Congressman Fakes Second Amendment Support
February 22, 2010 · carl · Print This Article
Update: Since the time that I wrote this, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has published a disclaimer on their web editon stating the the “gun” used in the photo was actually a similator.
I stand by my original conclusions.
In one of the biggest acts of hypocrisy I’ve seen in a while, a member of Congress, Russ Carnahan, representative from Missouri’s Third Congressional District, recently staged a photo op with the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
In an obvious election year puff piece, the story mentions that while touring his district singing the praises of stimulus spending, Congressman Carnahan also did a demonstration of his best Dirty Harry impression.
There are a number of things wrong with this staged photo op.
First and foremost on the list is that this entire thing seems pretty strange coming from an anti-gun Congressman who has been given an “F” rating by the NRA.
And proving that he is as comfortable with firearms as were Al Gore and John Kerry when they put on some cammies and pretended to go duck hunting, as the photo shows, Carnahan is the last person I would want to be near if he were handling a gun.
Even people with no knowledge of firearms should have the common sense to be able to see that rather than being a true supporter of Second Amendment rights, the photo proves that Carnahan is simply another anti-gun politican attempting to imply that he is a supporter of a person’s basic right to self-defense.
1. Always wear protection for your eyes and ears. A gun shot is a very loud noise, and permanent hearing damage can be sustained firing a pistol indoors and so close to other people.
2. Never point a gun inside your office. Only use in or at an approved range. This prevents senior police officers standing next to you from being hit in the face by hot steel casings and losing an eye.
3. If you’re going to shoot a firearm, don’t close both eyes. It’s going to make a loud noise. It might even jump in your hand. But if you’re afraid of it, don’t shoot it.
4. Never point a weapon at a photographer. It is a very bad idea to shoot downrange with a photographer in the line of fire. Even if the photographer is using a zoom lens, mistakes happen, and it is the height of irresponsibility to point in the direction of a human being you do not want dead.
This is a prime example of why groups such as the Tea Party Nation are making inroads into politics.
If you are a politican who is against firearms ownership, then at least have the moral courage of your convictions, don’t try and fool the voters into believing that you support the right to keep and bear arms, and then go and prove that you know as much about guns as I know about rocket science.
Source: 24th State
Photo source: stltoday
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With the erasure of its well-regulated-militia clause, the Second Amendment has been neatly remodeled into a marketing slogan, available for political use too.
@Leif
When did someone change the Second Amendment?
I must have missed that part.
@carl
It’s been remodeled a couple of times. The first was after the Civil War, when the collective right interpretation first caught on, at least with respect to those uppity colored people.
Just lately, the remodeling has been more of a restoration project, returning it to the original individual right interpretation.
Actually it’s all about “regulated” in the 1700’s regulated meant practiced, or trained not the modern use for controlled by government regulations.
A slightly better modern interpretation would be, “A well trained militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
While true, the fact that the phrase “right of the People” is only used in the Bill of Rights to refer to an individual right is the overriding factor. The “well-regulated militia” clause is not a restriction, but one particular justification.
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