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    We Are The Art reacted to Sousuke in Spreading the Word - For Collectors of WW2   
    https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/retract-executive-order-against-re-importation-us-military-firearms/Gw1Pc64d
    Some may not be aware that Obama randomly signed an EO this week banning the reimportation of US arms that were issued to other nations from the WW2/Korean Era and beyond.
    This order primarily affects M1 carbines and a few M1 Garands that are still outside the borders. Many of our fathers (in my case grandfather) carried these and they are an important part of our cultural heritage and should not be banned.
    I'm not interested in bashing the president on this, but there is no logic in banning these to lower crime as they are not the prefered firearms of criminals. Instead it harms serious collectors.
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    We Are The Art reacted to Redicent in Why are so many American Men connecting with Filipina's   
    Well, it isn't Filipino cooking...
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    We Are The Art reacted to Darnell in What a bunch of BS   
    Me? Feel? Really?
    OK - I'll bite.
    I feel that if I have to pay a bond to do something that I always wanted to do, then I'm going to pay a bond to be granted the priviledge to do it.
    However, with the supposed thousands of folk from those 6 countries historically abusing the system in the UK - it makes perfect sense (to me) to have the bonds posted.
    Who's to blame? The fellas that gamed the system, prior.
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    We Are The Art reacted to Darnell in What a bunch of BS   
    I think it's great for the UK - as they are sick and tired of folk coming in on a tourist visa and overstaying, for years.
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    We Are The Art reacted to Darnell in What a bunch of BS   
    Hmmm profiling? Really?
    I view it as counting and statistics - instead.
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    We Are The Art reacted to BatmanUSA in All Potential and Former Legal Emigrants Coming to the US-- Take the Time to Take Steps against Amnesty!   
    ok, so if I rob a bank, and give the cash to my children to use for their future education.. you agree my children should be allowed to keep that money...???
    lets see... my children are innocent and it was a bad decision on my part... this may not sound right, but why allow innocent children suffer the loss of finances due to my bad decision...
    now explain the difference between stealing money from a bank and stealing an immigration/citizenship spot from someone who has been legally waiting...
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    We Are The Art reacted to N-o-l-a in Is it really worth it   
    I hate when people say this, because reuniting a family is not a privilege, it is a human right.
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    We Are The Art reacted to lozanod in Is it really worth it   
    I definitely hear ya buddy.
    My fiancee just picked up her K1 last week, after starting the process in June of 2012.
    I definitely cursed the USCIS more than a few times during the process. What really does take them so long?
    I've had numerous background checks due to my profession and other licenses, but nothing has ever taken this long. Our case is obviously legit to anyone with half a brain looking.
    But it's a symptom of a much larger disease in the US government. Honest to goodness, if I didn't love America so much, I would've jumped ship and moved somewhere else with her.
    I can tell that you're a patriot, and that you aren't whining. You're posting a lament for your country.
    I also hear you about the other part. I had some friends who overstayed their J1 visas, and then got married to some of my closest friends. No hassle for them, no waiting on USCIS.
    It's horse-s***.
    But, as others have said, don't give up! It was a great feeling when she was finally approved!
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    We Are The Art reacted to N-o-l-a in Is it really worth it   
    People on this site certainly go on some weird tangent rants.
    FYI it used to be easy to immigrate. My British father and my mother showed up in New York in the 80s, got married, and that week my father had his greencard. Not so easy any more.
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    We Are The Art reacted to gm33021 in Is it really worth it   
    I think a couple of you are mis understanding what I mean. My fiancé is definitely worth it, I wouldn't be going through the process if she wasn't. I'm not whining at all, I'm just was expressing my thoughts. Regardless what your personal political views are, because both side have they're faults. But the lack of common sense this country lacks will be its downfall. Going back to if she's worth it, I won to successful companies, I would give those up for her.
    The nightmare in Europe, will send its effects over the Atlantic in the next 6-18 months. The president is making it difficult to proper here. That piece of paper they call the Constitution is being destroyed and disregarded, and rights re being taken away. Like I was expressing before, I would rather move somewhere where I know the government is going to screw you, than think I'm a free citizen with only the freedoms our forefathers fought for are taken away.
