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fuckyeahguns-ig · 4 months
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culturevulturette · 10 months
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A powerful weapon of spite.
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blackwolfmanx2 · 6 months
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$13 BILLION War On Gun Owners!!
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Another wasted tax money on keeping Americans defenseless.
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"At the time when the Second Amendment was written, they only had slow-firing muskets!"
Yes. That is true. Nevermind the various early firearms that allowed large volume fire, they were also trying to find all manner of different ways to streamline the reloading process for the individual militia-man. To find ways to get a quicker and quicker second shot.
Case in point: the pre-packaged cartridge packs. Complete with a preset amount of powder, and appropriate-sized ball of lead. The paper itself being used as a wad to help propel the aforementioned ball of lead. A complete single shot in one palm-sized package.
It's a lot more streamlined than trying to measure the exact amount from a singular pouch of powder.
Not to mention the military doctrine of the time required constant training to be able to load and re-load their "slow firing" muskets as fast as possible. Usually to be ready to fire in a minute's notice. Hence the term "Minutemen".
If somehow 18th century firearms designers saw the capabilities of modern military arms, they wouldn't be terrified. They'd be salivating. John Hancock probably would've bought 13.
Too often people will sneer at the level of technology of 18th century societies, believing the people of the time were a bunch of doodles who believed putting feathers on their caps made them macaroni. But remember that there indeed were absolute geniuses during the 18th century.
It's much like how there's a Victorian-era misconception that the 15th century was full of backwards peasants when said time period was full of technological innovation.
So please, if you're going to make the "Second Amendment only applies to muskets!" argument, at least learn about the surrounding circumstances before you do.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go rock out.
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ipromisetostaywild · 7 months
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prolifeproliberty · 2 years
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The following Republican Senators stabbed you in the back today by voting to PASS the ridiculous gun bill:
Mitch McConnell of Kentucky
Roy Blunt of Missouri*
Richard Burr of North Carolina*
Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia
Bill Cassidy of Louisiana
Susan Collins of Maine
John Cornyn of Texas
Joni Ernst of Iowa
Lindsey Graham of South Carolina
Lisa Murkowski of Alaska
Rob Portman of Ohio*
Mitt Romney of Utah
Thom Tillis of North Carolina
Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania*
Todd Young of Indiana
If one of your Senators is on here - like one of mine is - remember their name and make sure they never win another election again. Volunteer for their opponents in their next primary (some aren’t up for re-election until 2026), vote for the independent or libertarian candidate in their general race.
We are not giving them any more passes.
*The senators with the asterisk are retiring at the end of their term, but we also want to make sure they don’t think they can be Governor, representative, or president.
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thebillyengland · 2 years
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Finally, a receipt I can understand!
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State Sen. Nathan Dahm (R-OK) has penned several bills loosening gun restrictions, including the nation's first anti-red flag law. He thinks these bills protect the Second Amendment and that they make us safer. We think it's probably one or the other.
Transcript Below:
State Sen. Nathan Dahm: "I'm a strong proponent of the Second Amendment."
Jon Stewart: "Uh-huh."
ND: "I believe that the right to bear arms shall not be infringed. That's the one right that's listed in the Constitution that uses that very specific affirmative language. You know, 'Shall not be infringed.'"
JS: "Oh, it's also the one, right, that also uses the phrase, 'well-regulated.'"
ND: "Correct. When it's talking about the militia and the state."
JS: "By the way, just for clarity's sake —"
ND: "Yeah."
JS: "— I'm not against the Second Amendment. I'm not against — I don't want to ban guns. But you're saying more guns make us more safe."
ND: "Yes."
JS: "So, when? We got 400 million guns in the country. We had an increase and gun deaths went up. So when exactly does this curve hit that takes it down? Would a billion guns do it?"
ND: "Let's just run those numbers. You know 400 million, 50,000..."
JS: "Uh-huh."
ND: "You're talking about a — less than a fraction of not even a percent, of 100th of a percent."
JS: "But it goes up, not down. So, your argument is backwards."
ND: "But if you want— ok, so — so let's — let's come up with a solution, ok? So, one of the issues, a contributing factor, again, I — I believe that it's the individual that is the problem."
JS: "So, your solution to that is to 'give them more guns?'"
ND: "So, I'm saying, because people are the problem, we need to look at the problems that those few people are facing and how do we address it versus —"
JS: "But, you've removed the ability for the state to do that."
