Destroy the Second Amendment, Then Target the First Amendment… Oh wait; Democrat, Florida State Senator Jason Pizzo, isn’t willing to wait on that process. He is going directly after the First Amendment as a means of destroying the Second Amendment via gun images.
(1) A minor who posts or publishes a picture of a firearm, a BB gun, an air or a gas-operated gun, or a device displayed to resemble a firearm to a social media page, post, profile, or account that is openly viewable to the public commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable [by up to a year in jail or a fine of up to $1,000].
(2)(a) Any parent or guardian of a minor, or other adult responsible for the welfare of a minor, if the minor possesses a firearm in violation of this section, may, if the court finds it appropriate, be required to participate in classes on parent education which are approved by the Department of Juvenile Justice, upon the first conviction of the minor. Upon any subsequent conviction of the minor, the court may, if the court finds it appropriate, require the parent to attend further parent education classes or render community service hours together with the child.
(b)The Department of Juvenile Justice may establish appropriate community service programs to be available to the alternative sanctions coordinators of the circuit courts in implementing this subsection. If the department does not do so, the juvenile justice circuit advisory board in each circuit must establish such program in that circuit. The boards or the department shall propose the implementation of a community service program in each circuit, and may submit a circuit plan, to be implemented upon approval of the circuit alternative sanctions coordinator.
(c)For the purposes of this subsection, community service shall be performed, if possible, in a manner involving a hospital emergency room or other medical environment that deals on a regular basis with trauma patients and gunshot wounds.
(3) Any firearm that is possessed or used by a minor in violation of this section shall be promptly seized by a law enforcement officer and disposed of…
I am not a Constitutional Attorney, nor did I sleep in a Holiday Inn Express last night. However, it is quite obvious to me that this bill has a very direct chilling effect on both First and Second Amendment rights.
Posting of a picture on a publicly viewable platform is punishable by up to 365 days in jail or a $1,000 fine. Never mind, the picture is of a perfectly legal activity in all other aspects than under this proposed law.
Note: This penalty is for the minor who posted the picture. Also note that in most states, juveniles routinely skate on such minor infractions as grand theft auto, drug dealing, and strong arm robbery.
Then after the child is convicted, the parent will be, at the court’s discretion, sent to re-education classes supervised by the Department of Juvenile Justice. The courts would also have the option of imposing community service on the parent. This would take the form of time spent working a hospital trauma ward, in the violent section of town.
The sales tax on ink was deemed unconstitutional when applied to the ink used in the publishing of newspapers and magazines. It was listed as having a chilling effect on the ability to publish and placed an undue governmental burden on the exercise of free speech. Now this political dunce thinks he can impose a prison term on those who post pictures of shooting sports, hunting, new firearm purchases, passing of a CCW class.
I seriously doubt this law will pass; but I also did not believe Florida would pass “Red Flag Laws” with zero provision for due process. You have been warned, again.
While we may all agree that this proposed law has little chance of passing or being upheld, it does show the depths and lengths the anti-gunners will go to. What is the worst anti-Second Amendment law that has been proposed in your state? Call out your state and the proposal in the comment section.
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re-education classes on parent education by the department of (( CHINESE )) Justice! Lawmakers—elected officials
Let’s see a re-education class I wonder where I have heard that term before?! That’s right Communist China has them, Communist North Korea has them, Soviet Union had them, Communist Cuba has them and of Course Nazi Germany and Hitler had them! They also took all guns from the citizens and books and any way to read or hear anything but communist propaganda where is this IDIOT from communist cuba?! Ben Franklin, “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” OOOOH that’s right most government schooled stupid sheeple don’t even know who Ben Franklin was (or if they do he was a slave owner LIE) much less what he did in his life and what he said!
The first part of the ammendment says it all. It provides a reasonable solution to gun control, background checks and safety against crazy shooters..
To have a well regulated militia, i would take as being educated to the possession of arms and skills to use and provide a safe, free and secure country while bearing arms.
