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Attention Hogg: Anti-gun activist escorted out after disrupting House gun ban hearing

July 20, 2022 by Cam Edwards Leave a Comment

You know, most of the time we see protests it’s because things aren’t going the way protesters would like. The Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade and progressives take to the streets outside the Supreme Court (and the private homes of justices). The NRA holds its Annual Meeting days after the shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas and anti-gun activists protest in the park across the street from the convention center.

None of that is particularly unusual, with the notable exception of the protests outside the homes of Supreme Court justices, but in recent weeks we’ve seen two gun control activists protest under very unusual circumstances; namely, when they’re actually succeeding.

First there was Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin was murdered in the targeted attack on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018. Oliver was invited to the White House “celebration” after the signing of the bipartisan gun deal, only to be removed from the event after heckling Joe Biden for not doing more.

Then this afternoon, March For Our Lives activist and erstwhile pillow magnate David Hogg was escorted out of the House Judiciary Committee meeting where Democrats are advancing a ban on so-called assault weapons. The committee’s approval was never in doubt (though passage by the full House of Representatives isn’t guaranteed, and the bill isn’t going anywhere in the Senate), but Hogg still decided to disrupt the hearing in order to grandstand for even more gun control.

“You are perpetuating violence … stop these things now,” Hogg said while being removed from the hearing room by security.

The outburst came as the House Judiciary Committee was debating legislation that would ban assault weapons, a term used to describe semi-automatic rifles.

Oh, it was actually worse than that. Hogg timed his heckling to coincide with the testimony from one of his fellow gun control activists.

Hogg’s outburst came while the Senate Judiciary Committee was hearing testimony across the Capitol from the mayor of Highland Park, Illinois. The community was wracked by a mass shooting over the July 4th weekend that left seven dead and at least 48 wounded.

“Less than a minute is all it took for a person with an assault weapon to shoot 83 rounds into a crowd, forever changing so many lives,” Mayor Nancy Rotering told the panel. “Is this freedom?

No, that’s mass murder. But banning semi-automatic rifles won’t stop these kinds of targeted attacks, and would infringe on the right to keep and bear arms by making some of the most commonly-sold firearms in the country illegal to manufacture, sell, or purchase. California, for example, has expanded its ban on so-called assault weapons multiple times over the past three decades, and yet last year the state was the site of six active shooter incidents, the most of any state according to the FBI.

In the case of the Highland Park suspect, police and family members had multiple opportunities to act on his previous threats to take his own life and to kill his family, yet inexplicably he was never arrested, charged, or even taken in for a mental health evaluation. Meanwhile, the suspect completely ignored Highland Park’s own local ban on “assault weapons,” just as he willfully ignored the state’s prohibition on intentional homicide.

Hogg’s pathetic attention-grabbing stunt wasn’t the only eye-rolling moment of the committee hearing. The chief sponsor of the gun ban legislation also tried to engage in a little emotional manipulation by accusing opponents of caring more about their guns than kids.

During Wednesday’s hearing tempers ran high. Apart from Hogg’s disruption, lawmakers accused each other of political maneuvering and being insensitive to gun violence.

“We all respect the Second Amendment, but it’s not without limits,” said Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I. “Imagine how much we could get accomplished if we clung to the desire to protect our children and communities as tightly as some of my colleagues cling to their rifles.”

A serious question for Cicilline: if he doesn’t think that anyone should be clinging to their AR-15s, then why does his legislation specifically allow existing owners of so-called assault weapons to maintain possession?

The National Shooting Sports Foundation just reported that, according to their estimates, there are more than 24-million modern sporting rifles in circulation, with about 2.8-million MSR’s sold just last year. If Cicillini truly believes that these guns have no place in the hands of anyone but the military and law enforcement, why didn’t he at least write a bill that jibes with Joe Biden’s campaign proposal to ban the possession of AR-15s and other semi-automatic rifles unless existing gun owners register them under the auspices of the National Firearms Act?

The answer, of course, is that even in the Democratic-controlled House there aren’t enough votes at the moment to pass a bill that would actually lead to the confiscation of tens of millions of lawfully-owned firearms. Heck, there might not be enough support in the House for Cicillini’s current bill to win approval. But the fact that Cicillini is proclaiming that no one should own these guns when his bill doesn’t address the 24-million or so that are in private hands is evidence that the current push for an “assault weapons” ban has far more to do with trying to improve Democrats’ standing with their own base than actually saving lives.

No matter how much Cicilline might try to “moderate” his gun grab, the fact remains that it isn’t likely to pass constitutional muster even if Democrats were somehow able to attract the necessary votes to send the bill to Joe Biden’s desk. For starters, semi-automatic rifles are in common use for a variety of lawful purposes including hunting, self-defense, competitive shooting, and simple recreation. Add in the fact that the type of ban that Cicilline is proposing has no historic analogue other than the handful of outlier states that have imposed a ban in recent years and the federal AWB that only lasted ten years (hardly a “longstanding law”) and I don’t see how Cicillini’s bill survives a court challenge.

