Posted: 3/9/2004 6:23:43 AM EDT
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Alan Keyes on Gun Control Alan Keyes for President!!!!!  No federal role in gun safety-leave it to states & parents Q: What do you propose to protect children from injury or death from firearms? A: There is almost no proper federal role in the area of firearms safety. Legislation concerning responsibility for negligence has traditionally, and properly, fallen to the states. Irresponsibility of parents with regard to firearms is part of the question of the general responsibility, or lack thereof, of parents. As a people, we must honor and foster a recovery of personal and political self-government. Source: National Association of Children’s Hospitals survey Jan 8, 2000 Teach high school students to use guns Speaking at the Gun Owners of New Hampshire’s presidential forum, Keyes’ proposal that high school students be taught how to use guns went over well. Source: Boston Globe, p. A23 Dec 17, 1999 Columbine killers lacked moral development - not gun laws The gun control mentality is that guns are in control of situations, and when we see kids like those in Columbine High School, we shouldn’t see human beings who have gone off the right moral road because their consciences and self-discipline have not been properly developed. Instead, we should see guns in control of the situation, and then we should react against the guns. “Gun violence” should be called human violence, leaving us at least the dignity of being responsible for our own sins. Source: (Cross-ref from Juvenile Crime) WorldNetDaily “Standing on p Jun 14, 1999 Gun control is an outcome of godless materialism The premise of the gun control agenda is that people can’t control things, but that things control people. At the root of the gun control agenda, as with the sex education agenda and so many other liberal agendas, is a denial of our moral nature. And that denial of our moral nature rests ultimately on a denial of the existence of God and of a relationship between God and human things. So the gun control agenda is a natural outcome of the agenda of godless materialism. Source: WorldNetDaily “Standing on principle” May 14, 1999 Control people’s passions - not the things they use [Gun control proponents] propose controlling the things we use, as if this will control people. Violence is not a function of the things; it’s a function of the heart. If the heart is wrong, then violence will come out of the heart as a consequence -- and if a gun isn’t handy, a machete will do. What is in control is not the thing, but the human being that allows his evil passions to control his actions, and thus lead to the awful situations we have seen from Indonesia to Littleton. Source: WorldNetDaily “Standing on principle” May 14, 1999 Against banning guns since that won’t end violence. Consider the phony assertion that certain weapons should be banned because “they have no purpose except to kill people.” This debate is not about certain kinds of weapons that kill people; all kinds of weapons can kill. It is people that kill people, and they can use countless kinds of weapons to do so, if killing is in their hearts. If we want to end violence in our land, we must warm the hearts of this people with a renewed dedication to the God-given equality of all human beings. Source: www.keyes2000.org/issues/secondamendment.html 1/7/99 Jan 7, 1999 Supports right to bear arms for all types and uses of guns. The 2nd Amendment was not put into the Constitution by the Founders merely to allow us to intimidate burglars, or hunt rabbits to our hearts’ content. The Founders added the 2nd Amendment so that when, after a long train of abuses, a government evinces a methodical design upon our natural rights, we will have the means to protect and recover our rights. That is why the right to keep and bear arms was included in the Bill of Rights. Source: www.keyes2000.org/issues/secondamendment.html 1/7/99 Jan 7, 1999 No bans on legal firearms; allow concealed carry Eliminate all bans and measures that restrict law-abiding citizens from owning legally obtained firearms; Allow law-abiding citizens to carry a concealed firearm that is legally owned and registered. __________________ |
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I really do like that guy. A LOT. Only he, Newt Gingrich, and the great Renauldus Magnus have ever kept me completely spellbound during a speach. What a crying shame he doesn't stand a chance of being elected. Racists on both sides will deny him the opportunity... [:(] |
| I have always found Mr Keyes to be a very articulate individual. He isn't afraid of saying what has to be said and isn't too concerned if it's politically correct. Unfortunately much like Ron Paul he doesn't stand a chance of gaining a position in our gov't that he could effect some positive change since the system seems to be geared to the status quo and anyone who bucks that system is usually marginalized. Most of the people I've talked to about Alan Keyes don't like him because he seems to "religous" for their taste, yet they plant their nose firmly in Dubyas backside. If he could get on the ballot I'd vote for him. |
