‘To place any dependence on the Militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff. Men just dragged from the tender Scenes of domestic life; unaccustomed to the din of Arms; totally unacquainted with every kind of military skill, which being followed by a want of confidence in themselves, when opposed to Troops regularly trained, disciplined, and appointed, superior in knowledge and superior in Arms, makes them timid, and ready to fly from their own shadows… if I was called upon to declare upon Oath, whether the militia have been most serviceable or hurtful upon the whole, I should subscribe to the latter.’

– George Washington.

Chaz706 on April 15, 2012 at 1:36 AM

Country boy will survive.

-Hank Jr.

I guess this is Newt’s plan to gain attention on the cheap: Dream up half-baked, pipe dream ideas on explosive issues and toss them into the public square.

RadClown on April 13, 2012 at 10:04 PM

So what you’re saying is…

Newt Gingrich says the kind of things you’d expect Newt Gingrich to say?

Chaz706 on April 15, 2012 at 1:36 AM

Holy cow! QFT to the max!

I never knew GW even SAID that…wow, epic win.

Newt has been a life long supporter of the Second Amendment, and when he speaks on the subject, as he does here, there is no doubt that Newt means it. Also, Newt is advocating here a proposal that deals with what is a problem of international law that can interfere with the Second Amendment (not that it should).

Romney has been a life long gun control advocate. Now, he is casting himself as a conservative, and so he talks the talk of a conservative, which means here being a supporter of the Second Amendment. But Romney has never walked the walk of a conservative.

And don’t give me that baloney about Romney being a severely conservative Governor. He wasn’t. He increased spending (receiving a D from the Cato Institute on fiscal responsibility), raised fees and taxes, was admantly pro-abortion rights and championed RomneyCare, which Romney has never disavowed, which caused billions of dollars of shyrocketing costs and which provides the blueprint for ObamaCare.

This is a common misconception among gun rights advocates, but actual evidence does not support it. The insurgents in Bosnia/Kosovo (in the 1990s) and Iraq were not exactly short on small firearms when fighting the Yugoslavian and U.S. armed forces. However, modern armies will rout “militias” in combat.

MARCU$

mlindroo on April 14, 2012 at 3:44 PM

‘To place any dependence on the Militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff. Men just dragged from the tender Scenes of domestic life; unaccustomed to the din of Arms; totally unacquainted with every kind of military skill, which being followed by a want of confidence in themselves, when opposed to Troops regularly trained, disciplined, and appointed, superior in knowledge and superior in Arms, makes them timid, and ready to fly from their own shadows… if I was called upon to declare upon Oath, whether the militia have been most serviceable or hurtful upon the whole, I should subscribe to the latter.’

– George Washington.

It’s not stupid. America is a violent country where guns are common. I’ve lived in Egypt, Japan, Israel, UK, France, Switzerland, and the BENELUX, and the US. Only in the US is violent crime so high that I thought I needed a gun for something other than sport.

Newt being the pandering phuktard that he is advocates extending that misery to other countries.

lexhamfox on April 14, 2012 at 12:57 AM

Egypt eh? So you wouldn’t mind being a foreigner or say a Coptic Christian in the post Mubarak era without self defense? The Swiss are as armed if not moreso than Americans. Get back to me after spending some time in riots in Paris or London. You know what the definition of irony is? Walking past a drop box in the Victoria section of London imploring you to “Get a life, Bin that knife!” mere weeks after the 2011 riots.

Good luck sport shooting in the UK, they went after that not long after banning every other type of gun.

Basically there’s no saving that country.

CorporatePiggy on April 14, 2012 at 9:50 AM

I fear you are correct regarding ol’ blighty. Back in ’08 I was in London a few weeks before the election. Ended up talking to an elderly British woman one evening about the election. She mentioned Sara Palin thusly, “Oh and that Palin woman, shooting bears and mooses from a helicopter. Doesn’t she worry you?” With a smile I said, “Nope”. That kind of shut down that discussion. A day or so later after visiting the Churchill war museum (the bunkers) it hit me. How far has the UK fallen from the Battle of Britain days of “never surrender”? I see a lot of the same attitudes here in the USA.

If we could wave a magic wand and grant the disenfranchised of the Earth small arms with which to resist their oppressors, things would improve dramatically — after a lot of blood spilled — in places like Iran and North Korea.

This is a common misconception among gun rights advocates, but actual evidence does not support it. The insurgents in Bosnia/Kosovo (in the 1990s) and Iraq were not exactly short on small firearms when fighting the Yugoslavian and U.S. armed forces. However, modern armies will rout “militias” in combat.

MARCU$

Bank it folks.

HondaV65 on April 13, 2012 at 8:43 PM

Though Mitt isn’t ideal, your paranoid portrayal is way over the top.

Get a grip.

Bachman and Santorum were attacked for social conservatism.

Perry was Mediscared by a candidate who now claims the support of Paul Ryan.

And Newt has been savaged for a number of “offenses,” such as calling out the press for manifest bias and attempting to re-focus America’s attention on the tactical significance of the moon (and space in general). But these latest attacks simply take the cake. Who would have thought that “conservatives” would be attacking anyone for standing up for the right of self-defense?

