Fellow Conservative,
This is what we have been waiting for! Alan Gura and the Second Amendment Foundation won a major victory this past week in getting an injunction against Washington D.C.’s “may issue” concealed carry law.
First, let’s take a step backwards. Last year, U.S. District Judge Frederick Scullin ruled that Washington D.C.’s ban on concealed carry was unconstitutional because it violated the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms.
This initial victory was short lived thanks to the District passing a new law making concealed carry permits may-issue. In order to receive permission to bear arms for self defense in public, D.C. residents were forced to prove they had a “good reason” to do so. Only the politically-connected were allowed to exercise their 2nd Amendment rights.
Here at Conservative-Daily, we’ve said all along that it is called the Bill of Rights, and not the Bill of Needs, for a reason. No one is forced to prove a “good reason” to worship their religion or provide a “good reason” to be afforded a trial before a jury.
Liberals have tried to infringe on the 2nd Amendment by technically permitting concealed carry but making the requirements so arbitrary that they are impossible to meet.
Thanks to Judge Scullin’s injunction, anyone who meets the requirements for a concealed carry permit in Washington DC must be given one. They can no longer require that citizens show a “good reason” to carry a firearm.
However California, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Maryland, and Hawaii continue to force residents to prove a “good reason” or a “justifiable need” before they are allowed to defend themselves in public.
This is unacceptable! Tell Congress to take the DC ruling and apply it nationwide!
The crazy thing is that 26% of all Americans live behind enemy lines and are having their Second Amendment rights denied.
There isn’t a single right enumerated in the Bill of Rights that requires citizens to prove they need it.
Honestly, could you imagine?
“We’d be happy to let you worship your religion, but please fill out this form detailing why you need to pray…”
or
“The Judge is going to issue his final ruling. If you can come up with a ‘good reason’ for why you need a trial before a jury of your peers, please speak now.”
That might sound silly, but this substitute concealed carry and this is exactly the logic liberals are using to deny citizens their rights.
In New Jersey, for example, residents are forced to show a “justifiable need” and an “urgent necessity for self-protection” (as if anyone can predict when their life will be in danger…)
In Maryland, residents are forced to prove a “good and substantial reason” to exercise their Second Amendment rights to carry a firearm.
New York requires residents to show “good cause” before they are allowed to legally carry a firearm. In rural areas, this permit can be attainable. However, it is impossible for the average citizen to legally carry a firearm in New York City.
Despite the Constitution promising American citizens the right to carry a weapon, Liberal states across the country are forcing residents to prove why they need to carry. No one asked Rosa Parks why she needed to sit at the front of the bus and no one asked Oliver L. Brown why African-American children needed to attend the White schools in Topeka, Kansas.
It would be unconscionable to apply a “justifiable need” or “substantial reason” test to any other part of the Bill of Rights. Yet through our silence, we continue to allow the Democrats in Congress and the State Legislatures to violate the rights of our fellow Americans without fear of repercussion.
This legislation, S. 498, is simple: if someone is allowed to carry a firearm in their home state, they’re allowed to carry a firearm nationwide.
All other laws would have to be followed. Ignorance of the law would not be an excuse to break it.
But this would be an important first step in protecting the Second Amendment nationwide.
There’s no reason that this bill hasn’t been put to a vote yet. There is more than enough support to have it passed in the Senate and House. The only thing lacking is a clamoring from the public demanding it be passed.
That’s up to you! Join the choir of patriots across the country and demand that concealed carry rights be enforced nationwide!
A right delayed is a right denied! Demand that Congress protect all Americans’ 2nd Amendment rights!
Sincerely,
Joe Otto
Conservative Daily
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