Time For
Traitors To Step Aside
By
Michael Z. Williamson
October 21, 2003
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KeepAndBearArms.com --
Folks, let�s start with some facts:�
FACT:� The
Silveira vs. Lockyer
case is at the Supreme Court now.� Done deal.�
FACT:� The
Silveira case is
either going to be ignored or heard by the justices.�
FACT:� A lot of work has been
done by a very competent attorney named
Roy Lucas, who has an
excellent track record at SCOTUS.�
To that end, I�m puzzled what
the current legions of detractors are trying to accomplish.� No amount of
complaining about it being �The wrong case at the wrong court� is going to stop
the ball�it�s rolling downhill as we speak.�
No amount of backstabbing and
undermining is going to improve the case.�
There�s a small, but vocal,
group of critics getting in a peeing contest as to who can make the worst claims
about the backers and attorneys involved.� These people have been around
politics long enough to understand the concept of caucus�once a platform exists,
one puts disagreement aside and supports the party.� Our party -- those who
support the 2nd Amendment -- is going to have a day in court.� Done
deal.�
In which case, I can only use
a harsh term about those pecking at the corpse before it�s even dead.
That term is �TRAITOR.��
Yes, it�s a harsh term.� It�s
also accurate.�
What in the hell are you
trying to accomplish, folks?� There are three possibilities here:�
1:� SCOTUS refuses to hear
the case.� It goes away, someone tries again.� No actions on your part can
improve this scenario.�
2:� SCOTUS rules against us.�
That seems to be the big fear here.� �But what if we loooooooooose?� I hear
people whine.� Fact is, most District and lower courts are of the opinion that
we don�t have a 2nd Amendment.� Several of those judicial opinions
are why this case exists, right?� If you step into the arena, there�s a risk of
losing.� But if you refuse to fight, you have lost preemptively.� And even among
those courts that recognize it, the 2nd Amendment is not considered a
civil right for purposes of civil law�one cannot sue anyone for �violating my
Second Amendment rights.��
This case hopes to address
that.� We have good briefs, good clients, good attorneys and a plan.� Give us
more competent amicus briefs if you want to help.�
3:� SCOTUS rules in our
favor.� Do please assure me this is what you�d like to see!� It would define
keeping and bearing arms as a right, permanently.� From there, we have a basis
to HAMMER our opponents politically and socially as �bigoted extremists
attempting to undermine our civil rights.�� And make no mistake, we will.�
Now, complaints, aspersions,
second-guesses, death threats against our attorneys and ad hominem
attacks and pejoratives will not accomplish possibility #3.� THAT is what we�re
here about, folks.�
I�ve got friends supporting
this case who are Trotskyites, neo-Conservatives, Libertarians, gays,
Christians, Muslims, etc.� If we define the 2nd Amendment as
only applying to �right-thinking people of the right political and racial
makeup,� we�ll not only be bigots, we�ll lose by our own divisiveness.� Recall
your Franklin.� �We must all hang together, or we most assuredly will all hang
separately.��
Frankly, I�m puzzled.� It
seems as if a certain cross-section of our community wants to say, �We Told You
So!� Neener, Neener, Neener!� Your suit failed!��
Childish.�
Not only childish, but it
would mean they�d be gloating along with Sarah Brady, Chucky Schumer, Dianne
Feinstein and other enemies of freedom.�
Just whose side are these
people on?� They aren�t on ours, and they aren�t staying quiet and working in
parallel on their own cases.� Their only goal seems to be sabotage of the case
we do have.� That is traitorous.� That makes the Brady Bunch cackle with glee.�
The case is at SCOTUS.�
Support it, or step aside.� But do everyone a favor, and keep your misgivings to
yourself.�
