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Jaynee Germond For US House of Representatives District 4. |
HI! My name is Jaynee Germond and I am running for US Congress,
Oregon District 4.
You can read my more in-depth stand on the issues at http://germond4congress.com,
but I want to talk to you here about my stands on gun rights.
I can also me be reached by email at germond4congress<at>gmail.com
or by phone at 541-515-9690.
Growing up in rural America, I thought everyone owned guns.
My dad had rifles, shotguns and handguns. He hunted with his
brothers and every man I knew growing up used guns. All of my
uncles had guns. Even many women went hunting.
Guns weren’t just for hunting, however. Both of my parents
carried guns and had guns at their bedsides for protection.
We children were taught how to handle guns and that they weren’t
a toy. Dad took us shooting from time we were very young. There
are pictures of me shooting balloons with a pellet gun when
I was about 3 or 4 years old. Guns were a part of life.
Later on when we moved closer to the city, I always felt safe
because I knew there were guns in the house and we all knew
how to use them. It never occurred to us to think of guns as
‘dangerous.
When I became an adult, I didn’t own guns. It was a choice.
I didn’t hunt and never really felt it  was
necessary for a long time. As gun ‘control’ started
creeping in, however, and I started traveling, I was getting
nervous about so many ‘undesirables’ preying on
law-abiding citizens.
As a law-abiding, Constitutionalist, the more ‘control’
that was exerted over our guns, the more angry I got that our
rights were being infringed upon. Now I wanted guns. And I wanted
to know how to shoot…and shoot well. Currently, we have
Concealed handgun permits in most states (at least in theory),
but that ‘goes against the grain’ with me. I feel
that Concealment permits are actually unconstitutional. According
to the Bill of Rights, and specifically the 2nd Amendment, we
have a right to bear arms and a permit is permission, in other
words a privilege.
I now hunt and enjoy the right to have a handgun for protection.
Upon further study of the Constitution and of gun rights and
gun control in our various states and in other countries, I
have a few more thoughts on this. In every situation that guns
were banned, gun violence has risen. In areas of gun rights,
violent crimes decrease. Watching the news a few days ago, I
heard of a shooting in DC. I looked at my husband incredulously.
“That is impossible!” I cried, “the media
must be making things up again. How can DC have a shooting?
Everyone knows that guns are outlawed there!” Things that
make you go “hmmmmmmm”.
Another aspect of my argument for gun rights is this: our troops
are all over the world, but not on our borders. In the event
of an invasion, we, the law-abiding gun owners of America, are
the first line of defense. We are the militia. With law enforcement
being hit with cuts, and the Supreme court affirming that Law
Enforcement Officers have no obligation to protect individuals
(Bowers v. DeVito, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 686F.2d
616 (1982), we have a right and a responsibility to protect
ourselves and our families.
As your elected representative in Congress, I promise to fight
for the gun rights of all law-abiding Americans. It isn’t
just a right, it’s a responsibility. The Constitution
says so. |
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