BIRDS OF PREY - Jeffersonian

you would stay and join the fray, engage
with facts, parry and riposte, rather than
get mad, make personal attacks, flip me
the bird, slam the door and stomp off
— harrumph. You showed me, eh? If
you stayed and argued it out, we might
learn more about each other. I read your
note several times and you never offered
a single rebuttal, fact or genuine liberal
counter-point (Liberal: “ ... open to
new behavior or opinions …” and “…
concerned mainly with broadening a
person’s general knowledge and experience
…”). Think about it. Best of luck
in whatever it is you’re trying to accomplish.
And just so you know — this may
come as a surprise to you — the government
doesn’t provide a single freedom.
Not a one. Their job is to ensure our
natural freedoms are not oppressed;
something they seem to forget regularly
I fear, regardless of the party affiliation.
And as for my president? I wrote in
my Insider (March/April, 2009) I would
not stand in Obama’s way and indeed,
would support his efforts to make our
country stronger and financially healthy
(unlike the constant barrage of hatemongering
the liberal media and Democratic
party, as a whole, did to Bush).
But I confess I did warn The President
not to mess with our gun rights — we’re
watching. And those constant adolescent
comments you mentioned? Okay,
maybe in this issue’s Insider ... RH
Guns Across Borders
I’m in the NY area and as you probably
know Federal law does not prohibit
individuals from transporting
firearms across state lines as long as
they have a valid permit from the state
in which they reside and are destined
to a state that recognizes their permit.
Non-residents may also enter or pass
through the state with handguns if they
are competing in a legitimate NRA,
collegiate or Olympic event in NY. Of
course a letter proving the participation
is necessary, and in both scenarios the
gun must be unloaded and locked away
from the ammunition.
What I experience often is when
non-residents of NY State cross into
Canada and have no idea their pistol
permit from Texas, as one example, is
not applicable in another country, or
perhaps several states they have crossed
to get into NY. Worst case scenario
is the individual from Texas does not
declare the weapon going into Canada,
and Canadian Customs finds it with
confiscation and jail time inevitable.
If they declare the weapon at Canadian
Customs and are bounced back
to the US, without confiscation or jail
time, they face additional trouble from
local and state police for transporting a
weapon through NY State.
US citizens can travel into Canada to
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