Jackson Jambalaya

Left this message to Sen. Fienstein. I am so sick if those self righteous gun-grabbers of the common folk by those who wouldn't consider give up their armed body guards.

The 2nd Amendment says MY RIGHT TO DEFEND MYSELF SHALl NOT BE INFRINGED. That means YOU CAN'T GET CLOSE TO MY RIGHT TO DEFEND MYSELF. You may not be a sixth grader, but your logic is CERTAINLY messaging on that level of stupidity.

When you find it necessary to account for your status by giving us the details about how long you have served the public, you lose your argument to something less than logical! To be away from mixing with the general public as long as you have, you no longer have the justification to serve in Congress as Richard Luger learned so profoundly.

Come home to California and meet the real people.

There were no winners in that exchange.
Both came across as pompous and patronizing.

There were no winners in that exchange.
Both came across as pompous and patronizing.

That is your problem. You see the world as winners and losers.

Sen. Feinstein is not an attorney and she is a bit sensitive on that. District court in Washington was created by the Federalists and is a frequent national testing ground which it was for the Heller case. Searches, privacy, speech, etc all have tested exemptions. Citizens with a fondness for heavy weapons will face some limitations, but Sen. Cruz and others are secure and should not get paranoid yet.

8:16 am don't be silly
That was a turn of phrase, not a world view.
They both came across as patronizing and pompous to those who are not rabidly partisan.

Diane Feinstein says:

"I was a Mayor for nine years. I walked in, I saw people shot. I've looked at bodies that have been shot with these weapons."

She then goes on to compare her personal experience with murder in San Francisco to Sandy Hook, dismembered childrens' bodies, etc. She specifically mentions "weapons of war".

The dead bodies Feinstein saw where George Moscone's and Harvey Milk's.

Their murderer, Dan White, pumped two rounds into Moscone's chest from point blank and then straddled his body on the floor, leaned over and put two more slugs into Moscone's head.

White shot Milk from only feet away in the gut, in the chest, in the back, into the base of his skull and placed a fifth shot, point blank, into Milk's head.

Dan White used a 2 inch .38 revolver and reloaded between murders. Dan White did not kill using a weapon of war.

You come off as pompous 9:01 AM.

If you watch and listen carefully you see and hear what the liberal plan is. Dick Durbin at 5:40 - "none of these rights are absolute".

Cruz is doing the right thing here to push back. Liberals have chipped away at the constitution structure since it was put in place. Now they are salivating profusely because they are one election away from shredding it completely.

These folks are coming after guns, and anything else they can get.

Having watched a good bit more of the hearings than included in the video clip presented here, my takeaway was that Leahy, Feinstein, Durbin and Schumer were clearly threatened by Senator Cruz’s sound constitutional arguments.

Wouldn’t it be encouraging if Mississippi’s senators would exhibit the same integrity regarding their oaths to uphold the US Constitution as does Senator Cruz?

I thought it was a pretty good point to follow the comparison to specify that some forms--- (granted not many) of pornography
are not permitted and is not considered an attack on the 1st amendment...

oh, and I am no fan of feinstein

Anon 10:22 - “I thought it was a pretty good point to follow the comparison to specify that some forms--- (granted not many) of pornography
are not permitted and is not considered an attack on the 1st amendment...”

The “pornography” argument is probably consistent with the spirit of the 1st amendment; but restricting the capacity of a “well regulated Militia, … necessary to the security of a free State…” by restricting certain weapons, as the Democrats are proposing, is clearly not consistent with the spirit – nor the letter – of the 2nd amendment.

As such, the Democrat porno argument is irrelevant to the question that Senator Cruz posed to Senator Feinstein.

2nd Amendment: “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.”

oh, and I am not an owner of bullet guns...

9:06 am ( laughing) perhaps that's why I can recognize it in others ( still laughing)
Really, is that the best you can do?

What burns me up is Feinstein and others saying we don't "need" certain types of weapons. Who the Hell does she think she is to tell me what I need? She also said something about bazookas. Where can I buy one now?

Methinks the greatest constitutional threat is in the area of privacy. Our tech & communications companies were protesting EU laws that hamper Microsoft, Google, etc information gathering. Private citizens in every industrialized country are under threat from these companies and secondarily the United States security leviathan. They won't take away your guns when they know everything your up to anyway.

No one needs or should be allowed to own an assault rifle. Or a pit bull for that matter. I agree with the Senator from California.

And Mississippi needs a new RESPECTFUL flag. Not this Civil War SHIT.

My pit bull has an assault rifle.

The Mississippi flag is beautiful and very respectful. It will not be changed. Book it.

Can't argue that 4:19. Our rednecks are too busy with "personhood revival" to get caught up in that.

