AG Nominee William Barr on Second Amendment During Confirmation Hearings ~ VIDEO

Ammoland ^ | 17 January, 2019 | Dean Weingarten

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U.S.A. -(Ammoland.com)- On January 15, just a little before 5 p.m. Senator John Cornyn asked Attorney General nominee William P. Barr about his views on the Second Amendment. The question and answer were recorded as part of C-SPAN coverage of the nomination process.

The question and answer, with some more commentary by Senator Cornyn occur from about 4:56:33 to 5:00:04 on the C-SPAN timer.  There is a transcript on the C-SPAN link, but it has a few errors, perhaps introduced by the automated computer transcription process.

For example, the transcript misses the first half of Senator Cornyn's opening sentence, where he says “Mr. Barr, I want to talk about guns,” I have created a more accurate transcript below. It can be checked by watching the video.

Starting about 4:56:33 on January 15, 2019 from c-span.org: 

Senator John Cornyn from Texas:

“Mr Barr, I want to talk about guns, and I want to talk about China in the five minutes we have together. Back in 1992 there was some discussion about your position on Congress' role when it comes to banning certain types of semi-automatic weapons, sometimes people call those “assault weapons”. But In the intervening years, the Supreme Court has now spoken, both in the Heller and McDonald cases, and recognized the Second Amendment confers an individual and fundamental right to bear arms. 

Could you, sir,  bring us up to date from your views in 1992, and how they were affected by Heller and McDonald, and what your views are now on the Second Amendment?”

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“The meaning of the term mentally ill is going to be the next real battle ground.”

As the former Sheriff of Los Angeles said, “I would never issue a carry permit to someone who is mentally ill. And anyone who wants a carry permit is mentally ill.”

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“And anyone who wants a carry permit is mentally ill.”

Hmm - maybe the guy is really a Conservative? Isn’t it a bit mental to turn one’s God-given right of self defense over to the state?

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The major cause of the high violence level comes from the number of "inner city" residents involved in drug trafficking and other criminal activities, rather than working regular jobs.

In the el Chapo trial last week testimony was given that claimed he paid the el Presidente of Mexico a bribe of 100 million dollars, that is why the war on drugs will never be won. There is simply too much money and too many politicians, bankers, lawyers, judges and police willing to take it. Of course there would be no money available if there wasn't a market for the stuff.

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One of the silliest things I ever saw on Snopes was an assertion that the horse in Mr. Ed was actually a zebra, and that the stripes didn’t show up because the show was in black and white.

That is just silly everyone knows they just painted Francis white for that show. How many talking horses/mules do you think there are anyway?

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William Barr told Senator Dianne Feinstein:

“I think we need to push along the ERPOs [gun confiscation] so that we have these ‘Red Flag’ laws to supplement the use of background checks [gun registration] ... this is the single most important thing I think we can do in the gun control area...”

Call your senators now, and tell them to vote no!