SO happy to see Kris Anne FINALLY on the pages of FreeRepublic !
and as a very practical matter, American citizens are not British subjects
Pursuit of Happiness? What the heck is that.
Pursuit of Property works.
With all due respect to Washington State FReepers, please consider the following.
Regarding I-1639, are Washington citizens who grew up in that state being taught about the Constitution as the Founding States had intended for it to be understood? (Need I ask?)
Or are Washington State citizens being school-indoctrinated to be gun-hating, pro-LGBT, pro-abortion liberals?
Consider that Section 1 of the 14th Amendment (14A) prohibits state actors from abridging rights that the states amend the Constitution to expressly protect.
From the 14th Amendment:
"Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States [emphasis added]; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
"Section 5: The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article."
Regarding the 2nd Amendment (2A) being applied to the states via 14A, consider that the congressional record shows that Rep. John Bingham, the main author of 14A, had included 2A when he read Bill of Rights as examples of enumerated rights that 14A applied to the states.
John Bingham, Congressional Globe. (See 2nd Amendment (Article II) about in middle of 2nd column.)
A question regarding I-1639 in context of 14A is this. Are Washington State leaders as indoctrinated to hate guns as much as its citizens probably are, these leaders sincerely believing that I-1639 is unquestionably constitutional?
Or did pro-gun control factions in the state cleverly use I-1639 to not only give the impression to low-information voters that such a law is constitutional, but also pawn such voters as state actors to make it difficult for Congress to make laws to apply Section 1 of 14A to the states for punitive purposes?
Very good.
Bookmarked.