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 XIV
Section 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.

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.