Posted on 07/11/2022 9:22:34 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Filmmaker Michael Moore was blasted on social media after he proposed an amendment that he claimed would repeal and replace the Second Amendment.
“The inalienable right of a free people to be kept safe from gun violence and the fear thereof must not be infringed and shall be protected by the Congress and the States. This Amendment thus repeals and replaces the Second Amendment,” his proposed 28th amendment reads.
Section II calls for a mandatory firearm registration, licensing, and a strict background check to include approval from family, friends, and coworkers, as well as a mental health check. Section III speaks about a requirement for gun safety courses and testing on an annual basis. Section IV sets an age requirement of 25. Sections V and VI call on Congress to update a list of approved firearms as well as regulate ammunition. Section VII wants police monitored for racist or violent behavior. And finally, Section VIII says people who own firearms but who now are disqualified from owning them under this amendment must surrender them a month from ratification.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
SECTION 1.
The inalienable right of a free people to be kept safe from gun violence and the fear thereof must not be infringed and shall be protected by the Congress and the States. This Amendment thus repeals and replaces the Second Amendment.
SECTION 2.
Congress shall create a mandatory system of firearm registration and licensing for the following limited purposes: (a) licensed hunters of game; (b) licensed ranges for the sport of target shooting; and (c) for the few who can demonstrate a special need for personal protection.
All who seek a firearm will undergo a strict vetting process with a thorough background check, including the written and confidential approval of family members, spouses and ex-spouses and/or partners and ex-partners, co-workers and neighbors. A mental health check will also be required. There will be a waiting period of one month to complete the full background check.
SECTION 3. Those who meet all the requirements for the restricted gun owners groups and successfully pass the background check must take a firearms safety class and pass a written test on an annual basis.
SECTION 4. The minimum age for the restricted groups who can own a firearm is 25 years old. Renewal and review of the firearms license will occur on an annual basis.
SECTION 5. Congress will stipulate and continually update the limited list of approved firearms for civilian use, including weapons in the future that are not yet invented. The following firearms are heretofore banned:
• All automatic and semi-automatic weapons and all devices which can enable a single-shot gun to fire automatically or semi-automatically;
• Any weapon that can hold more than six bullets or rounds at a time or any magazine that holds more than six bullets;
• All guns made of plastic or any homemade equipment and machinery or a 3D printer that can make a gun or weapon that can take a human life.
SECTION 6. Congress shall regulate all ammunition, capacity of ammunition, the storage of guns, gun locks, gun sights, body armor and the sale and distribution of such items. No weapons of any kind whose sole intention is the premeditated elimination of human life are considered legal. Congress may create future restrictions as this amendment specifically does not grant any American the “right” to own any weapon.
SECTION 7. Police who are trained and vetted to use firearms shall be subject to comprehensive and continuous monitoring and shall be dismissed if found to exhibit any racist or violent behavior.
SECTION 8. Persons already owning any of the above banned firearms, and who do not fall into the legal groups of restricted firearms owners, will have one month from the ratification of this Amendment to turn in their firearms for destruction by local law enforcement. These local authorities may organize a gun buy-back program to assist in this effort.
(The above constitutional amendment was written by Michael Moore of Michigan and presented to the 117th United States Congress on July 11, 2022)
No, how about this instead.
Neither Congress, or any jurisdiction subject to the laws of Congress, shall restrict in any manner, the right of the People to produce, maintain, modify, possess, carry and manufacture firearms for their own personal use.
At least he’s trying to do it the right way. Michael Moore is certainly welcome to spend all of his considerable fortune trying to promote this turd.
The right to be safe from Gun Violence?
Ask Shinzo Abe how well that works
A complete waste of data bits. This pap will go no where.
I can see why Moore could be concerned. If another warped kid of liberal parents goes haywire when he’s around, Moore would be impossible to miss. It’d be like hitting the broadside of a barn.
“...amendment specifically does not grant any American the “right” to own any weapon.”
Where’s the “Babylon Bee” byline?
This Fat Slob should stick to doing whatever it is that he does best. Eating greasy hamburgers.
I forget, what state does he represent?
nutjob
Thank the Lord i am grandfathered in.
What a coincidence! I’m working on a proposed 28th Amendment myself. It’s short, and to the point. Here it is:
Every time the name “Michael Moore” appears in print, it must be preceded by the phrase, “that idiot”.
“The few who can demonstrate a need for personal protection”? Now that there’s funny, I don’t care who you are! So where can I go to find out if I am going to be targeted for a violent crime? Is there a website? The Farmers Almanac? We all know how well ‘may issue’ permitting works!
Honestly not worthy of comment except: Make his gun age the same as voting age.
And annual training, licensing, and tests for anyone that makes films or internet comments.
If you’re going to be totalitarian, might as well go big.
The state of denial?
Wow...THAT will keep criminals disarmed! WOW! < /sarc >
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