Constitutional concerns have never prevented Democrats from advancing their anti-gun agenda, and now that they’ve declared political war on the Supreme Court the anti-gun left is even less likely to give a damn about what SCOTUS might say about their Second Amendment infringements. Their big fight at the moment is in the court of public opinion, not a court of law, and they’ll say and do anything that they believe will help them demonize the most commonly-sold rifle in the country and the millions of law-abiding Americans who legally possess them.

Filed Under: <![CDATA[2022 elections]]>, <![CDATA[Assault Weapons Ban]]>, <![CDATA[David Hogg]]>, <![CDATA[Gun Ban]]>, <![CDATA[Gun Control]]>, <![CDATA[House Judiciary Committee]]>, <![CDATA[Video]]>, Bearing Arms, News

SCOTUS decision on right to carry is a huge win for gun owners

June 23, 2022 by Cam Edwards Leave a Comment

You don’t have to take my word for it either, although I’d certainly encourage you to check out today’s Bearing Arms’ Cam & Co in the video window to get my take on why this is such an important decision. Just look at the utter meltdown happening on the Left after the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that New York’s “may issue” laws violate the Second and Fourteenth Amendment rights of Americans.

CNN Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin is not happy with SCOTUS’ Second Amendment ruling. pic.twitter.com/SYP6kN0dbE

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 23, 2022

That’s CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin engaging in a bit of mental masturbation (thankfully, only mental this time around) over the SCOTUS ruling, declaring that with this decision the Court is “moving towards” overturning every single gun law in the country, which simply isn’t the case. Today’s ruling cast no doubt on the constitutionality of “shall issue” regimes, and while Toobin is correct in noting that the decision will have an impact beyond the right to carry, a “history, text, and tradition” test of gun control laws won’t result in every longstanding regulation on the right to keep and bear arms to be thrown out on constitutional grounds.

Other lefties are demanding that Democrats pack the court in retaliation for SCOTUS recognizing the right to bear arms in self-defense.

Today, the far-right Court has gone out of its way to expand the Second Amendment and undermine public safety, while shrinking the Fifth Amendment and taking away Miranda rights. We cannot allow this overtly political Court to stand in the way of our safety. Expand the Court.

— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) June 23, 2022

Not gonna happen, Ed. Your colleagues Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have made it clear that they’re not going to nuke filibuster for any reason, including expanding the size of the Supreme Court, and after the midterms Democrats aren’t likely to be in a position to pass anything through the House, and perhaps not even the Senate as well. We’re going to have a nine-justice Court for the forseeable future, and that means a Court that isn’t willing to write the Second Amendment out of the Constitution or treat it as a second-class right.

Still, that does seem to be the argument that the Left is settling on.

Trump packed the court and if we don’t do something it’s going to destroy our country and what little is left of our constitution in the process.

— David Hogg ☮️ (@davidhogg111) June 23, 2022

I’m not sure how much more evidence we need (although we’ll be getting more soon) that this Supreme Court is thoroughly corrupt and more justices must be added in order to counter the insanity of the Alito/Thomas majority.#ExpandSCOTUS

— Mary L Trump (@MaryLTrump) June 23, 2022

After today’s 6-3 vote overturning New York’s gun law restricting concealed carry law it is BEYOND time to #ExpandSCOTUS

— Peter Morley (@morethanmySLE) June 23, 2022

I suggest nominating the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Elf on the Shelf, and the Lucky Charms leprechaun to fill those new seats that Democrats aren’t going to get.

Gun control groups aren’t handling today’s decision any better, which isn’t surprising given that the Bruen opinion authored by Justice Clarence Thomas drives a stake through the heart of their agenda. Brady’s Jonathan Lowy, for instance, declared that the Court “invented” a right to bear arms that has “never existed” before now.

“The court is hell-bent on making the Second Amendment into a super right that can trump all other rights,” Lowy said. “That is madness. This decision is radical judicial extremism at its worst, and Americans will die as a result.”

That sentiment was shared by other gun control advocates, who repeatedly said Thursday’s ruling would lead to more deaths.

“I’m here because today the Supreme Court released a decision that will kill young people,” said Yvin Shin, a legal associate at March for our Lives.

She said the group, which formed following a mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., had filed an amicus brief in the case detailing stories of young people impacted by gun violence.

“The court today overturned 100 years of settled law,” Shin said. “It has demonstrated once again that this Court is an undemocratic political animal, one that is not interested in moving with public opinion with settled constitutional jurisprudence or in protecting the lives of children.”

No, the Court did not overturn 100 years of settled law. It finally recognized that the plain text of the Second Amendment means what it says; we the people have both a right to keep arms in our home and to bear them in public for self-defense. Just as importantly, however, the Court established that the two-step test to determine the constitutionality of any given gun law that’s been widely adopted by lower courts is incorrect and not suitable for determining whether a gun control law violates the Second Amendment. I’ll let Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern, who’s no fan of today’s decision, explain what the SCOTUS standard laid out in Bruen means to future cases.

