Sometimes the obvious bears repeating. Now is such a moment. The Second Amendment, allowing every American “to keep and bear arms,” was key to passing the US Constitution. If the Biden Campaign prevails in lawsuits and Electoral College, leading appointees will take aim at the Amendment.
While current social unrest has triggered record firearm sales, and one recent poll shows support for gun control at its lowest point in four years, Biden partisans have made clear their interest in curtailing the Second Amendment. See, e.g., https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-guns-insight-idUSKBN2701HP; and https://www.guns.com/news/2020/11/19/poll-support-for-more-gun-control-at-4-yr-low.
At the outset, the political figure Joe Biden indicated will be lead on gun control, former Congressman and failed presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, has made clear his disaffection for firearms, and intent to limit ownership, not just with legislation limiting sales, but with mandatory buy-backs. He famously said in September 2019, “Hell, yes, we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47,” when quizzed.
Echoing confiscation sentiment, former O’Rourke staffer and now aspiring Biden Deputy Chief of Staff, Jen O’Malley Dillon, has made clear her views. One is pushing “mandatory buybacks” of firearms, including so-called assault weapons – semi-automatic rifles distinguished by their military appearance.
Moreover, discussion this past weekend has highlighted possible Biden appointments, if he becomes President. One is Federal Judge Merrick Garland, who may be nominated for US Attorney General. Garland has made clear his hostility to gun rights and could act swiftly to push that view.
Garland knows well the ways of the Justice Department and could push limitations on gun rights with method and high impact, even before legislation was pushed in the House and Senate. When Garland was nominated to the Supreme Court, a vote that was never taken, his views were scrutinized.
Specifically, the DC Circuit Court judge upheld federal storage of gun buyer’s records during the Clinton Administration, and later joined efforts to reconsider a landmark Second Amendment case, for purpose of narrowing those rights.
As one report assessed, “This is probably the most anti-gun Supreme Court nomination in decades.” See, e.g., https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/16/merrick-garland-has-very-liberal-view-gun-rights/. In time on the bench, Garland has made this a hallmark of his worldview, including an attempt to strike down the famous D.C. v. Heller case, authored by the late Justice Scalia. That case affirmed the right of individuals to keep and bear arms.
As reported, “back in 2007, Judge Garland voted to undo” that case, aiming to revisit the right of DC to restrict individual gun ownership. Public reaction to that DC Circuit Court effort to reconsider, which was defeated, led observers to describe Garland as having “strong hostility to gun owner right.” See, https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/moderates-are-not-so-moderate-merrick-garland/.
What does all this mean? Several things. First, if Biden-Harris prevail – and Harris’ views on gun rights limitation, suing gun manufacturers, and curtailing ownership are more radical – limitations on the Second Amendment will be a top priority for the administration.
Second, if Biden-Harris prevail, social unrest, record gun buying – including in minority communities – and polls showing gun control unpopular, will hardly matter. Most of America does not agree with socialism, defunding police, or the New Green Deal, but Democrats pushed all three without hesitation.
Expect legislation, originating in the House and pushed hard in a close Senate, aimed at limiting gun sales and ownership, mandatory buybacks to elevated liability for gun manufacturers. Whether these would pass remains unclear, but with Garland as AG – and maybe later nominated again to the Supreme Court, plus O’Rourke and team in power, the issue is sure to become hot soon.
Finally, one of the unusual features of this political moment – and the past several years – is that long-honored norms, enshrined American values, and constitutional rights held inviolate and sure to stand the test of time, have been questioned, buffeted, and increasingly eroded by extreme views, centralizing federal power.
Thus, free speech, worship, assembly, travel, and other timeless rights have been called into question, in places put in peril. Seeking to look around the next corner – before something comes flying at us – one should consider what the left things of the Second Amendment itself.
In March 2018, retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens openly proposed repealing the Amendment, overturning it in favor of expansive federal power over firearms, at the expense of the citizen rights to protect democracy, their homes, families and the nation. See, e.g., https://www.foxnews.com/politics/retired-supreme-court-justice-stevens-says-second-amendment-should-be-repealed.