    Also I'm not going on a tangent because I'm fed up of waiting. I realized that part, when I filled. I now find it sad, all of the people on this forum have to wait the decision of somebody in a cubicle to decide the fate of a life together. But it gets upsetting when I see ILLEGALS, get a path to quick immigration, ILLEGALS get financial aid assistance for college, ILLEGALS get healthcare in hospitals, meanwhile Natural born citizens stand in line and get treated like #######, just because you make a certain amount you do not get the benefit others do, and coming soon... If you don't purchase healthcare your are subject to fine.
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    We Are The Art reacted to G+A in Is it really worth it   
    Two very good posts..i agree 100% with both. I have gone thru a feeling of guilt and uncertainty about if it is the right thing to bring my finace to the USA. I'm worrying that i will only be bringing her into a life of future hardship. 17 trillion in debt and counting..is just the start of it. I cant even recognize my own country. I know, i dont need to be preaching to the choir on this. But this is for you loved one to be together and meet what struggles may come together is very powerful...your powerful. So I decided yes its worth it for her to come because im going to fight to save my country for my future families sake.
    It's time to push back, we aren't the governments kick dog, they work for YOU. Time to support each other, contacting your congressman about this CSC bs is you civic duty INMHOP.. Letting them get away with it is just embolding them.
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    We Are The Art reacted to gm33021 in Is it really worth it   
    So while waiting now 6months and 5 days since applying for a k-1 visa and is still waiting for a NOA2 approval. Is it really worth all this hassle of applying for a visa to become an American citizen? Yes I understand there is a few rotten apples that have made the process the lengthy process that it is, but mostly in genera!l 2 people fall in love and want to get married and start a life together and possibly start a family. But you a have a government employee who could care less what happens to the people and lives they are reviewing. I am an naturally born American, I own a business, I employee 10-15 in house employees and 15-20 subcontractors, I pay a boat load in taxes, because I work hard. Isnt that the American dream to become successful, prosperous,have a good life...not in today's America.... All of the illegals in America get citizenship because of a Dream Act...blah ..blah... So because they are here illegal they have the ability to skip the..but what about the fact that they are here illegally. If my fiancé decides to board a flight, properly go through customs, enters the US...and we decide to get married... We could possibly be committing immigration fraud... Maybe if she entered illegally and then we got married it would be ok? Doesn't make any sense.
    Then comes the interview, so after all of the hoops and have jumped, and you have given them pretty much your first born, you go for your interview. If the consulate representative wakes up on the wrong side of the bed that morning...he/she can just say ...Um Not Approved. What makes that person god. And decides that an American naturally born citizen cannot wed his fiancé because they just didn't feel like it. ( I understand they have to make sure they don't let anyone in) but if it is a clean cut case, no arrest records on either party, more than information and documents... Why does it take 9-12 months for what seems to be a total of 2 hours of administrative work.
    So is it really worth it to be an American anymore:
    ;You work hard, employ people, make a good living,... Just to have the government say " you make to much, and we have to give your hard earned money to these people here, who obviously can work but dont choose to, because they don't have to"
    ; Oh you met a special person and want to get married to them but they are not an American... So you go through the proper process set forth by the government...and it drags on and on...just to have a decision made by someone who could less, but all these ILLEGALS, can get prefered treatment to get they're citizenship. What happened to the ILLEGAL part, haven't they committed a crime, but they government tends to persecute and hassle they group of people that go through the proper guidelines set forth so everyone is on an equal playing field.
    ; Now you have your K-1 visa in hand, hurry up you have 90 days to get married, thanks for allowing us so much time get married . Now comes 2 years of having to prove it is a real marriage...etc. Once again your future is in the hands of someone who doesn't care, so you have prove to them all of your personal details... Great now this person is like a priest whom you tell all of your personally intimate details as if the 2 weeks of training they just can determine whether it is legit or not.
    The American dream is not about the dream of a better and prosperous life, it is how to work the system, and learn how to lie, cheat and steal..and if you don't want do those the government will give to you from those who bust their a$$.. So you don't have to.
