I wonder what would happen to the murder rate in Chicago if law-abiding citizens were allowed to carry guns. Would it lessen the power of the mafia? Could the dead finally rest on election day?

Saw a very telling t-shirt..."The Founding Fathers would be shooting already". It very simply states the obvious mood of many Americans. As for me,just point me in the direction of the 'enemy'...the job needs to be done.

Mark Alexander's article on the Second Amendment brought even more attention to the part of the Constitution that seems to be bashed the most. If someone advocated letting the Government tell you what to say and when or where to say it, there would be rioting in the streets! Worship only in Government approved churches?? How about letting the police drop by anytime they wanted to search your house? More rioting!!! Hey folks...the Second Amendment is right up there with freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom to be secure in our homes. I retired from law enforcement recently after a 32 year career. I can absolutely, positively state that law enforcement as a whole is behind the Second Amendment all the way. I no more feared a law-abiding citizen carrying a gun than he feared me carrying mine. If someone violates the law with a firearm...add twenty years to his sentence! That's what law enforcement would like to see. But don't punish the legal guy trying to exercise ANY of his Constitutional rights. Gun control is not about guns...it's about control. Let the Government remove the Second Amendment...the rest will of the Amendments will follow...

Pamela,

Bolsheviks and the Mafia don't like competition.

Molon Labe!

I would just like to say to "James",that I am a retired law enforcement officer,who had almost three decades on the job,and I can tell him that virtually NO law enforcement officers in this country would take guns away from law-abiding citizens.

To those that are smarter than wiser, nearly all demoracies failed because of citizen disarming. It was the key to Hitlers cause! I find it impossible to believe that predators don't understand this as well! People without guns are called victims.

Constitutional "Scholar" Obama describing the U.S. Constitution as a "flawed document" is laughable, since it has survided over 200 years pretty much intact and he will be lucky to survive his first term in office without being impeached for violating the Constitution.

In June of 1974 I was inducted into the U.S. Army and a M-16 was thrust into my hands. I took a solemn oath to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, both foreign and domestic". I took that oath seriously and some 36 years later I still do. Constitutional "Scholar" O'bama is without doubt the greatest domestic threat to the Constitution that I have encountered in my lifetime, along with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. They must be removed from office and "Sanity" ( I believe you call it the Rule of Law ) restored to Washington and the rest of the country. God bless you for the service you provide in enlightening the patriots in this country to what is really going on. Keep up the good work.

Phil Eisner

This election cycle will be either the saving of the Union or the final blow in the destruction of the Union.

The saving of the Union depends on the wisdom of the electorate in electing Conservatives to the House and Senate AND the backbone of the newly elected Conservatives being stiff enough not just to resist and block further ill-conceived and ill-intended legislation but to repeal legistation enacted during this first year of Obamanation.

The final blow to the Union will come swiftly and horribly if the Democrats are not swept from power in House and Senate or at least one or the other. Without a decisive Conservative victory the Dems will continue their path of destruction of the greatest nation to ever be formed on the Earth.

Those who oppose any of the legislation proposed by this Administration must act before those bills are signed into law. Remember that a frog placed in boiling water will jump out of the pot, but a frog placed in a pan of cold water will not notice the heat until it is too late. The American people been complacent while the insurance companies and Congress have changed the delivery of medical care, including the choice of doctors (in or out of network), the amount of time a doctor can spend with the patient, the right to seek a second opinion, the right to refuse care and the right to consult with a specialist. Human fallibility will undermine HIPA when medical records go digital and hackers penetrate security systems. Worse yet, what recourse will an employee have when his company is self-insured and his medical records become part of his personnel file? Reminds me of the song, "Company Store" by Bucky Halker.

"Support and defend the Constitution"

Where in oath does it say to find fault or "Blind Spots"

When do we bring false swearing before a tribumal?

