Justice Breyer on 2nd Amendment: If You Live in DC & Like Shooting Guns “Get On a Subway & Go to Maryland” (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, December 12, 2010, 9:52 AM
Far left Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer discussed the Second Amendment with Chris Wallace on FOX News Sunday. After discussing the history behind the amendment and the “intent” of the Founding Fathers, Justice Breyer told Wallace if you live in Washington DC and like to shoot guns you can go to Maryland.
This loon was appointed by Bill Clinton in 1994.
More… Mike 123 added:
So he’s ok with DC residents carrying pistols on the subway? Wow. I didn’t think he was a supporter of Constitutional Carry. BTW – Doing what he proposes is ILLEGAL. Don’t try it.
History isn’t on his side either. The first battle of the Revolution was over gun control. General Gage was going to confiscate the Colonist’s arms, including pistols, rifles, and cannon. So in that context, Americans can own artillery. Heck, Alexander Hamilton owned a warship.
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gastorgrab commented:
If you live in the US and enjoy socialism, you should move to Europe.
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PaleRyder commented:
A liberal who could care less what the constitution says,go figure. Just taking apart the hate-America first dems in DC is not nearly enough to restore America. The courts,the school boards, and city councils have all been infected by leftist lies and democrat frauds, is what defines their existence.
Greenshield commented:
This is why the States have their own Constitutions, so a Federal Judge can’t tell you what the “Government” can or can’t do.
Mike123 commented:
So he’s ok with DC residents carrying pistols on the subway? Wow. I didn’t think he was a supporter of Constitutional Carry. BTW – Doing what he proposes is ILLEGAL. Don’t try it.
History isn’t on his side either. The first battle of the Revolution was over gun control. General Gage was going to confiscate the Colonist’s arms, including pistols, rifles, and cannon. So in that context, Americans can own artillery. Heck, Alexander Hamilton owned a warship.
Marsh commented:
The ability to defend yourself and your loved ones and the innocent people around you is a FUNDAMENTAL and BASIC human right. Not only will they not allow us to carry guns on our person (or even in our homes) for such a purpose, but they won’t even let us carry pocket knives over 3 inches long or even PEPPER SPRAY.
Wake up people. They aren’t just against guns. They’re against the ENTIRE concept of SELF-DEFENSE alltogether. They treat the criminal dregs of our society (the democrat base) as the real VICTIMS and do everything in their power to protect THEM.
God forbid an upstanding citizen pulls out a tool of self-defense when he or she is being assualted and uses violent force to defend himself or herself rather than just taking the abuse. That would just be tragic! According to the deranged, upside down leftist worldview.
We have to embark upon a relentless cultural, legal and legislative offensive against these twisted anti-self-defense leftist fascists until they’re pushed back into the fringes of society where they belong.
Support the NRA!
Marsh commented:
And LOL at comment #1 by gastorgrab. Spot on!
bigkahuna commented:
I say if Barry Bigears and his Sidekicks Natzi Pelosi and Harry Reid can tell all of us legal taxpaying citizens WE HAVE TO BUY health insurance… I say we can force every adult to buy a gun to protect themsaelves ! Let them choke on that a while and I believe repealing Obamadoesntcare alot easier.
Travis commented:
Can you imagine a justice saying “Hey, if you don’t like our speech codes, get on a bus and go to the next state.”
What contempt these people have for the parts of the constitution they don’t like.
Just_Saying commented:
Breyer is senile, or nearly there. His swinging his booklet constitution around doesn’t impress me that he cares at all about the Constitution.
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bg commented:
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Justice Breyer on the Court’s Role
[Breyer, who has sat on the Court since his appointment by President Bill Clinton in 1994, explained what it means to apply the US Constitution's values to "ever-changing circumstances."
“It uses words like liberty. It uses words like interstate commerce. It uses words like the freedom of speech. They stand for values. They don't tell you how to apply those words to the world of the Internet,” the Justice said.
“And so the difficult job in open cases where there is no clear answer is to take those values in this document, which all Americans hold, which do not change, and to apply them to a world that is ever changing,” he added.
