What does ‘Second Amendment sanctuary’ actually mean? Absolutely nothing.
Try as they might to fight for local gun-rights refuges, proponents are firing blanks.
Few sayings drive me more to distraction these days than “out of an abundance of caution.”
What does it actually mean? That good old-fashioned caution no longer cuts it? That we’re only being truly cautious if we go overboard? That we can’t be too careful in these perilous times?
I have no idea. But now, as I peruse the news from all over Maine, I find myself snagged on an equally perplexing idiom. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the “Second Amendment sanctuary.”
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A New Gun-Control Bill Would Close the Charleston Loophole Here s What That Means
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On March 11, the US House of Representatives passed two measures aimed at strengthening background checks for gun buyers. Both pieces of legislation will now go to the Senate, where they ll need 60 votes to pass. According to NPR, it s unclear whether there s enough support in the Senate to send the bills to President Joe Biden s desk, but advocates for stricter gun laws argue that they re an important step in tackling the epidemic of gun violence in the US.
The first bill, called H.R. 8, would expand background checks to private sales. The second aims to close the Charleston loophole, a term used to describe what many view as a gap in the background check system one that has had tragic consequences.
Morgan Griffith: Standing up for the Second Amendment
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The freedoms guaranteed by the Second Amendment should not be considered less than the other freedoms protected by the Bill of Rights. Legislation to restrict rights such as free speech, freedom of the press, and due process during criminal proceedings would rightly raise an outcry.
The right to keep and bear arms should not be considered differently, and I will never vote to infringe your Second Amendment rights.
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