    At least in other countries, you know your getting mis treated by the government, but in America, where the government works for you, they actually work against you. My American dream is turning into a nightmare and maybe it's time to wake up from the nightmare and find a country where at least I know I'm getting screwed instead of a false dream.
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    We Are The Art reacted to Póg mo in Why Does Popular Culture Treat Prison Rape As a Joke?   
    What if he suffered a miscarriage of justice, does he still deserve to be raped? Sorry, I just don't believe that just because somebody goes to prison, they are somehow less deserving of protection from being violated. In my humble opinion prison is supposed to be about rehabilitation and not only abut punishment.
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    We Are The Art reacted to tylerilyn in The differences between CSC and VSC NOA 2's   
    Depends on what their definition of this workload is. Seems like they are lumping it all together to mean a broader workload than just I-129F petitions.
    This is what I don't get either. They say it's located with the adjudication division pending action. Like, where else would it be before then?
    It's clear to me that citizen petitions are taking a backseat right now to others for political gain. I might be misguided, but I can't see it any other way. I've looked at the data. I've read posts about DACA approvals. Some of them are complaining (or just lamenting like we are prone to do) that they have been waiting a whole 30 days. Sigh... because no, most have actually been waiting a lot longer than that. It's just recently that they've decided to force those approvals through quickly at the expense of citizen petitions. Something had to give with such mishandling, and it's likely more than just USC petitions.
    Anyway, best of luck to you with yours getting pushed through and keep bothering them about it, especially to bring up that you're a USC.
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    We Are The Art reacted to Danno in ‘AR-15 Stunt’ Provokes gabby Giffords Photo Leak   
    Maddow is a clever debater, no doubt, in fact she is made for tv style debate where the time constraints work in her favor to throw stuff out there with no time to for examination.
    Her problem is her personality is annoying to a lot of people where as say James Carville who kinda does the same thing yet is likable, even though you may disagree with him.
    Anyway her whole point in the above video is rather stupid.
    -She sounds like "10 round magazines would go a long way is limiting the damage people do... yet the boys in Columbine used.... 10 round magazines.
    -there are tens of millions of mags over ten rounds all across the country..... can't get that genie back in the bottle. But a law will somehow be meaningful.
    But as I have said before, it's not about making a difference but rather using each event as a means to move us closer to the ban.
    These people in their hearts believe nothing will make a difference until you stop the supply of guns and start grinding them up... one class at a time.
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    We Are The Art reacted to Dr. Obvious in Treating Foreign Women Like a Commodity   
    You are in a relationship with a beta Western male who is too emasculated by feminism to fight the gender role reversal and reclaim his rightful alpha place as undisputed head of the family.
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    We Are The Art reacted to Leatherneck in Treating Foreign Women Like a Commodity   
    This
    Thanks for the link to that thread. This thread, the one you provided and countless others in the past show the tendency of some folks on VJ to pounce on an OP for the way one expresses himself. Even if the OP seeks a 'time-out' by apologizing and/or attempting to make it clear, that what was written was not how they felt, (but simply a poor choice of words) the pummeling/piling on is likely to continue.
    You'd think after the first, two or three folks posted the, 'Hey! You offended me' comment, the OP could offer an apology making it unnecessary for more offended folks to arrive on the scene annoucing how offended they are.
    Me [sic] thinks some folks here are too easily offended, look for the simplest reasons to be offended and rejoice in being offended so they can pummel, pounce, pile on, bloody the nose of and scream at an OP about how offended they are.
    Now, I await those offended by this post, to show up and exclaim how offended they are.
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    We Are The Art reacted to Usui Takumi in The comment on political cartoons and graphics thread.   
    I just wanted to point out that this image is a misquote. Someone inserted "military style" into a sentence where Reagan actually said " an AK 47, a machine gun". There is a clear difference between his original quote and this. A machine gun infers fully automatic. Therefore one can not assume Reagan would be against look alike semi autos.
    The person who created this misquote was Obama himself.
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    We Are The Art reacted to TBoneTX in K-1 Journey Completed   
    Mrs. T-B. attended her oath ceremony today (23 Jan 2013) and got her Certificate of Naturalization, si man. She is a citizen now, after a 5.5-year visa journey with some giant obstacles.

