Citing a report by BearingArms.com, Colonel Allen West argues that there’s an unintended flip side to the Supreme Court’s violation of the U.S. system of federalism. One that will be quite upsetting to the liberal progressives who celebrated yesterday’s decision.As West notes, since the SCOTUS has determined it can bequeath a right to marriage across all 50 states, there is an interesting point to be made.
“The Supreme Court ruled Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry nationwide, in a historic decision that invalidates gay marriage bans in more than a dozen states. Gay and lesbian couples already can marry in 36 states and the District of Columbia. The court’s ruling on Friday means the remaining 14 states, in the South and Midwest, will have to stop enforcing their bans on same-sex marriage. The outcome is the culmination of two decades of Supreme Court litigation over marriage, and gay rights generally.”
The Court used Section 1 of the Fourteen Amendment to justify its argument, which reads: …No state shall make or enforce any law, which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Here’s the kicker — as the writer at BearingArms.com notes: “By using the Constitution in such a manner, the Court argues that the Due Process Clause extends ‘certain personal choices central to individual dignity and autonomy’ accepted in a majority of states across the state lines of a handful of states that still banned the practice. The vast majority of states are ‘shall issue’ on the matter of issuing concealed carry permits, and enjoy reciprocity with a large number of other states. My North Carolina concealed carry permit, for example, was recognized yesterday as being valid in 36 states, which just so happened to be the number of states in which gay marriage was legal yesterday. But 14 states did not recognize my concealed carry permit yesterday. Today they must.
Using the same “due process clause” argument as the Supreme Court just applied to gay marriage, my concealed carry permit must now be recognized as valid in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.“
In other words, there is a standing right called the Second Amendment, which grants the right to keep and bear arms, and that specifically granted right shall not be infringed. So, the SCOTUS does not need to have a court case and prolonged legal, judicial activism — that right exists.
As West writes: “Since I have moved from Florida to Texas, my concealed weapons permit is not only transferrable here, but all across the country, in all fifty states. Thanks to the LGBT community for making it very clear, my constitutionally declared right MUST be recognized in every state. Not only is it my right to keep and bear my arms (weapons) but that personal choice is central to my individual dignity and autonomy.
Bottom line – the Supreme Court of the United States just solidified the right to keep and bear arms — and made it clear with their decision on marriage that no state – including Illinois – has the “right” to infringe upon another’s Second Amendment right. Notes West, “If the violation of federalism works ok for LGBTs — then it works well for gun owners!”
Poster Comment:
interesting
