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Yes, his statements seem accurate. After all I distinctly remember the Revolution we had in 1994 when the first assault weapons ban was passed. Terrible times...
"Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. warns of a second American Revolution if cops have to enforce extreme gun control measures" from YouTube posted.
-Waning of gun laws leading to a 2nd American Revolution.
-He will not be part of gun confiscation(Feds coming into homes removing guns).
-Chicago chief of police failings.
-Mexican government wanting a list of gun owners in boarding states.
-Holder's Fast and the Furious
he's a media *****. Most sheriffs are elected, they dont even have to have a law enforcement background.
I'd love to see the idiots that would follow this guy into a 2A revolutionary fight.
County sheriff's are in the business to get re-elected. He got his 15 minutes of fame, will probably run for state senate now. What a bunch of nonsense.
Yet, another gun nut threatening violence if the legally elected government passes a law the gun nut doesn't agree with.
conservatives/gun nuts don't believe in our form of government. This is very clear.
Well, to put things in proper context, Clarke was intitially responding to the Mexican demand for registry in the border states. And Mexicos wanting that information. There has also been talk of confiscation of, so called, assault weapons, and a coriegn power wanting a registry list of US citizens is pretty spooky.
That would be a valid point if they hadn't incorporated the 2nd amendment.
Before that, Feds would have absolutely no authority over the issue and the states depending on their own constitutions could implement as they saw fit. For instance, CA could outright ban all weapons if it so chose being that it contains no protection for the 2nd in its state constitution. If people didn't like it, they could amend their state constitution through various means, or... flee from the state to avoid the draconian laws.
Though, because we now have incorporation of the 2nd amendment, the states have just as much authority over it as the feds, which means... none.
but... here is the kicker. Power is now centralized, so states can't decide on their own. This centralized power allows rulings from the SC to dictate to all of the states now and it has already been ruled in DC v. Heller that various regulations are allowed. Those regulations were not detailed as the fact is, the 2nd was never supposed to handle this (ie it eliminates any authority over it). So now, there is a wide range of loose interpretations as to how they can regulate and all states regardless of their constitutions are constrained to the powers of the 2nd and the case precedence concerning it.
So, if a single state is allowed to confiscate, it is an open book for the rest of the states to do as they please and the state constitutions are irrelevant in the process because of incorporation.
Technically, as I mentioned above, incorporation of the 2nd should have been a major win as it would have handicapped not only the federal government, but the states from having ANY say on the matter. Though when did the Feds ever care about the Constitution anyway? look at the Fire Arm acts they put in place, using vague means to essentially enforce laws they had no authority to enforce in the first place.
The Constitution means nothing, it will not protect anyone.
Last edited by Nomander; 02-25-2013 at 09:37 AM..
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Is he forgetting 1994?
