Posted on 04/20/2023 2:20:29 PM PDT by rellimpank
If you miss the jugular and hit an eye, it pretty much drains the fight out of someone; too.
It was a comprehensive ban on all semi-automatic firearms in all public places.
“Federal lawsuits are expensive,difficult and time consuming.”
We have groups here in CO that are funding and bringing these suits. RMGO has been pretty aggressive and has made it very expensive for some local governments in the past year. Plus, they have won.
“Second Amendment was added to our Bill of Rights to appease slaveowners”
Says a left-wing teacher in Florida:
https://twitter.com/BrandtRobinson
https://twitter.com/BrandtRobinson/status/1649333914425540610
They just make stuff up.
The Second Amendment was wildly popular.
No one was being "appeased". The colonies had just gone though a revolutionary war where the King had repeatedly attempted to disarm the people.
The other part is context. Slavery was endemic in the world, and had been for thousands of years. The founders were exceptional in they recognized the natural rights of man and put into the Constitution the seeds of the destruction of slavery.
Brandt Robinson did seem to look around and find scraps that would support his thesis: The 2nd Amendment is Racist.
And he reminds me of the typical at-university semi-charismatic machine that captured the unknowing minds that would not investigate on their own.
Thanks for your consideration of his video at Twitter. Figured you might want to know about him.
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