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IL: La Salle County voters can share voice on Second Amendment rights
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Mark A. Taff
Website: http://www.marktaff.com
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La Salle County voters — your opinion on your Second Amendment rights is requested.
Do you oppose bills passed by Illinois lawmakers restricting your Second Amendment rights? That’s the gist of a referendum that’ll appear on the Nov. 6 ballot.
At today's county board meeting, a resolution to place an advisory (nonbinding) referendum on the November ballot came before the board and passed. Two people talked during public comment on the matter before the vote. |
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PHORTO
(8/10/2018)
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Enumerated fundamental rights are not subject to referendum.
Their unalienable nature sets them above popular opinion. |
| Comment by:
mickey
(8/10/2018)
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Um, PHORTO, this is another part of the 'sanctuary county' fad in Illinois:
If a majority of voters vote yes to the referendum, that they oppose Illinois lawmakers creating or passing legislation that infringe on Second Amendment rights, the county clerk is directed to prepare and deliver copies of the resolution to all members of the Illinois General Assembly and the Office of the Governor. |
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| "Some people think that the Second Amendment is an outdated relic of an earlier time. Doubtless some also think that constitutional protections of other rights are outdated relics of earlier times. We The People own those rights regardless, unless and until We The People repeal them. For those who believe it to be outdated, the Second Amendment provides a good test of whether their allegiance is really to the Constitution of the United States, or only to their preferences in public policies and audiences. The Constitution is law, not vague aspirations, and we are obligated to protect, defend, and apply it. If the Second Amendment were truly an outdated relic, the Constitution provides a method for repeal. The Constitution does not furnish the federal courts with an eraser." --9th Circuit Court Judge Andrew Kleinfeld, dissenting opinion in which the court refused to rehear the case while citing deeply flawed anti-Second Amendment nonsense (Nordyke v. King; opinion filed April 5, 2004) |
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