    The story is posted in the K-1 Case Progress forum because, if you're like I was, you don't visit many of the later-stage forums or have a firm vision of the entire visa journey just yet. Indeed, I remember a buddy in my own monthly I-129F progress thread who got the NOA2 for his petition and wrote, "Can someone please direct me to the next forum?"

    Some of the following might yield some perspective on "the visa journey" and perhaps help you in your visa journey.

    I joined VisaJourney in mid-2007. I was overwhelmed, nervous, and bewildered by the upcoming K-1 process and the voluminous information on the site. Many of my first questions were met with patient variations of "read the Guides!"

    I sent off the I-129F petition to USCIS (the CSC) via overnight mail with green reply card. I was frantic when the card didn't come back for several days.

    I checked on-line case status of the I-129F at least once daily. Except for me, everyone else in the May 2007 filers group had received their NOA2 by 6 months (the timeframe then). I made several calls to USCIS (waiting on hold sometimes for hours, listening to that maddening "hold" music). I finally reached a kindly Immigration Officer who determined that my file had been sitting on a transit station for some time. I asked him to please send an e-mail to the processing floor to ask someone to move the file to the next place it ought to go. A very few days later, I got the NOA2. On this site, I reported the foregoing method of loosening the stuck petition; the message was twisted and roundly mocked by a group led by a viper who still sometimes poisons this site.

    Being naive, I underestimated the consular process nearly 100% and was not on the premises during my fiancee's interview. She was kicked out after about 3 minutes, without her brought evidence having been considered, with these exact words: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!"

    In subsequent correspondence, the devious consulate referred to the second interview as a "marriage interview," hiding the fact that it would be a Stokes.

    The Stokes interview was not even conducted by an American, but by a Foreign Service National (a local Ecuadorian employed by the consulate). A decision was not even to be made on that day. The first interview was "not enough evidence -- go away!" and the second was "too much evidence -- go away!"

    I got perhaps 45 minutes of sleep on the 5.5-hour return flight. Being home was worse.

    After weeks of utter torment and of calling the State Department's visa line daily, I fought through the phone lines at the consulate by insisting on speaking with an American. After 20 minutes on hold, I ended up speaking with the Section Chief of the Immigration Visa Unit. We discussed the situation and I sent him a confirmatory e-mail. Within 72 hours, the visa was approved.  My contemporaries and I, who had all been hosed by this grossly mismanaged consulate, remained angry for years afterward.

    Mrs. T-B.-to-be wrapped up her business affairs and arrived through the Port of Entry without incident, but very ill with an upper-respiratory infection. Our first week consisted of an expensive out-of-pocket medical appointment + prescriptions toward her recovery.

    We married by the third week and filed for Adjustment of Status (AOS). I mailed it overnight but without extra receipt confirmation. I checked on-line case status sporadically. The NOA arrived in timely fashion, and there was no interview.

    Mrs. T-B.'s EAD and AP arrived in due time and without incident. We used the AP on a land border trip to Mexico. Upon our return, the CBP agent knew what AP was but had obviously never actually processed one. Parts of this were quite comical. However, having our marriage certificate with us was perhaps the chief element in our approval for re-entry. Little did we know that Mrs. T-B.'s green card was in the mail to us (and on schedule) during that very trip.

