I see that the New York Post editorial page writers have now gone the way of background checks for private sales. Never mind that this is totally unenforceable.
Unenforceable without a totalitarian state, that is.
Which do they want more? Hard to say, since the two go hand in hand.
Chiseling away at our commitment to our rights is the name of the game.
Think back to the McCarthy era. So many people thought he was crazy. And now look at how things have changed since then.
How about John Paul Stevens, a man who served on the Supreme Court for 35 year after taking an oath which reads:
“I, _________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”
and further a judicial oath, which in 1975 read:
“I, _________, do solemnly swear or affirm that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as _________, according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.”
in is dotage calling for repeal of the 2nd amendment? Someone who was obligated to bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution asking that the 2nd amendment be nullified? That was a shocking piece of news that really takes your breath away.