Taking an example from Breyer’s book, the debate surrounding gun control, Anchor Chris Wallace pointed out that the Justice has twice been in the minority on the issue of an individual’s right to bear arms.
“It's not a matter of policy. It is a matter of what those framers intended. And I think more of the historians were with us,” Breyer said explaining his position.]
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Militant Conservative commented:
It’s all about the three motivations of man.
Love Money and Power. They do not Love us. They do want your money. Most of all the left wants power over us all. Revolution is coming only because of the looney left. I’m ready, how bout you? powder is dry
Missy8s commented:
If you want communism, move to China.
bigkahuna commented:
On another note…Did anyone else notice little or no mention on the sunday news programs that President training wheels had to be shown what to do by Bubba and how he looked like a over axious child checking his watch then leaving stage when he got tired of waiting nfor Bubba to finish and go visit Seabisquit at a Christmas PARTY ?
The man child gets another pass by the d*ickhead media talking heads
pat commented:
So he gets history , the Constitution, the law, and the decision of the Supreme Court in Heller wrong. And this guy is, like, a Judge? You sure?
Mark commented:
It is time to impeach some Supremes. These senile buffoons have been wiping their asses on the Constitution for 70 years. OOOh, we need an illegal alien appointed! Mojado clown!
gastorgrab commented:
And BTW, some Americans do LEGALLY own machine guns. You never hear about them because they are never involved in any crimes.
As for missiles, try Googling “High Power Rocketry”.
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Anonymous commented:
I’m glad Breyer is a public figure so I can call him a douchebag.
daves commented:
Justice Breyer’s historical references seem in conflict with James Madison’s intentions and the Constitution itself.
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a1_8_4_citizenships5.html
gus commented:
This is the DEMOCRAT PARTY. They make all decisions. No happy meals for you
bg commented:
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Missy8s #12
hah!! moving China to the US is more in lone
with what the powers that be have in mind..
“cap and trade” childbirth system</a.
“People who abhor the China one-child
policy are dumb-dumbs” ~ Ted Turner
aah yes, Obama & Clinton et al do love them some China..
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Jim commented:
I actually own two pieces of artillery.
nadadhimmi commented:
Uber libs like Breyer don’t give a crap about the Constitution. The whole basis of liberalism is this: uber libs like Breyer, Gore, Clinton and Obama are better, smarter, and CARE more than the filthy, unwashed masses they tax into oblivion. It’s for their own good dontcha know!!!,. The whole basis of liberalism is for the underlings, the serfs, the LITTLE PEOPLE to shut the hell up and do as they are damn well told by their betters. That’s why, as Prince Charles the Ignorant and his concubine, Camilla the Rottweiller’s Rolls Royce was surrounded by their SUBJECTS, there were cries of: “Off with their heads”. We don’t kill our tyrants here, we vote them out of office and support them for the rest of their worthless lives.
Missy8s commented:
Justice Breyer, in case you happen to be unclear of the definitions of “assault rifle”, “machine gun” and “semi-automatic rifle”, allow me to remind you…
1) Assault Rifle; a rifle with a selector switch that allows the user to fire at a rate of one round per pull of the trigger or full auto which fires rounds as fast as the gas ejector mechanism can eject the spent casing.
2) Machine gun; a fully automatic rifle lacking a semi-automatic selector switch and which can only fires rounds as fast as the gas ejector mechanism can eject the spent casing.
3) Semi-automatic rifle; a rifle which fires one round and ejects one spent casing per pull of the trigger.
Before you speak on the topic of any gun Justice Breyer you should at least be able to speak of what those weapons can actually do.
Take your talking points back to your masters and tell them that the people know the difference between bulls**t and baffling bulls**t.
serfer62 commented:
Another clinton appointee…join the ranks with the other clinton appointees who shot down CA traditional marriage ammendment, AZs immagration laws, US DODT. This man has done much more damage to the country then The Won so far. He gave China our missle guidance systems for personnal wealth etc etc
Gun Control Works! commented:
Just depends on whom it works for:
http://www.gunssavelife.com/blog/?p=76
Snip: A LITTLE GUN HISTORY
In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.
