BREITBART.COM 4 Hours Ago Ice-T: Gun Rights Are Civil Rights by  AWR Hawkins  5 Jul 2013, 2:58 PM PDT  post a comment In other words, they are rights inherent to American citizens.  Or as the HHS.gov website  puts it: "Civil rights are personnel rights guaranteed and protected by the U.S. Constitution." Therefore, just as rights to speak freely, to vote, and to practice one's religion are civil rights, so too are the rights embodied in the 2nd Amendment. This is the central point of the documentary,  Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire . The documentary accomplishes this by showing that the right to keep and bear arms was hedged in by our Founding Fathers as a right that existed long before American government did. As such, it is a right the government can neither give nor take away--a right that " shall not be infringed ." It is sacrosanct, like other civil rights. The documentary successfully uses the experiences of blacks during the turbulent 1950s ...

 PATRIOTUPDATE.COM 24 Minutes Ago Missouri Governor Vetoed Bill that Nullifies Federal Gun Laws Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed legislation Friday that would have made it a Missouri crime for federal agents to attempt to enforce federal gun laws in the state and could have landed journalists in jail for publishing the names of gun owners. The Democratic governor said the bill passed by the Republican-led Legislature violated the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution, which generally gives preference to federal laws over conflicting state ones. He said it also infringed in the First Amendment rights of free speech and press. Some supporters of the legislation had proclaimed it one of the most gun-friendly bills ever passed by a state legislature. Nixon, however, said it could have had extreme consequences. "Under this bill, newspaper editors around the state that annually publish photos of proud young Missourians who harvest their first turkey or deer could be charged with ...

 PATRIOTUPDATE.COM 3 Hours Ago GOP: Obamacare delay may be illegal President Barack Obama may be breaking his Obamacare law by delaying its tax penalties on employers that don't provide health care to employees, according to GOP leaders. The question comes in the days after Obama's deputies' June 2 announcement that employers will get a one-year holiday from the federal tax penalties included in the massive Obamacare law. Administration officials haven't explained their legal reasoning, and they haven't scheduled any public briefings to explain the move. That has prompted complaints form GOP leaders, who say the president has repeatedly chosen to ignore laws. GOP: Obamacare delay may be illegal http://patriotupdate.com/2013/07/gop-obamacare-delay-may-be-illegal/ John Hames