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candidate stands for or against your freedom and Constitutional
rights: Presidential Election
2008
Pro-gunners -- Keep Your Powder Dry
Ron Paul President Candidate
by Larry Pratt
Executive Director
Ron Paul has represented areas near Houston, Texas for
nearly 20 years in the U.S. House of Representatives. He has
the reputation of the paramount defender of the Constitution
and seeks to follow it in casting every one of his
votes.
Ron Paul has been a leader in the fight to defend and
restore the Second Amendment. He has sponsored legislation to
repeal the following:
- the Brady law;
- the requirement to lock up your safety
(guns);
- the law permitting the US to be part of the UN
(which, among other attacks on American freedoms, seeks to
ban privately transfered firearms);
- participation in UNESCO -- which has been used to
dumb down US education standards;
- the federal prohibition on importation of guns on a
sporting basis test;
- federal prohibitions on any pilot wishing to carry
a handgun to and in his cockpit; and,
- the so-called "assault weapons" ban (prior to its
sunsetting in 2004).
Paul also has sponsored legislation requiring states to
treat the concealed carry permit of one state the same as they
do that state's driver's license.
Paul has viewed his opposition to a national ID card as a
protection for gun owners. A national ID card would most likely
identify the bearer as a gun owner, among other things of
interest to government officials.
Paul acknowledges his underdog status in the 2008
presidential race. He argues that he is offering himself as a
pro-Second Amendment alternative to the candidates who have
initially led the field, none of whom have a pro-gun record.
Paul hopes to use his long experience in raising grassroots
support to gain sufficient funding to become the pro-gun
alternative to the current leaders of the field.
Ron Paul is a Medical Doctor who for years even as a member
of Congress continued practicing as an obstetrician. He is
married and has five children, 17 grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
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