Epic Gun Control Testimony: ‘The Constitution Did Not Guarantee Public Safety, It Gua

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Jason Howerton @ The Blaze:


How do Connecticut residents feel about the crackdown on the Second Amendment? Well, there are people from both sides making passionate arguments on the issue, however, one gentleman last week was able to make a particularly persuasive case against more gun control and in favor of the U.S. Constitution.

Meet Robert Steed, a resident of Vernon, Conn. who took three days straight off work to attend several gun control hearings in Connecticut. On March 14, Steed was more “aggravated” than usual with lawmakers and he let them know it in his fiery testimony, telling them that they were “coloring outside the lines of constitutional parameters.”

“This is the third day I’ve taken off of work to come here to, like so many of the rest of us, to plead with you for us to keep our guns because of some wing-nut in Newtown, Connecticut,” he said. “If that isn’t inherently wrong, I don’t know what is. That these bills are even in proposed form is scary enough. That any of you could possibly be undecided is scary enough. What are you looking at?”

He went on: “I can’t for the life of me understand how this state can have as many gun laws on the books as it does and have members of its Legislature need to take firearms 101. And as far as what I felt were potshots taken at the NRA, they’ve done more for gun safety– they’ll do more for gun safety this weekend than this committee will do in your careers.”

Connecticut will be the next state set to tackle new gun control measures is Connecticut, the same state where the tragic Newtown massacre occurred. On Tuesday, a key committee of the state’s General Assembly unanimously approved expanding criminal background checks. On Wednesday, lawmakers were set to discuss expanding the state’s current ban on so-called “assault weapons” to include even more firearms as well as additional magazine limits and universal background checks.

Last week, Steed told lawmakers who believe legislation will prevent tragedies that “evil exists” and “sometimes things are beyond your control.”

“Adam Lanza commits a crime, and I’m here to gr0vel and plead for my rights and explain to you that my firearms are kept safely?” he asked rhetorically. “I keep hearing the word “solution”… you’re not going to find a solution, it doesn’t exist. You can’t find a broad brush solution to evil.”

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[Mr. H.]

"Broad brush". The Liberal solution to all social ills.
Well, that and a printing press cranking out tens of millions of dollars each month.

 

[tyroneweaver]

When I hear a lib talk constitution it makes me wanna fire up the old n64

 

[PaulS1950]

There is no way to prevent crimes. That is why we have laws, not to prevent crimes, but so that we can prosecute those who commit them. Gun crime prosecution is down because of plea bargains and botched police work. We need to arrest and convict those guilty of violence and put them away for as long as the law allows. Only when we prosecute and jail the convicted will the violence drop.

 

[Mr. H.]

How about a little crime control?

Criminals with guns, not law-abiding citizens with guns, is the issue.

 

[OKTexas]

He did a good job, I've testified before a government committee before and it ain't easy. Of course I agree with everything he said.

 

[The2ndAmendment]

I believe we should educate our citizens about Jury Nullification, the only form of judicial review that was intended by the Founders.

When a Jury exercises the right of nullification, it is the people judging the law in regards to the Constitution, as opposed to the government judging the law in regards to the Constitution. If we taught Jury Nullification in our schools (wonder why they don't hmm?), Congress on all levels (federal, state, local) would be far more hesitant to pass unconstitutional laws, because they would have absolutely NO CONTROL over who, how and when their law be declared unconstitutional.

Cato Books: The power of the jury

So gun rights advocates, if you find yourself on a jury and some young man is on trial for possessing an illegal firearm, state that the Constitution is his permit to carry the weapon, and that the charge is nullified.

http://www.wethejury.info/