Monday, November 7, 2011

Second Amendment Under Continued Threat




New post on Scotty Starnes's Blog

Second Amendment Under Continued Threat

by Scotty Starnes

bySnidely Whiplash

Despite the recent rulings of the Supreme Court the Second Amendment to the US Constitution is still a target.

On Bill Maher's HBO show Alex Wagner, a Huffington Post contributor, had this to say when asked "What would you change in the Constitution?" Here's her answer:

"Well, I'm going to be pilloried for this. I think get rid of the second Amendment, the right to bear arms. I just think in the grand scheme of the rights that we have; the right of assembly, free speech, I mean, owning a gun does not, it does not tally on the same level as those other Constitutional rights. And being more discreet about who gets to have a firearm and right to kill with a firearm, I think is something that would be in our national interest to revisit that."

What does such a position portend when we add in Obama's own admission that he is working on gun control "under the radar" as I reported on May 26, 2011? Obama himself once admitted that he favored a 500% tax on guns and ammunition purchases. That surely sounds like working "under the radar," no?

What about when we add in the UN and their "International Gun Ban Treaty?" Of course any "treaty" a president signs on to must be confirmed and ratified by the US Senate, and when it comes to guns and the citizens, that ain't happening. But still, such sentiments do go a long way in telling us what radical leftists would do if they could get away with it.

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