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February 19, 2013, 07:23 PM | #1 | |
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another clown legislator, this one pro gun
Mo. House Bill Makes Proposing Gun Control Illegal.
. http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2013/02/...ntrol-illegal/ Quote:
“I have no illusions about the bill making it through the legislative process, but I want it to be clear that the Missouri House will stand in defense of the people’s constitutional right..." said Mr Leara. |
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February 20, 2013, 07:08 AM | #2 |
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Or he wants to make the point that the Second Amendment has been horribly watered down.
It's symbolic, but not necessarily pointless. |
February 20, 2013, 10:00 AM | #3 |
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Yes and no. I don't take a particularly negative view against him.
He is trying to make a point, that being to exposed and exemplify the ridiculous extent to which some of them are going. Sometimes you have to fight fire with fire. And I suppose it doesn't hurt to build his political career. We need people on our side of the aisle, don't we? dc |
February 20, 2013, 05:20 PM | #4 |
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It's just symbolic but keep in mind that there is a difference between saying "there should be a law" which is protected by the 1st Amendment and introducing legislation that infringes on civil rights. One is speech and the other is an activity. It's like the difference between a bigoted lunch counter owner saying "I don't want to serve black people" and actually refusing to serve black people. One is incredibly stupid and tasteless but constitutionally protected speech and the other is an illegal activity.
It's primarily a recognition that the 100 years of fighting Jim Crow laws and Black Codes that it took to go from the end the Civil War to African-Americans actually enjoying equal civil rights under the law is not an experience that we are willing to repeat over the next 100 years with our 2nd Amendment civil rights. That we will not accept another 100 years of politicians building an ever growing series of legislative fences around our 2nd Amendment civil rights and court rulings in our favor. On the other hand a better solution is inserting a strict liability clause in state constitutions that make politicians personally obligated to reimburse the state for the entire cost of defending any law that they voted for that is later found unconstitutional and for the legal costs of those that successfully challenge the law. That is the only way to make power mad politicians stop and consider the constitutionality of the bills they are voting for instead the current "spaghetti cook" method of throwing anything and everything they can think of at the wall and seeing what the courts allow to stick.
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February 20, 2013, 05:28 PM | #5 |
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In a moment of supreme irony, a legislator proposes an unconstitutional law intended to prevent other legislators from proposing unconstitutional laws. . .
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February 20, 2013, 07:17 PM | #6 |
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The core of it is not that it was introduced so it would pass, but it's a response to the insanity of HB 545, the infamous confiscation bill.
It's basically a statement that "You want to be crazy? We can be crazy too. Now let's be serious." |
February 21, 2013, 06:12 AM | #7 |
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Perhaps it sounds crazy because we have drifted so far from the words written in the Second Amendment that any thing remotely sounding liking making further restrictions illegal is "crazy."
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February 21, 2013, 11:49 AM | #8 | |
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I'm ot so sure about this one - but - I'm for damned sure solidly behind any efforts made to hold elected officials accountable for their actions. As it is now, they all get a free pass... What sanctions are placed on private citizens when they violate someone's constitutional rights? We're held accountable for that - why shouldn't a person in an elected office be held just as - if not more so - accountable for their actions? |
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February 21, 2013, 06:30 PM | #10 |
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Drat....
Had to go and rain on my parade huh?.... I was having such a pleasant fantasy too - it involved a lot of tar and feathers |
February 21, 2013, 06:36 PM | #11 | |
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This is why legislators need to face strict personal liability for the costs related to both fighting and defending laws that are found to be civil rights violations. Otherwise there is absolutely no zip zero nada disincentive to repeatedly and continuously creating unconstitutional laws. Waaaaaaaay back in ancient history the media might have done their jobs and alerted the public about the amount of public money being wasted or that there was a violation of the constitution but now the media are little more than cheerleaders for tyranny.
In case you missed it the Governor of CT is the latest to raise in the game of crush the constitution poker. This is after one of the Congressional Campaign Committee chairmen just announced that they plan to ride a wave of gun control laws to victory in the 2014 elections. I won't post the link because it identifies those involved and I don't want to make it partisan. I mention it because it illustrates the fact that those running the all out war on the 2nd Amendment have no intention of slowing their attacks on our rights even a little bit for at least 2 more years. http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Governm...-His-Own-Hands Quote:
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February 21, 2013, 06:41 PM | #12 |
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There needs to be a "chilling effect".
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