By Dave Workman at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the Second Amendment means what it says, and that the right “of the people” to keep and bear arms applies to individual citizens regardless of service in a militia, Helmke and crew undoubtedly are feverishly trying to rework their strategies on how best to disarm as many citizens as possible.
That Helmke virtually admitted his group has never embraced the “right” to keep and bear arms —- instead essentially viewing gun ownership as a revocable privilege —- was astonishing. The fact that he viewed this as a battle against his fellow citizens demonstrates just how far afield the anti-gun movement has strayed from mainstream America.
Gun-control fanatics have had the foundation pulled from beneath their house of cards. For years, they have both lived and cultivated a lie about the meaning of the Second Amendment, leaving one justifiably curious about what other deceptions they have fostered in their crusade to disarm American citizens. They have masked their intentions with such terms as “sensible legislation” and “gun safety measure,” but the ultimate goal has always been to regulate gun ownership out of existence.
In every state there is some sort of “CeaseFire” or “Gun Safety” lobbying group whose definition of safety is total citizen disarmament. That is why anti-gunners are taking the Heller ruling so hard. It is difficult to erase a constitutionally protected civil right.
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