My Governor is an Idiot

I am no attorney nor do I feel competent to deliver an interpretation of the law from jurisprudence.  Though, I do have a lay concept of what each constitutional amendment represents to We the People.

On January 26^th, 2020, I was at a Firearms Exposition in Fredericksburg VA and I saw a [citizen] walking around sporting a black T-Shirt with white lettering on its front asking Want to Know Why my Governor Is an Idiot.  Though at first it made me chuckle, retrospect caused more thought about the t-shirt, and I began to think it is We the People that are truly becoming the idiots.

Perhaps it is WE Republican that are responsible for not showing up in force to elect a proper government for Virginia.  According to vpap.org, less than 40% of Virginia’s eligible voters turned out to vote in 2019.  Vpap.org is the Virginia Public Access Project and has been around for some 20 years and is considered a well trusted source for Virginia voter information.  For those Republicans that complain about our current administration, it would be pretty cool to know out of that approximate 60% that did not turn out to vote; how many of them are Republicans?  Well, I guess thanks to our secret ballot we do not keep statistics like that.  Additionally, I have found no stats yet published for 2019, but according to the total turnout statistics for 2018, total turnout represented for the state 59.5%.

According to vpap.org, native Virginians make up less than half of Virginia’s General Assembly.  There is a case to consider perhaps moms that lived close to a border of Virginia actually must cross that border to get to a hospital.

One comes to find that frequently those with the strongest and most extreme name calling tactics toward others do little more than isolate opinions ultimately causing people to resist listening to the messenger.  One cannot simply state Want to Know Why my Governor Is an Idiot without causing some controversy.  The truth is, if an individual feels harassed by continued name calling, they have a basis for a harassment case or complaint.  Any nickname that is meant to be offensive or suggestive can be considered harassment.  Besides, name calling within a group often divides that group.  And, you should not enter into any form of confrontation solely based upon how you interpret your rights as opposed to how a judge will interpret those same rights.

The way I see it; there are at least two main themes of focus here and now.  Number one and perhaps foremost of concern to the immediate advocate of gun ownership and carry laws.  And, I would place second to the first, a case of constitutionality of enforcement of your constitutional rights.

The Declaration of Independence says that among our rights are “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”  The U.S. Constitution does not mention “unalienable” or “natural rights.”  But the first 10 amendments to the Constitution list the basic rights of Americans.  These amendments are known as the Bill of Rights.

When it comes to a matter of Unalienable or Inalienable rights, they mean precisely the same thing.  The unalienable rights that are mentioned in the Declaration of Independence could just as well have been inalienable.  Inalienable or unalienable refers to that which cannot be given away or taken away.

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.  By now, you perhaps recognize the second amendment to the Constitution of the United States.  Unless and until someone (our duly elected government) amends this amendment, it should be clear to even the most under informed that your right to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

The first attempt at federal gun-control legislation was the National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934.

The 1930s in the United States were violent thanks to the likes of John Dillinger, Al Capone, Baby Face Nelson, and Bonnie and Clyde.  Their sensationalistic crimes convinced President Franklin D. Roosevelt administration that something needed to be done to control the spread of weapons into the general population.  U.S. Attorney General Homer Cummings and his staff drafted legislation that would achieve this goal.

Cummings’ statute levied a tax on firearms, for any transfer involving the firearm.  The tax was to be paid by the transferor, and to be represented by appropriate stamps provided by the commissioner.  Citizens could be fined $2,000 and imprisoned for up to five years for violating the NFA.

The NFA did result in several lawsuits claiming the law was unconstitutional, one of which reached the Supreme Court.  In Miller v. United States, 307 U.S. 174, 59 S.Ct. 816, 83 L.Ed. 1206 (U.S.Ark. 1939), two men were charged with transferring a double barrel 12-gauge shotgun in violation of the NFA.  A federal district court quashed the indictment, ruling that the NFA did indeed violate the Second Amendment.  But the Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, disagreed.

The problem with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, it is just that they know so much that is not true.  They cannot arbitrarily infringe our inalienable right to keep and bear arms!  If you have read my theories about Liberal Tolerance, you know as long as there is Liberal Tolerance, there can be no Conservative Tolerance.  Should Moses have told the children of Israel to remain slaves in Egypt?  Should Christ have not died on the cross?  Should our early patriots have not fired that shot heard around the world at the Battle of Concord?  Should we join the foodlines of the utopia or should we continue to fight for what we are constitutionally guaranteed?

Consider your duty to vote as condition of entropy.  The condition of entropy initiates a change from a state of order to a state of disorder.  In our example - if Republicans do not vote Republican, all order will turn into disorder.  Eliminate entropy.  Get out and vote Republican!