"You keep using that word. I do not think you wish to tell us what state that is in."
Posted on 02/07/2023 11:45:04 AM PST by rktman
The gun control group Newtown Action Alliance is responding to the constitutional carry push in Florida by tweeting that “there is no such thing as ‘constitutional carry.'”
Twenty-five states have constitutional carry, and Republicans in Florida and South Carolina are now racing to see which state will be number 26, but Newtown Action Alliance says it does not really exist.
Newtown Action Alliance’s tweeted their opinion:
Newtown Action Alliance @NewtownAction Just to be clear, there is no such thing as “constitutional carry”. The constitution didn’t give anyone the right to carry guns publicly without permits, background checks, or training. This term was fabricated by the gun lobby to push for its any guns to anyone everywhere agenda
Newtown Action Alliance followed the tweet with another, asking gun controllers to urge Florida’s legislature to oppose the constitutional carry bill, suggesting the bill “will increase FL homicide and violence crime.”
On December 29, 2022, the Maine Wire noted that crime fell in Maine after the state abolished its concealed carry permit requirement in 2015.
FBI data shows violent crime beginning a decline in 2016 that continued through 2020.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
I guess the "right to keep and bear arms" and "shall not be infringed" are difficult concepts to grasp.
There is no such thing as “free speech”. Shut these people down and do not let them express any political views.
The Constitution didn’t give any law-making body the right to require weapons permits, background checks, or training.
So they’re fighting like crazy against something they say doesn’t exist. Only a lib.
The right to infringe shall not be limited. /s
No such thing as an “assault weapon,” either, but it doesn’t stop you from demonizing them in media.
There is no such friggin’ thing as a “constitutional abortion”. That’s covered under homicide in the law books.
Well technically this is 100% correct. The Constitution rather recognized that the People already have a God-given right to keep and bear arms and made what was implied explicit, e.g. that it shall not be infringed by the Federal government.
The Constitution never had any power to grant rights that are God given.
The Constitution doesn't grant rights to individuals because individual rights are PRESUMED in the Constitution. The Constitution only gives the feds certain limited enumerated right and powers.
KNOW YOUR CONSTITUTION!
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. Ninth Amendment.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. 10th Amendment
"You keep using that word. I do not think you wish to tell us what state that is in."
Just like there is no right to constitutional free speech without strict Standards, Licensing, Registration and mandatory Drug Testing for those that use a High Capacity Transmission device for compensation or gain
Oh but there IS Constitutional Carry! The Dred Scott decision said it plainly that if Blacks were to be considered Citizens they would have the same rights as white men.
What the SCOTUS thought about gun control in the pre Civil War era.
“It would give to persons of the negro race, who were recognised as citizens in any one State of the Union, the right to enter every other State whenever they pleased, singly or in companies, without pass or passport, and without obstruction, to sojourn there as long as they pleased, to go where they pleased at every hour of the day or night without molestation, unless they committed some violation of law for which a white man would be punished;
and it would give them the full liberty of speech in public and in private upon all subjects upon which its own citizens might speak; to hold public meetings upon political affairs,
and to KEEP AND CARRY ARMS wherever they went.”
Paragraph 77 in the link below.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0060_0393_ZO.html
Then they went on for over 300 paragraphs to try and prove blacks were NOT citizens.
What part of “the right of the people to keep and BEAR arms shall not be infringed” don’t they understand?
The constitution enumerates rights granted by natural law. It sets up the rules by which the government may, or may not, infringe on those natural rights.
There’s no such thing as “reasonable, common sense gun control laws.”
later
It’s their SPIN on words. Depends on what the meaning of the meaning of Constitution wording.
You beat me to it. Constitution doesnt give any rights to anyone. It simply limits what government can do.
And if that wasn’t clear enough, they went ahead and said specifically the gummint can’t infringe on arms. Again, not giving us any right, just enforcing the fact that gummint cant take it away.
They think only ‘bears’ can carry weapons.
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