Posted on 06/05/2016 7:31:33 AM PDT by maggief
Hillary Clinton couldn’t definitively say Sunday that the Second Amendment of the Constitution guaranteed the right to bear arms during an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos.
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“Do you believe that an individual’s right to bear arms is a constitutional right, that it’s not linked to service in a militia?” he asked.
“I think that for most of our history, there was a nuanced reading of the Second Amendment until the decision by the late Justice Scalia, and there was no argument until then that localities and states and the federal government had a right, as we do with every amendment, to impose reasonable regulations,” she said. “So I believe we can have common-sense gun safety measures consistent with the Second Amendment.”
Clinton then went into her gun control platform, but Stephanopoulos hit her for dodging his question, noting the D.C. vs. Heller decision that protected an individual’s right to have a firearm for lawful purposes.
“And the Heller decision also does say there can be some restrictions, but that’s not what I asked,” he said. “I said, do you believe that their conclusion that an individual’s right to bear arms is a constitutional right?”
“If it is a constitutional right, then it, like every other constitutional right, is subject to reasonable regulations, and what people have done with that decision is to take it as far as they possibly can and reject what has been our history from the very beginning of the republic, where some of the earliest laws that were passed were about firearms,” Clinton said.
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This is how corrupt the MSM has become. A former Clinton staffer interviews Clinton. And we're supposed to believe he's impartial? A majority in this country despise the press. This is an example why they are justified.
“If it is a constitutional right ...”
That’s literally enraging.
The article says;
“Do you believe that an individual’s right to bear arms is a constitutional right, that it’s not linked to service in a militia?” he asked.
But that whole statement is wrong.
The right of self-defense and the corollary ‘the right to bear arms’ is a GOD given right that is only affirmed in the 2nd amendment to the Constitution.
These rights are not amendable, changeable or modifiable by congress or any other legislative body in the USA.
We have allowed this pollution of the language to creep in, which is the camel’s nose under the tent, providing the basis for the current crop of illegal ‘gun laws’ the USA is inflicted with today.
Nullification is the answer. Every State/County Sheriff should honor their oath and completely ignore all of this federal BS.
It appears that virtually all of the current crop of 535 welfare recipients we call legislators, including the executive branch and the judicial branch needs to be replaced with people who can read with comprehension the founding documents of our country.
My .02
More Clintonian parsing.
They insult people’s intelligent but yet most people are dumb enough to buy it.
Just like they did when the Clintons argued sex was a private matter.
Oh and values aren’t a public matter?
If you are a firearms lover and a former Cruz supporter, you can NOT sit this election out.
So, to those who in the past said they wont be voting in this election, what are you going to decide? Let Hilliary get in and fill the SCOTUS with lefty judges that will destroy your right to keep and bear arms? Or are you going to get in and support the nominee?
Trump came up with “Crooked Hillary” and is better than what I got
Out. Of. The. Park. Touché and very well considered!
“localities and states and the federal government had a right, as we do with every amendment, to impose reasonable regulations,”
Great Idea Hillary!
16th Amendment Income Tax - My ‘locality’ (Neighborhood Watch) has just passed a ban on all federally imposed taxes on our incomes (”sounds reasonable to us!”). To offset this small loss in Federal income, the following Federal ‘services’ will not apply in our neighborhood:
EPA
OSHA
EEOC
Title IX
‘Migrant’ resettlement
(more to come)
With a Mrs. CLinton Presidency, as with any Democrat this time, there will be no Constitutional Rights. A Communist Court will in effect declare the US Constitution to be unconstitutional article by article, amendment by amendment, including Article V.
Indeed.
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