Posted on 01/22/2020 6:11:53 AM PST by Kaslin
Leftist billionaires such as Michael Bloomberg are driving the Orwellian Language of the left on gun issues. This is based on their political alignment to communist dictators like Chairman Mao and Joseph Stalin, who disarmed their people, not in promoting the words of Thomas Jefferson or George Washington, who spoke out on the necessity and benefit of having armed citizens.
Bloomberg, and his anti-American cohorts were able to buy progressive control of the red state of Virginia in the 2019 elections. What we just saw in Virginia the mass protests in defense of the 1st and 2nd Amendments would be replicated across the nation should Bloomberg become president, because his first order of business would be to launch an all-out assault against individual rights and the Constitution.
There are practical reasons for the 2nd Amendment. The Founding Fathers understood that the individual right to bear arms is the foundation for the collective good of preserving the Republic.
Strength in numbers: because the people of the United States have always been so well-armed, no potential adversary has ever considered invading. The Japanese leadership feared any such idea because of the (correct) perception that there was an American behind every blade of grass with a rifle, as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto stated.
Constitutional basis: the Federalist Papers extensively document the founders intent to establish the right to bear arms as an individual right. The right to self-defense (ambivalent to a weapon or technology) is a natural and necessary right.
Practical commerce: innovation and technology advances are driven by a robust weapons market. Everything from materials to technology (sights, bullet types, and effect) have been driven by the United States. From designs by John Moses Browning to the latest innovations in weapons such as the modular system the U.S. leads the world.
Military superiority: The 2nd Amendment allows America to boast the best equipped, most effective ground force on the planet. General George S. Patton once said the M1 Garand was the greatest fighting implement and we have even better small arms technology today. America drives innovation based on commercial interests that the military could never afford to fund.
For all these reasons, the 2nd Amendment has always been fundamental to Americas military strength and national security.
The answer to todays problems with violence is not gun control." The answer is to remove restrictions on law-abiding citizens, educate the public, and encourage innovation and commerce.
Legal gun owners work to enhance skills and technology. It is laughable when the media portray military-grade as a marketing gimmick or sought-after feature." Speaking as a combat veteran who used weapons in combat, I do not own a military-grade firearm, as that is only a baseline of durability, not a distinction of quality. I upgrade everything, not to make it military-grade, but for better functionality and performance.
Common sense gun safety, not control, should be the focus of the left. If Virginia Democrats really want to reduce gun violence, they should follow these common-sense principles:
We must seek to engage on this issue with facts, not emotion. While working to keep guns out of the hands of criminals, terrorists, and the mentally ill, we should also strive to educate children and support law-abiding citizens especially women and minorities who wish to defend themselves by exercising the right to bear arms.
When leftist politicians such as Bloomberg, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders try to undermine the 2nd Amendment, it is because they know it is the one amendment that protects all the other rights enjoyed by Americans. Gun control is anathema to our culture and values as Americans and I hope Ralph Northam and his deep-pocketed allies come to understand the importance of the 2nd Amendment, its legacy, its commercial benefits to the nation and our military, and most importantly, its essential link to our 1st Amendment freedoms.
Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer is a retired senior intelligence operations officer and President of the London Center for Policy Research.
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Restrictions on both are now very popular with the Democratic base. He is merely stooping to conquer.
CRIMINAL STATE elites preparing the battlefield.
Mike should set a good example and fire his security staff. He should walk among all of the people unarmed, and unafraid, because all of his good intentions will be recognized by the people. Come on Mike - disarm yourself. If you last more than a week you can lecture others on the benefits of being unarmed and helpless, only relying on the Government.
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THIS!
Sorry to say but Virginians got exactly what the Voted for.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 18.2-60, 18.2-60.1, 18.2-83, 18.2-152.7:1,
and 18.2-430 of the Code of Virginia, relating to threats and harassment
of certain officials and property; venue. § 18.2-152.7:1. Harassment by computer; penalty.
If any person, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass any person, shall use a computer or computer network to communicate obscene, vulgar, profane, lewd, lascivious, or indecent language, or make any suggestion or proposal of an obscene nature, or threaten any illegal or immoral act, he shall be is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. A violation of this section may be prosecuted in the jurisdiction in which the communication was made or received or in the City of Richmond if the person subjected to the act is one of the following officials or employees of the Commonwealth: the Governor, Governor-elect, Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant Governor-elect, Attorney General, or Attorney General-elect, a member or employee of the General Assembly, a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, or a judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia. § 18.2-430. Venue for offenses under this article. Any person violating any of the provisions of this article may be prosecuted either in the county or city from which he called or in the county or city in which the call was received, or in the City of Richmond if the person subjected to the act is one of the following officials or employees of the Commonwealth: the Governor, Governor-elect, Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant Governor-elect, Attorney General, or Attorney General-elect, a member or employee of the General Assembly, a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia or a judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
These people are Communists, the only thing that hasn't happened yet is something like the Nazi's Kristallnacht. These Dems in Virginia are crazy enough to do something like that too.
“or make any suggestion or proposal of an obscene nature”
So if I were to suggest that the Governor go **** himself, they would try to prosecute me?
Don’t think that would pass 1st Amendment scrutiny.
Really? Red Flag laws are not much different. Have any of those been struck down?
“Red Flag laws are not much different.”
Actually, they are quite a bit different legally. Red Flag laws are basically glorified restraining orders, while this law is trying to outlaw what has already been adjudicated many times before as protected political speech.
“Have any of those been struck down?”
First someone has to get prosecuted under one of them, then they’d have to challenge it, and then the challenge would probably have to work its way through the courts past the state level. So it’s going to take time before there is even an opportunity for one of them to be struck down.
In the meantime an honest citizen has his/her reputation completely destroyed for the rest of his/her life, property seized illegally, subjected to unlawful psychiatric examination with a pre-ordained result.
All because lawyers cannot get their heads out of their asses and actually read the Constitution, and make an immediate ruling, instead of writing endless arguments that allow them to bill ever greater amounts of money to a person whose life is already destroyed.
Virginia Democrats Push Legislation to Make Criticism of Government Officials a Criminal Offense
https://bigleaguepolitics.com/virginia-democrats-push-legislation-to-make-criticism-of-government-officials-a-criminal-offense/
Democrats in the Capitol are not slowing down their push for tyranny. They are moving a bill through the legislature that would effectively criminalize dissent against Governor Blackface Northam and other state government officials.
House Bill 1627 was introduced by Delegate Jeffrey M. Bourne last week. The legislation provides that certain crimes relating to threats and harassment may be prosecuted in the City of Richmond if the victim is the Governor, Governor-elect, Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant Governor-elect, Attorney General, or Attorney General-elect, a member or employee of the General Assembly, a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, or a judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
Language in the bill explicitly criminalizes free speech, in what would constitute a blatant attack on the 1st Amendment of the Constitution.
Thanks. I just posted about this elsewhere on a thread.
Thanks to you as well. See above..
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