ND: "No, because you — because you're —"
JS: "If you don't have background checks —"
ND: "Mmm-hmm."
JS: "— and you don't have registration and permitting, how do you know who has a problem in terms of the people who you're giving a gun to?"
ND: "Do you want to talk about the background checks first or do you want to talk about solutions first?"
JS: "I want to talk about, what you're doing is you're bringing chaos to order."
ND: "That's your subjective opinion, that it's bringing chaos to order."
JS: "It's not my subjective opinion."
ND: "It is."
JS: "We have 50,000 gun deaths. That's not a subjective opinion. That's dead people. Let me — let me back up for a second. In every other place in your life, you want to bring order. But guns are the outlier for you. So, let's start with immigration. You want registration, maybe a wall, maybe not a wall. Why do you want that?"
ND: "Well, one of the reasons is because of the fentanyl crisis."
JS: "Right, you —"
ND: "I mean, ok, but —"
JS: "— and you don't know when it's coming across. So what do you do —"
ND: "But the fentanyl crisis is twice what the gun death crisis is."
JS: "Ok, so until the gun crisis gets to the fentanyl level —"
ND: "Not until it —"
JS: "— you don't want to bring order?"
ND: "No, not until it. But —"
JS: "But do you see my point?"
ND: "— if we're going to talk about protecting lives—"
JS: "Uh huh, yes..."
ND: "— that's a larger issue in America than guns is. If we're talking about individual lives —"
JS: "Yes..."
ND: "— of ways they can be protected, loss of life in America, there's loss of life through fentanyl, there's loss of life through obesity. The obesity crisis in America —"
JS: "Mmm-hmm."
ND: "— costs six times the number of lives as guns and so —"
JS: "Right, and you're the guy saying, 'You know what would help this? Ice cream.'"
ND: *chuckles* "No. So, you know what would help the problem that we're facing with firearms?"
JS: "What?"
ND: "The fatherlessness crisis that we have in America. If you look at the statistics —"
JS: "Right. Yeah, they're dying from gun deaths."
ND: "80% of school shooters —"
JS: "Yeah, uh-huh..."
ND: "— either came from a broken or fatherless home."
JS: "So you would say no guns for fatherless homes?"
ND: "No, that's not what I would say."
JS: "Oh..."
ND: "I would say that fathers need to be more engaged."
JS: "Great. So let's — let's put more —"
ND: "— crime with a firearm if they don't have a father in the home."
JS: "— let's put more resources into areas that are poverty stricken. All for it."
ND: "And into fatherlessness, and that's something we're doing —"
JS: "But why with guns are you against bringing order?"
ND: "I'm not against bringing order."
JS: "You are! You're also making it less safe for cops and for people. When the police go to a domestic call, it's the most dangerous call they can go on."
ND: "Mmm-hmm."
JS: "In your world, if they knew that there were firearms in the house, that's a safer call. Is that what you're saying?"
ND: "No, because police —"
JS: "Because why?"
ND: "— because police treat every situation as a potential risk."
JS: "But more guns make us safer? So why don't — when the police go to a house filled with guns — why don't they breathe a sigh of relief knowing that this Second Amendment, that shall not be infringed, is being exercised so fruitfully in this home?"
ND: "Are you familiar with a 39-year-old woman in New Jersey?"
JS: "I'm familiar with a ton of anecdotes."
ND: "That — that —yeah..."
JS: "I'm asking you a simple question."
ND: "This is not an anecdote Jon."
JS: "When the police go to a house —"
ND: "This actually happened. She had a restraining order on her ex-boyfriend."
JS: "I can run through —"
ND: "I know."
JS: "— hundreds and hundreds of examples of women killed by their domestic partners by guns that were not taken away through the lessening of red-flag laws. You're pivoting to anecdotes."
ND: "But the knives — no, this is not anecdotes."
JS: "What the police say is, 'If we had fun registration, if we are able to track purchases, if we are — they have a technology — that every bullet will be stamped with an individual, like a fingerprint, if we had an ATF that wasn't defunded, we would be able to enforce gun laws more effectively, and we would be able to solve gun crimes more effectively.' You're against all of that?"
ND: "Because the person is the threat, not the firearm, not the knife."
JS: "I get it. Great —"
ND: "The — the person, the individual is the one who is the concern here."
