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Senate Democrats Propose Bill That Would Criminalize Armed Church Security
Protestia ^ | February 17, 2024 | Paul Brown

Posted on 02/17/2024 10:10:38 AM PST by Morgana

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To: Morgana

How do the Feds have authority over a private church?


41 posted on 02/17/2024 11:56:39 AM PST by Jonny7797
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To: Morgana

It doesn’t appear this is limited to churches and is worded so broadly it could outlaw a boxing or MMA gym.


42 posted on 02/17/2024 12:02:06 PM PST by circlecity
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To: Morgana

This is an obvious contradiction to the 2nd amendment.


43 posted on 02/17/2024 12:33:55 PM PST by EnderWiggin1970
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To: Morgana
In related memes:


44 posted on 02/17/2024 12:42:55 PM PST by grey_whiskers ( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Reverend Wright
We need our Own Homeland !

We already have one.

Maybe Ed Markey and his twisted fascist crowd should move to one that would be more agreeable to them - like Red China!

45 posted on 02/17/2024 1:04:18 PM PST by Gritty (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the Revolution. - Saul Alinsky)
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To: Morgana

Co-sponsored by Butler and Markey (collectively known as Butt-Mark).

46 posted on 02/17/2024 1:35:00 PM PST by Songcraft ( )
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To: Wasichu

What if there’s no obvious command structure? (No walkie-talkies, etc.) Some of the people at church have concealed carry; it would be up to them to fire or not if there was an incident.


47 posted on 02/17/2024 1:39:34 PM PST by scrabblehack
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To: usurper

Every member of Congress and the Senate is a bribe taking criminal, they only go there to get rich.

Your 10 thousand dollar fine is chicken feed to them; make it 10 million or a 100 million and you might get their attention.


48 posted on 02/17/2024 1:44:17 PM PST by 5th MEB (1)
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To: usurper

Every member of Congress and the Senate is a bribe taking criminal, they only go there to get rich.

Your 10 thousand dollar fine is chicken feed to them; make it 10 million or a 100 million and you might get their attention.


49 posted on 02/17/2024 1:44:17 PM PST by 5th MEB (1)
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To: Morgana

The Army of Satan strikes again.


50 posted on 02/17/2024 2:52:05 PM PST by antidemoncrat
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How would those Senate Democrats like a law that criminalizes THEIR armed security?

The Capitol police have killed more innocent people than any armed church security of which I am aware.


51 posted on 02/17/2024 2:57:01 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: Bob434

They should be forced to give up their security details.

Wouldn’t THEIR security details count under this law as well?


52 posted on 02/17/2024 2:58:55 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: Morgana

DOA


53 posted on 02/17/2024 3:17:56 PM PST by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Live Free!)
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To: bk1000
Will not comply. Sadly, I feel I must carry when attending service in the current environment. Pastor feels the same, as do others in the congregation.

As long as you all do it separately and not part of a security team, this abomination should not apply to you.

We have several people in our congregation who carry. I am positive of one of them, and the rest I can guess by attendance at men's events that involve range time.

Live Free of Die, baby.

54 posted on 02/17/2024 4:00:06 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: qwerty1234
"Ed Markey is an f’ing retard."
No, they just wants those by-and-large conservative anti-New World Order Christians killed. Saves them having to do it later.
55 posted on 02/17/2024 4:51:35 PM PST by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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To: Morgana; metmom; Bob434; 4everontheRight; 4Liberty; 5thGenTexan; 45semi; 101stAirborneVet; ...
Metmom (post # 52 ) : “Have you seen this?????? “
“Senate Democrats Propose Bill That Would Criminalize Armed Church Security “

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4218043/posts

metmom: “ They [ the US Senate ] should be forced to give up their security details.
Wouldn’t THEIR security details count under this law as well? "

Specifically, the article stated : “ Sponsored in the U.S. Senate by Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) and cosponsored by Senator Laphonza Butler (D-CA),
the Preventing Private Military Activity Act of 2024 widely defines a paramilitary group as any group of 3 or more persons who function under a command structure as a “security services unit.”

”If passed, the bill would make it illegal to “publicly patrol, drill, or engage in techniques capable of causing bodily injury or death.”
Power to enforce this law would be derived from the interstate commerce clause of the constitution,
as the proposed bill would be applicable whenever a church security team utilizes either weapons or ammunition
that have “traveled in interstate or foreign commerce,” a clause that applies to nearly every weapon and round of ammunition in circulation.
Additionally, even the act of training to engage in an activity that could cause bodily injury or death,
such as an active shooter drill, would be considered a violation of federal law under the proposal. “

(My Opinion) : "An armed society is a polite society " -- There is much wisdom in that statement .
There is nothing polite in the US Senate, that wants a disarmed community, nevertheless a religious community, to be sacrificed
Me thinks that the Senate have partaken too much of the barbarian Palestine wine, and are sotted with power.

56 posted on 02/17/2024 5:44:26 PM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Morgana

This kind of tyrannical BS will be completely ignored once the Sleeper Cells coming in with the invaders are activated.


57 posted on 02/17/2024 6:13:50 PM PST by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: Morgana

CARRY! CARRY EVERYWHERE! ALWAYS CARRY!


58 posted on 02/17/2024 8:31:00 PM PST by Taxman ((SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2024! SAVE AMERICA!))
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To: Morgana

Church militia, huh? Yeah, right. More like modern day shepherds protecting their flocks from the wolves. Shame on them.


59 posted on 02/18/2024 5:03:47 AM PST by QBFimi (It is not your responsibility to finish the work of perfecting the world... Tarfon)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Lol- yhr bill says “the power to enforce... comes from co stitution”

Really? the very same constitution that the left ignore when it is convenient for them to do so?

They are so full of crap. There is nothing in the comstitution which prevents even civilian training. The bill itself is unconstitutional, yet they cite the constitution as their “power of enforcement”?


60 posted on 02/18/2024 7:26:25 AM PST by Bob434
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