Political Quotes

“Amendment No. 27 offered by Mr. Pickering: Add at the end title II the following new subtitle: Subtitle C--Exemption of Communications Pertaining to the Second Amendment of the Constitution SEC. 221. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the right of individual persons to keep and bear arms. (2) There are more than 60,000,000 gun owners in the United States. (3) The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States protects the right of Americans to carry firearms in defense of themselves and others. (4) The United States Court of Appeals in U.S. v. Emerson reaffirmed the fact that the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right protected by the Constitution. (5) Americans who are concerned about threats to their ability to keep and bear arms have the right to petition their government. (6) The Supreme Court, in U.S. v. Cruikshank (92 U.S. 542, 1876) recognized that the right to arms preexisted the Constitution. The Court stated that the right to arms 'is not a right granted by the Constitution. Neither is it in any manner dependent upon that instrument for its existence.'”