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Charles L. Cotton wrote:

flb_78 wrote:There is only 1 candidate in either party that has a record of supporting gun rights and you say it is a wasted vote.

Do you believe Ron Paul can win Republican nomination? Do you believe he could win the Presidential election?

Whether or not the NRA is ignoring Paul aside, the national media is not ignoring him and his numbers clearly show he is not a viable candidate.

Chas.

frankie_the_yankee wrote:

cbr600 wrote: I think that's because Paul doesn't believe in "reasonable restrictions" on the right to keep and bear arms.

You mean like me and our entire federal judiciary?

Or maybe it's just because I'm watching primary election returns tonight and see Dr. Paul taking a pretty steady 5 or 6% of the vote.

Vote for Paul in the primary if you want. And if he gets the Republican nomination, stick with him all the way.

But if he doesn't, if you don't vote for the Republican in the general election, no matter who it is, you're flushing your vote down the drain.

The next president of the United States is going to be either the Republican nominee or the Democrat nominee.

Don't blame me. It's just a fact.

In a close election, too many people venting instead of voting will be a disaster for the 2A and for the country.

frankie_the_yankee wrote:

stevie_d_64 wrote: Gunowner turnout is not a problem...Turning them out for "what", is what is important...

Right you are.

If they all turn out and vote for some "Slow Wheat" candidate they might as well just save some gasoline and flush their votes down the drain.

Along with any hope of retaining their gun rights.

I share our Founders’ belief that in a free society each citizen must have the right to keep and bear arms. They ratified the Second Amendment knowing that this right is the guardian of every other right, and they all would be horrified by the proliferation of unconstitutional legislation that prevents law-abiding Americans from exercising this right.

I have always supported the Second Amendment and these are some of the bills I have introduced in the current Congress to help restore respect for it:

* H.R. 1096 includes provisions repealing the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act and the Federal Firearms License Reform Act of 1993, two invasive and unconstitutional bills.
* H.R. 1897 would end the ban on carrying a firearm in the National Park System, restoring Americans’ ability to protect themselves in potentially hazardous situations.
* H.R. 3305 would allow pilots and specially assigned law enforcement personnel to carry firearms in order to protect airline passengers, possibly preventing future 9/11-style attacks.
* H.R. 1146 would end our membership in the United Nations, protecting us from their attempts to tax our guns or disarm us entirely.

In the past, I introduced legislation to repeal the so-called “assault weapons� ban before its 2004 sunset, and I will oppose any attempts to reinstate it.

I also recently opposed H.R. 2640, which would allow government-appointed psychiatrists to ban U.S. veterans experiencing even mild forms of Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome from ever owning a gun.

You have the right to protect your life, liberty, and property. As President, I will continue to guard the liberties stated in the Second Amendment.