[Mr. Sockpuppet]

A very good and inspirational read. Please share it with as many others as you can.

Rethinking the Second Amendment | FrontpageMag

Bestselling author, columnist, and professor Dr. Naomi Wolf is a graduate of Yale University and received a doctorate from Oxford. She is cofounder and CEO of

www.frontpagemag.com

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Naomi Wolf grew up in a progressive family and had drank the anti-gun Kool-Aid fed to her by the media, her family, and her social circles in California. She had fallen for all the false stereotypes of gun owners.

Then she did some research for a book she was writing and her eyes were opened.

This story is long, but well worth reading. I particularly like her translation of the 2nd Amendment from 18th Century English to modern English:

“Because a well-regulated militia is necessary to the security of a free State, therefore the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”

Rethinking the Second Amendment

http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/06/rethinking-second-amendment-dr-naomi-wolf/

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OP note: I have screenshot the top part of the linked page, and placed it here.

 

[Ankylus]

I didn't think it was possible for a diehard lefty like Wolf to change her mind on something so core, so centrally defining to the Left as gun control. Maybe there's some hope.

 

[cantankerous]

Probably using it as a political tool , trust no politician.
Just because she may not hold office she is still a politician.

 

[Ankylus]

Probably using it as a political tool , trust no politician.
Just because she may not hold office she is still a politician.

All of this is true. I remember a posting centered on a YouTube video in which she was doing some real shooting and apparently enjoying it. I remember thinking then that there was something wrong, like she was manipulating something or trying to establish some bona fides to attack something from within. This article at least jibes with the video. Maybe she still does have some nefarious plan in motion. But maybe it really is just what it seems.

 

[Clifffalling]

Just read this last week. My boss sent to me. A pretty good read.

 

[7.5x55 Swiss]

Happening more often. I have a few coworkers who are coming to the realization that their personal safety is their own responsibility and not anyone else. Just waiting for them to pop the question and I'll take them shooting and get them going down the right path.

 

[KoolAde2]

I actually thought she laid it out quite simply without the 2nd we would already be in camps. Especially those of us that Believe in Individual Freedom.

 

[clc79092]

I didn't think it was possible for a diehard lefty like Wolf to change her mind on something so core, so centrally defining to the Left as gun control. Maybe there's some hope.

There is not, not really

 

[Tugaloo]

The Antifa and the BLM riots convinced a lot of people to buy a firearm. That was a good thing because they don't want to lose that needed sense of security.

 

[Jarhead Al]

I haven't read the 2A article yet. However, she regularly appears on Steve Bannon's show. She has organized a group lawyers and medical people to go through the Pfizer documents that are coming out each month. 55,000 pages a month. She has also written a book " The Bodies of Others" (I think it's called) documenting the sicknesses these "vaccines" cause.

 

[Tugaloo]

FYI: VAERS Summary for COVID-19 Vaccines through 12/10/2021 – VAERS Analysis
Compare COVID19 vaccines (Dec’2020 – present) to all other vaccines 1990-present

 

[roseman]

It's been proven again and again that we are responsible for our own safety. The police's job is to clean up the mess. They are not there for the event. And sometimes when they are there, they fail to act in a manner that would have changed the outcome.
Arm up and practice.

 

[Mr. Sockpuppet]

It's been proven again and again that we are responsible for our own safety. The police's job is to clean up the mess. They are not there for the event. And sometimes when they are there, they fail to act in a manner that would have changed the outcome.
Arm up and practice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_of_Castle_Rock_v._Gonzales

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maksim_Gelman_stabbing_spree

 

[PoorRichard05]

The Constitution says, in part, "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

I always find it interesting that some people can not comprehend what that means.

 

[roseman]

Oh, the political class knows what it means; a check on their power, which is why they (both Dems and Reps) choose to promote policies to limit firearms accessibility to citizens.
Sheeple know only what their cell phone feeds tell them.

 

[44 Guy]

Oh, the political class knows what it means; a check on their power, which is why they (both Dems and Reps) choose to promote policies to limit firearms accessibility to citizens.
Sheeple know only what their cell phone feeds tell them.

During my college years my accounting professor put it best (computers were just beginning to work there way into the business world), "Garbage in, garbage out".

 

[Mr. Sockpuppet]

... "Garbage in, garbage out".

The first known use of GIGO appeared in a 1957 newspaper article about the US Army and it's development of computer code.

 

[Astronomy]

While I agree with her take (and hope it's an honest one), that article is chock full of grammatical errors, especially having to do with tense. Errors that distract the reader from her otherwise valid points.

If that's what passes for Yale/Oxford PhD level writing skills... I question the value of such an education.

 

[Mr. Sockpuppet]

While I agree with her take (and hope it's an honest one), that article is chock full of grammatical errors, especially having to do with tense. Errors that distracted the reader from her otherwise valid points.

Most people don't notice such errors, and even more don't care. Despite said errors, her points do come across.

If that's what passes for Yale/Oxford PhD level writing skills... I question the value of such an education.

I am more concerned of public education, which have cost the taxpayer very much more.

 

[Jarhead Al]

It's been proven again and again that we are responsible for our own safety. The police's job is to clean up the mess. They are not there for the event. And sometimes when they are there, they fail to act in a manner that would have changed the outcome.
Arm up and practice.

As a retired LEO, I regularly tell people they should carry a handgun because, 1) when seconds count, the cops are just minutes away and 2) a cop is too heavy to carry.

I hope my spelling and punctuation is better than a Yale grad.