Friday, October 11, 2013

Second Amendment Gun Rights and the Judiciary

Open email to Sen. Cornyn (TX):

Dear Sen. Cornyn,
    I refer to your form letter regarding further danger to our Second Amendment gun rights through Pres. Obama's efforts to stack the DC Circuit Court with judges favorable to his opinions. Of the 13 federal appellate courts,the D.C. Circuit stands out as the most powerful due to its jurisdiction over regulatory and constitutional matters.
    You said you  are a strong supporter of the Second Amendment, and you believe it is essential to safeguard the law-abiding citizen's constitutional right to own and use firearms.  To restrict that right would be to undermine the intent of our Founding Fathers, who expressly guaranteed citizens the right to keep and bear arms.  That is why you have opposed attempts in the Senate to undermine gun rights, including the confirmation of judicial nominees who do not hold the proper view of the Second Amendment.
    This is an ongoing fight with the Democrats, who want to disarm the public so that in the event of a political revolution, the public will be unable to use firearms to defend themselves against a completely autocratic, shall I say communistic, government.
    In spite of the terminology of the Second Amendment, which says that the individuals rights to bear arms shall not be INFRINGED, those rights have already been substantially infringed. This has primarily been done by a requirement of licensing to carry a concealed weapon, which has been further interpreted as a restriction to carrying an unconcealed weapon. Every little further restrictive addition is not only unconstitutional, but likely to be accepted by government in the same way that licensing has been imposed.
    I strongly suggest you keep up the good fight to avoid subsequent restrictions on the public bearing arms, and also not to forget that licensing is an infringement, which is contrary to the Second Amendment, and such infringement should be eliminated.

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