The last line, peek around the corner – based on where potential Biden appointees put their emphasis – is this: Should Americans be thinking long, striving harder to protect the right to “keep and bear arms,” before that right is removed from the Constitution. Until this political era, rise of socialism, and aspiring Biden administration, that was never a question. It is now.
I think you people just fill in the blanks when a candidate you don’t like wins. Watch how many people will either INSULT me, IGNORE these FACTS or come up with some far-fetched reason. For EIGHT years Obama was going to “change America as we know it”. DEATH PANELS, GUN CONFISCATION (like you’re accusing Biden of, wonder if people know that the NRA and Ronald Reagan teamed up in the 60s and passed the MULFORD ACT targeting the Black Panthers SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS)UN TAKEOVERS, SHARIA LAW, MARTIAL LAW, WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION, etc. “Christian” actor Carlos Norris claimed if Obama was re-elected there would be a “THOUSAND YEARS OF DARKNESS”, he WAS, there WAS NOT! Trump “won” and you people were STILL MAD and predicting doom and gloom. The 50s are GONE, communism/socialism is NOT a worldwide THREAT and Black people are NOT going to go back to sitting in the back of the bus again! I cannot imagine going thru life NEEDING something to FEAR and HATE and ALWAYS being ANGRY. I’m a veteran and I’ve been there done that. Wow, smh????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️
They want out guns so they can control us and walk all over us. Everyone needs to get that, although many don’t – they re so very naïve. Could cause a civil war….
What amazes me is how few people understand what the first ten amendments, otherwise known as the Bill of Rights, is and is not. It is NOT a list of rights granted to citizens by a benevolent government. It IS a list of Natural Human Rights or God-Given Rights, however you prefer to describe them. No government can deny my rights under the First Ten Amendments. They may fine me for excercising them, or even imprison or kill me but they cannot repeal them. They will always be there. People have such a limited knowledge of history. Why do they think Americans fought the Revolutionary War? What were those guys doing at Lexington and Concord on April 19th, 1775? They were stopping their government from confiscating their guns and with them, their right to defend themselves, their families and their property.
I now live in The People’s Republic of New York State where Premier Komerade Andrew Cuomo has already made it impossible for me to excercise my Second Amendment Right. He has done this on the back of the federal law requiring anyone wishing to buy a firearm to complete a form for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). This law is bad enough on its own but Komerade Cuomo has taken it one step further. The federal law provides that if the check fails to be returned in three days, the firearms dealer may transfer the firearm to the purchaser. Komerade Cuomo has decreed that for New Yorkers that this is no longer three days, but THIRTY DAYS. And guess what. If, at the end of thirty days, the NICS check doesn’t come back, the firearms dealer CANNOT release the firearm to the purchaser but (OH JOY) the purchaser CAN complete another NICS form. It doesn’t have to be denied. Just ignored.
Anyone in this country who is a gun owner and who is not a member of the National Rifle Association AND the affiliated state organization (in my case, the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association), does not give a hoot about their Second Amendment Right. The NRA (and the state affiliates) is the only thing standing between you and the government stripping your rights (do you think they’ll stop at the Second Amendment?). The NRA currently has about 5 million members. There are probably 80 million legal gun owners in the United States. Do the math! There are 75 million gun owners who don’t really care if the government takes their firearms. I’m proud to say, I’m not one of the 75 million.
There “WILL” be blood in the streets. I hope Joe and his cronies recognize this phrase. “My Dead Cold Hands” At 78, I don’t have a reason to care anymore, but I will go out on my feet and lead flying.
Tyrants only understand one thing force!Nothing else will eradicate this scum Americans must stand up to the Bidens and harrises of this world these criminals stole the election and as Sheriff David Clark said Do unto them as they have done to us RESIST RESIST RESIST! To hell with them and their communist crap!
