Unreal to see the rage that ensues on the right from a simple question. I grew up with guns, I was a hunter, I have actual militia training, but my priority is to protect innocent schoolkids, not to furiously defend my guns. If anyone is threatening your rights, it's the GOP.
-
-
Show this thread
-
Absolutely brilliant and essential reading on guns and the
#SecondAmendment: https://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/how-nra-rewrote-second-amendment … (h/t@meechebucco)Show this thread -
This is my standard response to the NRA: "For over 200 years after the adoption of the Second Amendment, it was uniformly understood as not placing any limit on either federal or state authority to enact gun control legislation." - Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens
Show this thread -
How about Scalia in
#Heller: "nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings."Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
over and over and over again i try to point that out ... it goes totally ignored. thank you
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Well regulated.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
God must of put it there bc somehow it is a god given right and open to any interpretation that fits your agenda like the bible
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
“Well regulated”
-
Meaning organized with some aspects of a leadership structure. (Also have to remember the context of the time and the lack of a police force. )
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
‘Well-regulated’, in fact, is what the Constitution provides for.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.