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THIS IS "THE INGRAHAM ANGLE"
FROM WASHINGTON TONIGHT.
RIGHTS FOR ALL, THAT’S THE FOCUS
OF TONIGHT’S ANGLE.
IT WASN’T UNTIL ABOUT 1992 WHEN
I BEGAN MY CLERKSHIP FOR JUSTICE
CLARENCE THOMAS THAT I BEGAN TO
PAY ATTENTION TO HOW THE MEDIA
WRITES ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT.
I’M TALKING ABOUT
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" AND
"THE WASHINGTON POST," "TIME"
MAGAZINE, "NEWSWEEK," TELEVISION
REPORTERS, 90% OF THEM BELIEVE
THE COURT RULINGS WERE RADICAL
AND OUTSIDE THE MAINSTREAM
UNLESS THOSE RULINGS AFFIRMED
WHATEVER "THE NEW YORK TIMES"
AND HARVARD LAW SCHOOL BELIEVED
WHAT THE RIGHT OUTCOMES.
FROM THE DEATH PENALTY TO
ABORTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE
MATTERS, LIBERAL JOURNALISTS AND
POLITICOS INSISTED THAT THE
SUPREME COURT TO ACT AS
RUBBER-STAMP FOR THEIR VIEWS.
IN CASES WHERE JUSTICE IS MERELY
APPLIED THE FACTS OF THE CASE OF
THE LAW MIGHT FORGET IT -- OF
COURSE, THAT’S NOT THE PROPER
UNDERSTANDING OF THE COURT’S
ROLE.
THE COURT PROPERLY UNDERSTOOD IS
A CHECK ON THE LEGISLATIVE AND
EXECUTIVE BRANCHES AND ON THE
STATES WHERE CONSTITUTIONAL
ISSUES ARE INVOLVED.
WHEN THE COURT TODAY ISSUED A
6-3 RULING STRIKING DOWN
NEW YORK’S VERY RESTRICTIVE
CONCEALED CARRY LAW, THE
REACTION FROM THE PRESS AND THE
ASSORTED DEMOCRATS, IT WAS
TEXTBOOK.
SPEAK OF THE SUPREME COURT
DECISION IS GOING TO CALL INTO
QUESTION EVERY PIECE OF GUN
RESTRICTION ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WHAT THE CONSERVATIVES ON THE
SUPREME COURT ARE SAYING IS WE
WANT THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO BE
A FIRST CLASS THE
FIRST AMENDMENT.
AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CARRY
GUNS ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, WITHOUT
ANY SORT OF REGULATION BY THE
GOVERNMENT.
>> SO MANY PEOPLE GET HIT BY
THESE GUNS WHEN YOU READ THE
NEWS HEADLINES EVERY DAY
CHILDREN CROSSING THE STREET,
PEOPLE ARE DOING NOTHING BECAUSE
EVERYONE DECIDED TO BE A GOOD
GUY WITH A GUN.
>> HERE IN TIMES SQUARE AMIDST
ALL THE HUBBUB AND REACTION AND
POTENTIAL OF GANGS AT THE SO
FORTH, PEOPLE CAN EASILY CARRY
AROUND CONCEALED WEAPONS --
THAT’S DISTURBING.
WE HAVE A SUPREME COURT THAT IS
OUT OF TOUCH WITH MODERN DAY
REALITIES.
>> Laura: DAVID GERGEN, WRONG,
WRONG AND -- WAIT -- WRONG.
JUSTICE THOMAS INTERPRETED THE
SECOND AMENDMENT IN THE ONLY WAY
THAT MAKES SENSE.
RIGHT IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS TO BEAR ARMS IN PUBLIC
FOR SELF-DEFENSE IS NOT A
SECOND-CLASS RIGHT SUBJECT TO AN
ENTIRE DIFFERENT BODY OF RULES
THAN THE OTHER BILL OF RIGHTS
GUARANTEES, WE KNOW OF NO OTHER
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT THAT AN
INDIVIDUAL MAY EXERCISE ONLY
AFTER DEMONSTRATING TO
GOVERNMENT OFFICERS SOME SPECIAL
NEED.
THAT’S NOT HOW THE
FIRST AMENDMENT WORKS, NOT HAVE
A SIXTH AMENDMENT WORKS, NOT
HAVE A SECOND AMENDMENT WORKS
WHEN IT COMES TO THE PUBLIC
CARRY FOR SELF-DEFENSE.
NEW YORK’S PROPER CLAUSE
VIOLATES THE 14TH AMENDMENT IN
THAT IT PREVENTS THE LAW ABIDING
CITIZENS WITH ORDINARY
SELF-DEFENSE NEEDS FROM
EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO KEEP
AND BEAR ARMS.
OF COURSE AS USUAL, MY OLD
BOSSES 100% CORRECT.
EVERY OTHER RIGHT IN THE
BILL OF RIGHTS IS TO LIMIT THE
GOVERNMENT’S POWER, TO RESTRICT
IT.
