As much as I am grateful to Bret Stephens and not towing the climate change line (and getting flack for it) or so it seems, and perhaps having realistic views on foreign-affairs; he does not feel the same way when it comes to gun rights and our second Amendment.
The one-time editor and chief of The Jerusalem Post turned token neo-con columnist for The New York Times, just wrote a piece supporting the ideal of repealing the 2nd Amendment of our U.S. Constitution. Stephens calls for the support of the second Amendment as “conservative fetish” and something he just not understands?
Conservative Review’s Chris Pandolfo does a great job of presenting counter stats to the stats that Stephens present in his NYT piece. Stephens admits that Gun Control laws currently will not work in the States due to loopholes and the progressives own statical errors. Stevens also points out correctly that the National Rifle Association (NRA) does not need to buy influence in Washington because they claim high membership. That contrary to what late night talker Jimmy Kimmel said about the NRA, and I don’t want to repeat it.
Stephens is now among those who are pushing for the repeal of the second Amendment, which tells our Government that they can’t infringe on the right to keep and bare arms. He says that Gun ownership should not be outlawed but not “a blanket Constitutional protection.” He also thinks that James Madison would agree with the likes of him because of all the murderous acts in America that happened in recent years.
Stephens either is an idiot, trying to appease the leftist radicals and/or at least keep them quiet or to paraphrase Pandolfo; just a downright fake conservative if not at all.
Let me say it one time. The second amendment is a statement towards the State telling them not to infringe on a well-regulated militia (not just our military and local police and law enforcement who thank goodness, answers to the U.S. Constitution and not the State) is necessary to keep the peace in a free state. If ever the second amendment was successfully repealed, it is only the first domino. More likely the next amendment to be called for repeal is the First Amendment (freedom of religion, free press, and free speech). Then any other amendments that embolden the people instead of the State will also be put on the firing line. The end game for these gun gabbing progressives is for the political will to lie almost entirely with the state and with that will, the power to execute its agenda. Those who will not submit to that agenda will likely be imprisoned and even killed by the State. The people may get killed anyway by the State if they allow certain people to die slowly like they did to people long before.
Stephens is right about one thing. America is in need of moral and constitutional renewal and not a continuation of “our instinct for self-destruction.” I agree with that statement, but I have different direction than what Stephens calls for. For starters, a push for a Convention of States (Article V) and a strong pushback against the first wave progressive groups (ALCU, AU, FFRF etc.) that are eradicating expression of Faith in the public square and man’s need for God.
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