If you missed the news, a Judge in Illinois decided that illegal immigrants have the right to keep and bear arms.
Undocumented Immigrants Have Right to Own Guns, Judge Rules
A judge this month dropped gun charges against an illegal migrant in Illinois, sparking further debate about the rights associated with the Second Amendment.
U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Coleman of the Northern District of Illinois referenced lower court rulings in dismissing firearm possession charges against Heriberto Carbajal-Flores, who was illegally or unlawfully in the United States when he possessed a handgun in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago on June 1, 2020.
“The Court finds that Carbajal-Flores’ criminal record, containing no improper use of a weapon, as well as the non-violent circumstances of his arrest do not support a finding that he poses a risk to public safety such that he cannot be trusted to use a weapon responsibly and should be deprived of his Second Amendment right to bear arms in self-defense,” Coleman, who was appointed under President Barack Obama, wrote in her eight-page ruling filed March 8.
To be entirely honest, I disagree with this decision.
There are two reasons why.
First, this further dilutes the meaning of citizenship.
To be a citizen of a nation is a duty. A citizen is responsible for the functioning of their society.
As citizens, we vote, we pay taxes, we serve on juries, in times of war we may be drafted.
The benefits ot citizenship are that the rights endowed by our creator and enshrined in our Constitution are ours.
What we are learning is that illegal immigrants have all the rights but none of the responsibilities. Illegals can have guns, vote in local elections, have counsel provided for them, get in-state tuition, but don’t have to pay income tax, can drive without a license or insurance, don’t serve on juries, and don’t have to sign up for the draft.
What is the benefit of being a citizen, if you have all the duties but no additional rights?
Moreover, in Illinois, to possess a gun you must have a FOID, and to carry a gun you must have a CCL.
This person had neither, being illegal, and had their charges dismissed.
So now, illegals can possess and carry guns in Illinois without the permits required of citizens.
Gun rights and federal voting rights were the last two rights exclusive to citizens, and now one is gone.
Second, and this is a deeper point.
The Second Amendment exists as a bulwark against tyranny. It arms the people so that they may defend themselves against threats from the state. Our Founding Fathers were quite explicit about that.
That is based on the presumption that the people armed have a loyalty to this country.
When illegals are armed, where does their loyalty lie?
I, as an American citizen, have the right to keep and bear arms against my government to ensure liberty.
An illegal bearing arms against my government is a foreign invader.
There is a fundamental difference between a people resisting oppression of their own government, and someone fighting the government of a host country instead of going home.
For citizens, I believe the Second Amendment gives me the right to own belt feds and high explosives. If I could afford a Mk19 belt fed grenade launcher, I should be able to buy one.
For illegals, nothing. Go back to where you came from.
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