Gun violence is all too prevalent in our society. It is a plague, and we must dedicate ourselves to its eradication. We must use both education and legislation to combat the deadly consequences of weapon-related crimes.
The shooting that takes in Arizona, in Brooklyn, or no matter what city or state … We have become a society that has embraced a gun culture. Enough is enough. We want our country back; we want our cities back; we want our schools back; we want our homes back; we want to, once again, return to a society where gun violence and innocent people being shot, maimed, or killed are not part of the daily tabloids.
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There are no First Amendment Rights in your home.
New York State Senator Eric Adams
January 2011
Brooklyn Senator Launches Gun Control Campaign
[The first part of the quote above is from the linked article. The last sentence is from the associated YouTube video which I have embedded above.
I’m pretty sure he meant Fourth Amendment when he said First Amendment. But even if it was a slip of the tongue rather than ignorance for a lawmaker to do that is pretty disturbing.
Combining his stated goal of eradication of "gun violence" and hatred of a culture that exercises our specific enumerated right to keep and bear arms with his carelessness and/or ignorance of the Bill of Rights I just have to ask, "What would he think of those that attempt to ignore the 13th Amendment instead of the Second?"—Joe]