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China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated
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Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million educated people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million.
JohnJ commented:
But if you don’t like the abortion or marriage laws in your state, going to another one isn’t an option. He honestly believes that abortion and gay marriage have greater Constitutional protection than handgun ownership.
Sickofobama commented:
That loon Breyer can’t wait to rule that Obamacare mandates are Constitutional.
Didn’t you find it funny he mentioned the internet several times?
Kind of like: The Founders never realized a tool would be created where ordinary citizens could communicate via electronic transmission to let everybody know how they feel politically.
In other words, Breyer will rule that the internet should be maintained by the government because ordinary citizens are too stupid to know how to keep democracy working.
Breyer is another left-wing activist justice that scares me big time.
bitterclinger commented:
This sanctimonious, smug bastich makes me ill. He had all the buzz words and more or less said he’d be waiting for a vote to okay HellCare.
bitterclinger commented:
Gun Control Works! I had a conservative prof who was former psy-ops. He always said that without our 2nd Amendment rights, we wouldn’t have 1st Amendment rights. If you check out Ebola’s new ATF chief, you’ll see that relieving Americans of their firearms is high on his list.
Midwestengr commented:
#11 MC
I’m ready, how bout you? powder is dry
I’m prepared!
bg commented:
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bitterclinger #30
re: ATF Chief
[So he’s part of the conspiracy to try to confuse “assault weapons” with
fully automatic machine guns. This article would suggest he’s completely
unacceptable as Director of ATF.]
sure sounds spot on to me..
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wanumba commented:
I wonder if he meant to say hop on the Metro to “Virginia” not Maryland. High-crime Maryland is Democrat gun-controlville which regularly whinges, whimpers, complains and breaths legal trhreats about more 2nd-Amendment friendly Virginia, ALL the time.
Seems that Beltway thieves and thugs prefer plying their trades in Maryland 3-1 over neighbor Virginia. And of course, it’s Virginia’s fault, NOT Maryland’s disarmament and persecution of lawful citizens, making it ever so SAFE FOR CRIMINALS to prey on Marylanders. Gads, could get shot in Virgina for breaking into a home bedroom. How rude!
RedBeard commented:
Breyer is a leftist political hack masquerading as an impartial judge, and worse, masquerading as someone who honors his oath to protect and defend the Constitution.
Removal from the high court for gross malfeasance is justified. Won’t happen, of course, but it should. This sort of miscreant needs to be barred from positions of authority, just as any other person who scorns the law should be.
Mr. Madison is spinning in his grave.
gus commented:
Who approved Breyer and why? I am a Conservative. Republicans have no balls.
squeaky commented:
somewhere – possibly the book “ghost wars” – i read that the afghanis were so tired of war they turned to the taliban to bring peace. they also turned over their weapons…..the rest would be history.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-08-16/news/9808160051_1_opposition-forces-taliban-afghanistan
BigJake commented:
So the Justice has no security detail? If he does, his guards carry – what, soap bubbles? Or is he a complete hypocrite and feels HIS life and safety are important – but not that of “ordinary” citizens? Remember Michael (that whale) Moore’s body guard getting stopped from carrying a loaded handgun on an airplane?
“It’s the law for thee … not for me” – bull!
AuntieMadder commented:
I’m not at all surprised by this. Breyer is, after all, the same Supreme Court Justice who, this summer, questioned Constitutional protection of free speech in regards to to burning Qurans, comparing the act to shouting “Fire!” in a crowded theater.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2010/09/justice-stephen-breyer-is-burning-koran-shouting-fire-in-a-crowded-theater.html#tp
More troubling because they indicate that these aren’t just instances of temporary insanity or of foot in mouth disease, but that Breyer is a proponent of disregarding the Constitution and limiting/eliminating the rights it protects are the books that he’s written/co-written, Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View and Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution. Supreme Court Justices, of all Americans, should know damn good and well that the US is not a democracy, that our govt is a Constitutional Republic, that we have no Democratic Constitution, and that the word “democracy” isn’t even used once in the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights, or the Declaration of Independence. Any Supreme Court Justice who doesn’t know this much shouldn’t be a Supreme Court Justice anymore (because s/he shouldn’t have been a Supreme Court Justice to start with).
