Saturday, December 22, 2012

It's Time to Emphasize Pragmatic and Achievable Gun Law Reform

Cory Booker Mayor of Newark

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cory-booker/gun-law-reform_b_2346911.html
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One of the most important acts everybody can be doing is to constantly speak out, and support others speaking out, erroneous US history feeding NRA propaganda.

There is only one crime given the death penalty in the US Constitution: that is treason taking up arms against the govt. It cannot rationally be argued that the 2nd Amendment advocates in any way taking up arms against the govt. The rationale that high powered WAR WEAPONS are necessary as "2nd Amendment Remedies" against tyranny is circulated around a fringe of political conspirators.

The Constitution is NOT a suicide pact. Nothing in it requires the public to leave itself vulnerable to anti-social elements wielding immense firepower. No reading of the Constitution can be tolerated that disarms the many of the power to remove dangerous weapons from public menaces. Guns can be banned and their parts can be banned under our existing constitution.

Guns are routinely confiscated at boarding gates to commercial aircraft. No damage is done to our constitution.

Guns are removed from persons arrested for crimes. No damage is done to our constitutional rights. Our forefathers disarmed arrested people, disarmed people undergoing trial, disarmed people convicted in jail or prison. Nobody believes that there is any constitutional right to bear arms as an incarcerated prisoner. The idea that there is an absolute and inviolate 2nd Amendment rights if false, dangerous and tedious waste of time to progress in disarming dangerous enemies in our midst.