To do that i would see it suggesting education for the legal citizens. That could be accomplished by a draft for all 18 year old high school graduates, male and female for 2 years. The first year they study the constitution, Bill of Rights the writings of the founding fathers and mastering the discipline,morals, physical and medical training required by military service. These studies will give college level credits. The second year they will go through the equvilant of military basic training for 9 weeks. The remaining time they will be trained in how to deal with various scenarios involving civilian shooters. Upon a honorable discharge they receive their right to the second amendment and the right to nation wide concealed carry. They also will leave with college credits for the first year and the second year grants them one year at any state college tuition free and VA medical for as long as they remain in or continue college. Also all honorable discharges are entitled to limited citizen veteran benefits, education, medical and home loans. If you are not honorably discharged you lose your right to the second amendment and benefits. To requalify if not honorably discharged you may reenter the two year program one more time. If we have high school dropouts they will immeadiately be drafted in to the program. They will have to aquire a GED along with all the required first years program or will be discharged dishonorable. They will then be assigned to agricultural work until they secure a different full time job, no welfare. All second year training would be optional with a first year passing status acquiring them a 1 year Honorable Discharge Limited with no second year benefits. Limited meaning a honorable citizen but has no desire for gun ownership. The option to complete the second phase would always be open to them.
The drafties that want to be career military or extend there service to our country will have the option to enlist in any of the regular military branches and enter with time served toward retirement or other available benefits, including rank and entering into advanced training.
This idea seems to be in line with the 2nd ammendment as it reads. It solves the problem of unfit people having weapons and also answers the problem of a shooter in public that would be confronted by a armed educated and well regulated militia in its citizens. Deferments upon evaluation would be available for medical and family reasons. For these deferments they would lose their 2nd amendment rights until they could complete year one and qualify with year twos training for some limited medical conditions. The 2nd year training for citizens with medical conditions, could be limited and specialized for some medical restrictions other than psychological to secure their 2nd ammendment rights and a Honorable Discharge would still be available to them.
Then the only background check and registration we would need would be for people who did not qualify or temporarily rejected year two and their right to bear arms. You could still lose your acquired right to bear arms if committing a felony, crime of violence, animal cruelty or diagnosed with a drug or psychological problem.
Hunting with arms for juveniles would still be permitted under the supervision of a honorably discharged or grandfathered in citizen.
Added thought. Since a significant amount of shooters have been on psyc meds. With not wanting to remove rights from successfully medicated citizens. I believe a evaluation would have to be made annually of these medicated citizens mental condition to retain their right to bear arms. This seems to be the most difficult part of this idea. Very open to thoughts on this.
Where does all this stuff that you’ve heard about – the victim feminism, the gay rights movement, the invented statistics, the rewritten history, the lies, the demands, all the rest of it – where does it come from? For the first time in our history, Americans have to be fearful of what they say, of what they write, and of what they think. They have to be afraid of using the wrong word, a word denounced as offensive or insensitive, or racist, sexist, or homophobic.
We have seen other countries, particularly in this century, where this has been the case. And we have always regarded them with a mixture of pity, and to be truthful, some amusement, because it has struck us as so strange that people would allow a situation to develop where they would be afraid of what words they used. But we now have this situation in this country. We have it primarily on college campuses, but it is spreading throughout the whole society. Were does it come from? What is it?
We call it “Political Correctness.” The name originated as something of a joke, literally in a comic strip, and we tend still to think of it as only half-serious. In fact, it’s deadly serious. It is the great disease of our century, the disease that has left tens of millions of people dead in Europe, in Russia, in China, indeed around the world. It is the disease of ideology. PC is not funny. PC is deadly serious.
If we look at it analytically, if we look at it historically, we quickly find out exactly what it is. Political Correctness is cultural Marxism
The lesson here is to never post any pictures of you, your family or your guns on a social media site. I don’t use any social media sites and really don;t see the appeal of telling every stranger in the world all about you and your life. In this day and age with the current rabid Liberal environment doing so is pure stupidity and just asking for trouble.
For me, this has hit frighteningly close to home. I have lived in Florida since moving here from Indiana in 1986. I believe it is the result of gun unfriendly people moving here from New York and the northern east coast mostly, along with gays from California who have been very actively demonstrating for a more gun unfriendly Florida . I own a massive collection of firearms obtained over a lifetime of collecting including many so called “assault weapons”. I fear that If something were to happen such as police making a mistake or such and discovering my collection that I might not see the light of day again. This has prompted me to decide to sell my home and move back to Indiana where, at least at the present time, gun ownership is not frowned upon as it has become here. I have already started moving my collection by taking numerous driving trips back and forth. I only have a few left and will list my home for sale shortly. It’s gotten so crowded here the last year or so anyway, you can’t even go to the mall without it being an all day thing. All that I have to say to the people who are pouring into this state is “welcome to Florida, the new California”.
What about Pop Tarts ?