    We later took a driving trip through south Texas. The CBP agents at the internal checkpoints most certainly would have given us huge trouble had Mrs. T-B. not had her green card with her. The experience taught us to keep it -- and our marriage certificate -- with her at all times.

    We filed for Removal of Conditions (ROC) as soon as Mrs. T-B. was eligible. I had taken others' advice and, since AOS, had taken appropriate pieces of evidence and thrown them into a box. By ROC time, there was more than enough support of our merged financial & personal lives through the span of our marriage. I mailed the package first-class with delivery confirmation (yellow sticker). I never signed up for on-line case status. The NOAs were timely, and approval was timely and without interview.

    About a week before we filed for ROC, Mini-Bone was born, made of genuine U.S. & Ecuadorian parts.

    We filed for Naturalization (citizenship) somewhat after Mrs. T-B. became eligible. I mailed the package regular first-class mail and never even thought about signing up for on-line case status. The NOA2 was timely, the process was uneventful, and her interview was easy. The Oath Ceremony featured 2,272 new citizens from 126 countries.

    Lessons learned and insights gained from this visa journey and from spending it as a member of VisaJourney:

    1. It's not necessary to freak out over how to mail the petitions or how to assemble the packages. Just include what the VJ Guides recommend, plus what knowledgeable members before you recommend (for example, front-loading evidence for tough consulates).

    2. Rely upon advice from the most knowledgeable, trustworthy VJ members. Chief among these for me were JimVaPhuong, pushbrk (who thankfully is still active here), and Kathryn41.  I read every post of theirs that I happened across, and I invariably learn something.  When he was alive, geowrian was well worth heeding, and his posts remain valuable. Jan22 is a blessing to this site.

    3. The squeaky wheel truly can get the grease. If your USCIS filing is grossly out of timeline, or if you have truly been wronged at the consulate, polite phone calls might yield action. (NOTE: "Grossly out of timeline" means exactly that. It does not refer to "I want my fiance(e) here NOW, no matter what. I have no patience or circumspection about the petition process, and I don't WANT any patience or circumspection!" Read the VJ forums thoroughly to see what objective factors might be influencing the processing of petitions. As hard as it can be, avoid "ready, fire, aim" reactions during this stage.)

    4. Procedures, policies, and outcomes at the Manila embassy are, chances are, unique to Manila and not automatically transferable to other consular experiences. Go atop any VJ page and click "Embassy Info" and "Reviews: Embassy." Read the reviews for YOUR consulate, attending particularly to the WORST stories. Prepare accordingly. Also pay attention to general cautions offered by experienced members who did not deal with your consulate. Take offerings of "No worries -- you will be fine!" with a large grain of salt -- yes, the interview might turn out fine, but no one can assure you of this in advance.

    5. Never EVER underestimate the consular phase of the process! The consular officers have 100% power over the continuation of your visa journey. Treating the consular phase casually can be like loading a revolver with 5 bullets, spinning the cylinder, and putting the gun to your temple and pulling the trigger. Bear in mind that a previously "easy" consulate's policies and procedures can change without notice if a new Section Chief is transferred in. Expect the best outcome, sure, but prepare for the worst conceivable.

    6. We never got an RFE. However, an RFE is a golden opportunity to provide not just what USCIS requests to satisfy the RFE, but also to add additional evidence of bona fide relationship for the consular officer's eyes, later. Everything that you submit to USCIS goes to the consulate after the petition is approved. Front-loading (or, later, "loading along with an RFE") ensures that key information that you want the consul to see is there before the beneficiary's interview at a tough consulate.

    7. There is never a disadvantage to a petitioner's being on the consular premises while the beneficiary is being interviewed. In fact, the advantages are many and distinct. Emotional support for the beneficiary is the minimum. If you the petitioner are on the premises or within range, the consul can call you in to ask questions.  Your ability to provide answers "on the scene" can ward off the issuance of a 221(g) and prevent a return trip to the consulate.

