Posted on 03/02/2020 4:15:30 AM PST by marktwain
From twitter, cropped and scaled by Dean Weingarten
Governor Pete Ricketts has come out strongly in support of people exercising their First and Second Amendment rights at the Nebraska State Capitol.<
President Trump's use of social media outlets such as Twitter is serving as a template for other politicians to go directly to the people and around the coverage of the legacy media.
On 21 February, at the Nebraska Capitol, hundreds of Second Amendment supporters showed up to the Judiciary Committee hearing to oppose further restrictions of the right to keep and bear arms, particularly LB 816.
The Second Amendment supporters exercised their intertwined First and Second Amendment rights. Those rights are reinforced with protections in the Nebraska Constitution.
LB 816 would place severe restrictions on the sale of most semi-automatic rifles and shotguns.
Governor Pete Ricketts, (R) Nebraska, refused to follow the Democrat script that proclaimed the exercise of rights as a problem. He straightforwardly supported those who exercised their rights. From ketv.com:
The men with guns do have the support of Gov. Pete Ricketts.
“I support our Second Amendment rights and I support our folks who are going to take advantage of that with our right to open carry,” he said. “That's what we have in the state of Nebraska and this is the people's house.”
This is noteworthy. Most politicians claim to support the right to keep and bear arms, with caveats and cutouts. The word “but” is prominently displayed at the end of their sentences. Governor Rickets did not qualify his support. The number of governors who support open carry in their capitols is small. Governor Ricketts is displaying political courage. He risks castigation by the media. He is refusing to be politically correct.
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Meanwhile in Michigan, our clucking hens are working to criminalize our 2A rights.
I’ve been waiting for him to come out in favor. Now, if we can just get our “non-partisan” unicameral to pass a bill it might happen, maybe, possibly, hopefully, probably not.
Thank you for supporting the 2A Governor Ricketts.
“Open Carry” is all well and good, but how is he on “Constitutional Carry”?
I have not seen any statements by Governor Ricketts that directly support Constitutional Carry.
He has gone out of his way to support Second Amendment supporters openly carrying in the State Capitol.
I suspect he would sign a Constitutional Carry bill, if given the opportunity.
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