Posted on 02/18/2019 3:55:36 PM PST by SkyPilot
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D., N.Y.) on Friday suggested a future Democratic president could confiscate citizens' guns based on the precedent of President Donald Trump's national emergency announcement regarding the border wall.
Nadler, the new chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, appeared on CNN's "Cuomo Prime Time" to discuss Trump's announcement earlier in the morning. Trump declared it "necessary" to build the wall on the southern border.
Host Chris Cuomo asked Nadler if enough Republicans would come out against Trump, prompting him to say, "I think so" and that he believes Republicans are terrified of unintended consequences. He speculated about other hypothetical national emergencies if a Democrat were to win in 2020.
"If the president can declare an emergency today on this nonsense, on this, the Democratic president can decide that, as you mentioned, the 40,000 people a year killed in this country is a crisis. And why don't we take everybody's guns away? Or force everybody to register their guns, or ban all assault rifles, or do all of that without congressional approval?" Nadler said. "This opens up tyranny or dictatorship."
"Now it may be something that the Republicans don't particularly oppose, but tomorrow, with a Democratic president, it could be something they hate," Nadler continued.
Nadler isn't the only Democrat bringing up national emergency hypotheticals that a Democratic president could push in the future.
"Our next President should declare a #NationalEmergency on day 1 to address the existential threat to all life on the planet posed by Climate Change," tweeted freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (Minn.).
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NOT A CHANCE!
UNCONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT FROM THE GET-GO, FAT BOY! EMERGENCIES DO NOT TRUMP THE CONSTITUTION!
NOT TO MENTION VERY DEADLY TO YOUR HEALTH AND WELFARE!
Ha! POTUS has a constitutional mandate to regulate immigration and protect us from invaders, and WE have a constitutional right to bear arms! Talking points for the idiot masses -— nothing more!
Or, as Dan Bongino is fond of saying without actually saying it (Being a family friendly show and all)...
He makes the Democrats show their asses.
“...And why don’t we take everybody’s guns away?...”
Because then, Jerry, you’ll find out EXACTLY why the Founders put the Second Amendment in the Constitution.
Hint: It wasn’t for hunting DEER.
Molon labe, beyotch.
I don’t think emergency suspension of the Bill of Rights is in the Constitution.
Awww, it’s just Jerry doing his evil tyrant dictator shtick again.
Plan,,,
We don’t got no
Stinking Plan!
We outnumber Any Military Force
On The Planet!
They Will be Running from Us!
These socialist rat’s love sticking they’re tongues on the third rail ....... “””zap”””
You’re right - he thinks us stupid and underestimates how much we value our freedom. Too many years as the pampered politician, he’s forgotten what it’s like to really fear the people.
Every cop on Earth couldn’t confiscate the firearms in Tampa.
Well; I guess you could get shot trying to do something like that.
Hundreds? try thousands, most of us have been trained by the best, and have been shooting all of our adult lives.
The FBI and Cops look impressive when they are raiding one home.
They look a little less impressive when they try to raid several million homes. Especially when the people will be on alert.
If you took every one of the cops, federal, state and local, threw in the entire military and the national guard you would not even have a tenth of the number of gun owners in the US.
Fat head has been watching too much tv.
You would be shocked at how many people just ignore the so called rules in those states.
Only politicians.
No. That would be suspending Constitutional rights of the citizenry. Trump’s emergency declaration dies not take away any Constitutional of the citizenry. He’s such an idiot.
Nadler is a moron.
There is nothing in the Bill Of Rights that says THE BORDER MUST REMAIN OPEN.
PS - - Jerry - if we are ever stupid enough to elect another communist, I hope you’re in the front of the gang coming to confiscate our guns.
Great idea.
10,000 dead would-be-confiscators in a week.
And massive jury nullification unless they can always empanel juries with nothing but gun haters....and a great majority of Americans are 2nd amendment folk.
By week2 they would not be able to talk anyone into trying to confiscate a gun.
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