Straight from the horse's mouth....

Found the headline linked article at Keep and Bear Arms, and it is unbelievable! Oklahoma State Rep. Mike Shelton made the following statement, "During states of emergency, I think police need total control. They don't need to worry who has guns and who doesn't. If the governor calls for Oklahomans to relinquish their guns, the public needs to do so."
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Excuse me?
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Sent the representative, (lower case intentional), the following E-Mail: mikeshelton@okhouse.gov
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Representative,
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Have you read the Constitution of the United States of America? Do you have any idea of the meaning of the Second Amendment to that Constitution? Have you any idea that we are a Republic? Do you realize that what you advance can be construed as Treasonous?
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Do you know who the Legimate Authority is? Or who the Ultimate Authority is? Must I remind you, that both you and the police are public servants? And that is all? Would highly suggest that you read the Federalist Papers. As Mr. James Madison pointed out in Federalist No. 46:
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"These gentlemen must here be reminded of their error. They must be told that the ultimate authority, wherever the derivative may be found, resides in the people alone, and that it will not depend merely on the comparative ambition or address of the different governments, whether either, or which of them, will be able to enlarge its sphere of jurisdiction at the expense of the other."
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You would do well to consider that you advocate direct Constitutional Violation of your Constituent's Right:
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"Under the proposed Constitution, the federal acts will take effect without the necessary intervention of the individual States."

- James Madison, Federalist No. 54
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Disdainfully,
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E. David Quammen
GunShowOnTheNet.com
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Apparently this person somehow got into office without having any understanding of the Second Amendment at all. And this in a state that has experienced a direct terrorist attack! Were the police or ATF, (one of the supposed intended targets), able to stop Timothy McVeigh? Does the representative remember how many children died in that horrible act of cowardice? And that there are still those who believe that there was a deeper underlying conspiracy?
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It is inconceivable that a representative of the people would advocate they be disarmed, especially at a time when they very well might need arms the most! Was anything learned from New Orleans at all? It made it very clear to many American citizens that government cannot be relied upon or trusted! This representative needs removed from office as soon as is humanly possible!