Is the government required, by the 2nd
Amendment, to allow us to carry a gun outside the home? The Constitution that provides the basic moral framework of our country says yes. In a 7-2 denial of certiorari, the US Supreme Court says no.
Justice Thomas dissents, "For those of us who work in marbled halls, guarded
constantly by a vigilant and dedicated police force, the guarantees of the
Second Amendment might seem antiquated and superfluous. But the Framers made a
clear choice: They reserved to all Americans the right to bear arms for
self-defense. I do not think we should stand by idly while a State denies its
citizens that right, particularly when their very lives may depend on it. I
respectfully dissent."
With today's Supreme Court denial of cert in Peruta vs San Diego, Justice Thomas's dissent brings up a point many of us have
been making for years. Liberal
politicians, businesspeople,
and anti-gun
activists who have
armed security actively work against the 2nd Amendment rights of
the common people. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) said, regarding the NYPD selling
bribing citizen’s concealed carry permits: “If
it is difficult to get a concealed weapon permit, I’m glad to hear that”, while
in the same interview, “I think we
deserve, need to be protected down here.”
There is a stark difference between that and Thomas
Massie’s response to the Virginia baseball shooting: "I don't want to
extend a special privilege just to congressmen. I recognize that everyone has
the right to defend themselves, and that's in the Constitution." There’s
currently a bill
to introduce nationwide Concealed Carry reciprocity in addition to Massie’s
new bill for DC to accept all state’s Concealed Carry permits. Sadly, it’s not
even just leftists that couldn’t give a shit about the common people. Barry
Loudermilk (R-GA), understandably concerned about his own security, called
for reciprocity for Congress and staffers.
The 2nd Amendment wasn’t written for elites. It
was written for the common people to not only defend themselves but also rise
against the government should it be needed. The fact that 7 of our 9
Supreme Court justices don’t care that the rights of people in several states
are being actively denied proves that it’s not about guns, it’s all about
control. I’m reminded of anti-gun politician Leland Yee here. Yee was a
Californian State Representative who, despite
being publicly anti-gun, sold weapons to terrorists overseas. Or Congress
exempting itself from Obamacare
AND Trumpcare.
