Posted on 02/25/2017 3:47:42 PM PST by John Semmens
Montana Governor Steve Bullock (D) vetoed legislation that would have made the state a “Constitutional carry” state. That is, individuals would be permitted to exercise their right to bear arms as defined in the US Constitution’s Second Amendment without having to obtain state or local government permission to do so.
In his veto message, Bullock declared that “the idea that an individual is qualified to determine whether he needs to carry a firearm is absurd. Selfish concern for self-preservation at the expense of broader social goals must not derail sensible gun control. Right now, far too many people have guns. We ought to be culling the herd of individuals who the state decides do not need these weapons.”
“The police have enough weapons to protect the people who are essential members of society,” the Governor asserted. “If more private individuals start carrying it would dilute the government’s ability to focus the use of deadly force in a more socially just and effective manner.”
“As for the tired argument that individuals might need these weapons to defend their lives and property, I say nonsense,” Bullock said. “First, no one has the right to shoot another person over a piece of property. Just because a person possesses that property doesn’t refute someone else’s claim to it. Those dispossessed by an unjust society may be more entitled to it than the person they are supposedly ‘robbing.’ If both parties are armed the violence would be escalated. Granted, it would be preferable for the dispossessed to wait for government to effect the transfer, but I blame archaic laws for their impatience.”
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https://azconservative.org/2017/02/25/montana-governor-blocks-right-to-bear-arms/
“Right now, far too many people have guns”
Wanna bet you have some protecting your A**.
bookmark
When did Montana die? How could this have happened?
More importantly; how did Montana get a governor with a “D” after his name?
I appreciate the satire but does this mean this governor vetoed a bill that went through the entire process to reach his desk this is nothing more than true common sense legislation?
Montana has a few liberal cities that provide Mucho freebees....So the free shit army moves to Montana, and sponges off the working class. Then they vote demosuckass to continue on their life of relaxation at the expence of others.
Another idiot who has never seen or heard of individual responsibility that built this nation.
Well done.
L
Yes, the Gov vetoed a bill to establish statewide “Constitutional carry.”
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