WASHINGTON (PNN) - June 27, 2015 - Yesterday, five justices on the Supreme Court redefined what marriage is in Amerika and also found the time to violate the concept of federalism. They decided that an individual’s behavioral choice was grounds to create a new “right” in the Constitution. Now of course there are those of you who are somewhat despondent, but just know that in every storm there is a rainbow. Since now the SCOTUS has determined it can bequeath a right to marriage across all 50 states, there is an interesting point to be made.
The Court used Section 1 of the Fourteen Amendment to justify its argument, which reads: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.No state shall make or enforce any law, which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
By using the Constitution in such a manner, the Court argues that the Due Process Clause extends “certain personal choices central to individual dignity and autonomy” accepted in a majority of states across the state lines of a handful of states that still banned the practice. The vast majority of states are “shall issue” on the matter of issuing concealed carry permits, and enjoy reciprocity with a large number of other states. For example, a North Carolina concealed carry permit was recognized yesterday as being valid in 36 states, but 14 states did not recognize the North Carolina concealed carry permit yesterday. Today they must.
The North Carolina concealed carry permit must now be recognized as valid in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Yes folks, there is a standing right called the Second Amendment, which grants the right to keep and bear arms, and that specifically granted right shall not be infringed. So, the SCOTUS does not need to have a court case and prolonged legal, judicial activism - that right exists.
So your concealed weapons permit is now valid all across the country, in all fifty states. Not only is it your right to keep and bear arms but that personal choice is central to your individual dignity and autonomy - the protection of the unalienable rights granted to you by the Creator, the first of which is life.
I cannot wait to hear the liberal progressive socialist anti-gun argument against this premise - which is now established.