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Today may be a day to celebrate love, but #VDay will forever be stained with the blood of 17 kids shot to death at #StonemanDouglas one year ago today.
The #Parkland students didn't ask to become the mouthpiece for calling out the @NRA and its decades old fraud. But they did.
The #Parkland students didn't ask to become the mouthpiece for calling out the @NRA and its decades old fraud. But they did.
Fraud? Yes.
Those are the words of former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Warren Burger (1969-1986.)
Let me state it clearly:
NO COURT HAS EVER RULED THERE IS AN INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS.
That is not, that is never, what the #2ndAmendment has said.
Those are the words of former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Warren Burger (1969-1986.)
Let me state it clearly:
NO COURT HAS EVER RULED THERE IS AN INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS.
That is not, that is never, what the #2ndAmendment has said.
Watch for words like "school safety" and "God-given right" and "patriotic." The @NRA has spent lifetimes of money creating this narrative.
In my home state of Virginia, the Safe VA Initiative released policy recommendations for the 2019 term:
vahousedems.org/wp-content/upl…
In my home state of Virginia, the Safe VA Initiative released policy recommendations for the 2019 term:
vahousedems.org/wp-content/upl…
Our state House is still in GOP control. House speaker @SpeakerCox (the man who has stopped the #ERA and make equality for women part of the constitution) followed the @NRA playbook to the T:
It's like playing basketball when you're only allowed to shoot from one corner of the court.
That's not remotely bipartisan. That's classic GOP. Same technique used in immigration, healthcare - anything that takes away rights from someone else.
That's not remotely bipartisan. That's classic GOP. Same technique used in immigration, healthcare - anything that takes away rights from someone else.
What's wrong with these recommendations?
1. Prevent suicide by creating an Extreme Risk Protective Order.
2. Mandate reporting of lost/stolen firearms
3. Reinstate "1 handgun a month" in VA
4. Take away guns from DV abusers
5. Universal background checks
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1. Prevent suicide by creating an Extreme Risk Protective Order.
2. Mandate reporting of lost/stolen firearms
3. Reinstate "1 handgun a month" in VA
4. Take away guns from DV abusers
5. Universal background checks
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6. Repeal "video training" for concealed handgun permits
7. Enact child access prevention laws and promote safe storage of firearms
Answer: Nothing. They're common sense. But the Overton window has moved so far toward the @NRA they seem extreme.
They're not.
7. Enact child access prevention laws and promote safe storage of firearms
Answer: Nothing. They're common sense. But the Overton window has moved so far toward the @NRA they seem extreme.
They're not.
Reclaim it. Don't be afraid.
Another former Supreme Court Justice, John Paul Stevens, penned an op-ed in the @NYTimes last March, urging advocates to ask for a repeal of the 2nd Amendment.
Yeah. He said it.
nytimes.com/2018/03/27/opi…
Another former Supreme Court Justice, John Paul Stevens, penned an op-ed in the @NYTimes last March, urging advocates to ask for a repeal of the 2nd Amendment.
Yeah. He said it.
nytimes.com/2018/03/27/opi…
In the words of Justice Stevens, asking for a repeal of the Second Amendment overturns the terrible decision in DC v. Heller, granting a limited individual right to bear arms, which neatly takes the wind out of the NRA's chief propaganda weapon:
So. Let's talk about it. Should the Second Amendment should be repealed?
The NRA called Justice Stevens' oped a "disgrace to America."
Yet kids keep getting shot in schools, people in houses of worship, or just walking down the street.
The NRA is a disgrace to America.
The NRA called Justice Stevens' oped a "disgrace to America."
Yet kids keep getting shot in schools, people in houses of worship, or just walking down the street.
The NRA is a disgrace to America.
Our policies must be guided by compassion, for compassion is strength.
No one said it would be easy, but #ParklandStrong lives it every day.
Stand on the right side of history.
@NoRA4USA
No one said it would be easy, but #ParklandStrong lives it every day.
Stand on the right side of history.
@NoRA4USA
