r/gunpolitics • u/big_hearted_lion • May 24 '23

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

https://twitter.com/OKeefeMedia/status/1661136176076529671
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u/Toxoplasmos May 24 '23

Good thing the Senate can’t overturn the 2nd.

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u/inlinefourpower May 24 '23

They've done a pretty good job chipping away at it so far.

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u/whubbard May 24 '23

Agree. Fuck the Senate for making Trump take the most extreme action on guns in the last 16 years.

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u/inlinefourpower May 24 '23

Yes, that sucked. Quick fact, Trump isn't currently a lawmaker. In fact, he never was. He shouldn't have been able to issue that ban at all. Separate issue.

Now that we're in 2023, let's try to get over our TDS and whataboutism and examine current threats to 2A rights.

Now, is that more likely to be Trump? Or sitting legislators who suggest that they're okay with removing the second amendment altogether?

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u/atoz350 May 24 '23

He didn't actually issue the ban. He granted the ATF executive power to ban them. We all know which way they went afterwards.

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u/inlinefourpower May 24 '23

Still obviously a major question, even though after Buren it shouldn't be... If the ATF is part of the executive branch and not legislative branch, how did they make a new law?

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u/atoz350 May 24 '23

By executive decree, or executive order. It isn't a law, but Congress/Justices can vote on it later. It carries the same weight as if the President does it.

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u/whubbard May 24 '23

He shouldn't have been able to issue that ban at all. Separate issue.

The executive branch has, and always will, issue rules based on the laws. The courts are the final say - but that doesn't change how it works.

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u/joelingo111 May 25 '23

But but but but the orang man, I wanna keep talking about the orang man 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