The NRA seemed to get a much-needed boost of testosterone (ironically) with the hiring of Dana Loesch as a spokesperson, and the gun rights organization stepped up to the plate with this tweet Monday:
What part of "SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED" do you not understand? #NRA #2A #DefendtheSecond pic.twitter.com/dVgZbyRhrH
— NRA (@NRA) June 4, 2018
Piers “Musket” Morgan, possibly tweeting from the country where the police are currently tasked with picking up weapons like pliers and gardening tools, shot back with this witty rejoinder that surely made the NRA stop and think twice:
What part of 'A well regulated militia' do YOU not understand? https://t.co/TIVszyi9rT
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 4, 2018
Shouldn’t Morgan be busy disposing of all of his sharp kitchen utensils in one of the government’s official knife disposal bins to stop murders in his own country?
What part of "apart from that clarifying function, a prefatory clause does not limit or expand the scope of the operative clause" do you not understand?
Citation: District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 at 578 https://t.co/xf0rhmOVAw
— Preston Byrne (@prestonjbyrne) June 5, 2018
What part of the United States Supreme Court has ruled your interpretation is incorrect do you not understand? District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008). It’s over! Your side’s interpretation lost! https://t.co/9gAhMloHs3
— V. Kurt Bellman (@VKurtB) June 4, 2018
The 2008 case District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court held that the "Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia…" … the right of the PEOPLE to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. You idiot. https://t.co/uG1ztgIgRB
— Charles-In-Charge (@Charlemagne0814) June 4, 2018
Actually Piers, 2A’s prefatory clause announces a purpose, but does not limit or expand the scope of the second part, the operative clause. The operative clause’s text and history demonstrate that it connotes an individual right to keep and bear arms.
I know, grammar is hard. https://t.co/VGw6dMllpn
— … (@callmeMallas) June 5, 2018
These fog breathing douche canoes invented the language and still can't identify a prefatory clause. https://t.co/s0Yhq09Uyr
— Beard and Circus (@Shooter_ptpx01) June 4, 2018
What part of commas and the Federalist Papers do you not understand, Piers? https://t.co/xrLA6TDfi6
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) June 4, 2018
Maybe you should brush up on the “silly little book” @benshapiro gave you if you want your questions answered https://t.co/BX6AkjsmgX
— Jeremy Frankel (@FrankelJeremy) June 4, 2018
It doesn't say the right of a well regulated militia @PiersMorgan… It says "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of THE PEOPLE to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." What part of "the people" do YOU not understand, Piers? https://t.co/8wvG3NZvXr
— Dave ?? Will ?? Droz ?? (@DaDroz) June 4, 2018
"The right of the people…"
Not "the right of the well regulated state controlled militia…"
BIG difference. https://t.co/GBUwMII1p9— Bradley (@1averagepatriot) June 5, 2018
I guess it’s too much to ask a ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ judge to absorb the jurisprudence of McDonald and Heller https://t.co/Ex1ZER1ezf
— Ben Hayes (@hayesy316) June 4, 2018
It seems you don’t understand what was meant by “ a well regulated militia” either… https://t.co/cnCc0QYYdM
— Cardinal_Sin (@CardinalSin0) June 4, 2018
“I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials.” – George Mason https://t.co/LwjNFXuaTc
— Sic Semper Tyrannis (@21412USA) June 5, 2018
Always with the “militia” argument. A militia is made up of armed citizens. Those armed citizens are not just a protection against their own tyrannical govt, but of ANY govt. https://t.co/Dxk30BJE4f
— Diana Shepherd (@luvmyfidgets) June 4, 2018
YOU'RE the one that doesn't understand it, Piers. "Militia" means the people & "well regulated" means effective – as explained by the men who signed the 2nd amendment in 1791. https://t.co/sruNqG3oo5
— Saul ?????? (@OldSchoolSaul) June 4, 2018
You’re still on this? https://t.co/HJrMYuefiL
— SnarkBot (@SnarkActual) June 4, 2018
We stopped listening to y’all in 1776#2A #DefendtheSecond #NRA https://t.co/HJzKZJUcGJ
— Woody?? (@J_Woody2020) June 4, 2018
What part of our breakup letter to you (ie: The Declaration of Independence) do YOU not understand? https://t.co/tMJ87vuQ6F
— Malia Shirley (@SHIRLEYtemple__) June 4, 2018
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 29, 2018
