Pelosi Urges Congress to Uphold Constitution by Passing Gun Control

Anti-gun U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) recently urged members of Congress to uphold their oath to "protect and defend" the Constitution by passing harsher gun control laws. Yes, Pelosi is proposing that Congress should support the Constitution by radically violating it. Such is the deconstructionist mindset of modern-day gun-control advocates.

As reported by CNS News, Pelosi made the plea in a press release marking the one-year anniversary of the Aurora, Colorado shootings. Said Pelosi: "In Congress, there can be no more fitting memorial to the lives lost in Aurora, in Newtown, and across the country than a concerted effort to enact commonsense gun safety legislation. We must uphold our oath to 'protect and defend' the constitution and all Americans by expanding background checks and keeping dangerous firearms out of the wrong hands."

As most Americans know, the Constitution was conceived and inherently designed to ensure that the government does NOT attempt to overpower the people with its own agenda or unduly restrict not only the Second Amendment, but any other of our precious, Constitutionally-guaranteed rights.

Translating Anti-Gun Propaganda into English

In George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, a tyrannical government attempts to control how people think by, among other things, reducing language to "a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of IngSoc [English Socialism]" and "to make all other modes of thought impossible." In the IngSoc government's new language, Newspeak, the original meanings of many words are discarded in favor of new definitions designed to conform people's thoughts to the tyrants' political objectives. For example, Newspeak phraseology includes this gem, "ignorance is strength," a nonsensical construction that gun control advocates appear to have taken literally.

Speaking of gun control advocates, that brings us to the Children's Defense Funds' (CDF) latest offering, "Protect Children, Not Guns, 2013." If you can stand it, bear with us now, while we translate a representative sample of the CDF's gibberish into English, so the real gist of what the group is saying can be conveyed. Sticking with conventional practice, we'll go with a "Top Ten," of sorts.

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"Mayors for Gun Control"

We often report on anti-gun New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the follies of his gun control advocacy group "Mayors Against Illegal Guns." In the past--at one of their particularly low points--we were even compelled to detail a long list of criminal acts attributed to MAIG members.

These days, some members of the group are disenchanted and are quitting MAIG.

The New York Post reported this week that one former member--Rockford, Illinois Mayor Lawrence Morrissey--has said, "The original focus, I thought, was going to be . . . on better enforcement of our existing laws, and if anything, we have talked about not getting involved with things like banning assault weapons and banning magazine clips." Morrissey also explained, "The reason why I joined the group in the first place is because I took the name for what it said--against 'illegal' guns."

All the Contradiction that's Fit to Print

On July 26, the New York Times editorial page contained something to which all gun owners should be accustomed: another anti-gun tract penned by the Times' editorial board. This time, the board's target was NRA's support for the effort to recall a pair of Colorado legislators following their support for magazine restrictions and the criminalization of private firearm transfers.

Titled, The Gun Lobby Takes Vengeful Aim, the editorial criticizes the Colorado recall effort, stating that soon after the law was passed "the National Rifle Association was vindictively pressing for recall votes against two supporters of the stronger law," in a "vengeful recall attempt." The Times also makes clear its support for a statement by recall target Sen. John Morse, writing, "'Recalls are for unethical behavior, and not disagreements,' he properly noted in the Denver Post."

Stop "Organizing for Action": Take Your Own Action in August

Organizing for Action (OFA), an organization dedicated to promoting President Obama's agenda and policies (and whose website includes an Obama campaign logo and whose URL is https://my.barackobama.com/page/s/organizing-for-action) is currently planning its "Action August"--an advocacy initiative set for next month that includes "national action days" focused on issues that will include gun control.

According to a recent Politico article, the thrust of OFA's initiative will be to confront legislators who oppose Obama's agenda while they're in their home districts during the congressional recess and try to get them to change their positions. OFA's grassroots efforts will include appearances at town halls, phone banks, rallies and office visits, in an attempt to replicate the August 2009 tea party backlash Obama received and--they hope--draw local attention and coverage, and start mounting political pressure, ahead of the 2014 midterm elections.

NRA Firearms Face-Off: Eight Guns. One Champion. You Decide.

Get ready to vote for your favorite firearm! On Wednesday, July 31, the NRA will launch our "Firearms Face-Off" competition on Facebook. You will be able to vote for your favorite firearm in a bracket-style tournament where eight guns will be paired off to go head-to-head to receive the most votes. To help you decide how to vote, you'll be able to watch a short video featuring each of the firearms.

You will have two days to vote on each round and a winning firearm will be announced at the end of the fourteen-day Firearms Face-Off. The firearms featured are: Springfield M1A SOCOM II, Kimber 8400 Patrol, Smith & Wesson M&P15, Remington Model 783, SIG556R, Mossberg 500, Ruger Mini-14, and Kel-Tec KSG.