The right to keep and bear arms

"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them." (Richard Henry Lee, Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress, initiator of the Declaration of Independence, and member of the first Senate, which passed the Bill of Rights.)

"The great object is that every man be armed . . . Everyone who is able may have a gun." (Patrick Henry, in the Virginia Convention on the ratification of the Constitution.)

"The advantage of being armed . . . the Americans possess over the people of all other nations . . . Notwithstanding the military establishments in the several Kingdoms of Europe, which are carried as far as the public resources will bear, the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." (James Madison, author of the Bill of Rights, in his Federalist Paper No. 46.)

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." (Second Amendment to the Constitution.)

Thomas Jefferson, who kept an armory of pistols, rifles and shotguns at Monticello, and advised his nephew to forsake other sports in favor of hunting, would be astounded to hear supposed civil libertarians claim firearm ownership should be restricted.

My good friends your 2nd Amendment Rights are now under attack once again by your federal government headed by the likes of Reid and Pelosi. Blair Holt Firearm Licensing & Record of Sale Act of 2009 has been introduced in the House of Representatives and given number HR 45. HR 45 basically would make it illegal to own a firearm - any rifle with a clip or ANY pistol unless:

A) It is registered
B) You are fingerprinted
C) You supply a current Driver's License
D) You supply your Social Security #
E) You will submit to a physical & mental evaluation at any time of their choosing
F) Each update - change or ownership through private or public sale must be reported and costs $25 - Failure to do so you automatically lose the right to own a firearm and are subject up to a year in jail.
G) There is a child provision clause on page 16 section 305 stating a child-access provision. Gun must be locked and inaccessible to any child under 18.
H) They would have the right to come and inspect that you are storing your gun safely away from accessibility to children and fine is punishable for up to 5 yrs. in prison.

Is the goal complete confiscation of guns and disarming of our society to the point we have no defense? You will have to decide for yourself after researching HR 45. If you take my gun, only the criminals will have one to use against me. Could the criminals be the federal government? They seem to be wanting to limit my individual rights in more ways than one these days.

So you have to apply to the new Obama anti-gun Attorney General to get permission to keep your gun.

Full Text of HR 45 is here http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.45.