James is quite wrong when he says every law enforcement officer would say guns should be banned. I have friends with law enforcement and they would rather everyone have a rifle in their back seat and a hand gun in every old lady's purse. You want to know why guns help. Because, when grandma might have a 22 in her purse it makes the hoodlum think twice before he tries to knife her. I have taken martial arts all my life. Why? Because, I want be able to protect myself and the people around me as it is my constitutional right to do so. That's what firearms are all about protection. Guns don’t kill people, people do. If you’re going to ban guns then were just going to get a lot of stabbings. I could think of a dozen personal experiences were if some one would have just had a gun to stop some hoodlum lives could have been saved.

Regards,

Trevor

If Chuck Norris is right that Obama said the Constitution is an imperfect document and implied doesn't need to be totally followed then he should be impeached as he swore to uphold said "Document!"

I am a Hillsdale College freshman and Mark Steyn is speaking on campus Thursday night. I can not wait!

just one more comment to james....ask any law enforecement officer about banning guns? do you know any? as a retired cop, in my experience any law enforcement officers i know, retired or active do NOT want to ban guns but are in fact very much in favor of the second amendment... we just want to get the illegal guns off the street.

We all know our federal government is broken and peopled by administrative and congressional leadership ubable to recognized and correctly solve the problems that face this great nation. We must identify those areas that work well, if any, and eliminate those whose functions Constitutionally belong to the States or are not fullfilling the objectives they were created to fullfill.

We must stop saying we are the richest nation and admit we are the largest debter nation, living well beyond our means! Then start to rebuild this nation's private sectors of industry to produce jobs, products and services that our nation and others need; while at the same time reducing government employment to less that 20% of the pupulation and reducing government pay and benefits to be in-line with the private sectors.

Congressional pay and benefits should voted on by the public who are taxed to pay for their services and they should have their total terms of service limited to 12 years. They should have executive experience in the private sector before running for public office so as to have the skill set to understand the financial complexity of running an enterprise and the need to stick to a budget.

First, I just want to say that I've been spreading the Patriot Post around the Political Science Dept. here at Texas A&M University. All of my fellow Conservative undergrads love it!

Second, being the son of a retired homicide dectective, I've been privy to several hard facts about life: there are some people who wish to force violence upon you and your family. Plain and simple. But the police can't respond at the speed of light. That's why responsible citizens deserve the right to own and carry firearms. As for me and my house? Well, let's just say I wouldn't want to be the first crook through the door.

If all I knew about guns was the fact that about forty states passed right-to-carry laws and the major crime rate in each state declined that would be sufficient for me to support the right to keep and bear arms. The number of lives and injuries SAVED every day bacause citizens are armed needs more publicity.

I would also like to reply to this James character

regarding his statement in the March 8, 2010 brief where he displays his total ignorance of the rights of being an American citizen. One of the duties of a citizen is to be able to protect himself and other citizens. Please have him explain how he is ready to perform that duty. Also, his ignorance shows when he states that all police would want guns banned if you ask them. Both of my sons are policemen protecting people like him who think they can be everywhere at anytime to protect him. Both of my boys would tell him they will give up their badges if ever ordered to start seizing guns from citizens. They know its the only thing keeping them and us safe from criminals and others and preventing us from suffering the experience in countries like England and Australia that have tried a gun ban. James has apparently never been confronted by someone wanting to cause him or his loved ones harm. I pray it never happens, people like him are prey not citizens.

You should emphasize to the Congress they are mere lemmins, willing to follow Obama over the cliff, to support his Obamacare in outright betrayal of their constituents

Have you missed something? If the House of Representatives passes the Senate version of Health Care, that is all they need. Barack Obama will sign it and we will be stuck with the worst health care system in the world. There will be no Reconciliation, nor will they even try one.