JS: "Great. But you don't want anything that could help law enforcement or society determine whether or not a person is a good guy with a gun or a bad guy with a gun."
ND: "Most, even law enforcement —"
JS: "That registry would allow you to have much more effective background checks."
ND: "Mmm-hmm."
JS: "So, I don't understand why you won't just admit that you are making it harder for police to manage the streets by allowing all of theses guns to go out without permits, without checks, and without background stuff. Why is that hard — why can't you just stand by that?"
ND: "Because that's not what I'm doing. I'm defending the individuals right to keep and bear arms."
JS: "That's a different argument."
ND: "Ok, but —"
JS: "You may do — here — here's — here's what I'm saying..."
ND: "Mmm-hmm."
JS: "You want to say, 'I'm a Second Amendment purist, and I'm making it safer.' You're not. You're making it more chaotic, and that's not a matter of opinion, that's the truth."
ND: "That is a matter of opinion, Jon."
JS: "But why take away their tools?"
ND: "Because certain of their tools that they're using would be infringements upon the people's right to keep and bear arms upon their constitutional rights, upon their due process and upon other things."
JS: "So, you're saying that registering is an infringement?"
ND: "Yes."
JS: "Ok, is voting a right?"
ND: "It's a right for citizens, yes."
JS: "Do you have to do anything to do it?"
ND: "Yes."
JS: "What do you have to do?"
ND: "It depends on the state."
JS: "What do you have to do?"
ND: "Sometimes you have to — you have to be at least 18-years-old."
JS: "What do you have to do?"
ND: "And in some places, you have to have a government issued ID."
JS: "What do you have to — you have to —?"
ND: "You have to be on the voter rolls?"
JS: "Register. You have to register."
ND: "Mmm-hmm."
JS: "So, you have to register to have a right. Is that an infringement?"
ND: "Does the right to voting [amendment] say, 'shall not be infringed?'"
JS: "Oh, so this is just a semantic argument now?"
ND: "No, it's not."
JS: "You believe voting rights can be infringed because it doesn't say specifically, 'shall not be infringed?'"
ND: "Is it an infringement upon a 17-year-old's right to vote since they don't have that right to vote?"
JS: "No."
ND: "Oh, it's not an infringement on them?"
JS: "No. Absolutely not."
ND: "Why not?"
JS: "You're the — because, you're the one making the argument not me. I'm saying even rights have responsibilities and that within those responsibilities—"
ND: "Responsibilities, yes—"
JS: "— are responsibilities and order. Otherwise, it's chaotic. I'll go you one further. You want to ban drag show readings to children. Why?"
ND: "To minors, yes."
JS: "Why? What are you protecting?"
ND: "Why can we prohibit children from voting, those under 18 from voting? But also that —"
JS: "Why are you banning — is — is that free speech? Are you infringing on that performer's free speech?"
ND: "They can continue to exercise their free speech, just not in front of a child."
JS: "Why?"
ND: "Because the government does have a responsibility to protect —"
JS: *puts hand to ear* "I'm sorry?"
ND: "The government does have a responsibility in certain instances to protect children."
JS: "What's the leading cause of death amongst children in this country? And I'm going to give you a hint, it's not drag show readings to children."
ND: "Correct, yes."
JS: "So, what is it?"
ND: "I'm presuming you're going to say it's firearms."
JS: "No, I'm not 'Going to say it,' like it's an opinion. That's what it is. It's firearms. More than cancer, more than car accidents, and what you're telling me is, you don't mind infringing free speech to protect children from this amorphous thing that you think of. But when it comes to children that have died, you don't give a flying fuck to stop that, because that 'shall not be infringed.' That is hypocrisy at it's highest order."
Watch the Episode in full HERE.
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geezerwench · 11 months
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Well-regulated militia opens fire at outlet mall in Allen, Texas ...
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idle-drifter · 1 year
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Watch "Basic ATF Laws ❌⚖️" on YouTube
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fuckyeahguns-ig · 4 months
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Heckler & Koch SP5
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Great news on the 2A front. And some potentially good news for Ohio here:
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blackwolfmanx2 · 1 month
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Visa, Mastercard, American Express Will Now Start Tracking Gun & Ammo Pu...
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This is gun registration nothing more nothing less.
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eugenesisland · 2 years
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for the left it's not about saving lives - it's about control
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That’s a whoopsie
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