The 2nd Amendment: It's Very Important!

 

PREAMBLE

In the mid- and late-1950’s, during my childhood, television shows like The Rifleman and Gunsmoke were very popular.   Television, however, wasn’t part of my life.   My father wouldn’t allow us to be brought away from reading for it.   Toy guns were popular toys for boys around me.   My father forbade even squirt guns, because they were guns.   Perhaps, not surprisingly, I’ve supported limiting the possession of guns for most of my 70 years!


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Most Republicans would support legislation banning assault-style weapons, a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll found Wednesday — a finding that contradicts President Donald Trump's claim earlier the same day that there's "no political appetite" for such restrictions.

The poll found that nearly 70 percent of all voters would back such a ban. Support for an assault-weapons ban was higher, at 86 percent, among Democrats, who have been pushing for new restrictions on the firearms in the wake of two mass shootings over the weekend.

Republicans typically are more reticent to support new gun restrictions, and Trump campaigned in 2016 on his strong support for the Second Amendment. But the poll found that 55 percent of GOP voters were comfortable with banning assault weapons, and 54 percent said they would support stricter gun laws more generally. Ninety percent said they would back universal background checks for gun sales.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/07/poll-most-voters-support-assault-weapons-ban-1452586 (08/07/2019)

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Meanwhile, Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) challenged Democrats to pursue Biden’s call to enact a ban on semiautomatic rifles known as assault weapons.

“It won’t get 50 votes, much less 60,” Graham predicted on “Fox News Sunday,” offering an oft-mentioned personal rationale for permitting sales of AR-15s and other popular assault-style firearms.

“I own an AR-15,” Graham said. “If there’s a natural disaster in South Carolina where the cops can’t protect my neighborhood, my house will be the last one that the gang will come to, because I can defend myself.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/28/senate-gun-background-checks/ (03/28/2021)

THE PROPOSAL:

Lindsay Graham’s hometown area is around Anderson and Greenwood, South Carolina.   Anderson’s Black population is approximately 31% of local residents.  Greenwood’s Black population is approximately 45% of local residents.

Perhaps we should start by raising money to help Black residents of Lindsay Graham’s area to protect their neighborhoods against natural disasters.   As Lindsay Graham indicates, AR-15’s will be among the best ways of defending themselves against “the gangs”.    Now, only law-abiding citizens will receive AR-15’s, of course.

Then, perhaps, we should move to Louisville, Kentucky, the hometown of Mitch McConnell, where 23.6% of the population is Black.   There must be a lot of Black law-abiding citizens who don’t own AR-15’s.

Then, perhaps, we should add Texas, the home of both Governor Greg Abbott and Ted Cruz.   Yesterday’s news stated in part:  Texas bill to carry gun without permit advances to state senate

If passed, Texans over age 21 could carry a gun without training or a background check. The state would be the 14th to have such a law

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/18/texas-bill-to-carry-gun-without-permit-advances-to-state-senate

CONCLUSION:

 

We’ve been told over and over again that “we leftists” are falsely accusing so many Republicans of being racist!   Let’s see how many of those who oppose the will of the majority of Americans rush to the support of our effort to protect Black Americans!    I’m not holding my breath!

 

 

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