What would motivate a Supreme Court Justice to help perpetuate such a lie? Does anyone have any idea why he’d do such a thing?
“Democracy is the road to Socialism.” – Karl Marx
Breyer’s next book, Collaborative Governance: Private Roles for Public Goals in Turbulent Times,is a collaboration with a couple of other yahoos that’s to be released in 2011. From the editorial description: The authors explain how private engagement in public missions–rightly structured and skillfully managed–is not so much an alternative to government as the way smart government ought to operate. It’s like a how-to book for furthering govt control and involvement in the private sector.
http://www.amazon.com/Collaborative-Governance-Private-Public-Turbulent/dp/0691149798/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292180694&sr=1-1
Now this socialist rat-bastard has been joined by the socialist Sotomayor and the commie Kagan. We’re screwed.
Militant Conservative commented:
#31 December 12, 2010 at 11:34 am
Midwestengr commented:
#11 MC
I’m ready, how bout you? powder is dry
I’m prepared!
Good to know some are. The progressives/socialists are really getting thier mad on. they are itching for a fight. They want it to be violent.
I do not wish to disappoint. powder is dry
AuntieMadder commented:
Sickofobama commented:
Kind of like: The Founders never realized a tool would be created where ordinary citizens could communicate via electronic transmission to let everybody know how they feel politically.
Yep. And we’re supposed to assume that the Founding Fathers wouldn’t have been excited by the prospect. Don’t you know they would have loved to have such a tool in their day to let the folks back home know how the king was screwing them on taxes and to send the king a pdf file of the Declaration of Independence in an email attachment. Hell, yeah! You know it’s true.
No. I’m not buying what Breyer and the rest of our would-be and wanna-be masters are selling. The Founders wouldn’t want to limit or destroy the rights they stated officially were granted to us by Our Creator, including the right to speechify freely.
You hear that, Breyer? These aren’t govt-granted rights. The govt didn’t/doesn’t give us these rights. Our Creator did/does that. The govt, therefore, can not take them away.
Sally commented:
When I heard this interview this morning I thought, “What a progressive tool”.
I suppose his book will be what the left uses as its justification for more destruction (more gun control, limiting speech on the radio and Internet, etc).
sigh..
Sally commented:
ps:
#37/BigJake- ecxellent point.
I suppose his book just happened to come out now by complete happenstance…..
bg commented:
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Gun Control Works! #26
“The Movie”
Gun Control in the UK & Their Warning to the U.S.
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RSweeney commented:
And with a wave of his mighty hand, history is erased and replaced with the unopposed power of the state.
The Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention Dissent was among the first and most influential calls for a Bill of Rights.
It SPECIFICALLY listed the freedom of the citizen to own and carry firearms for personal protection, for protection of the community, for hunting of game and for the common defense against both invasion and the tyrannical power of the government.
Undeniable documented history, except by statist goons like Breyer, PRECISELY the person the founders feared would destroy liberty in a future America.
bg commented:
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re: #
Tony’s story reminds me of how Obama & Holder et stole our rights away
via giving them to the very terrorists who attacked US on 9/11… *sigh*
albeit i won’t be here.. i can’t help but wonder what the world will be like in
50 years (give or take a few) when the US will probably be the last bastion
of freedom left on the face of the planet.. herself teetering on transitioning
into the Ummah States of Allah under the UNOI..
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bg commented:
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#45 re: #43
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grizzlybare commented:
This dunce should concentrate 100% on his ice cream business….
and leave the law to people that understand it.
aprilnovember811 commented:
When we have enough conservatives in government, we will have to start impeaching judges who don’t live up to their oath. This has gone on long enough. We have to start insisting on it. They think they are above the law.
