Via Breda comes this video which will make you smile -
It’s unfortunate that some on the Left would rather see this girl injured or traumatized rather than able to defend herself. Good job Alyssa!
Category Archives: 2nd Amendment
More Rationale on Rights From the Left
Joe Huffman has it – “A threat to safety and democratic rights.”
I find it very telling CSGV calls the repeal of the oppressive D.C. gun laws ”a threat to … democratic rights”. I didn’t know we had “democratic rights”. We have civil rights. We have voting rights. But “democratic rights” is something new to me.
As with everything Joe writes, it’s a must read.
McDonald Follow Up
Okay, so the oral argument for McDonald vs. Chicago was earlier today. Click here to read the transcript. To put things simply, incorporation seems forthcoming via the Due Process clause of the 14th Amendment. The justices didn’t really get on board with Gura’s argument for incorporation via Privileges and Immunities.
Privileges and Immunities was a long shot because the argument focused around enumerated rights, but also on constitutionally protected unenumerated rights (such as the right to self defense; rights to contract; etc). SCOTUS, and all U.S. Courts, will try to rule as narrowly as possible and P&I might contain too much gray area.
Gura, however, had a great rebuttal for the gray area – that constitutional law is based around the text of the constitution and America’s history and traditions. Thus federal judges would not have free license to simply claim anything to be an protected unenumerated right.
Read the transcript. I learned a ton! It will be interesting to see what decision is handed down.
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Update: Caleb at Gun Nuts Media points to an hilarious summary of McDonald vs. Chicago. Warning, contains some adult language.
Tomorrow
McDonald vs. Chicago oral arguments will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court tomorrow. Joe Huffman points to an article by Alan Korwin where he explains, in simple terms, why this court case is so important. Trust me, it’s more about civil rights and less about guns than you may have previously thought.
While We’re All Watching the U.S. Supreme Court…
… the Washington State Supreme Court rules that the 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution is incorporated and applicable to the states via the 14th Amendment’s due process clause.
Remember, oral arguments for McDonald vs. Chicago will be held on March 2, 2010.
*H/T – Eugene Volk via Uncle.
Brady Bigotry Continued
Joe Huffman continues his discussion of the Brady Bunch’s bigotry. It is very, very insightful.
Gun Control is Racist
Josh Sugarman and the Violence Policy Center advocate greater dependence on the system and the government in black neighborhoods by disarming blacks.
Pictures by Oleg Volk, here, here, and here.
Latest on McDonald vs. Chicago
Sebastian gives us an idea on the two arguments that may be brought before the Supreme Court from the same side:
Whether the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms is incorporated as against the States by the Fourteenth Amendment’s Privileges or Immunities or Due Process Clauses.
I highly recommend reading it for his full thoughts.
First Amendment vs. Second Amendment
Seen over at Sharp as a Marble. If the first amendment was treated like the second amendment:
Any speech using 10 or more foreign words would be a felony.
(Firearm law 922(r) restricting 10 or more foreign gun parts from the 1989 import ban)
Anyone convicted of a felony or convicted of misdemeanor domestic abuse or assault is not allowed freedom of speech or religion and must rely on the government to provide speech and religion for them.
(1968 gun control act)
Any speech or religions that are done in a scary tone or feel are banned. Any assembly that looks scary is banned.
(1994 Federal Assault Weapon Ban that went after mostly cosmetic features)
Before engaging in new free speech you must pass an instant background check by a government authorized free speech dealer. Sorry, if your name is like someone else prohibited from speech and religion, it is up to you to prove you’re not that person.
(NICS instant background check and Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993)
Any speech or work with more than 10 sentences per page is forbidden, any peaceable assembly with more than 10 people is also banned.
Hi-Capacity Magazine bans in the Assault Weapon Ban and in many states to this day)
‘Freedom of Speech’ was only meant to be applicable to movable type presses. The founding fathers didn’t foresee television, radio, photographs, telephones, film, or the internet.
(The idea that the 2nd amendment only applies to muskets)
You cannot exercise free speech or religion on federal property or at a school.
(Section 930. Title 18, United States Code and the Gun Free School Zone Act of 1990)
There’s more for you to read. For those who may say that guns are more dangerous than words, I offer the “wisdom” of Joseph Stalin – “Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.”
The Meaning of Bi-Partisan
Almost everyone is familiar with Nancy Pelosi’s statement concerning the passing of sweeping health care legislation by the U.S. House of Representatives as bi-partisan because one, yes one, Republican voted for it. Well, I don’t want to poo-poo on Nancy’s parade but:
An overwhelming, bipartisan majority of members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate have signed an amicus curiae, or “friend of the court,” brief supporting the NRA’s position that the Second Amendment is incorporated against the states through the Fourteenth Amendment. The amicus brief, bearing the signatures of 251 Members of Congress and 58 Senators, was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court today in the case of McDonald v. City of Chicago.
Currently there are 177 Republicans in the House and 40 in the Senate. So, if 251 Representatives and 58 Senators signed the brief, that is undeniably bi-partisan! Go here and see if your Congresperson and or Senator(s) signed (the list starts on page 50).
Utah Senators and Representatives that signed:
- Senator Robert Bennett
- Senator Orrin Hatch
- Representative Robert Bishop (UT-1)
- Representative James Matheson (UT-2)
- Representative Jason Chaffetz (UT-3)
Five for five isn’t bad. And according to Nancy, Utah’s delegates are bi-partisan since our lone Democrat (Jim Matheson) signed 
One More
Utah is getting closer to passing their own Firearms Freedom Act. Paul Helmke and the Salt Lake Tribune cry.
A Story of Bravery
Rukhsana Kausar, 21, was with her parents and brother in Jammu and Kashmir when three gunmen, believed to be Pakistani militants, forced their way in and demanded food and beds for the night.
When they forced their way into Miss Kausar’s home, her father Noor Mohammad refused their demands and was attacked.His daughter was hiding under a bed when she heard him crying as the gunmen thrashed him with sticks. According to police, she ran towards her father’s attacker and struck him with an axe. As he collapsed, she snatched his AK47 and shot him dead.
She also shot and wounded another militant as he made his escape.
Police have hailed the woman’s bravery.
They said she would be nominated for the president’s gallantry award.
The only disappointing part of the story is that Indian’s don’t have many gun rights and this entire family could have been killed if not for the bravery of this girl. Good on you, Rukhsana!
H/T – Sebastian
