Our Founders sacrificed their honor, fortunes, and lives to provide Americans with a Constitution, a Bill of Rights which gave us our Second Amendment that reads the people, not the Militia, have a right to keep and bear arms “which shall not be infringed”, for they understood only the threat of an armed citizenry would keep power seeking politicians in awe.

Webster’s dictionary defines “infringement” as violating, neglecting to obey, or destroying a law. The president, elected officials, and law enforcement take an oath and swear to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution and the laws of the U.S. against all enemies both foreign and domestic. Those refusing to take the oath forfeit their office, and those who take the oath and violate it should be tried for treason.

California’s Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell submitted a bill banning Americans semi-automatic rifles with criminal prosecution and confiscation for those who refuse to comply with the mandatory buy back, even though those firearms were responsible for only 3% of homicides compared to 65% with handguns. He said citizens claiming those weapons were indispensable in preventing government oppression was ludicrous, even when Scott Rasmussen’s poll showed only 20% trusted the federal government most of the time, and only 4%, just about always trusted the feds.

A gun rights enthusiast wrote Swalwell’s gun control program would result in a civil war. He replied in a USA Today op-ed that the government had nukes and they could incinerate those who failed to comply. Gun owners should take his threat seriously.

Swalwell and his anti-gun henchmen should heed James Madison’s warning: “If the government violates the peoples Constitutional rights they should protest, refuse to comply, then the government will be unable to enforce unjust laws, and the states will have to protect the peoples Constitutional rights through legislation, or face civil unrest.”

If the people controllers believe they can confiscate 16 million semi-automatic rifles from some of the 100 million gun owners who possess them for protection against criminals and politicians with dictatorial ambitions, they should recall approximately 100,000 Loyalists, “wealthy landlords and educated elitists,” who supported British’s confiscation of the Colonists firearms, opposed independence and fled to Canada and England for safety during and after the Revolutionary War.

William L Emick

Williamsport

Submitted by Virtual Newsroom