KAY IVEY STATEMENT ON GUN OWNER’ RIGHTS

“Alabama gun owners will have one oftheir own defending their rights with Kay Ivey in the governor’s office.” 

(Montgomery, AL   March 2,2010)  Statement from State Treasurer and Republican gubernatorial candidate Kay Ivey regarding the McDonald V. Chicago case now before the U.S. Supreme Court.

“While public attention is largely absorbed by electronic bingo, we must be vigilant about other important issues. For example, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments today in a case that could directly impact hundreds of thousands of people here in Alabama.

“I want Alabamians to know how I stand. I am a proud gun owner and a Life Member of the National Rifle Association. A quote from me in Monday’s (Mobile) Press-Register summed it up this way:  “I got the (NRA) belt buckle. I got the jacket. I got the gun, too.” So I fully recognize and appreciate just how important gun ownership is to countless people across our great state. 

“The Supreme Court is deciding McDonald v. Chicago. City law makes it almost impossible to own a gun in Chicago. The Second Amendment of the U.S.Constitution guarantees us the right to bear arms. Justices will decide whether city and state governments can limit gun ownership. It could very well be one of the most important decisions the high court hands down this year.

“We the People, the body of everyday citizens, have a fundamental, constitutional right to protect ourselves. As former Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story wrote long ago about our rights as armed citizens, we are ‘the natural defence of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections and domestic usurpations of power by rulers.’

“Our state’s motto is Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere, which means “We Dare Defend Our Rights.”  We must dare defend our right to own guns and resist those who want to chip away at the Second Amendment and whittle it down to a powerless stub. That won’t happen on my watch. Alabama gun owners will have one of their own defending their rights with Kay Ivey in the governor’s office.” 

For more details, consult this editorial in today’s New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/opinion/02tue1.html?ref=opinion

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