His seditious fantasies of freelance insurrection are shared by a nontrivial portion of the N.R.A. membership and board, by the N.R.A.'s feral kid brother, the Gun Owners of America, and by a gaggle of locked-and-loaded politicians who, not long ago, were threatening "Second Amendment remedies" for policy offenses like the Affordable Care Act.
Some of the candidates funded by these groups have used a lot of violent rhetoric, like threatening "Second Amendment" reactions (i.e., gun violence) to decisions they don't like,firing guns at targets with their political opponent's face on it, and suggesting they would issue "hunting permits" for "liberals".
Contrary to the National Rifle Association's insidious claims, the treaty would not control the domestic use of weapons in any country or threaten Second Amendment rights.
The suit, he said, was meant, in part, to send a message to the city that it should avoid "guilt by association policing," which could threaten First Amendment rights, particularly during events of national political significance, when protests are bound to take place.
"Now is the time to use logic and ask ourselves: Why do we have a Constitution?" Obama's response to the shooting threatens 2nd Amendment rights, Carson added.
The Tea Baggers have no compunctions about guns: they brandish them at their rallies and threaten "Second Amendment solutions" if they don't get their way.
Congress and state governments have no excuse not to act: The majority of NRA members and non-NRA member gun owners support these measures because they are sensible and in no way threaten Second Amendment rights.
"Gun manufacturers and people in that industry have been under attack by states who are threatening their Second Amendment rights," Mr. Estes said.
In a statement, Mr. Lee said, "I am concerned that my efforts to stop Viacom from using the Spike TV name could have the unintended consequence of threatening the First Amendment rights of Viacom and others".
(Her latest instant classics came Friday, when she entered a rally in York, Pa., to the tune of "Thriller" and when a conservative radio station broadcast an interview in which she accused reporters of threatening her First Amendment rights by attacking her for negative campaigning that she feels justifiably calls out Obama "on his associations").