I think that if Biden and all his cronies go through with their plans to make the 2nd. Amendment null and void, they better get their own guns loaded because there will be a Civil War in America over this. The absolute hypocrisy of Biden and his team is that they make sure (and will continue to) keep their own fire-arms by their side. See…..it’s okay for hypocritical Socialists to consider themselves superior to the common folk that they will always keep things in their own favor.
I hope that the male citizens (including Democrats) have sense enough to see the utter hypocrisy in all this and get busy locking and loading their firearms to take on these criminals who are against humanity for their own personal gain.
I have three shotguns which is, to me, a bare minimum
Buy every gun you can get plus loads of ammo now !!!
All of us reading articles on this site know the mess we have gotten ourselves in. The democrats don’t read information on sites like these. The democrats and most of us republicans have not read the Democratic Platform 2020. I have read it, all republicans need to read it. My friends that I sent it to said they would read it if Biden won. It’s like when Pelosi told us we have to pass Obamacare to see what was in it. Having said all that, I don’t know that we have any way out of this. The hatred the democrats have for Trump has led them to blindly elect Biden/Harris and the progressive left wing of the democratic party to office. The Progressive Caucus is part of the Communist Party of the United States of America. There are 90 members in the house right now, you can look it up on Wikipedia, they list them by name. If you want to look up the communist party in America go to cpusa.org, China has taken America over without firing a shot. I believe they weaponized the virus and was specifically done to bring down America. As communism takes over our country in the years to come, we will have to live with the fact that we are the generation that went to sleep at the wheel and left our children to live their lives under communist control.
We as Americans can only hope that President Trump remains in office and he follows though to prosecute all involved with the vote failure in this country.
So, only the police and military should have guns?
I saw a movie like that once. It was called ‘Schindler’s List.”
Any questions?
He is not as bad as his partner. The Wicked Witch of the West – Kamala Harris.
None of us realize the gravity of the situation. We are on the brink of communism. The 2 senate seats in Georgia give the dem’s the presidency, house, and senate. There is no way to stop that from happening because the voting system is corrupt. Within 2 years all of the frame work will have been done. There won’t be any more elections. The guns will be confiscated if we don’t fight to keep them, 2nd Civil War. Will the military fight on the dem’s side, will law enforcement? The food supply as well as fuel, utilities, trucking will all come to a halt. Marshal Law will be declared, it would sure be to our benefit if this happened under Trump before January 20th. I fear we are going to find out if the FEMA camps are for detaining POW’s. Many republicans have seen this coming, guns and ammunition have been flying off the shelves since BLM started burning the cities down. What really needs to happen right now is for the 6 states with all the mail in voting problems to be forced to hold a new election. In person voting, voting machines certified to register votes correctly, and the vote counted that night. Absentee ballots could be done, not mail in ballots. This would be a much better solution. U. S. Marshals and federal law enforcement could be on hand to make sure democratic election officials are monitored. The democrats don’t see the big picture of the role the U. S. plays around the world. If the U. S. goes communist the world will be lost, and that my friends is no exaggeration.
Unfortunately, the urban minority vote in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Wisconsin who care less about the second amendment, other than freedom of entitlement and killing each other effected the election.
Come and take it, Jackass Joe! I need the target practice!
Just remember how slimey,corrupt and dishonest the liberal anti American democrats are . They will regulate ammunition, tax and restrict what weapons Citizens and Police can own.
Thus is exactly how a socialist or communist bureaucracy begins to rule.
These overarching lock downs and eliminating our right to go worship using COVID-19 as their lame,lying excuse.
WAKE UP AMERICA
The 2nd Amendment is there to protect we the people from the government! Think about it!!
You cannot pass any “LAWS” against the Constitution without 2/3 of Congress and States!!! Think about it people. It’s time to get serious about these commie b@$@$@&.
Does Beto have a death wish?
Will not comply.
The second amendment does not “allow” us to keep and bear arms. It is a God given right, along with all the other rights explicitly mentioned in the Bill of Rights, as well as rights not specifically mentioned; all existed before there was a Constitution. The Constitution and the Bill of Rights merely experss that in writing and law. Most of the gun control laws we have now, let alone those being proposed, are unconstitutional, and should be thought of in those terms by all real Americans.