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Being from ALabama, I too get the "Racist Redneck" comment from certain people of ignorance when I make my feelings known regarding true racists such as AL Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Louis Farrakhan. (Who have done more to keep people of color down than all the Klan members in history collectively..it's their meal ticket) I simply point out to those ignorant assholes that I would vote for Mr. Keyes in a hearbeat over any of the white men on the ballot. Their answer? 1) "I ain't never be heard of no Alan Keyes. Who that be?" or 2) "Foo, Alan Keyes be's whiter than you..." Sigh... SG |
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Quoted: Being from ALabama, I too get the "Racist Redneck" comment from certain people of ignorance when I make my feelings known regarding true racists such as AL Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Louis Farrakhan. (Who have done more to keep people of color down than all the Klan members in history collectively..it's their meal ticket) I simply point out to those ignorant assholes that I would vote for Mr. Keyes in a hearbeat over any of the white men on the ballot. Their answer? 1) "I ain't never be heard of no Alan Keyes. Who that be?" or 2) "Foo, Alan Keyes be's whiter than you..." Sigh... SG I'm sure you noticed that when the Alabama Republican Party had its first-ever pre-Primary Caucus four years ago, the media barely-if-at-all reported that a black man - Alan Keyes - won the Caucus. I was a delegate - I proudly voted for Keyes. (A qualifier - Keyes was here in person & "W" wasn't; if "W" had been here he most likely would have won.) But none of that matters because when most people think of Alabama & race relations in the same thought process, their minds reflexively recall images of Bull Connor & fire hoses or the Pettus Bridge in Selma... thanks again, "Media," for perpetuating those images again & again & again... [:(!] I have met & spoken with Keyes twice - at the Caucus & at a Pro-Life banquet a couple of years earlier. I am utterly impressed with him & would support him for ANY office - unfortunately (as stated above), he is unelectable... [:(] |
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Quoted: Quoted: "I ain't never be heard of no Alan Keyes. Who that be?" "Foo, Alan Keyes be's whiter than you..." You Alabama folks talk funny. Yeah, it's just us.[rolleyes] In my business I have several Viginians that I deal with regularly. I almost had to hire a translator..sound like they're trying to talk with wads of cotton "in theyah mauosth". Virginians have no room to talk there. OTOH, if that was a shot at my "ebonics", that was meant as a very good approximation of the grammar of the idiots that are saying such to me. I highly suspect that such folk would sound the same regardless of where they hail from, as ignorance, IMO, has it's own special vernacular. SG |
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My two favorite black people are Alan Keyes and Walter Williams. Williams is an economist (but don't hold that against him, maybe he can't help it [;)]) and I love reading his column in the paper. Put these two guys on the ballot and they've got my vote, guaranteed. |
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Quoted: How about Ron Paul & Alan Keyes at the top of the ticket? Viable? Unfortunately, I don't think either one of those fine gentlemen would be viable. I would willingly give my time and spare money to getting them on the ticket for President/Vice President. I don't care which one sits in the Oval Office either. I consider them BOTH to be more then qualified for the position! |
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I had the great privilege of working on his Senate campaign here in MD back in '88, before he was well known on the national scene. He is the most captivating political speaker I have ever heard, and he doesn't rely on cheap rhyming gimmicks ala Jesse. However, he seems to have gone more towards speaking and commenting than trying to get elected. I don't mean compromising principles, just that making his point seems more important to him these days than anything else. Not saying it's bad, just what I see. |
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He's the kind of man I would vote for as my president. I would love to see a Alan Keyes-Ron Paul ticket or a Alan Keyes-Larry Craig ticket, or as a last resort a Ron Paul-Larry Craig ticket for the whitehouse. Either one of these combinations would work for me, and I bet quite a few others who love freedom. |