No one needs or should be allowed to say things that offend someone else. Or a Chinese Crested, for that matter. I agree with 3:45

Thank you 3:45 for having the guts to say the obvious on this red meat usite. PEOPLE. Google "Gun deaths by country" and see where we are compared to countries of the world with reasonable gun laws. This is insane.

7:25 I did. According to Wikipedia, the more Hispanic or black the country, other OTHER than the US, the higher the gun violence. Thanks for the tip.

on the other hand, google "beheadings by country" or "individual rights by country" or .....

Keep drinking the kook aid....yes kook aid 7:54. I guess you think we are the only "free country" in the world as well. Try CANADA. Individual rights. Ignorance is BLISS. REGULATE NUTS AND WEAPONS. The fruitcake NRA doesn't want background checks. BACKGROUND CHECKS. Splain that!!!

pass the "kook aid" and I'll have some.... oh, wait... you are already drunk on it and it's gone

I did try Canada, Dry, once... but I'm more intrigued by this "kook aid". It seems to make you really hallucinagenic

let me "splain"... we already have background checks

Cat got her tongue 7:54?

Why stop with assault weapons?
If we have to fight off an army, we should each have our own tanks and bombers and wait, I want my own missle.
Hmmm...better put razor wire and mines around the house so I'll have time to grab my assault rifle if there's a surprise attack.
Who in my family will I send out on point when I grocery shop so I can avoid a surprise ambush?
No wait, I'll stock up on supplies so I can't be subject to a siege.
I'll bet I could get lots of fish to belly up with a grenade!!!
And, I'll freeze them and make sure I have plenty of gas for the generator.
Gosh, if only those crazy farmers moving into the Wild West hadn't made all those annoying laws about not bringing your guns into town, we could still be having so much fun with shoot outs and I'll bet I could have my own little tribal army just like those lucky folks in Somalia!

Looks like .410 needs to consider firing a larger caliber at us, y'all. Either respect the Mississippi flag, or GTFO. We voted twice, you lost - twice. Get over it.

We voted once numb nuts. LETS VOTE AGAIN.

poor 10:08

simply hates law

individuals already own tanks, "bombers", missiles, razor wire and mines.

but let's keep making laws, based on emotion, that only affects the law-abiding... oh, wait, if you make a law and the law abiding don't abide by that law then they become outlaws, right?

Maybe we should make a law about stupidity and 10:08 can be an outlaw.... wait, dadgummit. Every citizen of age in the United States is an outlaw. We have so many laws on the books that nearly every day over half of the U.S. is breaking some law.

I say we outlaw red 2 door cars. They kill people and I don't like them and no one needs a red 2 door car.

11:23 GOOGLE HANDGUN DEATHS BY COUNTRY AND COME BACK AND EXPLAIN WTF IS HAPPENING HERE COMPARED TO THE SANE COUNTRIES WITH REGARDS TO GUN OWNERSHIP. You have a right to own a gun, but America needs responsible ownership regulations. HINT LIKE THE REST OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD.

11:23 AM...you miss sarcasm

Move to Somalia...no irritating central government to curb your baser instincts!

Nor is there any law to make you remain civilized.

Question: Do we still have an ad hoc " we'll regulated militia"? Did the framers anticipate a national Army and UZI's? A MILITIA????

No the the framers were familiar with the fall of the Roman Republic considered the rise of the standing professional army to be one of the main reasons freedom was lost as it converted to an empire. They also respected the citizen soldier armies of Athens and other city states. They definitely wanted a counter-balance to a standing army in case anyone got any ideas.

838 what has your "see how smart I am" rant have to do with sensible gun laws. Typical redneck change the subject BS.

8:10 I think that your suggestions just might make staying in the city of Jackson an option. Thank you!

I don't want to take away your guns.

I just want you to be licensed and registered just like you are with your car.

I want you to be competent and if your gun is found at a crime scene , I want to know if you used it or reported it stolen.

With lap tops and WiFi, there's no excuse for private sales to be unable to do what the retailers do.

And, THAT is really what this is all about...closing the gun show loophole. On licensing and registration, the horse has left the barn. YOU have to have a permit even in RED states like Mississippi.

So Diaz little diatribe on the Constitution was for the cameras and those of you who apparently live in fear.

9:09 permit for what? Owning a gun....I agree with you completely, except the permit part is wrong.

What YOU want has nothing to do with what the U.S. and MS constitutions state with regards to bearing arms.

YOU want to control someone else, period.

And YOU 11:12 want to IGNORE the obvious. ALL GUNS, LIKE AUTOMOBLES, AIRPLANES ETC SHOLD BE REGISTERED AND A SAFETY COURSE PASSED TO OPERATE SAME.

Any more comments using caps and the comment does not get approved.

looks like some people need a license and to take a course before they opine or exercise their free speech right.

Caps: Good for teeth..bad for blogs.

@11:26 AM call Momma Donna and sign up for one of her writing lovefests. With a little luck you'll be writing Come to Jesus columns for the JFP within a month.