They Wanted Gay Marriage At Any Cost, Now
They’ll Have to Deal With This
As gay rights supporters and activists around the world took to the streets to
celebrate the Supreme Court’s historic legislation… er, ruling… granting the r
ight of same-sex marriage to homosexual couples in all 50 states, conservative
voices spoke up to point out an unintended consequence of the SCOTUS decision.
Bob Owens of BearingArms.com details how the same legal gymnastics tha
t were required to legalize gay marriage now sets a precedent that can be
used to ensure that gun owners’ rights to concealed carry must be likewise
recognized across all 50 states.
The Supreme Court based its ruling on Section 1 of the Fourteenth
Amendment which states:
Amendment XIVSection 1.All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and
subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the U
nited States and of the state wherein they reside. No state
shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the
privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States;
nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or
property, without due process of law; nor deny to any
person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
As reported on BearingArms.com:
By using the Constitution in such a manner, the Court argues
that the Due Process Clause extends “certain personal
choices central to individual dignity and autonomy” accepted
in a majority of states across the state lines of a handful of
states that still banned the practice.The vast majority of states are “shall issue” on the matter
of issuing concealed carry permits, and enjoy reciprocity
with a large number of other states.My North Carolina concealed carry permit, for example,
was recognized yesterday as being valid in 36 states,
which just so happened to be the number of states in
which gay marriage was legal yesterday. But 14 states
did not recognize my concealed carry permit yesterday.Today they must.Using the same “due process clause” argument as the
Supreme Court just applied to gay marriage, my concealed
carry permit must now be recognized as valid in all 50 states
and the District of Columbia.
How soon until we can get a ruling on this one, SCOTUS? Considering that
the Second Amendment already exists, there should be no need for any
daring feats of judicial activism or drawn out legal battles getting in the way.
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