In striking down New York’s restriction, the justice also established a new standard for evaluating gun control measures. First, he asked whether a law interferes with rights protected in “the plain text” of the Second Amendment—specifically, the right to self-defense (which is not actually in the amendment’s text). If so, Thomas explained, that law is presumptively unconstitutional. The government may only save it from invalidation if it can prove that the regulation “is consistent with this nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.”

In other words, courts may no longer rely on empirical evidence in upholding gun control laws. They cannot, for instance, cite the heightened lethality of a particular weapon. Such data is now irrelevant. Rather, they can only ask whether there is some “historical analogue” from 1791 (when the Second Amendment was ratified) or 1868 (when the 14th Amendment was ratified, applying the Second Amendment to the states). One might assume that this analysis would only shield weapons that were in common use in 1791 or 1868. But Thomas clarified that “any modern instruments that facilitate armed self-defense” are also protected under the Constitution, even if they did not exist until recently.

That’s the biggest impact of today’s decision. The right to carry aspect will only impact those few remaining “may issue” states, but the test that Thomas laid out will make it nearly impossible to justify bans on commonly-owned arms like AR-15s or “large capacity” magazines, and casts major doubt on other gun control initiatives from microstamping to requiring gun owners to obtain liability insurance before they can legally possess a firearm.

The Second Amendment shouldn’t apply only to muskets and single shot pistols any more than our First Amendment protections should only cover political opinions written down on parchment paper with the use of a quill pen. Firearms technology, like our means of communication, may change over time, but the underlying right cannot be diminished or destroyed without changing the Constitution itself. It’s worth noting that even the most vocal of gun control activists are talking about packing the Court instead of amending the Constitution, because they know full well that there’s no chance that a move to repeal the Second Amendment would succeed. Instead, they’re trying to comfort themselves with the fantasies of expanding the Court and undoing the right to keep and bear arms by overturning Heller, McDonald, and now Bruen. It’s just as unlikely to happen, but after today’s decision I guess I can understand why they’d need some sort of coping mechanism to help keep their homes of a disarmed citizenry alive.

Filed Under: <![CDATA[Brady]]>, <![CDATA[Cam &amp; Co]]>, <![CDATA[Cam Edwards]]>, <![CDATA[David Hogg]]>, <![CDATA[Gun Control]]>, <![CDATA[Gun Owners]]>, <![CDATA[jeffrey toobin]]>, <![CDATA[March For Our Lives]]>, <![CDATA[NYSPRA v. Bruen]]>, <![CDATA[right to carry]]>, <![CDATA[Second Amendment test]]>, <![CDATA[Second Amendment]]>, <![CDATA[Video]]>, Bearing Arms, News

Anti-gun activists react to Senate gun control deal

June 13, 2022 by Tom Knighton Leave a Comment

For the first time since 1994, it looks like we’re going to get gun control. In the wake of Buffalo, Uvalde, Tulsa, and Smithsburg, it was probably too much to hope that there wouldn’t be anything at all.

On Sunday, as Cam noted, a bipartisan committee announced they had reached a deal.

Of course, some folks have feelings about it.

US campaigners have welcomed a potential cross-party deal on gun safety reforms but stressed the proposals do not go far enough.

“This is progress even if small,” said David Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 Parkland school shooting in Florida.

Ex-lawmaker Gabrielle Giffords, injured in a 2011 shooting in Arizona, said it was an “important step forward”.

The plans include tougher checks for buyers under the age of 21 and cracking down on illegal gun purchases.

They were announced by a cross-party group of US senators on Sunday. Crucially, the proposals are supported by 10 Republicans, meaning they have the numbers to be voted into law.

President Joe Biden also said the plans were “steps in the right direction” but they fell far short of what he and many Democrats have been calling for.

…

“It’s a great first step but that’s just what it is,” Mr Hogg told the BBC. “No single policy is going to stop every shooting but this policy could stop the next Parkland and that’s a good step.”

Except, the measures reported that are most likely to prevent the next Parkland have absolutely nothing to do with gun control.

Increased effort to address mental health and school security will do far, far more than including more information in the background check process would.

Now, to be fair, this could be a whole lot worse.

For most of us, this isn’t likely to create any kind of an issue and we’ll keep going about our lives like we always have. Part of the deal apparently calls for encouraging states to pass red flag laws, but since they can’t actually make them, I think it’s unlikely we’ll see too many take advantage of such “encouragement.”

However, it’s also clear that Democrats won’t be satisfied by this, either.

Sure, they reached a deal here, but it’s far from what they want and they don’t know how to accept that. When these measures fail to stop the next shooting, the 10 Republicans who backed this can expect to hear all about how they didn’t go far enough and it’s still all their fault.

I say this because much of this fails to actually address the root of mass shootings. In fact, it fails to even look for the root of mass shootings. It’s not guns, for crying out loud.

Yet something to think about is that now the pressure to accept more gun control will be greatest since these Republicans have signaled they’re willing to budge. They’re the ones who are going to be targeted to budge yet again.

This is far from over.

Democrats won’t be satisfied with what they’ve gotten and they will begin pressing for all these new regulations they want in the very near future. What just happened won’t even be acknowledged or, if it is, it’ll be labeled too little to make a difference.

Just like every other bit of gun control ever passed.

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