Wehrwolfen
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by Allahpundit
March 14, 2013
Via the Weekly Standard, this is worth watching less for the nuts and bolts of the constitutional dialogue than as evidence of how far Cruz has already gotten under Senate Democrats skin. Doesnt take much here for Feinstein to get awfully defensive about how long shes been in the Senate, how many bodies shes seen, how she respects the Constitution but etc etc etc.
Feinsteins assault-weapons ban passed the Committee 10-8 today on a party-line vote, but dont get caught up in that. Reid will be lucky to break 50 votes for cloture in the full Senate. The bill to worry about if youre a supporter of gun rights is Schumers new bill, which purports merely to expand background checks to private sales but actually ends up doing much more. Read Charles Cookes summary of it at NRO. Criminal transfer of a weapon doesnt just mean transferring title, via a sale; it also apparently means transferring possession, even for a brief amount of time.
Update: Some commenters are grumbling that Ive misunderstood what well-regulated means in the Second Amendment. Im not giving you my understanding, though; Im telling you how Democrats might have responded to Cruz. Theyre not originalists. They might seize on the word regulated and use that as a pretext for legislation. Although, in fairness to them, their anti-2A arguments typically focus more on the meaning of the word militia than on regulated.
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Video: Dianne Feinstein not happy with Ted Cruz?s question on the Second Amendment « Hot Air
March 14, 2013
Via the Weekly Standard, this is worth watching less for the nuts and bolts of the constitutional dialogue than as evidence of how far Cruz has already gotten under Senate Democrats skin. Doesnt take much here for Feinstein to get awfully defensive about how long shes been in the Senate, how many bodies shes seen, how she respects the Constitution but etc etc etc.
Feinsteins assault-weapons ban passed the Committee 10-8 today on a party-line vote, but dont get caught up in that. Reid will be lucky to break 50 votes for cloture in the full Senate. The bill to worry about if youre a supporter of gun rights is Schumers new bill, which purports merely to expand background checks to private sales but actually ends up doing much more. Read Charles Cookes summary of it at NRO. Criminal transfer of a weapon doesnt just mean transferring title, via a sale; it also apparently means transferring possession, even for a brief amount of time.
Update: Some commenters are grumbling that Ive misunderstood what well-regulated means in the Second Amendment. Im not giving you my understanding, though; Im telling you how Democrats might have responded to Cruz. Theyre not originalists. They might seize on the word regulated and use that as a pretext for legislation. Although, in fairness to them, their anti-2A arguments typically focus more on the meaning of the word militia than on regulated.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NYI3MEhegvQ]Explosive Exchange at Gun Hearing Between Ted Cruz and Dianne Feinstein - YouTube[/ame]
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Video: Dianne Feinstein not happy with Ted Cruz?s question on the Second Amendment « Hot Air