A back fire may help save some homes from a wildfire but the same principal doesn’t apply when it comes to our civil rights A Republican Senator is saying the we should sacrifice some of our 2nd Amendment gun ownership rights so the democrats don’t take all of our gun rights in the future. Listen, you don’t negotiate with terrorists or the devil. This is quite possibly the dumbest thing a Republican has ever suggested.
The Hill reports that Republican Indiana Senator Mike Braun is ready to sacrifice some of our gun rights in hopes that that the rest of our gun rights will be saved.
“I look at it this way, if we’re not willing to do the commonsense stuff probably legislation will occur that we’ll regret that will actually I think will infringe upon Second Amendment rights down the road,” Braun said.
And what, pray tell, is the “commonsense” stuff?
“I think for those of us that want to always make sure that law-abiding citizens can own and bear and use a weapon, that we’ve got to talk about it and start doing some things or else I think we’ll get overwhelmed to where we’ll lose down the road that Second Amendment right,” said Braun.
For a guy who says “I think” that much, he sure isn’t thinking at all. There are numerous problems with his willingness to capitulate some of our gun rights to the democrats.
First, there is the 2nd Amendment, which guarantees our right to keep and bear arms. This right is backed up by a Supreme Court decision that says gun ownership is an individual right and the we are all allowed to own guns “in common use.” The democrats can try to pass whatever gun control laws they like, but they can’t get around the Constitution on this. To negotiate away our rights when they have absolutely nothing to bargain with is incredibly stupid.
Second, there is no negotiating with democrats. It either their way or nothing. Period. They won’t give an inch and expect the other side (our side) to give up everything. There is no give and take with them, just take.
Lastly, any sacrifice of our gun rights is not the end for democrats, but the beginning. Their endgame is the the abolishment of the 2nd Amendment and the complete disarmament of the American people. Look at New York and California, states controlled entirely by democrats. They have the strictest gun control laws in the country and yet every single year they pass more gun control laws. It’s never enough for them and encouraging them by caving on some minor issues will only lead to more demands.
If you need any proof of the democrats unwillingness to negotiate, just look at immigration. They wouldn’t trade border security funding for permanent legal status for DACA recipients. The reason is because they want open borders and citizenship for every single scumbag who sneaks in the country. They will accept nothing less.
The same is true on gun control. Republicans couldn’t get a deal for concealed carry reciprocity in exchange for universal background checks because democrats are only willing to move in the direction of total disarmament.
Sacrificing some of our gun rights because we might loose more in the future is dumb on so many levels. We currently have a Republican President and Senate so democrats can’t do a damn thing about anything. Should they somehow gain control of the White House and the Senate, there’s still the 2nd Amendment and the DC v. Heller decision so they still couldn’t do a damn thing about it.
The only way democrats can impose their gun control wet dreams is by repealing the 2nd Amendment and that’s never going to happen. Negotiating away our rights based on an impossibility is something so stupid it sounds like an idea that would come from a democrat. Shame on Senator Mike Braun for even floating this.
