Posted on 01/19/2023 8:08:21 AM PST by rellimpank
When guns are used to threaten or shoot at people, they paint a target on the backs of free expression and democracy as well spreading death and injuries.
On Monday, Solomon Peña, a failed Republican political candidate in New Mexico, was charged with organizing and participating in a scheme with four other men to fire bullets into the homes of four Democratic lawmakers. It was just another example of firearms being used in a way that could quell free and open debate.
One of the guns the assailants reportedly carried was an automatic rifle that could have, by firing many more bullets over a wider target area, injured or killed the occupants of those homes, had it not jammed. Fortunately, the occupants of the homes were not hit.
It is that exponential lethality of powerful firearms that led lawmakers in Illinois to ban assault-style rifles and high-capacity magazines with a bill Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed on Jan. 10. The law also banned rapid-fire devices known as switches because they turn firearms into fully automatic weapons. Even if the Illinois law is upheld in court, it won’t stop all shootings, but it could save many lives and prevent many injuries. It also will reduce the fear of those in a public space they will encounter someone with a weapon that can spread instant carnage.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicago.suntimes.com ...
It is very very very very rare that a powerful weapon will kill you. It’s the operators of those weapons that you have to look out for and the city of Chicago should be doing something about.
Or any city for that matter
A powerful weapon is one that only government is allowed to have and the citizens can not....
It says tyrants must live in fear of powerful weapons.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State...
-PJ
If rifles are so bad why was the press cheering when Ukraine was handing AK-74’s out to civilians?
—and from Chicago’ other garbage wrap—
But are these “powerful weapons” as mighty as an F-15????
The City of Chicongo finished the Year 2022 with 736 homicides ...
Hoplophobes need not apply:
hoplophobia
n. Irrational, morbid fear of guns (coined by Col. Jeff Cooper, from the Greek “hoplites,” weapon). May cause sweating, faintness, discomfort, rapid pulse, nausea, sleeplessness, more, at mere thought of guns. Hoplophobes are common and should never be involved in setting gun policies. Point out hoplophobic behavior when noticed, it is dangerous, sufferers deserve pity, and should seek treatment. When confronted, hoplophobes typically go into denial, a common characteristic of the affliction. Often helped by training, or by coaching at a range, a process known to psychiatry as “desensitization,” often useful in treating many phobias. Also: Hoplophobe, hoplophobic.
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Nowhere, but it does quite clearly say:
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
Fear is a choice.
Powerful, high-powered, tactical, weapons of war, assault, automatic (when really semiautomatic). I’m scared, where’s my face diaper?
Or a shotgun and nuke.
See tagline.
We shouldn’t have to live I. Fear of them, that is why the second amendment was created- to affirm our right to self protection! There will always be powerful weapons- the second amendment is our confirmation that our Inalienable rights allow us the right to fight back. We don’t have to be helpless victims! We can be proactive in our own defence!
i fear nothing, because i am armed.
The Constitution mandates that the GOVERNMENT live in fear of people with powerful weapons.
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Looks like one of these jokers has their HUTA. Obviously the editorial staff has not clue how to read or understand the Constitution.
The problem is many well-meaning Americans also don't understand the Constitution, a purposeful result of the Left eliminating the Constitution and the Bible from primary education.
Quiz: Who can tell exactly what is constitutionally incorrect about the statement in the header?
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