National Emergency

[Cuddles]

A President declaring a national emergency would not override the 2nd Amendment. Sorry, thanks for playing.

Border wall does not equate with the Constitution.

Can't happen. We have a Constitutional right to bear arms. ---

It's a national emergency.Your rights can be put on hold, much like it happens when martial law is instituted.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_emergency#United_States

 

[DTB2]

It's a national emergency.Your rights can be put on hold, much like it happens when martial law is instituted.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_emergency#United_States

Not happenin'.

Martial law can be declared in a national emergency. A national emergency does not necessarily bring martial law with it.

Hence, we haven't had martial law declared since the Civil War.

 

[CaptainObvious]

A President declaring a national emergency would not override the 2nd Amendment. Sorry, thanks for playing.

Border wall does not equate with the Constitution.

There's a constitutional right to own them, there is no constitutional right to sell them, or ammo, or magazines. Make no mistake, a dem president will declare a national emergency and that will be the end of being able to legally purchase a weapon.

 

[Cuddles]

Not happenin'.

Martial law can be declared in a national emergency. A national emergency does not necessarily bring martial law with it.

Hence, we haven't had martial law declared since the Civil War.

except martial law isn't necessary to strip rights during a national emergency, hence the use of "much like it happens" in my post.

 

[DTB2]

There's a constitutional right to own them, there is no constitutional right to sell them, or ammo, or magazines. Make no mistake, a dem president will declare a national emergency and that will be the end of being able to legally purchase a weapon.

Like the last Dem President, it would be banner sales for weapons and ammo. How quickly you forget.

 

[Cuddles]

Like the last Dem President, it would be banner sales for weapons and ammo. How quickly you forget.

https://twitter.com/x/status/535441553079431168

 

[CaptainObvious]

Like the last Dem President, it would be banner sales for weapons and ammo. How quickly you forget.

Yes, until the executive order was enacted, then all legal purchase would be halted. Declaring national emergencies where there are no real emergencies is a mistake and opens a door to chaos. face the music, Trump blew this.

 

[DTB2]

Yes, until the executive order was enacted, then all legal purchase would be halted. Declaring national emergencies where there are no real emergencies is a mistake and opens a door to chaos. face the music, Trump blew this.

...and? Big deal.

 

[Tsing Tao]

I didn't like your post because i like it, but it is absolutely true, and it won't stop with guns. Can anyone say climate change national emergency. Hell we have people saying the world is on the brink of disaster and will end by 2030. If that's not a national emergency i don't know what is. Sorry folks we have to go back living like it's 1800. It's the only way we can save the earth. Oh, hate speech is a national emergency too. The thought and speech police will be monitoring all communication. Just insert whatever crazy thing and run with it. And what do we get for this great deal being hashed out? A fence that has a dozen restrictions as to where it can be built and god only knows how much bullshit is buried in those 1100 pages which no one has read. Master deal maker? Errrrr, not so much

Think about the mechanics of implementing such an emergency declaration.

I agree that declaring and emergency opens a door to a precedent of a lot of really bad things, and I wouldn't want Trump to do it. But declaring an emergency to build a wall isn't going to do much to the public. The vast majority of the public will continue their lives, undisturbed and reading the news.

A declaration of emergency to do a gun grab is a whole different Pandora's Box to open. The outrage and outright rebellion of police forces, state governments and the general population will be one for the ages, and the ability to actually enforce such a declaration will be almost zero. Additionally - and probably most importantly - building a wall isn't challenging a constitutional right.

 

[Tsing Tao]

There's a constitutional right to own them, there is no constitutional right to sell them, or ammo, or magazines. Make no mistake, a dem president will declare a national emergency and that will be the end of being able to legally purchase a weapon.

Awesome! Can you imagine the value of existing weapons? I'd go out and buy a shit load before it is enacted and then the prices would skyrocket!

And what are they going to do about the ability to 3D print a pistol? Plans are on the internet now. Outlaw 3d printers? Trust me, it won't do shit.