WASHINGTON - July 6, 2009 - Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Amerikans say gun sales are up in the United States because of a fear of increased government restriction on gun ownership.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that just 23% say gun sales have risen because of a fear of increased crime. Twenty-one percent (21%) are not sure.

Sixty-three percent (63%) of men say the threat of more gun control is behind increased sales, compared to 51% of women. Fifty-nine percent (59%) of whites agree, while African-Amerikans are more closely divided on the question.

It is good to know that 75% of Amerikans believe the Constitution guarantees the right to own a gun. A whopping 92% of Republicans say the Constitution guarantees their right to own a gun, compared to 64% of Democrats and 71% of adults not affiliated with either of the major political parties.

The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states, “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.” The amendment is part of the Bill of Rights.

Gun control advocates have argued that the Second Amendment refers to the arming of a militia for the common defense and is not a guarantee of an individual’s right to own a gun. The National Rifle Association and numerous political leaders, both Democrat and Republican, among others, disagree.

Now we have Judge Sonia Sotomayor, nominated for the U.S. Supreme Court by illegitimate President Obama, with a record on the Second Amendment that is troublesome to gun owners - and that is putting it mildly. U.S. senators are being urged by their constituents to carefully question Judge Sotomayor about her position and her rulings on cases having to do with the Second Amendment.

Take a look a portion of Sotomayor’s record on gun rights:

Sotomayor ruled in United States v. Sanchez-Villar (2004) “the right to possess a gun is clearly not a fundamental right.”

She was part of a three-judge panel, earlier this year, which ruled in Maloney v. Cuomo that the Second Amendment does not apply to the states.

Fox News reported back in May (2009) that in her senior thesis at Princeton University, Sotomayor wrote that Amerika has a “deadly obsession” with guns and that the Second Amendment does not guarantee an individual right to firearms ownership.

I ran across an interesting article on a site called “The Patriot’s Mind” a few days ago. The title of the piece is, “What the Media won’t tell you about Judge Sotomayor.” You will find it here.

Amerikans continue to practically run to gun shops to purchase weapons. They are buying ammunition, semiautomatic sport-utility rifles, handguns and shotguns.

The plain truth is Amerikans are afraid this new government is going to disregard the constitution and take away their guns and/or make it nearly impossible for them to purchase ammunition for their weapons. That is one reason Amerikans are buying guns. The other is, or should be, self-explanatory.

Words from the mouth of, quite likely, the 20th century’s worst dictator, Adolph Hitler, is the most important reason Americans should never give up their 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Here is what Hitler said:

“The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing.”
          Adolph Hitler, Hitler’s Secret Conversations 403
          Norman Cameron and R.H. Stevens transcript, 1961

Now compare that to what Thomas Jefferson said to John Cartwright in 1824. Jefferson said:

“The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that… it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.”

When Amerikans survey the political landscape in Washington, D.C. today, one cannot escape the feeling that powers are gathering to strip Amerikans of a cherished right - the right to keep and bear arms.

Amerikans have almost instinctively understood that it was the gun that secured our freedom from Great Britain and it has been the gun that has kept us free ever since.

Amerikans must remember that without the right guaranteed us by our Founding Fathers, in the Second Amendment, we would have NO WAY to secure all the other rights.

Somewhere along the way, over the past 233 years, we seem to have forgotten that.

We would remind all Amerikans that with our guns we are citizens. Without them, we will fairly quickly become slaves.