    8. As outrageous as this may sound (and as outrageous as it would have sounded to me during the I-129F wait), it indeed can be a relief to return to dealing with USCIS after having dealt with a consulate. Nevertheless, to this day, if I'm on hold on a business call and the music is the same as USCIS's "hold" music, my heart begins pounding faster.

    9. Like me, you'll start with close friends who post regularly and support you in public and private. Sadly, many will fall away from VJ along the way. Some of my earliest friends who are no longer around are:
    StillThePrettiest - last log-in, 6 Aug 2010;
    Toshtishtash - 7 Oct 2011;
    Jeraly - 23 Aug 2012;
    DanielParul (of incomparable support during my consulate torment) - 15 June 2010.

    10. As I wrote to Captain Ewok privately tonight, I could not have negotiated this visa journey -- either procedurally or emotionally -- without the help of this site and the good people on it.

    I hope that the foregoing will confer some helpful circumspection at this early stage of your visa journey, si man.
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    We Are The Art reacted to VanessaTony in Correct attitude for a moderator?   
    Given this was the OP:
    Yes.
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    We Are The Art reacted to Ban Hammer in How to Slow Firearm Deaths Without Banning All Guns   
    no, they're not. they are meant (designed) to fire a bullet. what one chooses to fire that bullet at is the issue.
    were the above in bold true, i'm guilty of misusing many of my firearms - by shooting paper targets. unless paper targets have feelings.
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    We Are The Art reacted to lost_at_sea in Workload from CSC to TSC   
    Good spot! Hope this puts CSC back into a state of activity soon. Glad to see some DACA stuff being moved, since I believe many of us agree that they were the likely cause of the sudden halt.
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    We Are The Art reacted to Ebunoluwa in I need advise- me Fiancee is not who i think she is   
    I find it ridiculous that fraud is once again brought up by some posters without knowing the facts. Why, because the
    OP is Nigerian and not European ?
    As if American women are perfect and incapable to act stupid towards their men they petitioned here. Give me a break !
    To the OP : You didn't give us enough details so there is not much advice we can give excpet that without a certain level of
    abuse you can not adjust status without her. To determine the level, if any, you have to give us the details. If she was abusive then you must be able to proof it. There is no organization that can help you to remain here.
    Ultimately we all have to be accountable for our choices and decisions in life and be responsible to handle any change that may come, be it for the best or worst.
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    We Are The Art reacted to Ban Hammer in 3 Shameful Examples of Blatant Anti-Gun Sexism   
    In decades past, sexist arguments and policies prevented women from voting, driving cars, and owning their own property.
    Today, sexist commentators and politicians seek to prevent women from carrying their own handguns and defending their own lives. The political left, comprised of the same people who are often applauded for championing the rights of women and minorities, has recently exploded with thoughtless comments regarding women and their particular right to bear arms.
    At the core of these arguments are two key assumptions: (1) that women are, in various ways, not rational enough to defend themselves with lethal weapons and (2) that the authorities should be depended upon to step in and protect them. By looking at three recent news stories, we see these assumptions in action.
    Representative Salazar: College-Aged Women Cannot be Trusted With Guns
    Politicians like Colorado Representative Joe Salazar continue to make inflammatory and sexist statements that suggest that women should not be able to bear arms. Salazar’s recent comments were specifically targeted to college campuses where he feared that young women would be unable to tell whether they were truly being threatened or whether they were imagining or exaggerating situations in their minds. In essence, Salazar assumes that women are not rational enough to distinguish an active rapist from an awkward bystander.
    Furthermore, he offered that whistles, call-boxes, and designated safe zones are actually the only defense that a young woman needs from potential attackers. He, and many of his colleagues, still believes that young women, particularly of a college age, cannot be trusted to carry lethal weapons. So, it is better that they rely on campus security and local police forces than take matters into their own hands.
    Salazar’s comments refer back to the same arguments that found most cases against females carrying guns. The first is that women are somehow too irrational to handle the responsibility of carrying a weapon. By suggesting that college-aged females are unable to determine true threats or to safely handle firearms, Salazar is appealing to a sexist and false stereotype.
