Wolfgang1952
LOCAL Fla. Par, Cha. Pres
By Tim Macy
Gun Owners of America
The Cost of an Obama Reelection:
The Second Amendment is Gone,
an anti-gun Supreme Court
and the Heller case reversed
It is easy for the Second Amendment community to be lulled into a
false sense of security about Barack Obama.
He has viciously attacked Second Amendment rights, but he has done so
quietly, behind-the-scenes, and by regulation and BATFE abuses.
So does it really matter whether he is reelected a year from next
month?
The answer is ?yes.? And there are a couple of paramount reasons.
The first is that Obama, in order to avoid a guaranteed defeat in
2012, has thus far kept his powder dry on gun-related legislation (but
not anti-gun regulations and rhetoric). Thus, following the Tucson
shooting of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, he gave one speech, but
largely bit his lip and retreated into his den.
But when reelection is no longer a consideration, gun licensing, gun
bans, and criminalization of gun ownership will once again come to the
fore.
These proposals will be implemented by more draconian regulations
(which Congress will no longer have the votes to defund), and they
will be tacked onto must-pass legislative vehicles.
Sadly, Republican leaders Mitch McConnell and John Boehner have shown
no stomach for taking the blame for shutting down the government in
order to protect Second Amendment rights. Of course, one needs to
understand that ?shutting down the government? really means
scaling back its operations to about 60% of full capacity, which is
the amount that comes in from taxes every month.
But there is another equally important reason why Obama's reelection
could be the death of the Second Amendment as we know it: the Supreme
Court.
The Supreme Court is currently viewed as consisting of four
conservatives (Scalia, Roberts, Thomas, and Alita), four raving
liberals (Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Breyer), and one
sort-of-conservative swing vote (Kennedy).
Of the conservatives, Kennedy and Scalia were born in 1936, meaning
that they turn 75 this year. And Thomas turns 63.
There is a significant chance that one of these three vacancies will
come open in the next five years. And, if the vacancy is filled by
Obama, that will create a 5-man majority of anti-gun liberals on the
Supreme Court.
The first thing that means is that the Heller case -- recognizing
that the Second Amendment is an individual right -- will be reversed.
In fact, after stating under oath before the Senate that she had no
opinion on the scope of the Second Amendment, Sotomayor wasted no time
opining (in a decision) that she believed Heller was bad law.
Liberals, by and large, don't defer to stare decisis -- a judicial
doctrine which protects already-decided issues, even if you don't like
them. And it would be a mistake to assume that the Supreme Court
wouldn?t rapidly declare the Second Amendment to apply only to
militias.
Ditto, the McDonald case, recognizing that the Second Amendment is
applicable to the states.
Finally, the Supreme Court is largely expected to overturn, by a 5-4
margin, ObamaCare?s mandate that virtually every person in America
be required to purchase politically correct, gold-plated,
Obama-mandated health insurance, at a cost of $5,000-$25,000 per
person or family. If Obama appoints another Supreme Court justice,
such a decision could very easily be reversed, thus reinstating
ObamaCare?s takeover of decisions concerning your family?s health.
When Heller was handed down, I pointed out that the courts were no
panacea to legislative vigilance. And, within the past week, a key
federal court refused to use Heller to overturn the District of
Columbia's semi-automatic ban. (Interestingly, the ?pro-gun? House
could repeal the ban with one sentence in its upcoming ?continuing
resolution.?)
But the symbolic and moral impact of an illegitimate Supreme Court
trying, corruptly, to define the Second Amendment out of existence
cannot be overstated.
So think about it ? because elections do have consequences. And we
will have to live with the results of the upcoming election (for
better or worse) for a long time.
That?s why GOA is going to make Barack Obama's life miserable,
until his sordid administration comes to a sorry end in January 2013.
And we're going to hound ?Dirty Harry? Reid until he is driven out
of his Majority Leader's office.
And we're going to exorcise Nancy Pelosi, as we force gun votes which
drive her corrupt gaggle of cronies even further into the minority.
But we need your help. We need you to stand with Gun Owners of
America. Go to http://gunowners.org/store/new-membership
and sign up with the only gun organization whose PAC has been
credited with helping to defeat scores of congressional Blue Dog
Democrats in 2010.
Join Gun Owners of America today!
Tim Macy is the Executive Vice-Chairman of Gun Owners of America,
a grassroots lobby organization with 300,000 members.
