Another author who decouples the Second Amendment, ignoring the first half pertaining to "A well regulated militia . . . "
On Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 8:16:36 AM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > We Need To Pass ‘Stand Your Ground’ In Every State, Abolish The BATFE, And > Repeal The Major Federal Gun Laws <http://endoftheamericandream.com> > ------------------------------ > > We Need To Pass ‘Stand Your Ground’ In Every State, Abolish The BATFE, And > Repeal The Major Federal Gun Laws > <http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/we-need-to-pass-stand-your-ground-in-every-state-abolish-the-batfe-and-repeal-the-major-federal-gun-laws> > > > Posted: 18 Jul 2017 07:50 PM PDT > > > <http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/we-need-to-pass-stand-your-ground-in-every-state-abolish-the-batfe-and-repeal-the-major-federal-gun-laws/gun-girls-silhouette-public-domain#main>Throughout > > history, dictators and tyrants have always wanted to take guns away from > the people. Hitler confiscated guns once he took power in Germany, Stalin > confiscated guns in Soviet Russia, and Mao confiscated guns when the > communists took power in China. An armed population is one of the > cornerstones of a free society, and our founders understood this very well. > Unfortunately, most Americans don’t seem to understand the Second Amendment > in our day and time. The following is what the Second Amendment actually > says… > > *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.* > > The phrase *“shall not be infringed”* was intended to leave no room for > confusion. > > Unfortunately, all sorts of restrictions have been put on our absolute > right to keep and bear arms over time, and we need to fight to fully > restore our rights as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. > > A lot of politicians say that they are “pro-gun”, but most of them will > only go so far. To me, being “pro-gun” means that you should be fighting to > fully restore our Second Amendment rights. In particular, the following are > three areas where many “pro-gun” politicians are often quite weak… > > *#1 We Need Stand Your Ground Laws In All 50 States* > > If you are not familiar with “stand your ground” laws, the following is > how Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-your-ground_law> > defines them… > > A *stand-your-ground law* (sometimes called “line in the sand” or “no duty > to retreat <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_to_retreat>” law) is a > justification > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justification_%28jurisprudence%29> in a > criminal case, whereby defendants can “stand their ground” and use force > without retreating, in order to protect and defend themselves or others > against threats or perceived threats. An example is where there is no duty > to retreat from any place where they have a lawful right to be, and that > they may use any level of force if they reasonably believe the threat rises > to the level of being an imminent and immediate threat of serious bodily > harm or death. One case <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawkins_v._State> > describes “the ‘stand your ground’ law… a person has a right to expect > absolute safety in a place they have a right to be, and may use deadly > force to repel an unlawful intruder.”[1] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-your-ground_law#cite_note-DS-1> > > Today, 28 states have adopted “stand your ground” laws formally, and a few > others have adopted “stand your ground” in practice. But even where such > laws have been passed formally, they are often way too weak. > > We need very strong “stand your ground” laws in all 50 states, and we need > to keep fighting for this until we get it done. > > *#2 We Need To Abolish The BATFE* > > The BATFE has been used as a political weapon for decades, and there have > been many instances where the authority that it has been given has been > greatly abused. The following example comes from Breitbart > <http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/08/03/report-atf-bypassing-restrictions-compile-information-u-s-gun-owners/> > … > > A recently released Government Accountability Office (GAO) report shows > that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) *violated > restrictions to compile information on U.S. gun owners.* > > According to the report, the ATF “has 25 firearms-related data systems, 16 > of which contain retail firearms purchaser information from a federal > firearms licensee (FFL)—such as firearms importers and retailers.” Sixteen > of these systems contain “retail firearms purchaser information,” as it > pertains to guns purchased from a federal firearms license holder (FFL). > > Many have suggested reforming the BATFE, but I believe that the best > approach would be to abolish it altogether. If we fully restored Second > Amendment rights in this country there would be very little for this agency > to do anyway, and any essential functions could easily be taken over by > other federal law enforcement institutions. > > *#3 We Need To Repeal The Major Federal Gun Laws* > > We have lived with some of these laws for so long that most people just > assume that they are constitutional. There are so many federal laws that > need to be repealed, but I think that a good place to start would be with > these four major ones > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_law_in_the_United_States>… > > - National Firearms Act > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firearms_Act> (“NFA”) (1934): > Taxes the manufacture and transfer of, and mandates the registration of > Title > II weapons <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_II_weapons> such as > machine > guns <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_gun>, short-barreled rifles > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-barreled_rifle> and shotguns, > heavy weapons, explosive ordnance, silencers > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppressor>, and disguised or improvised > firearms > > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FImprovised_firearms&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNE4GrcE0i3J6T0HS6Wrrd5zudYWMw> > . > - Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibus_Crime_Control_and_Safe_Streets_Act_of_1968> > > (1968): Prohibited interstate > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_commerce> trade in handguns > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handgun>, increased the minimum age to > 21 for buying handguns. > - Gun Control Act of 1968 > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_Control_Act_of_1968> (“GCA”): > Focuses primarily on regulating interstate commerce > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_commerce> in firearms by > generally prohibiting interstate firearms transfers except among licensed > manufacturers, dealers and importers. > - Firearm Owners Protection Act > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearm_Owners_Protection_Act> (“FOPA”) > (1986): Revised and partially repealed the Gun Control Act of 1968. > Prohibited the sale to civilians of automatic firearms > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_firearm> manufactured after > the date of the law’s passage. Required ATF approval of transfers of > automatic firearms. > > If I end up in Washington, I plan to work very closely with the Gun > Owners Of America <http://www.gunowners.org/>, the Idaho Second Amendment > Alliance <https://www.idahosaa.org/> and other pro-gun groups to draft > legislation which will fully restore our Second Amendment rights. > > If you believe in what we are trying to do, I hope that you will support > us <https://www.michaelsnyderforcongress.com/contribute.html>. Whenever > the left takes power, they unashamedly try to advance their anti-gun > agenda. But when the right takes power, they seem to think that the status > quo is okay. > > The status quo is not okay, and now is the time to fight harder than ever > for the rights that are guaranteed to us by the Second Amendment. > > *Michael Snyder <https://www.michaelsnyderforcongress.com/> is a > Republican candidate for Congress in Idaho’s First Congressional District, > and you can learn how you can get involved in the campaign on his official > website <https://www.michaelsnyderforcongress.com/contribute.html>. 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