Wasn’t it William Buckley who said that we need to make it desirable for the wrong people to do the right thing? Who freaking cares if Newt is pandering to the NRA? Name one Presidential candidate who has made this kind of statement to the UN, framed in terms that directly challenge their hypocrisy on human rights. There isn’t one. This whining and ankle-biting reminds me of nothing so much as the pathetic reaction of liberals to Reagan’s “Evil Empire” speech.

The fact of the matter is that some of you have lost your way. You’ve sold out your principles just to support a man who is running for President. Someday you’re going to finally wake up and realize that you’re the mirror image of the Obama worshipers who couldn’t care less what his positions are, so long as he wins. This betrayal is disgusting, but more than that it’s just sad. To think that the fundamentals of conservatism would be so easily abandoned.

The Democratic Party in its current form has been taken over by the nut bars who want to tell every one of us how to live our lives, and decide for us what we will buy, be it food, or fuel or vehicle. They aren’t liberal in any sense of the word.

but I’m pretty sure Captain Flexibility will keep a polite distance from people’s guns should he win in November.

As usual, Allah has not been paying attention. The second Obama administration will be a exercise in bypassing Congress, Courts and laws when they get in the way of his agenda.

The same cowards who haven’t exercised the power of the U.S. Constitution to stop his agenda and neuter his programs will be forced to put up or shut up. (Based on the experience with the California “Republicans”, they’ll just shut up like they’ve been mostly doing for the last 3 years.)

Don’t count on Romney to defend those rights which are but insurance against all the others from becoming history.

Don L on April 14, 2012 at 7:21 AM

Yep.
The liar-of-a-hunter is just blowing smoke. His RECORD speaks for itself.
~(Ä)~

MaiDee on April 13, 2012 at 10:56 PM

Better judged by 12 than carried by 6.

lexhamfox on (Any of the bilge you’re spouting)

The US has one of the lower intentional homicide rates. In the by-state breakdown, states with restrictive gun laws and states with drug trafficking issues drag the averages upwards.

If you want to spout bull****, you could at least kang together statistics to support drug legalization, but arguing “guns cause violence” is a patent fraud.

nailed it. you guys are medieval not only about your religion but about your guns too, much like your middle eastern counterparts. EVOLVE ALREADY!

DBear on April 13, 2012 at 9:30 PM

Evolve into what? An insincere, perverse, racist, liberty destoying reprobate like yousef?

Puh-leeze.

They banned literally all firearms a while ago to make their country safe. Gun crime literally skyrocketed anyway as did aggravated assaults, home invasions, burglaries, etc. etc.

I’ve met some UK cops and they say the country is still far safer as a result of the gun ban. When I pointed out the stats they said, “Well you yanks are gun crazed and if you’re not all shooting each other your guns are being stolen by gangsters.”

Basically there’s no saving that country.

nailed it. you guys are medieval not only about your religion but about your guns too, much like your middle eastern counterparts. EVOLVE ALREADY!

DBear on April 13, 2012 at 9:30 PM

Actually, DBear, as a Libertarian atheist, already evolved.

And carrying bits of metal that can be propelled at speed to defend myself instead of carrying a huge club.

Try to grow up and be responsible, DBear. When seconds matter, the police are only minutes away. Unless of course, you are like Bloomberg and have them on site and in the next room.

Of course most of the comments miss the point. Newt just dumped a metric tonne of FU onto the UN. Who cares if it would go anywhere? Of course it won’t.

Newt was effectively saying “hey, how about a recognition of a human right that is actually a right?” Not housing, not food not “healthcare.” An actual, transcendent, Human right, not an entitlement or payoff for votes.

Newt for UN Ambassador.

Dirt McGirt on April 14, 2012 at 2:43 AM

^^This. Very good. Sarah/Newt will not be silenced.

I’m pretty sure Captain Flexibility will keep a polite distance from people’s guns should he win in November. What would he achieve by trying to get a gun-control measure passed?

This is naive and void of understanding of the seriousness of the left at this point in our history.

I’ve watched over five decades of leftist attempts at taking away our guns now, and this man is the most dangerous of all. Maybe you missed his international lawbreaking and murder scheme over the Mexican border – one we refuse to prosecute? He could care about law -and all the “flexibility” or “civilian armies” in the world won’t work with the guns owned by folks who won’t give them up until they’re empty, and he knows that.

On the other hand, he might attempt to take them away just to find a convenient excuse to impose martial law -that plus a deliberately racially agitated base as an instrument, might give him what he wants.

Don’t count on Romney to defend those rights which are but insurance against all the others from becoming history.

Newt for UN Ambassador.

Dirt McGirt on April 14, 2012 at 2:43 AM

This important. The UN has tried to curtail the production and sale of arms. The US has used the same argument that Newt employs to thwart any real progress to stop the arms trade. It’s obscene.

Newt was effectively saying “hey, how about a recognition of a human right that is actually a right?” Not housing, not food not “healthcare.” An actual, transcendent, Human right, not an entitlement or payoff for votes.

Newt for UN Ambassador.