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  • 2A_Tom

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    https://www.ammoland.com/2020/10/law-professors-make-case-for-2a-rights-in-uncertain-times/

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    Bernstein presents a direct challenge to those who have argued that modern policing has made the Second Amendment obsolete. Some of the many examples of this argument that Bernstein cites are laughable in light of what occurred this summer.
    For instance, the professor points out that an amicus brief filed on behalf of ten major cities in the U.S. Supreme Court case McDonald v. Chicago contended, “In more urban areas that have the benefit of a concentrated and highly trained police force …, the need for individuals to arm themselves for self-defense is less compelling.”
    Another example Bernstein uses is a passage from a book by NYU Law School Brennan Center for Justice President Michael Waldman. Waldman argued against respect for the individual right to keep and bear arms by claiming, “twenty-first-century America differs profoundly from the time of the Framers Today, we rely on professionalized police departments to protect us from crime and unrest.”
    Bernstein counters, “the looting, rioting, and general mayhem on display in the Summer of 2020 in cities throughout the United States, often unimpeded by law enforcement, buttresses the argument that a proper right to armed self-defense must include provision for law-abiding Americans to protect themselves outside their homes.”

     

    indykid

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    With many mayors telling the uniformed civilians to stand down during a riot, a well armed non-uniformed civilian is virtually mandatory.
     

    MinuteManMike

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    This year, the cops in so many cities that are arresting those opposing ANTIFA for defending themselves from assault is absolutely disgusting.
     

    GIJEW

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    This year, the cops in so many cities that are arresting those opposing ANTIFA for defending themselves from assault is absolutely disgusting.
    What's really disgusting is leftist DAs, like the one in portland, refusing to prosecute antifa thugs
     

    KellyinAvon

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    I've been a cop for 26 years. I will never tell anyone that the police are the the only answer and that the 2nd Amendment is absolutely *not* obsolete.

    That means you are older than I thought you were, or you went to the LE Academy when you were 12.
     
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