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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLarry Pratt: If Conservatives Lose The Supreme Court, We May 'Have To Resort To The Bullet Box'
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/larry-pratt-if-conservatives-lose-supreme-court-they-may-have-resort-bullet-boxLarry Pratt, the executive director emeritus of Gun Owners of America, said on his Gun Owners News Hour radio program this weekend that if a Democrat wins the White House and the Supreme Court starts issuing decisions in favor of gun regulations, conservatives may turn to the bullet box to rectify the situation.
Pratt was interviewing Robert Knight, a senior fellow at the American Civil Rights Union, who warned that if a liberal Democrat is elected president, then there goes the Supreme Court, it could be two, three, four justices, and I think the Second Amendment would be in great peril if that happens.
Pratt responded that if such a court interprets the Constitution in ways that conservatives dont like, they may have to restore proper constitutional balance through the bullet box:
And at that point, we would have to come to an understanding, which weve been sort of taught, its been taught out of us, that the courts do not have the last word on what the Constitution is. They decide particular cases, they dont make law. Their decisions, unlike the Roe v. Wade usurpation, dont extend to the whole of society, theyre not supposed to. And we may have to reassert that proper constitutional balance, and it may not be pretty. So, Id much rather have an election where we solve this matter at the ballot box than have to resort to the bullet box.
Pratt was interviewing Robert Knight, a senior fellow at the American Civil Rights Union, who warned that if a liberal Democrat is elected president, then there goes the Supreme Court, it could be two, three, four justices, and I think the Second Amendment would be in great peril if that happens.
Pratt responded that if such a court interprets the Constitution in ways that conservatives dont like, they may have to restore proper constitutional balance through the bullet box:
And at that point, we would have to come to an understanding, which weve been sort of taught, its been taught out of us, that the courts do not have the last word on what the Constitution is. They decide particular cases, they dont make law. Their decisions, unlike the Roe v. Wade usurpation, dont extend to the whole of society, theyre not supposed to. And we may have to reassert that proper constitutional balance, and it may not be pretty. So, Id much rather have an election where we solve this matter at the ballot box than have to resort to the bullet box.
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Larry Pratt: If Conservatives Lose The Supreme Court, We May 'Have To Resort To The Bullet Box' (Original Post)
KamaAina
Jun 2016
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scscholar
(2,902 posts)1. This is why going door to door...
is the only valid solution.
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)9. Let us know when you sign up for a confiscation squad, willya?
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)2. Said a constitution and democracy lovin' conservative.
Ahyup.
Monk06
(7,675 posts)3. Dear Larry, Ammon Bundy called and said he's lonely and would like a roommate. Must have a shared
interest in conspiracy to commit murder of Federal Officers
All replies will be held in the strictest confidence and will only be shared on Facebook
tenderfoot
(8,425 posts)4. Typical blood thirsty conservative.
eom
muntrv
(14,505 posts)5. Deal with Larry the way they dealt with Vanilla ISIS.
Initech
(100,062 posts)7. What the hell is wrong with these people???
Any excuse to whip out the precious!
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)8. He seems nice
Really not interested in any more blather from conservatives or Republicans about the will of the people. These fuckheads don't believe in majority rules, the Constitution, or the United States. Fifth columnist asswipes out to sap our country's strength.