Posted on 12/19/2024 3:53:52 AM PST by MtnClimber
Even if it ‘saves one life,’ we shouldn’t chuck the Second Amendment, just because some leftist politicians insist.
After the recent school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, the usual suspects immediately called for more “gun control.” Joe Biden’s White House released a statement demanding these additional infringements upon Americans’ Second Amendment rights: “Universal background checks. A national red flag law. A ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.” (The president conveniently ignored reports that the teenaged attacker used a 9mm pistol.) Democrat Congressman Mark Pocan insists that gun manufacturers be held responsible for the school shooter’s violence. Disgraced former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe (who was rewarded for leaking classified information and lying to federal agents) wants “legislation that changes the context of gun ownership” in the United States and new requirements that “eliminate the ability” of Americans “to purchase guns without a background check.”
So the departing president wants executive authority to determine which Americans enjoy Second Amendment protections. The congressman from Wisconsin wants to hold manufacturers criminally and civilly liable for the misdeeds of others. And the former acting director of the FBI wants to fundamentally transform the “context of gun ownership.” What part of “shall not be infringed” do they not understand?
If we were still a country that took loyalty oaths seriously, it would be worth noting that all three of these men raised their hands and solemnly swore to protect and defend the Bill of Rights. As retired FBI supervisory special agent Arthur P. Meister once wrote, “all public office oaths require true faith and allegiance to principles of lawful authority derived from the Constitution.” An official’s “deference” to the Bill of Rights “must trump all other promises and commitments” precisely because “the public elects, empowers, and allows a select few to govern many.”
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But they are leftists and therefore are more loyal to the "father of lies".
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
- Benjamin Franklin
“IF you think that government is overbearing now just until you are completely disarmed” L.Star
A Russian general was killed by an exploding scooter in Moscow.
sounds like a Bourne killer did this dastardly deed.
Scooters should be banned.
It saves countless lives every day... in ways they refuse to comprehend.
Molon labe.
The Maoists at Rat Party Headquarters say that there’s an overwhelming tidal wave of opposition to the 2nd Amendment in this country. If that’s true then the solution is easy: amend the Constitution. It shouldn’t take much more than 6 months to get both Houses of Congress to approve an amendment repealing the 2nd Amendment and then have 38 state legislatures vote to approve this amendment.
a close read of the 2nd Amendment says they can’t even do that. SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED is a statement that means what it says so any attempt, of ANY KIND, to change it in any way, shape or form is a defacto “infringement “ and therefore illegal to do. “it takes a lawyer to tell you that a law doesn’t mean what you think it means no matter HOW it’s written”. 1000 lawyers at the bottom of the sea isn’t even CLOSE to a good start.
“We have to take words and twist them to mean what ever we want. We’re lawyers. That’s our job” Aly McBeal
And they would decide if the challenge has merit.
Since when do members of America’s native born criminal class give a fatrat rectum about the Constitution.
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