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Ive had it! We have mass shooting after mass shooting, usually with military-style weapons, and we do nothing to stop them. Its time to get the damned guns away from people. The weapons the drafters of the Second Amendment had in mind were barrel-loaded muskets. So fine. Let everybody have a barrel-loaded musket. Those drafters couldnt even imagine an AR-15.

The conditions have changed. Almost anyone can buy an AR-15 or something similar, and absolutely no civilian on the face of the earth has a legitimate need or purpose for one. Its way past time that we stop considering the Second Amendment right as the only nearly unconditional right we have. All rights are restricted to some extent. When are we going to restrict the Second Amendment right so we can stop the mass shootings with automatic rifles? Its way past time for us to do so.

Rev. Dr. Thomas C. Sorenson

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Mike Lee ripped a gun safety group for fundraising off of the Texas school shooting. Lee’s campaign has used fears about gun control to fundraise. -…

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) U.S. Sen. Mike Lee attacked a pro-gun control group for sending a fundraising email following a school shooting in Texas. Lee's campaign has used fear of gun control to fundraise on social media several times.

| May 27, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

| Updated: 9:25 p.m.

Sen. Mike Lee leveled harsh criticism toward the pro-gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety for sending out an email asking for support following Tuesdays shooting at a Texas elementary school that left 19 students and two teachers dead.

On Wednesday, Lee brought up the Everytown email during his turn questioning President Joe Bidens nominee to be the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Steve Dettelbach.

Everytowns fundraising email attempts to play on the emotions of those whose lives have been ripped apart by this tragic shooting, Lee said, asking Dettelbach if he would disavow the group which has endorsed his nomination.

Are you willing to disavow their shameless immediate fundraising after the Texas tragedy, just hours after this tragedy occurred?

Dettelbach said he was unaware of the email that upset Lee and could not comment.

I want to repeat and promise you, as ATF director, politics have absolutely no place in law enforcement. I dont view this as a Democrat or Republican issue. I view it as an opportunity to work together to make things better, Dettelbach replied.

I do think its unfortunate that theyre doing this literally hours after the shooting. I dont think thats too difficult to disavow, but youre apparently not inclined to do that, Lee said.

Lee has a history of using fears about gun control in his fundraising efforts.

In April, Lee ran a Facebook ad attempting to paint independent U.S. Senate candidate Evan McMullin as soft on gun rights.

Evan McMullin on gun control, the ad reads. Now: Supports expanded background checks. Then Our 2nd Amendment rights must be protected. Which Evan McMullin can you trust?

The ad ran for a week and was seen by approximately 50,000 people.

In March and April of 2021, Lees campaign ran a trio of Facebook ads showing the silhouette of what appears to be a hunter holding a shotgun with the title Support the Second Amendment.

The messages on the ads differ, but the consistent theme is that the Second Amendment is for citizens to check the federal governments power, which is also the reasoning behind the three separate branches of government established in the Constitution.

Lees first ad says the Second Amendment allows citizens to protect each other because government cant be everywhere, all the time. It then explains the other reason for the Second Amendment is so citizens can protect themselves from a government that tried to be everywhere, all the time.

A second ad suggests the Second Amendment is for citizens to protect themselves because the police and government are not infallible. The third ad says nothing about the Second Amendment but warns against government surveillance.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee, the campaign arm of Senate Republicans, ran a fundraising ad earlier this year on behalf of Lee, warning, In Joe Bidens America, our gun rights are under ASSAULT! complete with gun emojis.

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Butler Co. Sheriff to offer concealed carry classes for school employees, will ignore executive orders on 2nd Amendment – WLWT Cincinnati

Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones says the Butler County Sheriff's Office will offer concealed carry classes for school personnel in the wake of a shooting at an elementary school in Texas.Sheriff Jones, speaking at a press conference Thursday that was livestreamed on Facebook, also says he will not enforce any executive order that could be signed by President Biden that would restrict the Second Amendment."We're going to make offers, like we did a few years ago, we're going to offer all the school personnel in our county that want to have concealed carry classes," Sheriff Jones said. "We're going to do that at no cost to you. We're going to train you."Jones said 350 people signed up the last time they were offered for teachers and administrators."This is a terrible tragedy-- but what we've got to do is get school resource officers in the schools, but that doesn't stop school shootings, we had a school resource officer when we had a school shooting. I'm encouraging school boards to put armed personnel in the schools, plus teachers. It's up to the school boards."Can we make it totally secure? No. But, we can make it more secure," he continued.Sheriff Jones also added that in the event President Biden signs an executive order that rolls back any portion of the Second Amendment, he will not enforce the limitation of access to firearms for Butler County residents."I saw when the president of the United States said he was relooking at the Second Amendment. I assume, soon, sooner than later, that he's going to do some executive order-- to take weapons away. I will not enforce anything that he has to do to take guns away from Americans or people in my community.""There'll be more shootings. It's the way it is," Sheriff Jones said.

Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones says the Butler County Sheriff's Office will offer concealed carry classes for school personnel in the wake of a shooting at an elementary school in Texas.

Sheriff Jones, speaking at a press conference Thursday that was livestreamed on Facebook, also says he will not enforce any executive order that could be signed by President Biden that would restrict the Second Amendment.

"We're going to make offers, like we did a few years ago, we're going to offer all the school personnel in our county that want to have concealed carry classes," Sheriff Jones said. "We're going to do that at no cost to you. We're going to train you."

Jones said 350 people signed up the last time they were offered for teachers and administrators.

"This is a terrible tragedy-- but what we've got to do is get school resource officers in the schools, but that doesn't stop school shootings, we had a school resource officer when we had a school shooting. I'm encouraging school boards to put armed personnel in the schools, plus teachers. It's up to the school boards.

"Can we make it totally secure? No. But, we can make it more secure," he continued.

Sheriff Jones also added that in the event President Biden signs an executive order that rolls back any portion of the Second Amendment, he will not enforce the limitation of access to firearms for Butler County residents.

"I saw when the president of the United States said he was relooking at the Second Amendment. I assume, soon, sooner than later, that he's going to do some executive order-- to take weapons away. I will not enforce anything that he has to do to take guns away from Americans or people in my community."

"There'll be more shootings. It's the way it is," Sheriff Jones said.

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Lawrence Jones gives testimony on the Second Amendment from personal experience – Fox News

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"Cross Country" host Lawrence Jones said Americans can no longer rely on the government for their safety in Saturday's monologue and offered his own story where the Second Amendment impacted him.

LAWRENCE JONES: President Biden-appointed Gov. Hochul and Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown: Not only do you miss the cause of the problem, you're miles away from offering a solution. That's why people don't trust you. And that's why people trust the Second Amendment. But the Left has long made their contempt for the Second Amendment and their disgust for anyone who supports it very clear.

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I had just witnessed an attempted carjacking, a car crash, and all four suspects were fleeing the scene. I went over to the owner to make sure he was OK. We called the cops, but sadly they didn't show up for about 25 minutes. We respect our men and women in blue, but they are understaffed, and they're discouraged about the job they're being asked to do. The reckless rhetoric from our leaders in the recent years hasn't helped either. The reality of it is we can no longer put our safety in the hands of government. They've let us down. My hero, Frederick Douglass, once said, "A man's right rests in three boxes. The ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box." We have constitutional rights. And we have the right to use them all, period.

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