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Using the Second Amendment as Intended

I have long argued that, should the D.C. Gun ban be revoked, the Democracy movement, as well as other dissident movements, take full advantage of the right to bear arms by doing so very publicly. For instance, the Capital Pride Festival was held a week prior to the decision. Next year at this time, the festival should include an armed contingent. Gay rights activists should also take up arms in their demonstrations in support of marriage. The next time the Congress disrespects the citizens of the District of Columbia - or the Court does for that matter by say overturning the ban on handguns, DC activists should hold one of their usual protest marches, but this time do so armed.

Congress and the Supreme Court may rethink their attitudes about both the rights of D.C. residents and the right to keep and bear arms if faced with such a protest. If permits are not issued for such protests, the denial should be challenged on both First and Second Amendment grounds. This also applies in states with odious policies, such as the denial of the right to marriage to gays and lesbians. It would be entertaining to see the reaction in Richmond to a contingent of armed queens demanding their rights to marriage (or even the rights to marriage equivalent contracts that have been denied by the State of Virginia).

Posted by Michael Bindner on June 30, 2008 12:42 PM |

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The problem is...they would and up being massacred because they would not have the fire discipline necessary to avoid a confrontation.

They would end up a mob like the LA Rioters. I have Korean friends who say they put down several rioters to stupid to live...and the same thing would happen to the armed marchers. The police aren't the only ones armed in DC...some of us have always exercised our rights regardless of the law.

Posted by: Thunder Pig | June 30, 2008 02:23 PM

I am not saying that the protesters open fire, I am saying they should assert their rights to go armed. Post-Kent State police know never to open fire on demonstrators. It helps their causes too much.

Posted by: Xianleftist_Michael [TypeKey Profile Page] | July 1, 2008 08:39 AM

Free-for-all (frfr-ôl) -- n. A disorderly fight, argument, or competition in which everyone present participates.

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