That battle has been fought. Kranish'’s side has lost. The harangue that Illinois laws violate his Second Amendment rights doesn'’t hold water. Even most states that have laws allowing concealed carry have restrictions on who can walk around armed to kill.As much as I don't like admitting it, the subversive who wrote this treasonous screed has a point--the Supreme Court has betrayed its responsibility to uphold the Constitution by ducking a definitive "shall not be infringed" Second Amendment judgment, so if we're looking for relief from the courts, we're screwed.
So, move on and argue the matter on different grounds. Or move.
The rulers don't dare cede an unalienable individual right to keep and bear arms to the rabble--power is only shared by such creatures when there's no other choice, and then, jealously and precariously.
But take heart--SCOTUS (so far) also doesn't dare pronounce flat out that you have no such right because of the defiance and rebellion that could provoke.
So the game goes on, with back-and-forth and continued incremental erosion, and the critical mass needed to turn the tide is kept misdirected and distracted.
Still, truth, that is, reality, is a powerful force to keep perpetually at bay. Perhaps, if we can continue to expose the lies, and keep the focus and stay the course, it will not be those claiming their liberty who are callously and derisively told to move. Perhaps it will be their tyranny-enabling detractors who will slink back into the shadows.
[Thanks to HZ]
People need to start using their rights as jurists as a weapon to combat government. Jurists have the right to judge the law. Remind everyone know you of this. It seems like our last peaceful recourse.
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ReplyDeleteWell, would you look at that....
True as far as it goes. However, Shaun didn't violate any of their precious 20,000 gun laws. He took considerable time and trouble to obey Illinois law, actually.
ReplyDelete1. FOID card
2. Unloaded
3. Completely enclosed in a container with a secure fastening device.
He jumped through all those hoops, and nobody cares. He's still going to be prosecuted, and this editorial board still gets to talk about him breaking the law. The police who arrested him do not dispute these facts, they merely believe they can convict him anyway because it's just plain wrong for ordinary people to be carrying guns in any way.
My prediction is that Shaun will end up like John Horstman and Vana Haggerty--they'll offer him plea after plea, and right before the trial is set they'll drop all charges and try to pretend it never happened. That strategy cost the Dupage County State's Attorney's office $50,000 of taxpayer money, and that's just what John got in his lawsuit.
If it goes to trial, it will end up just like People v. Bruner and People v. Pritchett--acquittal.
They've never once managed to convict anyone of UUW if he/she was carrying unloaded in a pack with a FOID. Shaun will not be the first.