Nebraska State Sen. Megan Hunt wants us to know that even though she’s filibustering a concealed carry bill, she’s not against the Second Amendment, although the right to own a gun was given to us not by God but by slave-owning misogynists. By that logic, it would seem that she would be against the Second Amendment unless those slave-owning misogynists got one right. In fact, we should go full Elie Mystal and call the Constitution “trash.”
Owning a gun isn’t a "God-given right." It’s a slave-owning, misogynistic founding father-given right.
I’m not against 2a, but be real – the Constitution was written by people!
Today I’m filibustering a bill that would allow concealed carry without training or a permit. #NELeg
— Senator Megan Hunt 😷 (@NebraskaMegan) March 10, 2022
— just dave 🇺🇸 (@DeYoungDave) March 10, 2022
What embarrassing idiocy. https://t.co/FoskolX7a7
— Chad Felix Greene 🇮🇱🇺🇦 (@chadfelixg) March 11, 2022
You might want to take a deeper look at that particular topic's history before taking a side.
— Jennifer Sensiba 三四八 🌞⚡🚘❤🧡💛💚💙💜 (@JenniferSensiba) March 10, 2022
Gun licensing laws and other gun control measures were originally written to prevent people of color from defending themselves, and to this day, gun laws are disproportionately enforced against Black and Brown people.
Please reconsider your decision to vote for systemic racism.
— Spike Cohen (@RealSpikeCohen) March 10, 2022
Gun control is racist. Free men and women were barred from their constitutional rights by people just like this beyond parody political. https://t.co/Vmk0WhoRqe
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) March 10, 2022
🗑️ 🤡
— Stephen C. Thompson (@PhenCSon) March 10, 2022
I’m guessing you say that about a million times a day. Must be exhausting.
— Ryan Nevrivy (@RMNev21) March 10, 2022
A true liberal classic:
Defund the police because they are corrupt and racist, but also these same police should get to decide if you get to carry a gun https://t.co/PI2lvwcYGp pic.twitter.com/4fUoTyPnVy
— Navi of Boomhandia (@NaviGoBoom) March 10, 2022
Also, abolish ICE.
In a single tweet, she says (1) the foundations of the 2A are evil, but (2) she doesn't oppose the 2A.
You might be thinking "maybe she didn't think through these arguments really well and they suffer from major logical flaws." And woooohhhh boy you'd be right.
THREAD: https://t.co/Uoy1LtRjkE
— Amy Swearer (@AmySwearer) March 11, 2022
(1) The right to self-defense is natural and inalienable. The right to keep and bear arms is a necessary and logical outflow of this, giving "teeth" to the underlying natural right, which on its own is a dead letter.
— Amy Swearer (@AmySwearer) March 11, 2022
(2) This is self-evident *within her argument itself.* Slave owners relentlessly sought to DISARM slaves, because armed slaves could better defend their natural rights. Armed slaves would mean the effective end of slavery.
— Amy Swearer (@AmySwearer) March 11, 2022
(2)(a) The problem wasn't that slave owners had a right to arms – the recognition of this right predates the African slave trade. The problem was the legal framework that stripped some people of this right so that they could be better oppressed.
— Amy Swearer (@AmySwearer) March 11, 2022
(3) The misogyny part is weird. Women have never been exempt from the 2A right. It is, in fact, of greater importance for us, as we generally find ourselves smaller and physically weaker than our attackers. Without arms, our natural right to self-defense is comparatively weaker.
— Amy Swearer (@AmySwearer) March 11, 2022
To summarize:
The right to keep and bear arms predates the Founding. It is protected by the Constitution, but not created by it. Its restriction or selective application benefits racists, misogynists, and tyrants. Its full protection benefits the weak, disfavored, and oppressed.
— Amy Swearer (@AmySwearer) March 11, 2022
[now try analyzing it again]
— Amy Swearer (@AmySwearer) March 11, 2022
About half the states now have concealed carry laws, and we haven’t seen them decay into dystopian hellscapes with corpses everywhere. If you want that, you have to move to a large, Democrat-run city with strict gun control laws.
Bonus:
BREAKING: The population in constitutional carry states has eclipsed that of may-issue ones as Governor Ivey makes Alabama the 22nd state to remove its carry permit requirement. The bill, which leaves the country with 21 shall-issue states, takes effect on 1/1/23.
— Rob Romano (@2Aupdates) March 10, 2022
Related:
Slate staff writer says Democrats have only two options: ‘allow’ concealed carry ‘in the midst of endless mass shootings’ or pack the court https://t.co/80N69Xz4BZ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 26, 2021
