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Posted on 11/01/2023 4:44:45 AM PDT by marktwain
New Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R) has passed his first Second Amendment test. He immediately and forcefully stated that mass murder does not override the Constitution, and contrary to Democratic policy, emotion should not be used to enact laws that would never be acceptable in a quiet and reasoned debate. The statement was made in an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox.
For those who prefer text, here is the quote from Mediaite.com:
“The end of the day, the problem is the human heart,” Johnson replied. “It’s not guns, it’s not the weapons. At the end of the day, we have to protect the right of the citizens to protect themselves and that’s the Second Amendment. And that’s why our party stands so strongly for that.”
He added, “This is not the time to be talking about legislation. We’re in the middle of that crisis right now.”
Just after a mass murder is committed with a firearm, politicians are most vulnerable to manipulation by pressure from the old dominant media. At this point, the old dominant media and the Democratic administration are parts of the same leftist ideology. They immediately push the false narrative that the cause of mass murder is the Second Amendment and firearms ownership in the USA. House Speaker Johnson did not accept the false assumptions. He gently corrected them:
“The end of the day, the problem is the human heart,” Johnson replied. “It’s not guns, it’s not the weapons.
The Biden administration immediately struck back with a false representation of what Speaker Johnson said. From politico.com:
In a statement, White House spokesman Andrew Bates said the administration “absolutely” rejected “the offensive accusation that gun crime is uniquely high in the United States because of Americans’ ‘hearts.’”
(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...
Matt Gaetz gambit is becoming something of a longterm win. Its becoming undeniable.
“a gun is only dangerous when the wrong nut is connected to the trigger” L.Star
Emotion is all the Left has. And cool-headed Mike Johnson is going to deflate and defuse their emotion.
Hopefully the Freepers here that attacked Gaetz for doing what he did will see that at the end of the day. the Brave stand he made was correct.
It’s only been a couple of weeks. Let’s see how he does during his first “compromise” bill. I like what I see, but we shouldn’t be popping any corks yet.
Yes, now we just need to keep the house in 2024.
It is not a failure of gun policy, but a failure of mental health policy...
Someone posted a meme a day or two ago:
“Cain killed Abel with a rock. The Lord didn’t get rid of all the rocks. He blamed Cain, not the rock. We have a sin problem, not a gun problem.”
now he should kick out of office everyone who rebels against the constitution by supporting anti second amendment laws.
they broke their oath.
IMO
That's not a hard test. The lefties will now claim that he lacks a heart.
Good to know.
He needs to have a heart-to-heart with President Trump who has made 2nd Amendment decisions based largely on emotion that have cost Americans some of their gun rights.
Agreed!
Do you find it ironic that psychotropic drug use by many of these killers is not mentioned?
I feel He should have stated that they “do no override our I ALIENABLE RIGHTS to self defense- a God given right to live as safe a life as possible,.”
A rock in a bad man’s hands killed Able
A rock in a good man’s hands killed Goliath
It’s NOT about the rock
Gun control is a steady hand and a beady eye.
i like that
good one
I love this guy.
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