The second amendment was written in order for us to protect ourselves against a tyrannical government. I believe if Biden becomes president and hires the ones he’s talking about hiring, we will have the tyrannical government the amendment is talking about. Be prepared, friends. We can’t let them do this to us.
Biden will NEVER by my president!!!
With due respect to David, 5 hours ago…
it actually started in 1861… when states who wanted to exercise their option to withdraw from the federation discovered the others felt they should be compelled to remain, Constitution be d@mned. Legal immigrants were paid to join the Union Army right off their boats, and offered fast tracks to citizenship. The precedent is there. Don’t threaten the Union.
As to preserving the 2nd Amendment with my trusty firearms, it ain’t happening unless some, selective, Air Force units announce for the same side. If all military units remain steadfast, it’ll be over shortly. If the units do take sides, and civil war breaks out, America might be weakened enough for China to have, you know, an actual chance at engaging and coming out the other side alive.
However, I don’t see why we have to have a civil war; other countries have “partitioned” with opposite parties swapping between two halves of the country. I say give the conservatives the crappiest parts of the country (with due respect for the residents there), leaving the choicest bits to the libs, and give each a copy of the Constitution, and divide the military assets 50/50, including nukes. In 25 years, the economies of the two “countries” will tell the tale. Of course the libs will then need to take over their more prosperous neighbor, but since the Constitution on the conservative side will have been, you know, actually read, there will be a strong defense to be overcome, while the aggressors will have “saved” on their military spending.
The problem of public schooling remains; if the same brain-washing tactics are continued in the new countries, each generation will result in an increasing number of freshly minted libs. Countering that, as they age people on both sides will gradually see foolishness for what it is. The only way to resolve the internal conflicts and maintain peace in the new nations will be to set up “exchanges” where air-head high school graduates are swapped at the border for “useless old people.”
Incidentally, looking at Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan as examples, I say give the conservatives a “corner” of the crappiest part of the US (apologies again to wherever that is–New York City?).
Fair warning if there’s no partition: if push comes to shove I’m going to try to land a cushy membership in the Democratic Party because the perks will shrink to the point where they’ll only be distributed to loyal Party members. Maybe I’ll be able to keep my guns if I promise only to use them to shoot (at) enemies of the state. I might have to denounce some of you. Nothing personal. Except for my personal comfort of course.
On a side note, it’s going to be interesting to see if the federal records of gun ownership, that weren’t being kept, are suddenly “found!”
Prediction: with Basement Boy’s ascent to the pinnacle, China will make its move. I say they’ll invade Taiwan, and make satellites of their neighbors. Then it’ll be on to Latin America and Africa. The “Westerns” will come to heel when their raw materials dry up.
Resolve to plant a Victory Garden next year, and learn how to preserve food.
With apologies,
Going after the ammo? Some folks may give up theirs only one at a time.
The socialist COWARDS want to disarm AMERICA because they want POWER to do whatever they want, in 1939 adolf hitler
gave a speech in which he said “the first thing you do before you CONQUER a people is take away thier GUNS” !!, Do NOT let this happen in AMERICA!!! The second ammendment is just the easiest to attack, they want the entire constitution and bill of rights, they want to make religion illegal and free speech, time to honor our pledge to defend AMERICA from our enemies foriegn and DOMESTIC(socialist/dems). KAF, KAG, MAGAA!!!!
There appears to be no appreciation for the fact that American’s Constitutional Right to keep and bear arms has been infringed upon for years. Taxes in the form of licensing and registration have caused Americans to not purchase firearms or to carry the firearms they do own.
The 2020 Election is so full of FRAUD that anyone who claims there was no significant Fraud is a LIAR!!! If the 2020 election stands, our Federal Government is no longer legitimate!!! It has become time to TAKE-BACK OUR Government!!!!! Join the Trump Movement – The American Revolution 2.0!!! Become a Counter-Revolutionary!!! Stand-up for Our Republic!!!! Remove Every DemocRat!!!!!