Mark Steyn is correct in saying that Republicans have been too passive, merely "keeping the seat warm" for brief periods between Democratic-controlled Congresses. It is not enough to wait for the Democrats to self-distruct. Conservatives must agressively push our own agenda, offering a decisive alternative to the liberal blather. Further, when Democrats make blatantly false claims about their agenda, ie, the healthcare legislation is "deficit neutral", we need to be out front with hard facts proving them wrong. Although it goes against the basic nature of many conservatives to loudly proclaim our beliefs, it appears that many of us have realized that this is the only way we will stop the destruction of the free society we all enjoy. Write letters and send e-mails to your representatives (even if they are Democrats), go to Tea Parties, argue with your liberal friends - MAKE YOURSELF HEARD!!!

Gun control is using both hands!

Semper Fi!

The healthcare 'summit' was simply a federal venue and exercise in Alinsky's Rules for Radicals in how to placate and bring in the 'other side' to make them think their ideas are being considered. In reality it is just to cull out more of those ideas not in agreement with Marxist ideology while making it sound like they're being involved, all the while allowing the 'Radicals' to identify the 'enemy' and use media and politics in their favor! Good thing the conservatives at least answered key points in a way the public, for the most part, could understand it. Otherwise the 'Rules for Radicals' would have been used to make it look like conservatives were included all the while rejecting everything they said and employing even harsher communistic agendas (as is the case with the newest Obamacare).

BTW - I love it whenever my computer 'underscores' the term Obamacare and I can right click on it and just delete it! I keep praying that this function is a symbol and precursor of what will ultimately happen to it!

Thanks for all you do and God bless in Christ!

James why don't you go to Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership website, JPFO.org. Serach "Genocide" and you will see that gun bans made them possible.

Regarding Henry--"You guys must not be hearing. President Obama has never said anything about taking our guns away. Guns only kill people. Ask any law enforcement officer and they will tell you guns should be banned. From reading this website all I hear is hate. How about doing something constructive for a change. Do you want to see our President assasinated [sic]? That's what guns are about." --James

Hey,James! I wore a police badge for almost 33 years, and I can tell you that you don't have any idea what the rank and file officers have to say about guns. Stop listening to the politically correct law enforcement administrators. Ask the cop on the beat what he thinks. I would bet he/she is a member of the NRA, supports the 2nd Amendment, and owns several firearms.

I would like to respond to James comments on firearms. First let me state that the best definition of Freedom is "your right to make choices I would not make for myself". That said James is free to not have a firearm. In fact, if he is so opposed I suggest he wear a sign when he goes out reading "Unarmed Citizen" and post lawn signs at his residence reading "No Defensive Firearms at this Location". Personally, I make other choices.

Mark Steyn is right again. The Cold War provides a good example of a historical precedent. For most of that period, "containment" was the strategy of the United States and its allies. Under this doctrine, the free nations would resist the expansion of the Soviet empire, but would not go further for fear of provoking a nuclear attack. It did not work. Over the years, the Soviets placed their friends in control of one nation after another by various means, mostly illegitimate.

At a Republican Party convention in the mid-1980's, I pointed this out to then-Senator Boschwitz (R-MN), then asked him why we could not instead actively liberate Communist-dominated nations. He responded, "You're right. We're working on that." History records that less than a decade later, most of those tyrannical regimes were gone.

Republicans must plan to do the same in Washington. It is not enough to contain the statists. Their bastions of power must be torn down, and they must be removed from office. This is a key piece that is missing from the "Contract With America" and many similar propositions. We must call for a law specifying an orderly phase-out of all unconstitutional programs, with deadlines for each one.

In particular, we must not speak of saving Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare, but rather begin a national discussion of how to accomplish their overt ends without the Federal government, or better yet, without any government intervention beyond necessary state regulation. These huge programs are at the heart of the monster, and pose the major part of the government's endangerment of our economic liberty.

So we have a President who took an oath to defend the Constitution, but who believes it to be an imperfect, flawed document. We are in deep, deep trouble !

