I wish I could say that I went with a clearly defined strategy for this argument and it was finely executed. It was not like that at all. I give her all the props to her: She called attention to the low-hanging fruit, put neon around and handed me the bat.
I did go in with a plan. Nothing legally complicated because people who run on slogans and memes have serious problems comprehend basic Civil Rights and moderately advanced legal terminology. I wanted to explain that when Background Checks provide a false positive and deny the sale to a law-abiding citizen, it is clearly unconstitutional and should not stand for one second. Imagine if you went to vote and you were subject to a BG check before doing so but got falsely denied. Hell, these people are shitting bricks a the idea of simply proving you are an American Citizen in order to register to vote!
So, when I saw her comment about registration, I could not help but smile.
All the “We really, really don’t want to take your guns away” and “We just want to make sure guns do not end with the hands of wrong people” excuses go out the window: For the love of God, there are almost 13 million background-checked, fingerprinted and photographed US Gov Certified frigging card-carrying Good Guys and she recoils at the idea that we should be exempted of any more background checks.
And it is a lovely thing when the are caught in a web of their own making. And I pray they remains that stupid because they become evidence we need to say “See? We weren’t bullshitting you. That is the way they think.” They are a great help to our cause.
So Andrea, this is for you:
PS: I am gonna leave Andrea alone for a while. I don’t want to be accused of being abusive by imposing by White Hispanic Privilege or some crud like that.
Miguel!
You have coined my new favorite phrase!
“People who run on slogans and memes have serious problems comprehending basic Civil Rights and moderately advanced legal terminology.”
I’m going to print that out and hang it on my office door!
Thanks a million, and for all you do,
D. Fosdick
feel free to abuse!
Miguel,
Every time I read this Liberal Hippy Queen, I want to go back to voting only by the heads of families. But then, I sigh and realize that won’t work. We’re going to have to have a bloody civil war with these people. They just won’t learn any other way except the hard way, natural consequences.
“I wanted to explain that when Background Checks provide a false positive and deny the sale to a law-abiding citizen, it is clearly unconstitutional and should not stand for one second.”
No, Miguel. Background checks in the absence of a warrant founded upon probable cause of criminal conduct is clearly unconstitutional regardless of whether the sale is denied or not. It violates our 4th Amendment-guaranteed right to be secure from unwarranted interrogation and search; it violates our 5th Amendment-guaranteed to right to due process before our rights may be taken from us (whether we are given a privilege in exchange or not), and it violates our 10th Amendment right to be secure from a federal government that doesn’t even have the authority to license firearm dealers. Background checks have never been intended to restrict criminal access to firearms and they have never prevented a violent crime in history. Their purpose is and always has been to render our Rule of Law established by the 4th, 5th, and 10th Amendments moot and irrelevant, for a gun owner has no rights left to claim when they come around to confiscate his weapons: He’s already waived all his rights.
We’re still good, however, if we wise up fast: Government, whether unilaterally or as a result of voter initiative, has no authority to scam us into waiving our rights. We must immediately mount a major effort to repeal the Brady Act and make it clear any attempt to confiscate our weapons will constitute a violent armed insurrection against our Constitution, and we will put it down with extreme prejudice.
I’ve been making this clear on gun control forums for a few weeks now and I am getting ‘likes’ from all over the country. Time to up our game.
And you think she is gonna be able to digest all that? specially in 140 Character World? We ar talking to somebody that still misspells with alphabet soup.
Awesome! Maine finally went from ‘shall issue’ to Constitutional Carry. We’re citizens in Maine, not subjects.
As far as LHQ, well damn, the 60’s must have have very busy for her
To prevent cyber-crime, a simple background check, finger prints, picture needed to: start a blog, to buy a printer (especially one with a high capacity paper tray), to open an email account, etc … for the children!