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Rep. Mike Leara (R-St. Louis) introduced legislation Monday that would make “any member of the general assembly who proposes legislation that further restricts an individual’s right to bear arms” guilty of a class D felony.
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I appreciate the sentiment but is that even possible? I guess the point is, make the antis start fighting our bills instead of us always fighting theirs?
Sounds to me like it would violate the first amendment in the most serious of way...limiting political speech. We can't limit what people say/suggest our government do, even if those people are the useless members of congress.
What are you talking about?
The Bill of Rights is ALL about setting limits on what the government can do.
Exactly, it is already "illegal" this is just putting a standard penalty to it.What are you talking about?
The Bill of Rights is ALL about setting limits on what the government can do.
We have turned our government upside down. For good reason it was intended that government's strength and funding start local and dwindle as distance grew from the people it represented. We now have exactly the opposite. This is very dangerous as it might be tough to look your neighbor in the eye and vote to take his rights away, but 1-3,000 miles away? No problem, people don't mind marching strangers to their death from a distance.
I agree for the most part, penalties for laws not passed are suspect, though advocating for a policy and attempting to enact it as a government official are not the same "expression," just as speaking about violence against someone and actually taking concrete steps to enact it are treated diffent WRT 1A.This law is about proposing a law. That is not the same as passing a law. One is speech, one is not. It may seem like a technicality, but it isn't.
Absolutely. We are best represented at the local level, where our voices are loudest. Anyone who thinks it is proper to tell people on the other side of the country what they should do and how they should do it is not progressive, they are selfish and arrogant.