Posted on 03/12/2019 9:57:40 AM PDT by John Semmens
The Hawaii Senate is considering a resolution calling for a repeal of the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms. The heavily Democrat-dominated body (there is only one Republican and 24 Democrats) will most likely pass the resolution.
Resolution co-sponsor Roz Baker (D-Maui) says “the era when individuals had to have firearms to hunt for food or ward off criminals is long past. In 1789, help could not be easily summoned and once summoned could take hours or more to respond. Today, police can be summoned in seconds and arrive within minutes. There is no longer a need for individual ownership of firearms.”
Co-sponsor Stanley Chang (D-Oahu) contends that “the whole notion that the 2nd Amendment was ever intended to allow individuals to own firearms is erroneous. The Amendment specifies that the right belongs to members of the militia. Allowing individuals to own guns dilutes government control. Owning firearms gives individuals objecting to this control the means to cause disruption and disobedience. The future belongs to collectivism. The armed agents of the law must be free of the fear that opponents have viable means to resist the demands made upon them to cooperate with laws and rules promulgated by duly elected authorities.”
Chang dismissed writer of the phrase “inalienable rights,” Thomas Jefferson’s belief that “no freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms” and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s ruling that “the 2nd Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm,” as “clearly wrong. In any case, we have the means to correct their errors by repealing that Amendment.”
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
https://azconservative.org/2019/03/10/dems-cant-reach-consensus-to-condemn-anti-semitism/
Here you go, so why isn’t the SCOTUS acting?
Co-sponsor Stanley Chang (D-BEIJING) contends that “the whole notion that the 2nd Amendment was ever intended to allow individuals to own firearms is erroneous. The Amendment specifies that the right belongs to members of the militia. ALLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO OWN GUNS DILUTES GOVERNMENT CONTROL. Owning firearms gives individuals objecting to this control the means to cause disruption and disobedience. THE FUTURE BELONGS TO COLLECTIVISM. THE ARMED AGENTS OF THE LAW MUST BE FREE OF FEAR that opponents have viable means to resist the demands made upon them to cooperate with laws and rules promulgated by duly elected authorities.”
In earlier times the whole thing would obviously be satire but not anymore.
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