Posted on 08/23/2017 9:19:16 AM PDT by rktman
Asked about his thoughts on the Second Amendment, Breyer recalled that in Article I of the Constitution "it gives to the Congress the power to call up and regulate state militias."
"There was a lot of concern, if you read the Federalist Papers, you will just get a feeling for it. There was a lot of concern and fear that Congress might do that and disband them, and replace the state militias after they had disbanded them with a federal army. And that, many people said, vote no on the Constitution because if they can do that, then the federal government can destroy your freedom," he said. "Well, said Madison, in a sense, if I paraphrase him, never fear. We will put in the Constitution an amendment which says Congress can't do that. It cannot call up and disband the state militias. Why? Because a well-armed militia is necessary for the security of a free state, i.e. a state militia."
"And therefore the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. In other words, they were talking about that. That's what I thought they were talking about, which is not the right of an individual to keep a gun next to his bed."
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I don’t like Breyers ice cream. Too sweet. I don’t know why they think that dumping extra sugar into it makes it more enjoyable.
Breyer needs to retire.
5.56mm
Unless they reside in New Jersey, New York City, Connecticut, Massachusetts...and a bunch of others and have not begged permission from and paid a ransom to their state government (which in New Jersey is almost never granted).
screw you, breyer
molon labe
Every citizen should have the ability to be secure in their homes, in fact wherever they go. An unarmed man cannot defend himself or his family.
This to me is the core of the issue.
Do we allow people the ability to defend themselves and their families, or don’t we?
Extending that, do we allow them to defend their friends and associates, or even members of the public around them, perhaps even police officers who need help?
This one thought always brings this into focus for me.
“When seconds count, the police will be there in ten minutes or less.”
If you happen to live in the country, what then? No police will be showing up. The country sheriff’s deputy may, but how long will that take?
An armed society, is a civil society. Gun crime drops in every place where concealed carry is allowed.
Without the ability to be armed, our citizens are nothing more than helpless prey.
So many of the loudest mouths when it comes to taking our guns away, have security people to defend them.
Any person trying to take my guns should have their guns taken first, and their security detail let go. Then publish their home address.
We’ll see how long that lasts.
Isn’t it interesting that Breyer outs himself as an opponent of the Second Amendment at the same time the first Amendment is under existential attack by the left-wing. The leftists know that Second Amendment is the key to keeping the First Amendment...
Sure, its not perfect and we must work within the law, while some people abuse the color of law and abuse the constitution. Lavoy was murdered by an abusive FBI and state police on his way to a friendly Sherriff. While he may have been right in his principals, he died for not obeying law enforcement which abused their authority and fired on innocent people not posing a threat and he was killed under color of law, but unjustly so.
The Nevada Jury for the second time in the Bundy Federal trial just acquitted the four people accused of conspiracy. Two immediately freed and two other waiting to see if the government will try a third time. The people in this case saw through the government abuse and found the defendants innocent.
Those of us that live in states like California with nearly communistic legislatures full of super majority democrats are passing unconstitutional laws that take years to go through the courts and often times the most overturned circuit court (9'th) in the nation lets California get away with it and when the SCOTUS does not act we are left to be outlaws in our own state and nation or risk going to jail for ignoring unconstitutional laws. Or in many cases the Sherriff in a given county ignore the state laws as well and do not enforce them.
In any case Breyer is dishonest in his assertions as he is most of the time trying to impose his own liberal views. It does not change God's law and our own Declaration of Independence of the right of self defense and liberty.
If it were possible to call up the constitutional convention or to rewrite the Second Amendment and have it approved by the states, that could clarify this issue, it would be phenomenal. Replace this with a new second amendment that says that the individual, a lawful citizen, has the right to keep and bear arms. and that this right show not be infringed by any state or local government. Unfortunately, we probably could not get a reasonable statement, that protects our right to keep and bear arms, for our personal defense, in the home and outside, as well as to have our personal weapons available, should it militia become necessary. I don’t think a second amendment replacement could reasonably delve into what qualifies as a weapon, because I think the original intent was that we have our weapons to serve in the militia, and today’s personal weapons would not be sufficient for militia duty. Anyway, it would be great, if we could, to get clarification about our individual right, as it has been historically interpreted, to keep and bear arms without infringement.
Because Justice Breyer dresses up in a furry suit and tries to have sex with underage girls online, the right of the people to keep & bear arms shall not be infringed.
*fixed it*
Hmmmm. Should we expect him at the next “Furries” convention?
Makes total sense.
Militias and armed citizens pre-existed the 2a.
If you read this, they had to have exited before that.
Which means Breyers point rejects itself. To have a militia meant citizens had personal guns by their beds.
Militias armed themselves, then. With personally bought and owned weapons.
Breyer is a retread, lying socialist.
He’s (fortunately for society) on his way “out”. LOL
“hunting” what or who?
In this sense, the people get to "keep" their arms, but not as their personal property at all times.
Very quaint thinking, I suppose.
-PJ
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt."
A few of these decrepit Justices are holding on to spite the country and have no clue to textualism. I hope,in all due respect, “natural causes” happens soon.
No ahole, that’s exactly what it’s about.
Indeed. It’s amazing just how ignorant and stupid some Supreme Court justices’ statements can be.
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