right to bear arms are unalienable rights. Our founders added the second amendment to make sure no dictators would legislate away these rights. In 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the right of individual citizens to keep and bear arms in District of Columbia vs. Heller.

The Brady bill was signed into law November 1993 by President Bill Clinton requiring background checks followed by the Assault Weapons ban that attempted to list “assault weapons” and “high capacity magazines” (more than 10 cartridges) when it became law in September 1994. Most sources agree that the slight drop in firearms related incidents in the 1990’s cannot be directly attributed to these laws. A study from the University of Pennsylvania said, “We cannot clearly credit the ban with any of the nation’s recent drop in gun violence. And, indeed, there has been no discernible reduction in the lethality and injuriousness of gun violence.” The Department of Justice reported “In 1997 among State inmates possessing a gun, fewer than 2% bought their firearm at a flea market or gun show, about 12% from a retail store or pawnshop, and 80% from family, friends, a street buy, or an illegal source.”

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said, "If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an out-right ban, picking up every one of them... 'Mr. and Mrs. America, turn 'em all in,' I would have done it. I could not do that. The votes weren't here." CBS-TV's "60 Minutes", February 5, 1995. Let’s consider for a moment how successful gun bans are at stopping violent crime by looking at Australia’s and Britain’s records. In an article by Glen Tschirgi dated July 23, 2012 at CaptiansJournal.com, he reported that Australia’s Bureau of Criminology the gun ban increased violent crime by 42.2 percent overall including a 49.2 percent increase in assault, a 29.9 percent increase in rape and a 6.2 percent increase in robbery. Then he the discussed the results of “The International Crime Victims Survey, conducted by Leiden University in Holland, found that England and Wales ranked second overall in violent crime among industrialized nations. Twenty-six percent of English citizens — roughly one-quarter of the population — have been victimized by violent crime.” “So, if the USA follows Australia’s lead in banning guns, it should expect a 42 percent increase in violent crime, a higher percentage of murders committed with a gun, and three times more rape.”

The bill Sen. Feinstein is expected to present January 22nd lists hundreds of “assault weapons” (rifles and shotguns), bans high capacity magazines, requires your finger prints and photo be added to a national database. This “national database” will track every firearm purchase in the U.S. which is made accessible to every government in the world by the UN Small Arms Treaty if ratified. According to the NRA’s research, “Requires owners of existing "assault weapons" to register them with the federal government under the National Firearms Act (NFA). The NFA imposes a $200 transfer tax per firearm, and requires an owner to submit photographs and fingerprints to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE), to inform the BATFE of the address where the firearm will be kept, and to obtain the BATFE's permission to transport the firearm across state lines.” They also determined that “Prohibits the transfer of "assault weapons." Owners of other firearms, including those covered by the NFA, are permitted to sell them or pass them to heirs. However, under Feinstein's new bill, "assault weapons" would remain with their current owners until their deaths, at which point they would be forfeited to the government.”

The United Nations Small Arms Treaty has been Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s passion for years now. An article on Investors.com dated 11/08/2012 states “Within hours of [Obama’s] re-election, the administration fast-tracked a treaty in the United Nations that transcends borders and tramples our constitutional right to keep and bear arms.” Based on Obama’s re-election, new rounds of talks to approve the resolution are scheduled for March 18-28, 2013 after talks failed in July 2012. The North Carolina House of Representatives goes into session January 30th and Rep. (District 10) John Bell told me “any firearm legislation at the state level will be stopped.” With a significant Republican majority in the House and Senate (and Republican Governor Pat McCrory) I believe Rep. John Bell’s confidence in his statement is absolutely correct.

In 2009 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 31,347 firearm related deaths with 18,735 ruled as suicides. So that is a total of 12,612 firearm related fatalities other than suicide. The CDC also reports that 92-96 percent of gang related homicides involved firearms. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reports, “Some 33,000 violent street gangs, motorcycle gangs, and prison gangs with about 1.4 million members are criminally active in the U.S. today.” The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) estimates that 80 percent of U.S. crime is committed by gangs, including murder, rape, kidnapping, violent assaults, torture, robbery, and identity theft.” The FBI’s National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC) “says that up to 80% of crime in the U.S. is committed by gangs.” The Center for Immigration Studies has reported that "Gang investigators in Virginia estimate that 90% of the members of MS-13, the most notorious immigrant gang, are illegal immigrants." Youth today spend between 10-18 hours per week playing video games with 10 of the top 20 bestselling video games in the U.S. promoting violence of repeated images of killing and carnage “to win”. The National Safety Council reports, firearms are involved in only one half of a percent (0.5%) of all unintentional fatalities. According to the National Traffic Safety Board, twenty five percent (25%) of all vehicle accidents (8,750 annually) are caused by cell phone use with the average number of fatal car crashes around 35,000. Reports show that in 2009, 5,474 people were killed in the U.S. because of accidents that involved distracted driving while another 448,000 people were injured. According to the CDC, nearly one-third (over 11,000) of vehicle crash deaths involves an alcohol impaired driver with the annual cost totaling more than $51 billion. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that out of 100,000 police reported crashes (annually) driver fatigue accounts for 1,550 deaths, 71,000 injuries and $12.5 billion in monetary losses. Vehicle accidents involving cell phones are almost three times more deadly than firearms. Meanwhile, abortions kill 3,000 to 4,000 babies per day in the U.S. alone!

In my opinion, North Carolinians can defend their unalienable rights best by focusing their time and efforts by contacting their U.S. House and Senate officials to clearly voice your concern for any more firearms laws. The Department of Justice hasn’t been able to enforce the existing laws and they haven’t been successful at stopping the illicit sale of guns on the streets. What makes them think more laws will change this long history of legislative failures. The Liberals focused attacks on firearms is grossly misplaced and degrades our country’s foundation and core beliefs. Secondly, everyone needs to join at least one organization that defends your unalienable rights at the Federal and State levels (National Rifle Assoc., Gun Owners of America, National Shooting Sports Foundation, Grass Roots North Carolina, Students for Concealed Carry, etc.). Thirdly, stop doing business with anyone or business that doesn’t believe in and promote the practice of your unalienable rights. “We The People” can have an impact locally, across the state and nationally but you have to hold your elected officials accountable by reminding them your unalienable rights will not be infringed.

Written by Jeff Nice who is a certified firearms instructor currently living in Virginia.