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Patrick Henry was right; gun control dosen't work "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past." - Patrick Henry, in his "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech of March 23, 1775. Patrick Henry had it right. Forget the past, and you're destined to make the same mistakes in the future. Gun control has been an absolute failure. Whether it's a total gun ban or mere background checks, gun control has FAILED to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. But gun control fanatics still want to redouble their efforts, even when their endeavors have not worked. Congress is full of fanatics who want to expand the failed Brady Law to such an extent that millions of law-abiding citizens will no longer be able to own or buy guns. For months, Gun Owners of merica (GOA) has been warning gun owners about the McCarthy- Leahy bill - named after Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT). These antigun legislators have teamed up to introduce a bill that will expand the 1993 Brady Law and disarm hundreds of thousands of combat veterans - and other Americans. (While McCarthy and Leahy are this year's primary sponsors, the notorious Senator Chuck Schumer of New York was a sponsor of this legislation in years past.) Proponents of the bill tell us that it will bring relief for many gun owners. But to swallow this, one must first ignore the fact that gun owners would NOT NEED RELIEF in the first place if some gun owners (and gun groups) had not thrown their support behind the Brady bill that passed in 1993 and were not pushing the Veterans Disarmament Bill now. Law-abiding Americans need relief because we were sold a bill of goods in 1993. The Brady Law has allowed government bureaucrats to screen lawabiding citizens before they exercise their constitutionally protected rights - and that has opened the door to all kinds of abuses. The McCarthy-Leahy bill will open the door to many more abuses. After all, do we really think that notorious anti-gunners like McCarthy and Leahy had the best interests of gun owners in mind when they introduced this Veterans Disarmament Bill? The question answers itself.
The writer, is Executive Director, Gun Owners of America and a former elected official in the Virginia State Legilsature and vice chairman of the American Institute for Cancer Research. He has appeared on numerous national radio and TV programs, debating Congressmen James Traficant, Jr. (D-OH), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Senator Frank Lautenberg (DNJ), and Vice President Al Gore, among others. His columns have appeared in newspapers across the country. He is the author of Armed People Victorious, and was editor of a book, Safeguarding Liberty: The Constitution & Militias, 1995. His latest book, On the Firing Line: Essays in the Defense of Liberty was published in 2001.
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