The more I listen to the news, the more relieved I am that Walz isn’t Vice President. Corruption just rolls off that man like water off a duck’s back. Minnesota burned while he dithered. His administration’s failures pile up like cordwood, and the media and the politicians just keep looking the other way. Then I wonder about the similarities to Colorado….
But let me tell you something about the Constitution these rioters love to hide behind. The First Amendment protects your right to peacefully assemble. To speak your mind. To petition your government. What it doesn’t protect is burning down businesses, assaulting people, assaulting police officers and destroying property. The moment you turn violent, you’ve forfeited First Amendment protection. You’re not a protester anymore – you’re a criminal and should be treated like one. If these insurrectionists were treated like the J6ers, they would be hauled away, and no one would hear from them. Why aren’t? Ok, there may have been a couple of the plants on Jan 6 who should have been hauled away.
And the Second Amendment? If I did carry – which is my business and nobody else’s – there’s a mental checklist that runs through my head. Am I going somewhere I might need to defend myself? Am I prepared for that responsibility? Am I avoiding trouble? I have been in enough dark alleys to find trouble.
You know what’s NOT on that list? “Am I planning to riot today?”
These idiots showing up armed to violent protests think they can stack the First and Second Amendments like some kind of constitutional immunity shield. They can’t. The moment you bring a firearm to a violent event, you’re a legitimate target. Law enforcement, property owners, armed citizens – they all have the right to respond to the threat you’re presenting.
The Constitution protects citizens exercising their rights lawfully. It doesn’t protect criminals hiding behind it.
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