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1. THE 2ND AMENDMENT “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.”
2. WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? LEXINGTON AND CONCORD
3. “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.” ……..THAT PESKY COMMA…….
4. THE TWO INTERPRETATIONS OF THE 2A 1. THE COLLECTIVE RIGHTS BELIEF: (GENERALLY THE ANTI GUNRIGHTS SIDE) ARMY, NATIONAL GUARD, GOVT, POLICE ETC… 2. THE INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS BELIEF….”THE PEOPLE.” (THE PRO GUN RIGHTS SIDE) -------------WHO WERE “THE PEOPLE?”
5. WHAT THE FOUNDERS SAID: GEORGE WASHINGTON JAMES MADISON THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING ARMED IS AN ADVANTAGE THE AMERICANS POSSESS OVER THE PEOPLE OF ALMOST EVERY OTHER NATION. IN THE SEVERAL KINGDOMS OF EUROPE, THE GOVERNMENTS ARE AFRAID TO TRUST THE PEOPLE WITH ARMS A FREE PEOPLE OUGHT TO BE ARMED NO MAN SHOULD SCRUPLE OR HESITATE A MOMENT TO USE ARMS IN SELF DEFENSE.
6. INCORPORATION BY 14TH AMENDMENT DC V. HELLER AND MCDONALD V. CHICAGO
7. DC VS. HELLER District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), was a landmark case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects an individual's right to possess a firearm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home, in federal enclaves. The decision did not address the question of whether the Second Amendment extends beyond federal enclaves to the states, ,
8. MCDONALD V. CHICAGO McDonald v. Chicago, 561 US 3025 (2010), was a landmark[1] decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that determined whether the Second Amendment applies to the individual states. The Court held that the right of an individual to "keep and bear arms" protected by the Second Amendment is incorporated by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and applies to the states. The decision cleared up the uncertainty left in the wake of District of Columbia v. Heller as to the scope of gun rights in regard to the states.
9. BOTH WERE 5-4 VOTES!!! SO ELECTIONS DO MATTER
10. COLORADO MOVIE SHOOTING THIS SUMMER PRO GUN SIDE ANTI GUN SIDE MORE GUN LAWS NEEDED TO STOP THIS TYPE OF SENSELESS ACT. RESTRICT HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINES, BAN LARGE PURCHASES OF AMMUNITION, AND BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS. IF THE THEATRE HAD ALLOWED LAWFUL CONCEALED CARRY IT COULD HAVE BEEN STOPPED… OR AT LEAST NO VICTIM DISARMAMENT.
11. FAST AND FURIOUS WHAT A MOVIE………
12. SORRY, THAT LAST SLIDE IS WHAT THE JUSTICE DEPT WANTS YOU TO THINK HEADLINE: “ATTY GEN FOUND IN CONTEMPT OVER FAST AND FURIOUS.”
13. WHAT HAPPENED??? The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) ran a series of "gunwalking" sting operations[2][3] between 2006[4] and 2011.[2][5] These operations were done under the umbrella of Project Gunrunner, a project intended to stem the flow of firearms into Mexico by interdicting straw purchasers and gun traffickers within the United States.[6] "Gun walking" or "letting guns walk" was a tactic whereby the ATF "purposely allowed licensed firearms dealers to sell weapons to illegal straw buyers, hoping to track the guns to Mexican drug cartel leaders."[7] The stated goal of allowing these purchases was to continue to track the firearms as they were transferred to higher-level traffickers and key figures in Mexican cartels, with the expectation that this would lead to their arrests and the dismantling of the cartels.
14. UNIVISION REPORT SPANISH LANGUAGE CHANNEL UNIVISION’S EXPOSE ON FAST AND FURIOUS EXPOSED AN ADDITIONAL 57 GUNS USED OUTSIDE OF MEXICO TRACED TO F AND F. DRUG LORDS SHOT UP A GRADUATION PARTY BY MISTAKE KILLING AND WOUNDING DOZENS OF YOUNG MEXICANS WITH F AND F GUNS. REPORT SPIKED BY AMERICAN MSM
15. WHAT CAN YOU DO? BECOME EDUCATED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE. TALK TO PEOPLE WHO ARE GUN RIGHTS PROPONENTS TALK TO PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE MIDDLE ON THE ISSUE TALK TO PEOPLE THAT ARE OPPONENTS OF GUN RIGHTS HOLD THE MEDIA ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR COVERAGE VOTE AND LET YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ON THE ISSUE TAKE A GUN SAFETY COURSE OR GO SHOOTING WITH SOMEONE THAT IS KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT FIREARMS
16. WHERE TO GO FOR MORE INFO PRO GUN ANTI GUN BRADY CAMPAIGN http://www.bradycampaign.org/ MAYORS AGAINST ILLEGAL GUNS http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/home/home.shtml MILLION MOM MARCH/BRADY SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER http://www.splcenter.org/ MOST MSM OUTLETS http://www.georgiapacking.org/links_antigun.php http://waronguns.blogspot.com/ ARMED AMERICAN RADIO PODCAST ON I TUNES http://armedamericanradio.org/ GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA http://gunowners.org/ JPFO http://jpfo.org/ NRA/ILA http://www.nraila.org/
17. THANK YOU!!! QUESTIONS???