Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Missourians will vote on whether right to keep and bear arms is 'unalieanable'

All of this, of course, comes to naught if Missourians vote the measure down, which would provide a reminder of the dangers of holding fundamental human rights hostage to the popularity contest of an election. Still, a similar measure won voters' approval by overwhelming margins in Louisiana last fall. Hopefully, Missouri voters will choose as wisely.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a stupid vote. Just like 2 wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. Or 2 rapists and a teenage girl voting on the evenings recreational activities. If anti gunners want our guns so bad then just come and kick off Civil War 2 / 2nd war of independence or whatever the hell the powers that be would call said war already.

Anonymous said...

Under our wonderful government-controlled education system, most folks wouldn't know what "unalieanable" means.

Anonymous said...

quote"Under our wonderful government-controlled education system, most folks wouldn't know what "unalieanable" means."unquote

Ha! Some folks in the DCOTP(tm)(Dumbest Country on the Planet)can't figure out how many sides a triangle has...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0RH0cYs4lw

countenance said...

I pretty much watched this thing being born and raised in the legislative process, from pretty much a front row seat.

Of course I'll be voting for it, but no matter if it wins or loses, nothing will legally substantively change.

I'm wondering why we're having this vote at all. Maybe this and other referenda on the ballot in the state this year was meant to go on the November ballot to drive red team turnout, even though there's really nothing of circumstance in way of big Republican-Democrat political races on the ballot this fall anywhere in Missouri. The only statewide office up this year is Auditor, and he's a RINO/Republican who is in no danger of losing. No Congressional seats are expected to change hands, and there will be very little change in the red/blue composition of the state legislature, both chambers are very Republican.

As it is, we're voting on them in August, the primary date.

Anonymous said...

If something is inalienable, it's not subject to a vote. It doesn't matter if 50.0001% or 99.9999% of morons think they can take it away.

The other commenter is exactly right. It's a mistake to even acknowledge the premise by holding a vote to that effect.