The primary purpose of defunding the Police is to pave the way to pave the way for the “Socialist Police” that the DemocRat/Communist are planning to put into place to “fill the gap caused by eliminating TRUE Police!! Get ready to exercise our 2nd Amendments Rights to defend ourselves against the “Socialist Police”!!! Join the Trump Movement – The American Revolution 2.0!!! Become a Counter-Revolutionary!!! Stand-up for Our Republic!!!! Remove Every DemocRat!!!!!
We must be ready to FIGHT for OUR Country!! What is happening today is exactly why OUR Founders wrote and passed the 2nd Amendment!! Join the Trump Movement – The American Revolution Version 2.0!!! Become a Counter-Revolutionary!!! Stand-up for Our Republic!!!! Remove Every DemocRat!!!!!
Every day throughout the 1950’s, 1960’s, and 1970’s the USSR Politburo met. Every day one item was on the Agenda: “Invade the United States of America, yes or no.” Every day the answer was no. The only reason it was no was that they did not believe they could control our population because there were 10 times more weapons in the hands of our Civilians than in the hands of our Military, making such control IMPOSSIBLE! REMEMBER, that issue is still TRUE! If any “Usurper”, Foreign or DOMESTIC, were to try to violate the 1st, the 2nd, the 10th Amendments, taking away our FREEDOM (even if they try to make it appear constitutional), we, the CITIZENS of the United States of America, can and will do to them the same as we would have done to the USSR!! Americans WILL FIGHT!! Join the Trump Movement – The American Revolution 2.0!!! Become a Counter-Revolutionary!!! Stand-up for Our Republic!!!! Remove Every DemocRat!!!!!
What is happening today is exactly why OUR Founders wrote and passed the 2nd Amendment!! If we are not willing to fight for OUR Country, we do not deserve to have it!! There are STRONG indications that the “Left/Communists/DemocRats are planning some sort/level of THE “Reign of Terror” if President Trump wins reelection!! Join the Trump Movement – The American Revolution Version 2.0!!! Become a Counter-Revolutionary!!! Stand-up for Our Republic!!!! Remove Every DemocRat!!!!!
If anyone has studied history, you will discover that a lot (but not all) of what Adolph Hitler and his criminal cronies did was entirely “legal.” How can this be true? Simple, when they were in power, their so-called government passed “laws.” These “laws” may have made things legal, but they often were not moral or ethical on any level. But those “laws” did serve the furtherance of the Nazi’s evil goals, and at great cost to humanity. Does anyone begin to see the parallel with the upcoming Biden/Harris scourge?
Happiness for the socialist dems is replacing our stars and stripes with a hammer and sickle. Take away the right to bear arms, even conditionally, and they can drive our country in any direction they so choose. We may see a lot of the basic “fight or flight” from our citizens.
The FED should be shaking in their boots, patriots will NOT COMPLY.
Shoulda, woulda, coulda. I thought you were supposed to report news not foment antagonisms.
I intend to turn in my firearms one bullet at a time.
The only legal restriction on gun ownership would be to repeal the 2nd Amendment, which I would strongly oppose and I suspect would have no chance of passing (although with the level of fraud we saw in this election who knows). Most state and local restrictions of guns already are plainly unconstitutional. They clearly “infringe on the people’s right to keep and bear arms”. Gun control advocates do not push repeal of the 2nd because they know the public support does not exist, so they try to circumvent the law. They cannot legally enforce any buyback programs or the like though they may try. What they can and are likely to do is tax all sales to a level that makes firearms unaffordable (watch the black market surge) and restrict ammunition. Ammo is today so heavily in demand that if you can find some the quantities are often rationed. My take is before Biden takes office, buy everything you can including ammo. For those who may not be aware, the 2nd exists not to protect hunting, sport shooting, or even personal safety. It exists to give the people the means to resist an increasingly tyrannical government and was felt necessary by our founders since they have just fought an ugly and costly war against the tyranny of a king. They were right then and still are. The people are the final check on a despotic government.
