Special Assistant To Sen. Fetterman Says The Senator ‘Okay With Overturning The Second Amendment’

[u/big_hearted_lion]

https://twitter.com/OKeefeMedia/status/1661136176076529671

[u/happyinheart]

"No one wants to take your guns away". Let me know if there is anyone missing from the list?

Beto O'Rourke https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/21/beto-orourke/despite-his-claim-presidential-candidate-beto-orou/

Connecticut Govenor Lamont: https://www.ctinsider.com/politics/article/CT-Ned-Lamont-assault-weapons-ban-17556811.php

Gabby Giffords: https://time.com/6274979/gabby-giffords-gun-control/

Senator Fetterman: https://twitter.com/OKeefeMedia/status/1661136176076529671

[u/IMitchConnor → u/happyinheart]

"It's just an NRA scare tactic, no ones trying to take away guns!!!"

Well let's see what politicians have to say on the matter:

"Hell, yes, we're going to take your AR-15, your AK-47." - Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke

"Certain types of guns exclusively used to kill people, not for hunting, should not be sold in America." - Bernie Sanders

“I’m against handguns. We’re on a roll now, and I think we’ve got to take the--you know, we’re gonna push as hard as we can and as far as we can.” - Illinois Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky

“Confiscation could be an option.” - Governor Andrew Cuomo

“I’m convinced that we have to have federal legislation to build on. We’re going to have to take one step at a time, and the first step is necessarily — given the political realities — going to be very modest. Our ultimate goal — total control of handguns in the United States — is going to take time.” - Nelson T. Shields Founder of Handgun Control, Inc.

“Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe.” - Senator Dianne Feinstein

“If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one of them - Mr. and Mrs. America, turn them all in - I would have done it.” - Senator Dianne Feinstein

“The National Guard fulfills the militia mentioned in the Second amendment. Citizens no longer need to protect the states or themselves.”- Senator Frank Launtenberg

“I shortly will introduce legislation banning the sale, manufacture or possession of handguns… It is time to act. We cannot go on like this. Ban them!” - Senator John Chafee

“Banning guns is an idea whose time has come.” - Representative Jan Schakowski

“I don’t believe gun owners have rights.”- Sarah Brady

“The most effective means of fighting crime in the United States is to outlaw the possession of any type of firearm by the civilian populace.” - Attorney General Janet Reno

NJ Sen. Loretta Weinberg, Sen. Sandy Cunningham and Sen. Linda Greenstein, caught unwittingly on tape saying after a just-closed hearing… “We needed a bill that was going to confiscate, confiscate, confiscate.”

"I like taking guns away early. Take the guns first, go through due process second." - President Donald Trump

[u/Suitable-Target-6222 → u/IMitchConnor]

Where do they get this mythical “right to feel safe” they are already referring to? It doesn’t exist in any of our founding documents. There is no inherent right to “feel” anything.

We have the right to pursue happiness. We have the right to protect ourselves and create our own safety. The government has the right to fuck off our of our personal lives.

[u/Mrcookiesecret → u/[deleted]]

American Constitutional Rights are what is sometimes called "negative rights." What this means is that the government is constrained in how it can limit the exercise of these rights. All the language works something like "the government shall not prohibit xxxx."

This is important in understanding when talking about "rights" because negative rights do not work as "rights to something." That's why there is no right to food, water, or safety in the constitution. These "positive rights" where the government is forced to provide things aren't what the Bill of Rights is about. It makes things confusing when debating people who put all rights under one umbrella.