Gun Owners of America
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102
Springfield, VA 22151
703-321-8585
www.gunowners.org <http://www.gunowners.org/>
Contact Form <http://gunowners.net/cgi-bin/ttx.cgi?cmd=newticket>
Gun Owners of America
The Cost of an Obama Reelection:
The Second Amendment is Gone,
an anti-gun Supreme Court
and the Heller case reversed
It is easy for the Second Amendment community to be lulled into a
false sense of security about Barack Obama.
He has viciously attacked Second Amendment rights, but he has done so
quietly, behind-the-scenes, and by regulation and BATFE abuses.
So does it really matter whether he is reelected a year from next
month?
The answer is ?yes.? And there are a couple of paramount reasons.
The first is that Obama, in order to avoid a guaranteed defeat in
2012, has thus far kept his powder dry on gun-related legislation (but
not anti-gun regulations and rhetoric). Thus, following the Tucson
shooting of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, he gave one speech, but
largely bit his lip and retreated into his den.
But when reelection is no longer a consideration, gun licensing, gun
bans, and criminalization of gun ownership will once again come to the
fore.
These proposals will be implemented by more draconian regulations
(which Congress will no longer have the votes to defund), and they
will be tacked onto must-pass legislative vehicles.
Sadly, Republican leaders Mitch McConnell and John Boehner have shown
no stomach for taking the blame for shutting down the government in
order to protect Second Amendment rights. Of course, one needs to
understand that ?shutting down the government? really means
scaling back its operations to about 60% of full capacity, which is
the amount that comes in from taxes every month.
But there is another equally important reason why Obama's reelection
could be the death of the Second Amendment as we know it: the Supreme
Court.
The Supreme Court is currently viewed as consisting of four
conservatives (Scalia, Roberts, Thomas, and Alita), four raving
liberals (Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Breyer), and one
sort-of-conservative swing vote (Kennedy).
Of the conservatives, Kennedy and Scalia were born in 1936, meaning
that they turn 75 this year. And Thomas turns 63.
There is a significant chance that one of these three vacancies will
come open in the next five years. And, if the vacancy is filled by
Obama, that will create a 5-man majority of anti-gun liberals on the
Supreme Court.
The first thing that means is that the Heller case -- recognizing
that the Second Amendment is an individual right -- will be reversed.
In fact, after stating under oath before the Senate that she had no
opinion on the scope of the Second Amendment, Sotomayor wasted no time
opining (in a decision) that she believed Heller was bad law.
Liberals, by and large, don't defer to stare decisis -- a judicial
doctrine which protects already-decided issues, even if you don't like
them. And it would be a mistake to assume that the Supreme Court
wouldn?t rapidly declare the Second Amendment to apply only to
militias.
Ditto, the McDonald case, recognizing that the Second Amendment is
applicable to the states.
Finally, the Supreme Court is largely expected to overturn, by a 5-4
margin, ObamaCare?s mandate that virtually every person in America
be required to purchase politically correct, gold-plated,
Obama-mandated health insurance, at a cost of $5,000-$25,000 per
person or family. If Obama appoints another Supreme Court justice,
such a decision could very easily be reversed, thus reinstating
ObamaCare?s takeover of decisions concerning your family?s health.
When Heller was handed down, I pointed out that the courts were no
panacea to legislative vigilance. And, within the past week, a key
federal court refused to use Heller to overturn the District of
Columbia's semi-automatic ban. (Interestingly, the ?pro-gun? House
could repeal the ban with one sentence in its upcoming ?continuing
resolution.?)
But the symbolic and moral impact of an illegitimate Supreme Court
trying, corruptly, to define the Second Amendment out of existence
cannot be overstated.
So think about it ? because elections do have consequences. And we
will have to live with the results of the upcoming election (for
better or worse) for a long time.
That?s why GOA is going to make Barack Obama's life miserable,
until his sordid administration comes to a sorry end in January 2013.
And we're going to hound ?Dirty Harry? Reid until he is driven out
of his Majority Leader's office.
And we're going to exorcise Nancy Pelosi, as we force gun votes which
drive her corrupt gaggle of cronies even further into the minority.
But we need your help. We need you to stand with Gun Owners of
America. Go to http://gunowners.org/store/new-membership
and sign up with the only gun organization whose PAC has been
credited with helping to defeat scores of congressional Blue Dog
Democrats in 2010.
Join Gun Owners of America today!
Tim Macy is the Executive Vice-Chairman of Gun Owners of America,
a grassroots lobby organization with 300,000 members.
Gun Owners of America
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102
Springfield, VA 22151
703-321-8585
www.gunowners.org <http://www.gunowners.org/>
Contact Form <http://gunowners.net/cgi-bin/ttx.cgi?cmd=newticket>
