Posted on 09/20/2023 4:36:43 AM PDT by marktwain
In a recent survey by the Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey, Americans were asked to name the rights the First Amendment protected. The Annenberg Foundation has drifted reliably left since its creation. From the ABA Journal:
The 2023 Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey asked Americans to name the specific rights guaranteed by the First Amendment. The results:
- 77% said freedom of speech
- 40% said freedom of religion
- 33% said the right to assembly
- 28% said freedom of the press
- 9% said the right to petition government
Twenty-two percent named the right to bear arms, which is actually protected by the Second Amendment.
Without the First Amendment, Americans would not be able to publish books extolling the virtues and necessity of protecting the Second Amendment. Americans would not be able to hold assemblies to exchange information, strategies, contacts, and legislative news about how to effectively restore Second Amendment rights, as in the upcoming Gun Rights Policy Conference to be held in Phoenix, Arizona. Without the First Amendment, Americans would not have the right to argue with those who wish to have them disarmed. Without the First Amendment, advertising for firearms and ammunition could be banned.
California recently passed a law directly limiting free speech regarding firearms, AB 2571. From ca.gov:
This bill would prohibit a firearm industry member, as defined, from advertising or marketing any firearm-related product, as defined, in a manner that is designed, intended, or reasonably appears to be attractive to minors.
The purpose appears to be to prevent children from learning about firearms. The reason is the typical emotional response:
(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...
No no the 1st amendment says all white people are racists!!
“No no the 1st amendment says all white people are racists!!”
And the second amendment says those “racists” can protect themselves when the government goes after them.
What speech are they referring?
Stop or I’ll shoot
Or my friend who says bang bang bang
Love our Constitution and defend it.
No no the 1st amendment says all white people are racists!!
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Isn’t it about the right to kill babies too?
Just don’t try to petition the government for redress of grievances at a school board meeting.
“Isn’t it about the right to kill babies too?”
...no, that’s in the Bill of Rights.
i would say that in a way, they do.
Under Biden the bureaucracy know that they are free to do as they like and expand their power as they like because there is no one in charge.
Or those in charge agree with unfettered expansion of centralized government power.
What idiots!
The First Ammendment guarantees To Each According to Their Needs, From Each According to Their Abilities...
If a kid ate his pop tart like that in school all hell would break loose.
25% roughly answer any question wrong.
When they raise the issue of the (mythical) "gun show loophole," what they're really aiming to abridge is your RIGHT TO PEACEABLY ASSEMBLE.
Not a single tenet of law changes under the rubric of a "gun show." Nothing goes on there that can't happen with equal lawfulness in your living room or in the parking lot of the local Home Depot. What gun shows do (that gets the "Anti's" knickers in a twist) is give firearm merchants and enthusiasts a time and place to gather in strength so they may engage in 100% lawful commerce.
The First Amendment DOES protect the use of a firearm if that’s how you choose to express yourself or to petition redress.
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Images of the State of Florida are now a problem?
Exactly.
The Panhandle looks absolutely delicious.
The ugly state of civicsin the American education system.
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