Too bad those in Washington do not know the U. S. Constitution. It is a perfectly imperfect document. It espouses to all people being created equal. But, by omission, permitted slavery. But it also made provision to correct these imperfections, so slavery could be abolished by Constitutional Amendment (13th and 14th Amendments). The same occurred for women concerning their right to vote (19th Amendment). It is so amazing that for a document so short, it covers so much, and does it so well. I would hope all people of our great country would read the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, since they represent what we all stand for. It did so 234 years ago, and still does so today.

Mark, Great analysis. The inertia of the Republicans will be our entire Downfall if they don't go back to basics and put the

Constitution as their framework from which to proceed.

Obama demands that his Obama Care bill be passed by March 20. He needs to read Julius Caesar. The soothsayer warned him to "Beware the Ides of March" but being superstitious, he just had to venture out to see what would happen. Obama's "Health Care" bill is going to be clobbered in my opinion. In spite of all the warnings, Obama is hell bent to force a vote on this monstrosity. The Ides fall on March 15.

I couldn't agree with mr. Steyn, more. It is not enough, no, not nearly enough, for the dems. to be ousted, but the Republicans must stop "warming the seats" as it were, and begin doing something constructive, for a change. Hell, why do you think the dems. got into office in the first place? Hmmmmm? I submit: When they are voted in, immediately begin polling WE, THE PEOPLE, and see what we need. Then, ACT! I know this isn't possible for everyone, but prior to elections, I allways make the effort to personally talk, eyeball to eyeball, to my reps. and senators. Then I decide. I usually register as a republican, but will vote for the person I feel best represents what most folks need to have. So far, only one Dem. does that in my state of Arkansas, and it's not Lincoln, either.

James. I question your dissent. You are inaccurate. To say "all police officers---" is ambitious, but highly improbable! In my fifteen years of wearing the shield, I have never, I say again, never---heard an officer say "guns should be banned." I certainly do not support that idea. So, you are incorrect. Guns do not kill, people kill; with guns, or penknives, or something! The pencil is as deadly as a firearm, if that is what one has to use. Read somewhere else, please.

I would prefer to return every Democrat in the House and Senate in 2010 than for Obamacare to pass, because once passed, it will never be rolled back. The Democratic leadership understands this; it is why they are willing for so many Democrats to fall on their swords in 2010. Once passed, the Obamacare giveaway to the 50 some percent of Americans who pay no taxes will guarantee the Democrats will be returned to power forever.

Long live the conservatives...they are for all people, not the isolated self interested demos.

That does not mean that all Democrats are immoral,

without conscience, and willing to see their child

in bondage forever, no that is not true, but I am

speaking of the persons in office that are upholkding this type of rhetoric...To be truly free

we must be truly responsible for ourselves and as a

citizen of the USA, we must be responsible as a whole...Vote for strength and freedom, not servitude...God bless America, trust in that!

To your commentator, "James". Your suggestion could be the best solution.

Thank God that there are recordings snd tapes that show what kind of people we have in the White House and the Government. Those now going for "Reconciliation" now have their previous negative comments exposed. They should be forced to view these comments themselves and explain why they have changed their opinions. The best weapon Americans have is seeing that all this comments are aired -- again and again. George Washington could have been king, but chose to be president and elected by citizens. Now Obama wants to be Emperor. Throw him -- and his minions -- back to the places from whence they came. This will be a mass movement back to the eternally-corrupt Chicago machines.

Term limits! We must have term limits!!!

We must become Constitutionalists. Conservative Ideas are great but we must adhere to the Constitution.

James, get your head on straight. Remember when seconds count the police are only minutes away.

We have allowed our freedoms to whither away because we thought we would have them forever without doing anything. We were wrong. Many of us have fathers and grandfathers who put their lives on the line and stood in the door to stop the threat of the Nazis and the communists. We have been remiss in our duties to protect and defend our Constitution from ALL ENEMIES foreign and DOMESTIC. What are we willing to do about our crisis? will we wring our hands and say woe is me? Or will we stand for the right and defend our way of life and the Constitution that allows it to be? Talk is cheap.

