Huckabee concerned about gun freedoms

[DaveM55]

http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/...au/343403.html

Saturday, Sep 22, 2007

By Aaron Sadler
Stephens Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON - Mike Huckabee warned Friday against federal judges who seek to use international law to shape gun-control rulings.

Huckabee told a friendly crowd at a National Rifle Association meeting that the nation should not tolerate judges who try to strip away the Second Amendment right to bear arms by using international law as precedent.

He also was sharply critical of the United Nations, an organization that the NRA says supports a global gun ban.

Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential hopeful, earned a standing ovation from the crowd of about 500 for his stringent opposition to judicial intervention on gun issues.

He was one of a parade of GOP contenders who spoke at the event.

Huckabee said he wouldn't mind if UN headquarters in New York "were to break off and float in the East River never to be seen again."

UN officials have repeatedly said that their efforts to restrict the global small arms trade should not be seen as an attempt to ban guns worldwide.

After his speech, Huckabee told reporters that he would work with the UN as long as the country maintained its sovereignty.

"It would only be a danger if there were Americans who somehow felt that we had an obligation to yield ourselves to a law other than our own Constitution and the laws we create," he said.

However, judges recently have cited international law as precedent in some cases and that concerns him, he added.

"International law doesn't have an application in the appellate process or the adjudication process in an American court," Huckabee said.

Huckabee, who with his wife Janet is a longtime member of the NRA, said he thought the Second Amendment should be held as sacrosanct as other rights like freedom of the press and of religion.

There should be no geographic exemptions either, he said, in opposition to gun restrictions in urban areas. The District of Columbia, for instance, bans hand guns.

He did not directly criticize opponents like Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor who once referred to the NRA as "extremists" and earned a tepid reception Friday.

But Huckabee did say voters should look at the past records of Republican presidential contenders, then he listed his pro-gun accomplishments as governor.

Huckabee signed into law legislation that prevents liability lawsuits against gun manufacturers and opposed an assault weapons ban. He said he was also the first sitting governor to receive a permit to carry a concealed handgun.

"I've told some hostile crowds, 'Be careful, don't mess with me,'" Huckabee said.

[larrymeyer]

After the first world war didn't the treaty call for Germany to disarm? And prohibit the manfacturing of Guns and a standing Army???

[Brick]

Originally Posted by larrymeyer

After the first world war didn't the treaty call for Germany to disarm? And prohibit the manfacturing of Guns and a standing Army???

No, but they were limited in naval strength and forbidden an air force.

[Nate]

Huckabee would run this nation very well.

[fultonCoShooter]

Originally Posted by Nate

Huckabee would run this nation very well.

yeah into the ground! there wouldnt be a nation with his plans


he is fuckin 2 face say what you wanna hear type of person

on his website he states

I oppose the economic integration of North America that would create open borders among the United States, Canada, and Mexico. I will never yield one iota or one inch of our sovereignty.

then he also says

Globalization, done right, done fairly, can be the equivalent of a big pay raise by allowing us to buy things more cheaply.

[Yellowfin]

The interesting thing I find about Germany is that they insist on being 100% anti Hitler yet fully embrace his firearms policies to the letter.

[RLS]

A related link:
http://weblogs.chicagotribune.com/ne...rol_probl.html




Rick

[Jackal]

Originally Posted by fultonCoShooter

yeah into the ground! there wouldnt be a nation with his plans


he is fuckin 2 face say what you wanna hear type of person

on his website he states



then he also says

Well if he opposes a north American union (NAU) then I doubt if he would support any treacherous globalization policies. I do not know him personally, nor have I done much research, but for an oppressive global entity to exist (and take down the US sovereignty) then the NAU would be the first thing done.

The NAU has already begun as an entity. Look at the lax border enforcement. The weakening of the dollar could also be a precedent to accepting a north american currency.

So I would like for him to say that the country needs stronger borders and needs to get rid of a north american identity. But saying that the UN building needs to float away on a river seems a good start.

[stimpy17]

I'm not feeling warm and fuzzy about Huckaboom.
Two faced, you bet. That's my humble opinion.

[TheBuckslayer]

I don't care what his views on guns are. He will never get my vote.