XPost: alt.politics.conservative
From: asylam@futurama.net
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:07:29 -0500, grey_ghost471-newsgroups@yahoo.com (Gray
Ghost) wrote:
>RichTravsky wrote in news:4A67EE90.C865AE4
>@hotmMOVEail.com:
>
>> Sarah Austin wrote:
>>>
>>> ( see notes after this )
>>>
>>> > JOHN CORNYN
>>> > United States Senator - Texas
>>> > For Immediate Release
>>> > CONTACT: Kevin McLaughlin, (202) 224-0704
>>> > Jessica Sandlin, (512) 469-6034
>>> > Wednesday, July 22, 2009
>>> >
>>> > Sen. Cornyn Statement on Senate Democrats’ Defeat of Concealed Carry
>>> > Amendment
>>> >
>>> > WASHINGTON—Senate Democrats today defeated an amendment cosponsored
>>> > by U.S. Sen. John Cornyn that would help in reducing crime by
>>> > providing reciprocity for the carrying of concealed firearms. This
>>> > amendment to the Defense Authorization bill (S. 1390), offered by
>>> > Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, would have allowed individuals to
>>> > carry lawfully concealed firearms across state lines, while at the
>>> > same time respecting the laws of the host state. Sen. Cornyn issued
>>> > the following statement:
>>> >
>>> > “Today Senate Democrats confirmed they are aligned with President
>>> > Obama’s intention to hinder, not defend, our Second Amendment
>>> > rights. They defeated an amendment I cosponsored that would allow
>>> > law-abiding Texans with Concealed Handgun Licenses to protect
>>> > themselves while traveling to other states. I’m disappointed with
>>> > this move and certainly hope it is not a sign of things to come. The
>>> > Second Amendment guarantees law-abiding citizens the fundamental
>>> > right to bear arms, and Congress should be working to defend, not
>>> > weaken, these constitutional rights.”
>>> >
>>> > Background:
>>> >
>>> > · More than 300,000 Texans have been trained and issued a
>>> > Concealed Handgun License.
>>> >
>>> > · Under this amendment, citizens with a valid permit in one
>>> > state would be allowed to travel through another that honors
>>> > Concealed Firearms Permits.
>>> >
>>> > Sen. Cornyn serves on the Finance, Judiciary and Budget Committees.
>>> > He serves as the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee’s
>>> > Immigration, Refugees and Border Security subcommittee. He served
>>> > previously as Texas Attorney General, Texas Supreme Court Justice,
>>> > and Bexar County District Judge.
>>> >
>>>
>>> Article IV.
>>>
>>> Article 4.Section 1.
>>>
>>> Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts,
>>> records, and judicial proceedings of every other State. And the Congress
>>> may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records and
>>> proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.
>>>
>>> "The Constitution is either a superior, paramount law, unchangeable by
>>> ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts and,
>>> like other acts, is alterable when the legislature shall please to alter
>>> it. If the former part of the alternative be true, then a legislative
>>> act contrary to the Constitution is not law; if the latter part be true,
>>> then written constitutions are absurd attempts, on the part of the
>>> people, to limit a power in its own nature illimitable." Thus, the
>>> Constitution is either The Supreme Law of the Land, superceding all
>>> other laws, or the Constitution is a worthless piece of paper. If the
>>> latter, government can do as it pleases. If the former, tyrants have
>>> seized sovereignty illegally, it is the duty of the people to put them
>>> in their proper place in history. - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
>>> John Marshall - 1803
>>>
>>> If we no longer have a Constitution in effect, do we have a United
>>> States?
>>
>> How does a concealed carry qualify as "public acts, records. and judicial
>> proceedings"?
>>
>
>It's a Constitutional thing. You wouldn't understand.
He doesn't even understand the question.
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