Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Multiple Illegalities

Virginia Governor Northam apparently thinks he is above the law as he goes about making laws that are patently unconstitutional. His gun ban at the capitol is unconstitutional, both in the national Constitution, AND in Virginia’s own Constitution, but he continues to flout both with his “rules.” He is very frightened that legally armed people would just start shooting up the landscape if they were allowed to bring their guns along with them when they gathered for that “Lobby Day,” which is expected to be attended by many gun owners. He apparently has no confidence that legal gun owners can control themselves and will shoot him and his accomplices. He ignores the possibility that ILLEGAL gun owners will be there too, ant d they aren’t nearly as responsible as are LEGAL gun owners. His gun ban probably doesn’t include the police and other government “agents,” but I wonder how many of those are legal gun owners outside of work, and agree with the others. Northam can see from the very number of “sanctuary counties” in the state (a majority of which will not enforce unconstitutional laws) that have so declared themselves that his anti-gun laws are very unpopular to his constituents, but he doesn’t care. He plans to make to those laws and enforce them until the Supreme Court rules them unconstitutional—which might be YEARS down the road, with the damage having been done. There need to be laws allowing “rogue office holders” to be brought up on charges for enforcing unconstitutional laws. (Bearing Arms)

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