Harry Reid claims vote for Kagan out of 'concern for 2nd Amendment'

examiner.com ^ | August 13, 2010 | Anthony G. Martin

[Neil E. Wright]

Harry Reid claims vote for Kagan out of 'concern for 2nd Amendment'

• August 13th, 2010 11:08 am

The latest example is Reid's defense of his vote in favor of Leftwing extremist Elena Kagan for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Reid claims his vote for Kagan was 'out of concern for the Second Amendment.'

The outrageous nature of such a claim is evidenced by the fact that Kagan is on record stating she has 'no sympathy' for those who support gun rights, despite her claims before the Senate Judiciary Committee that she respects the 2 recent major Court decisions affirming the citizens' right to own, possess, and use handguns in self-defense.

However, Kagan has a long, documented history of opposing such rights while she served in various legal capacities, such as her role as aide to former Justice Thurgood Marshall, as an operative for the Clinton Administration, as the President of the Harvard Law School, and as Solicitor General for the Obama Administration.

CNS News highlights the outrageous nature of Reid's claims by citing specific examples of Kagan's overt opposition to gun rights:

[Neil E. Wright]

Harry has GOT to GO!!!

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[Little Pig]

Harry’s claim isn’t outrageous IF you see it from the perspective of a raging lib: To a lib, the 2nd is a collective, not an individual right. They see it as a surety that the military can exist, or some such nonsense. When he says it’s out of concern for the 2nd, he means that he feels that those dangerous right-wingers have been misinterpreting the right, and that Kagan will restore it to its proper place as the only collective right in the Bill of Rights (for those rights that refer to The People).

[Lazamataz]

Ah, the old "Blather and Rave Like A Madman" strategy for re-election.

Next up: He voted for Obama's Health Ruination Act because he wanted to keep health care out of the hands of government.

[jocon307]

Will this cost him the NRA’s endorsement?

[jmaroneps37]

That will be enough for that quisling LaPierre to back him AGAIN. Remember we wouldn't have Reid in the Senate if it were not for his NRA pals.
BTW keep the flames, I'm a life member of the NRA and very sorry to say it these days. The NRA doesn't care about the general welfare of our country. They would be happy if the only thing they achieved was to make sure we all had guns to shoot ourselves with as the country was sinking into the hands of scumbags like reid.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

Let’s see if the NRA takes the bait.