Right To Bear Arms

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, recalling how her father took up arms to defend fellow blacks from racist whites in the segregated South, said Wednesday the constitutional right of Americans to own guns is as important as their rights to free speech and religion.
In an interview on CNN's "Larry King Live," Rice said she came to that view from personal experience. She said her father, a black minister, and his friends armed themselves to defend the black community in Birmingham, Ala., against the White Knight Riders in 1962 and 1963. She said if local authorities had had lists of registered weapons, she did not think her father and other blacks would have been able to defend themselves.

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Rice said the Founding Fathers understood "there might be circumstances that people like my father experienced in Birmingham, Ala., when, in fact, the police weren't going to protect you."

"I also don't think we get to pick and choose from the Constitution," she said in the interview, which was taped for airing Wednesday night. "The Second Amendment is as important as the First Amendment."

Via Instapundit

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mark | May 12, 2005 3:37 PM

Would that we Canadians had a 2nd Amendment....

maz2 | May 12, 2005 5:18 PM

Greg from Texas:

Crisis of governance in Canada continues.

Threats of violence to witnesses at Gomery Inquiry who are testifying under oath. www.andrewcoyne.com

Parliament shut down.

Matt | May 12, 2005 7:44 PM

Matthew 5:38-40

maz2 | May 12, 2005 10:33 PM

Greg in Texas:

http://www.andrewcoyne.com

A.C. Coyne also states that Canada does not, repeat, does not have a government at this time.

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