This one action by the democrats will set off a civil war in this country.
We have moved beyond a civil war of words and culture and now may be entering a time when blood may be shed protecting our constitutional republic.
From the 2nd amendment, ridiculous taxation, no border protection, amnesty for approximately 11 to 25 million illegal immigrants, property confiscation, stupid COVID-19 mandates, and especially abortion on demand, we have no choice but to fight. Since the ballot box is not secure and Republican rinos will not stand up for America we have no choice but to fight. Since we have a radical Supreme Court – save for a few originalist judges — we have no choice but to fight.
My hope is in the Lord God – and warring in prayer for the principalities, powers, and rulers in high places to be brought down is a start. I believe the vast majority of the 73 million voters for Trump and America are a remnant from which God will hear our prayers, forgive our sin, and heal our land.
May God bless America and remember His Covenant with us as proclaimed at our Founding. I believe God still has a purpose for us and will not honor the Democratic stronghold of division to prosper.
STAND, SPEAK OUT, MOBILIZE, AND LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED!
This will NEVER happen. Where we live, our sheriff’s / police would NEVER enforce any laws like this. What is the matter with these A**holes… then only the CRIMINALS and the Secret Service will have guns.
I know what Biden has said. I have watched and remember what he and Obama did during their administrations. They did little for conservatives except to try to stereotype them as “bitter clingers”. I expect poor things from this administration and election rigging notwithstanding, I expect it to be a one off, if any. Biden better hire a food taster.
Just say no to dopes.
Once Joe Biden takes the oath of office it will be the beginning of the end of our nation as we know it. It actually started in 2008 but President Trump upset the timeline that was supposed to be continued by Hillary. That’s why the Globalists, Chinese Commmunists, the Deep State and sadly the totally corrupt MSM has been against OUR PRESIDENT since before he even took office.
The left ever gets the Second Amendment gone from our Constitution, the people will have NO rights left! Tyranny will rein in this country and the real fascists: Democrat leftists will run rough shot over everyone! We have to protect our rights cuz the Government under Democrat control won’t do it! All Georgia voters: We must keep the Senate in Republican hands or our freedom is GONE!
If you voted for this dementia scuz ball old man Biden then let him run you around like a loser//If you voted for the TRUMPSTER then tell this dementia scuz ball old man to see where the socialists are in Venezuela and Cuba// Its really very easy to decide what to do//
I have been saying it for the last few years we are headed for another revolution. Our founding fathers would already have started it with the things that are going on no doubt about it!!
If Biden becomes President, losing the second amendment is just the beginning! Our rights and privileges that were so hard fought for are in danger!!!
I also need to add this: All readers and commenters on Amac need to withdraw your children from the socialist educational system and send them to a conservative private school or home school. Where do you think the AntiFA and BLM got their riot instructions > from liberal teachers.
Biden did not win. We all know it.
There are legal challenges regarding this election that are yielding results. Giuiliani & his team are spearheading civil suits where preponderance of the evidence is the burden of proof. What do you think, folks? Do we have evidence? The President’s legal team says we do in the form of over 200 sworn affidavits concerning election irregularities.
Sidney Powell, on the other hand, is spearheading the criminal issue of fraud. A much more lengthy & involved undertaking. I think her filing is available online if you want to read it.
We will not be told everything about how the leftist/globalist/corporatist crooked, evil, lawless machine will be taken down, but taken down it will be. If it is not, America is over. 2A will be as irrelevant as 1A already appears to be. Americans overwhelmingly reelected President Donald J. Trump. President Trump clearly is not hated by We The People.
For the leftist/globalist/corporatist machine that hates him, President Trump is hated for what he is exposing. We already ARE a banana republic. The attempted theft of this election proves it. It’s time for us all to wake up & start looking at the BIG picture.
The rule of law, upon which our Constitutional Republic was founded, must be powerfully enacted right now. Now is exactly the time. Now is our best, and likely our last, chance to save this Republic. God Bless President Trump & his team, and God Bless America.