THE TEN AMENDMENTS WERE WRITTEN
BY THE FRAMERS TO PROTECT US
FROM A CORRUPT OPPRESSIVE
GOVERNMENT.
OF COURSE THE FOUNDERS KNEW WHAT
IT WAS LIKE TO LIVE UNDER
TYRANNY AND THEREFORE THE
PEOPLE’S RIGHTS TO BEAR ARMS TO
THEM WAS KEY TO MAINTAINING A
FREE COUNTRY.
MAKES SENSE.
OF COURSE LEFT-WINGERS AND THE
GOVERNMENT ACROSS THE
UNITED STATES, THEY DESPISE THE
CONSTITUTION.
THEY ARE ENRAGED OVER THIS
RULING.
>> THIS DECISION ISN’T JUST
RECKLESS, IT’S REPREHENSIBLE.
THE INSANITY OF THE GUN CULTURE
THAT IS NOW POSSESSED EVERYONE
ALL THE WAY UP TO THE
SUPREME COURT.
>> WE CANNOT ALLOW NEW YORK TO
BECOME THE WILD WEST.
WE WILL NOT ALLOW CITIES TO LIVE
IN FEAR THAT EVERYONE AROUND US
IS ARMED AND THAT ANY
ALTERCATION COULD EVOLVE INTO A
SHOOT-OUT.
>> IT’S DEVASTATING, IT’S
FUNDAMENTALLY DEVASTATING.
IT’S A CHALLENGE OF OUR TIME AND
WE’VE GOT TO RISE UP AS A
COUNTRY.
>> Laura: BECAUSE YOUR STREETS
ARE SO SAFE, RIGHT?
EVERY DAY THESE PEOPLE BETRAYED
THEIR OWN RULE OF LAW WHETHER
IT’S LORI LIGHTFOOT OR KATHY
HOGLE OR ADAMS, THEY ARE CONTENT
TO LEAVE THEIR OWN LAW-ABIDING
CITIZENS DEFENSELESS AND MAKE
THE JOB OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AT
THE SAME TIME MORE DIFFICULT
PRETTY MUCH AT EVERY TURN.
FOR THE REGULAR PERSON OUT THERE
THE WORKADAY PERSON, IT’S A
LOSE-LOSE PROPOSITION.
THE ELITES ALWAYS PROTECT EACH
OTHER.
CELEBRITIES AND OTHER SPECIAL
PEOPLE WERE THE ONLY ONES
NEW YORK BELIEVED TO HAVE
MEANINGFUL SECOND AMENDMENT
RIGHT TO CARRY A CONCEALED
WEAPON.
BACK IN 2010 A LIST OF
NEW YORK CITY CONCEALED CARRY
PERMIT HOLDERS WAS OBTAINED BY
THE "NEW YORK DAILY NEWS."
PEOPLE LIKE MARK ANTHONY,
ROBERT DE NIRO, DONALD TRUMP,
HIS SON DONALD, JR., METS THIRD
BASEMAN DAVID WRIGHT AND EVEN
MARTHA STEWART’S DAUGHTER ALL
WERE AUTHORIZED TO CARRY A
WEAPON CONCEALED IN THE CITY.
JOHN SKYLER CHAMBERS A LAWYER
WHO HELPED A LOT OF NEW YORKERS
GET THESE GUN PERMITS FOR MORE
THAN TWO DECADES NOW SAID THAT
THEY CAN GET THEIR OWN SECURITY
BUT WITH THE INTERNET IS MUCH
EASIER TO FIND PEOPLE.
THEY DON’T WANT TO FIND SOMEONE
ON THEIR LAWN AT 5:00 IN THE
MORNING -- OKAY.
I’M JUST AT THAT COMMENT WE SEE
THE ABSURDITY IN THIS NEW YORK
LAW.
DEMOCRATS AS USUAL CATERED TO
THE ELITES.
BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES
WHO HAVE A LEGITIMATE CONCERN
ABOUT AN INTRUDER SHOWING UP AT
THEIR HOMES OR THREATENING THEM
IN PUBLIC.
ANOTHER REASON YOU KNOW THIS 6-3
COURT WAS RIGHT IS BY THE
SILLINESS OF THE DISSENT.
IN IT, JUSTICE BREYER -- OF
COURSE HE IS RETIRING TRASH
RATHER THAN ADDRESSING THE PLAIN
LANGUAGE THAT INFORMS THE WORD
THE SECOND OF AMENDMENT, HE
DISCUSSED GUN SUICIDE AND LISTED
THE WELL-KNOWN MASS SHOOTINGS IN
AMERICA LIKE UVALDE, BUFFALO,
ORLANDO, DAYTON, HE TALKED ABOUT
THE HORRORS OF THAT.
JUSTICE ALITO WHO WAS IN THE
MAJORITY WROTE SEPARATELY IN A
CONCURRENCE, HE SLAPPED BACK AT
JUSTICE BREYER SAYING WHY DOES
THE DISSENT THINK IT’S RELEVANT
TO RECOUNT THE MASS SHOOTINGS
THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN RECENT
YEARS?
