http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/ posted this report yesterday about the Oregon Senate Judiciary hearings on tightening up gun control measures in Oregon.

Two diametrically opposing views were presented that are worth noting.

The first was from a man experienced in a communist state:

Manuel Martinez, who narrowly escaped Cuba in 1962 after being imprisoned for opposing Fidel Castro, passionately defended the Second Amendment in front of Oregon’s Senate Judiciary Committee, comparing the state’s attempts to pass gun control to moves made by his former government…

…“They put this dog and pony show saying hey, we are going to protect you. No, what they did was enslave a country,” Martinez said. “They destroyed a country the same way that this country is going to be destroyed if we continue in this fashion. This is what you’re selling here!” Martinez said, holding up old communist magazines from Cuba…

The second was from the author of the bill, Democrat Sen. Floyd Prozanski:

…Despite the obvious move towards registration, the bill’s author, Democratic Sen. Floyd Prozanski, claimed no records would be kept past 10 days, calling Starrett a “conspiracist” for not blindly trusting the government’s claims…

A name calling Senator. How ’bout that? Go back to Hocus-Pocus if you want to read about that name calling tactic but first, ask yourself what side of the argument are you on.

It’s time to get off the fence.