Charles, Just cut off all the benefits, perks and pensions. If they go to Washington, they go as "civil servants", entitled to their "salary"( which very handsome) and when they leave, NOTHING MORE. They will have to get a job and live on their own substance. They will live with the "consequences of their legislative decisions" which will make them "conscientious" as they sit in the halls of the legislature.

This will take care of the of the Washington Shenanigans. They know how to "REPEAL" all of these provisions "framed by mischief".

Note to Legislators - Move to "REPEAL" these "accommodations". Term Limits are a "Band- Aid on a cancer." It is wrong for a legislator to "come into a Pension, perks, or benefits". Once removed, THE END.

For God & Country

Ruth Ann Wilson

Our leftist media if they could but open their eyes for a moment have only to look at Argentina and Greece for the future of our country on it's current collision course. Fiscal failure of the nation for the false Obama promise of some Socialist Utopia will be a bitter price to be paid.

The leftist elitist currently running two branches of our gov't, who in their view are smarter than all, can they not see the obvious or just don't care in thier overridding hate or our country?

The sum total of the reasoning behind the Medical reform bill has nothing what ever to do with medical

care. - It has everything to do with getting the USA under socialism and eliminate free enterprise, and turning our republic into a democracy- its the clash of the titans We are a REPUBLIC> Stated pure and simple WE THE PEOPLE own and operate this Nation. We are not about to give a way the nation to those who want to run everything and listen to no one. Until Americans under stand the difference Between a REPUBLIC and a DEMOCRASY

They will never understand what is happening today.

In a democrasy the leaders take power by what ever means they can(usually a freedom revolt as in Iran) it was a freedom revolt that got Iran's present government in place and keeps it in place.

No political group has ever solved any problem . Yet governments account for 90% of the problems social and economic problems in the world . Simple reason most political leaders have what I call a "Legal Syndrome " those who can only deal with things that can not be kicked . Politicians for the most part are afflicted with the" Legal Syndrome" effect Engineers Scientific business people

contractors. builders are not so afflicted It is for those who can do to do-- as the great cable maker of the present century has said GET HER DONE ,talk gets nothing done.

After 85 1/2 years of life in the good old USA,

the remark that Obama made about our "Constitution being flawed and that it must be re-written" constitutes valid reason for his being IMPEACHED.

Sooner than later!!

Well said Mr. Steyn. It is well said, "You can't put the manure back in the horse". So a gov't program once launched can never be ended. History is on your side. Oh yes, the GOP has not a single member willing to go to the wall to stop the madness.

FreeNorth, Just make Social Security, VOLUNTARY. Pay everyone back with interest that was "FORCED", All those who "Trusted" the government contract can either get a "cash settlement with interest" or the government must stay good to the contract. People "trusted" and they fulfilled their part of the contract, and the contract must be honored to those who were "FORCED".

All the rest of Socialism, must go, too. The government did hold "meetings" on the "Social Security Dilemma" about 10 years ago. Answer was "raise the age to which you could apply for this "FORCED" Program." I went to these "meetings", to give them this proposal, but as the saying goes, "it fell on deaf ears". Wonder why????????

Grandma Helen, "Constitution flawed and must be re-written", quoting Hussein. You are exactly correct in what needs to be done,IMPEACH. I reckon the Congress is being "sifted", "He (God) is sifting out the hearts of men, before His judgment seat, O, be swift my soul to answer Him, be jubilant my feet, for God is marching on". "Battle Hymn of the Republic."

My Faith still holds. It is the Faith of Our Beloved Fathers and "He knows what they do in the dark" and He sent the Lord Jesus Christ " to destroy the works of the devil" I John 3:8. It is written.

For God & Country

Ruth Ann Wilson

. . .that Health Care horse has to be dead tired by now.

We need more Senator Bunnings.