DOES THE DISSENT THINK LAWS LIKE
NEW YORK’S PREVENT OR DETER SUCH
ATROCITIES?
IF HE KNOWS IT’S ILLEGAL TO
CARRY A HANDGUN OUTSIDE A HOME?
HOW DOES THE SENATE ACCOUNT FOR
THE FACT THAT ONE OF THE
MASS SHOOTINGS NEAR THE TOP OF
THIS LIST TOOK PLACE IN
BUFFALO -- THE NEW YORK LAW AND
ISSUED IN THIS CASE DID NOT STOP
THAT PERPETRATOR.
I DON’T KNOW, THAT’S A HECK OF A
RETIREMENT SEND-OFF FOR
STEPHEN BREYER.
ANOTHER OBVIOUS REASON THAT YOU
KNOW THE COURT GOT IT RIGHT,
REACTIONS FROM SOME OF THE MOST
UNHINGED PERSONALITIES OUT
THERE.
LIKE FORMER SPORTS GUY KEITH
OLBERMANN WHO TWEETED THE RULING
SHOWS THE COURT SHOULD BE
DISSOLVED AND ADVISES STATES
IGNORE THE RULING.
THAT IS A NEAT TRICK -- JUST
IGNORE THE COURT.
REMEMBER, THESE ARE THE SAME
PEOPLE WHO ARE CONSTANTLY
WARNING ABOUT HOW UNDER
REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRACY IS AT
RISK, DEMOCRACY IS IN PERIL.
CALL ME CRAZY, I THINK HE SHOULD
STICK TO MEMORABILIA COLLECTING
BECAUSE HE’S ACTUALLY REALLY
GOOD AT THAT.
THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS WORKS WITH
THESE PEOPLE, WHEN THEY DON’T
GET THEIR WAY THEY WANT TO TEAR
DOWN THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
IN OTHER WORDS ABOLISH THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE, BERN CITY
BLOCKS, TEAR DOWN STATUES
STATUES AND PACK THE COURT.
FORGET PACKING THE COURT, JUST
DISSOLVE IT ALL TOGETHER, THAT’S
WHERE WE’VE COME.
THIS IS SHEER LUNACY.
ITS ANTI-CONSTITUTIONAL, IT’S
ANTI-AMERICAN.
IN THE END, THIS IS NOT A
RADICAL DECISION, IT’S NOT A
CRAZY DECISION.
IT’S A LONG OVERDUE DECISION.
CONTRARY TO ALL THE CATERWAULING
OUT THERE ON THE LEFT, THE
REALLY DOESN’T EVEN MEAN STATES
HAVE NO POWER TO REGULATE GUNS.
IT JUST CAN’T PROHIBIT
LAW-ABIDING RESIDENTS FROM
CARRYING A GUN FOR SELF-DEFENSE
AS JUSTICE ALITO NOTED, THAT’S
ALL WE DECIDE.
OUR HOLDING DECIDES NOTHING
ABOUT WHO A LAWFULLY POSSESSING
A FIREARM OR THE REQUIREMENT
THAT MUST BE MET TO BUY A GUN,
NOR DOES IT DECIDE ANYTHING
ABOUT THE KIND OF WEAPONS THAT
PEOPLE MAY POSSESS, NOR HAVE WE
DISTURBED ANYTHING WE SAID IN
HELLER OR McDONALD VERSUS
CHICAGO ABOUT RESTRICTIONS THAT
MAY BE IMPOSED ON THE POSSESSION
OR CARRYING OF GUNS.
GET IT?
THE MODERN AMERICAN LEFT DON’T
LIKE YOU, THEY DESPISE YOU, YOU
HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THIS.
THEY DO NOT WANT THE REGULAR,
ORDINARY PEOPLE TO BE FREE TO
DEFEND THEMSELVES AND THEIR
FAMILY.
WHY?
WHY DON’T THEY WANT THAT?
BECAUSE THEY WANT YOU DEPENDENT,
THEY WANT YOU SCARED, THEY WANT
YOU GROVELING FOR WHATEVER
SCRAPS THEY DECIDE TO THROW AT
YOU.
THEY WOULD ABOLISH THE
SECOND AMENDMENT IN A HEARTBEAT
IF THEY COULD TO.
FRANKLY THE ENTIRE CONSTITUTION
FOR THAT MATTER.
THANKFULLY OUR FOUNDERS WERE
VERY WISE.
THEY SAW HOW POWER CORRUPTED
OTHERWISE SENSIBLE MEN AND HOW
IMPORTANT IT WAS TO LEAVE BEHIND
A DOCUMENT THAT WOULD PROTECT
ALL THE PEOPLE, NOT JUST THE
UPPER CRUST AGAINST THE ABUSERS.
THANKFULLY WE HAD SIX JUSTICES
ON THE COURT WHO HONORED THE
PLAIN LANGUAGE OF THE TEXT AND