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TWENTY-SEVEN WORDS PROTECT GUN RIGHTS, NOT HUNTING<\/a><\/p>\n

U.S. Sen Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) joined Everytown for Gun Safety\u2019s vice presidential webinar forum where she trotted out her yarn about gun laws and Uncle Dick in the deer stand.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time we get Uncle Dick down from there. First of all, deer season has been over for months; now, he\u2019s just poaching. Second and most importantly, these gun control laws that politicians banter about have nothing to do with hunting. It\u2019s time to make our elected officials read and understand the U.S. Constitution they swore to defend \u2013 including the Bill of Rights \u2013 and live up to the words that are written.<\/p>\n

Hunting is certainly a beloved recreational activity by a large percentage of gun owners. For some, this might even be their reason for owning a gun. They are a means by which to harvest wild game and put food in the freezer and on the table. In\u00a022 states<\/a><\/strong>, the right to hunt and fish is explicitly protected, but the idea that the Second Amendment has anything to do with hunting is a red herring and is completely false.<\/p>\n

Not About Hunting<\/h4>\n

The hunting misnomer is a favorite of the gun control politicians. Canada\u2019s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u00a0invoked<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0hunting as he unilaterally banned modern sporting rifles throughout all of Canada. \u201cYou don\u2019t need an AR-15 to bring down a deer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

To be fair, Canada doesn\u2019t have a constitutional protection for the right to keep and bear arms. The United States does, however. It\u2019s simple. It\u2019s short,\u00a0just 27 words<\/a><\/strong>. The Supreme Court\u00a0held<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0that it applies as a right of individual Americans \u2013 not the government, and nowhere in that short sentence does it once say anything at all about hunting.<\/p>\n

Not once. Not even a hint. No innuendo. Nothing tongue-in-cheek. It\u2019s so clear, even a politician can understand it. Or should at least. Never underestimate a politician, though, and Sen. Klobuchar wasn\u2019t the first.<\/p>\n

New York\u2019s Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u00a0bellowed<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0at all Americans, \u201cIt\u2019s simple, no one hunts with an assault rifle. No one needs 10 bullets to kill a deer\u2026\u201d That was as he jammed through the New York SAFE Act, a sweeping set of gun control laws in a\u00a0midnight<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0vote. New York\u2019s SAFE Act was\u00a0passed<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0with no hearings, no testimony, no time for opponents to exercise their First Amendment rights and make a case to their legislators.<\/p>\n

Campaign Reload<\/h4>\n

Former Vice President Joe Biden conflated the meaning of the Second Amendment in an interview with\u00a0Field and Stream\u2019s<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0Anthony Licata in 2013. Licata asked him directly what the Second Amendment means. Biden agreed it is an individual right, adding, \u201cBut it also has ruled that it is constitutional to own a gun individually for purposes of sporting, hunting, and\/or self-defense.\u201d<\/p>\n

In that same interview, Biden said he believes the government has a right to limit the firearms an individual can own, specifically, modern sporting rifles. He claimed the rifle was not protected because it\u2019s not usual. \u201cIf you have to go up into the Poconos and go bear hunting or deer hunting with that weapon, and you need a clip that has 30 rounds in it, then you shouldn\u2019t be hunting,\u201d\u00a0 Biden said.<\/p>\n

But there are nearly\u00a018 million<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0modern sporting rifles in circulation today.\u00a0 They are used legally every day for home defense, recreational shooting and, yes, even hunting.<\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s misapplication of Supreme Court rulings and his hyperbolic rhetoric continued. He goaded gun owners on the campaign trail\u00a0comparing<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0rifles to fighter jets and rocket launchers. He did this even as he\u00a0argued<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for DNA-enabled technology for firearms, nationwide gun registries and exposing the firearm industry to harassing litigation that would threaten the entire industry.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s Not Said<\/h4>\n

What Biden, Sen. Klobuchar and the rest of the candidates that dropped along the campaign trail never talked about was the criminal. They didn\u2019t talk about actually attempting to reduce crime. They never spoke about soaring crime in areas where there is the strictest gun control.\u00a0Chicago<\/a>,\u00a0Philadelphia<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Baltimore<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0are all examples of cities that press for more gun control, but whose politicians refuse to address crime or the criminals perpetrating those crimes. During the coronavirus crisis, prisoners were turned out of jails, including\u00a0murderers<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0Police were\u00a0ordered<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to stop arresting for certain criminal charges. The results were growing crime rates.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what else the politicians refuse to address: these gun control laws they foist on law-abiding Americans do nothing to address crime because criminals don\u2019t follow the law. Department of Justice\u00a0surveys<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0of prison inmates show, time and again, criminals overwhelmingly obtain firearms through theft and the black market. Universal background check laws, waiting periods, registration schemes and a list of other gun control ideas are only observed by law-abiding citizens. Felons bent on criminally misusing firearms don\u2019t fill out background check forms in dark alleys. They don\u2019t submit their names to the FBI to have them say they can\u2019t posses a gun.<\/p>\n

Politicians also ignore that gun ownership is increasing even as crime has\u00a0steadily declined<\/a><\/strong>. Nearly\u00a019 million<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Americans have concealed carry permits in the United States today. It increased by 1.4 million people in 2019. That doesn\u2019t account for the 18 states where citizens have a constitutional right to carry a firearm for personal protection.<\/p>\n

Gun control politicians hover and nod approvingly around Biden when he\u00a0berates<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0voters who question his gun control platform shouting at them, \u201cYou\u2019re full of sh*t!\u201d They believe the Second Amendment is a problem to be fixed. At campaign fundraisers, they speak of it only as a loophole or a privilege that should be reserved for a select few. They don\u2019t see it as a right to be respected and defended. It\u2019s a cancer. If they can excise it, cut it out, isolate it, it will wither and die.<\/p>\n

The first step for these folks is to get America to believe that the Second Amendment has nothing to do with a God-given right. Instead, say it\u2019s about hunting. After all, that requires a license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TWENTY-SEVEN WORDS PROTECT GUN RIGHTS, NOT HUNTING U.S. Sen Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) joined Everytown for Gun Safety\u2019s vice presidential webinar forum where she trotted out her yarn about gun laws and Uncle Dick in the deer stand. It\u2019s time we get Uncle Dick down from there. First of all, deer season has been over for … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rkba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55053,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55052\/revisions\/55053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}