Speaker Johnson Passes First Difficult Test on Second Amendment

AmmoLand ^ | October 30, 2023 | Dean Weingarten

[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.’”

There are at least three lies in the White House statement.

[Bob434]

Thanks- it wasnt mine- I couldn’t remember the exact words of the meme I saw but it is close, and the meaning is clear

[metmom]

“The end of the day, the problem is the human heart,” Johnson replied. “It’s not guns, it’s not the weapons.

What an economy of words. He cuts right to the heart of it.

He says more in a few brief sentences than most politicians say in pages of drivel.

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[zeugma]

That's not a hard test. The lefties will now claim that he lacks a heart.

better to have no heart than no brain.

[jeffc]

Ironic and informative about the state of “therapy”...

[NFHale]

Cautious optimism is always a good policy When it comes to dealing with our GOP…

[M Kehoe]

Bttt.

5.56mm

[oldtech]

Seems likely that if we kicked everyone out of office who failed to keep his/her oath of office,we would not have enough folks left to run the country. But, who knows, maybe then we could hire some new folks who could run it like it was meant to be run.