Dismantling the Bill of Rights Is No Solution

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-19 12:02:37 | Updated at 2024-12-19 15:08:23 3 hours ago

Dismantling the Bill of Rights Is No Solution
American Thinker ^ | 19 Dec, 2024 | J.B. Shurk

Posted on 12/19/2024 3:53:52 AM PST by MtnClimber

Even if it ‘saves one life,’ we shouldn’t chuck the Second Amendment, just because some leftist politicians insist.

After the recent school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, the usual suspects immediately called for more “gun control.” Joe Biden’s White House released a statement demanding these additional infringements upon Americans’ Second Amendment rights: “Universal background checks. A national red flag law. A ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.” (The president conveniently ignored reports that the teenaged attacker used a 9mm pistol.) Democrat Congressman Mark Pocan insists that gun manufacturers be held responsible for the school shooter’s violence. Disgraced former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe (who was rewarded for leaking classified information and lying to federal agents) wants “legislation that changes the context of gun ownership” in the United States and new requirements that “eliminate the ability” of Americans “to purchase guns without a background check.”

So the departing president wants executive authority to determine which Americans enjoy Second Amendment protections. The congressman from Wisconsin wants to hold manufacturers criminally and civilly liable for the misdeeds of others. And the former acting director of the FBI wants to fundamentally transform the “context of gun ownership.” What part of “shall not be infringed” do they not understand?

If we were still a country that took loyalty oaths seriously, it would be worth noting that all three of these men raised their hands and solemnly swore to protect and defend the Bill of Rights. As retired FBI supervisory special agent Arthur P. Meister once wrote, “all public office oaths require true faith and allegiance to principles of lawful authority derived from the Constitution.” An official’s “deference” to the Bill of Rights “must trump all other promises and commitments” precisely because “the public elects, empowers, and allows a select few to govern many.”

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: leftism

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1 posted on 12/19/2024 3:53:52 AM PST by MtnClimber

To: MtnClimber

If we were still a country that took loyalty oaths seriously, it would be worth noting that all three of these men raised their hands and solemnly swore to protect and defend the Bill of Rights.

But they are leftists and therefore are more loyal to the "father of lies".

2 posted on 12/19/2024 3:55:27 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)

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