UpChuck.Liberals commented:
It’s pretty sad when a Sworn Justice of the SCOUS ignores his oath to protect and defend the Constitution. But then the entire Socialist Democratic Party ignores the Constitution so why should I be surprised.
bg commented:
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squeaky #36
[It is a cruel irony that peace for Afghanistan, after 25 years of civil war,
is coming at the cost of conquest by the Taliban, a fanatical militia whose
repressive rule imposes severe hardship on most Afghans.
The Taliban's rigid, backward-looking brand of Islamic fundamentalism
already has made Afghanistan a hell on Earth for those under its control.
Women, especially, suffer under grotesque restrictions on their freedom
and rights as human beings.]
what most people, who certainly know better, continually deny, is the fact
there’s but a split hairs worth of difference between the Taliban, Salafis, al
Qaeda, Wahhabi, HAMAS, or any other “fundamental Islamist” group, all are
arms (so to speak) of The Muslim Brotherhood..
Afghans are grateful to the US
[Nearly nine years ago, terrorists killed thousands of civilians and destroyed iconic symbols of American prosperity and progress. Before that, the same terrorists had taken Afghanistan hostage and had killed and tortured our people for years.
These terrible conditions brought the two nations together in a partnership. As in any genuine partnership, this has not been an easy ride. We have had our share of disagreements over some issues and approaches. What has kept us together is an overriding strategic vision of an Afghanistan whose peace and stability can guarantee the safety of the Afghan and the American peoples.
The many sacrifices of both Afghans and Americans have led to tremendous achievements. We are grateful for America's contributions and will always remember its resolve in standing by us. Now and during my visit to Washington this week, I hope to convey my deepest condolences to families of those who lost their lives in Afghanistan.]
Afghans thank the US – Europian – Australian
– Asian Forces / Army [Afghanistan Special]
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Iconoclast commented:
I’d really like to see breyer wabbit spend a few hours on a solo, unarmed tour of an 8 block area around 14th & T between 9pm & dawn. Well, he can have ginsberg, sotomayor & kagan escort him – the last one is kinda scary. I have $100 which says he’d be dead or a conservative before he could have his first goat milk latte the following day.
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#31 MW
I’m prepared!
#39 MC
Good to know some are. The progressives/socialists are really getting thier mad on. they are itching for a fight. They want it to be violent.
I do not wish to disappoint. powder is dry
It truly would be a shame not to accommodate them after they’ve worked so hard to invite us. My powder has been dry for a long time.
Don Rodrigo commented:
Maryland? Breyer pointed would-be shooters to Maryland?
Idiot. Maryland has strict gun laws. You go to VIRGINIA to exercise your gun rights.
Rose commented:
Breyer is an idiot, it is so easy to glean dozens of quotations from the Founding Fathers that contradicts him. He isn’t fit for any public office in any Free Nation on the planet.
Americans have the right and advantage of being armed – unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. – James Madison
Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government. – James Madison
Tench Coxe: Whereas civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize, and as military forces, which must be occasionally raised to defend our country, might pervert their power to the injury of their fellow citizens, the people are confirmed by the article in their right to keep and bear their private arms.
Tench Coxe: The militia of these free commonwealths, entitled and accustomed to their arms, when compared with any possible army, must be tremendous and irresistible. Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birth-right of an American … the unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people.
Tench Coxe: Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birth-right of an American … the unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people.
Tench Coxe: The militia, who are in fact the effective part of the people at large, will render many troops quite unnecessary. They will form a powerful check upon the regular troops, and will generally be sufficient to over-awe them.
Niccolo Machiavelli: Among other causes of misfortune which your not being armed brings upon you, it makes you despised….
When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred. – Niccolo Machiavelli
For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against. – Niccolo Machiavelli
gastorgrab commented:
Which historians is he assuming will support his position?
Howard Zinn?
Jeb60 commented:
Why won’t we wake up? Breyer is Jew unfortunately now 33 percent of the Supreme Court while being 2% of the population. Every Gungrabber in the Congress is a Jew,,as are most liberals..ADL…why do we conservatives keep sucking up to the tribe who gave us Communism>
Al 286 commented:
I guess if he was on the court in the 1960′s he would have told black people to get on a train and go somewhere you are allowed to vote if want to do such a thing! This is a greatley disturbed man.