    Additionally, Salazar’s comments reveal an ironic contradiction in the left’s approach to the relationship between the right to bear arms and the sensitive realities of rape and violent crimes against women. The left claims to protect and advocate for women, yet their strict anti-gun stance prevents them from supporting a primary means that women can use to prevent themselves from ever becoming victims. It would seem that those who truly wish to empower women and to guarantee their wellbeing would logically have to support women’s access to responsible gun ownership. To take any other stance is to tell women that their life and dignity are not valuable enough to truly fight for.
    Piers Morgan Is “Uncomfortable” With Women Carrying Guns
    Piers Morgan recently did a segment about female gun ownership. In it, he expressed his discomfort with increased female gun purchases and with marketing schemes which play to female fashion stereotypes by offering bra-holsters and pink guns.
    Reducing a significant issue to an aesthetic critique is Morgan’s clever way of evading the point that his guest, Paxton Quigley, made several times. Quigley argues that society has progressed, women are independent, and they deserve the right to defend themselves with legal and responsible gun ownership.
    Politician Tells a Rape Victim That A Gun Would Not Have Saved Her
    Tragic stories like Amanda Collins’ clearly demonstrate the consequences of sexist anti-gun policies which prevent women from protecting themselves. Authorities are not always present to flash a badge or their own lethal weapons. Collins, a young woman trained in martial arts and walking with a group for as long as possible, was raped on the way to her vehicle on her college campus and within sight of an empty campus police station. Because the college had a weapons ban in place, directly demonstrating the legal scenario that Representative Salazar promotes, the rapist had a weapon and Collins did not.
    Now an advocate for women’s rights to bear arms, Collins willingly tells her story to illustrate the necessity of permitting women to make their own choices about self-defense. Her story proves that anti-gun comments and policies are not just theoretically flawed, they are also practically harmful.
    On March 4, Collins told her story to the Colorado State Senate’s Veterans and Military Affairs Committee. After Collins’ testimony, specifically targeted against the same legislation that Salazar was defending, Democratic Senator Evie Hudak responded with the same sexist arguments that we have heard so many times before. Hudak essentially told Collins that, even if Collins would have had her gun, the rapist would have just overpowered her and used it against her. Senator Hudak, a woman herself, expresses the hopeless and sexist belief that women with guns will only stack the statistics against themselves and become victims of worse violence. Shamefully, to Hudak, passivity is preferable to bravery because it is impossible to believe that a women would actually be able to defend herself.
    Dependence Hurts Everyone – Not Just Women
    The leftist assumption, evident throughout these examples, is that people don’t need to protect themselves because the authorities will take care of them. Whistles, safe zones, and call boxes are all suggestions that ordinary people should just wait for someone with authority to come and save them. But while potential victims wait and blow into their whistles, evil people do not cease to act simply because they have.
    We have seen this argument before. The left frequently promises help in times of trouble and expects private groups and individuals to wait around for the government to act. This sort of dependence is the reason that the economy takes so long to recover and people are so hesitant to return to work when they know that the government will pay the bills. So, especially in this instance of life or death importance, we cannot be content with dependency. It’s time that we blow the whistle on being satisfied with just blowing the whistle. It’s time that we stand by women’s right to bear arms.
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    We Are The Art reacted to lostinblue in Court curbs laptop searches at U.S. border   
    I thought you cared about the kids.You desire to castrate the 2nd but complain when the government wants to castrate the 4th.
    Amendment IV
    The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
    Amendment II
    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
    You desire to be selective as to which Amendment YOU desire to support.
    In your eyes every 30 round mag is a future sandy hook waiting to happen.....Why not just use the same liberal logic and search every computer within 100 miles of the border because somewhere could be child porn on one.(as mentioned in the above article)
    Think of the kids..... I do understand You have a computer but not a gun .....Hypocritical selective Outrage of the left.
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