If a picture speaks a 1,000 words, liberal Philadelphia Daily News cartoonist Signe Wilkerson has painted us a lifetime of reading about the liberal worldview when it comes to the Second Amendment. His cartoon of August 17th, syndicated to newspapers throughout the nation, paints gun owners as hateful racists Aryan Nazis. Talk about liberal stereotyping.
Wilkerson’s point is simple — if someone walks into a gun store with no history of mental illness or criminal activity, the government should be in a position to bar the sale if the purchaser does not “look right.” Talk about a subjective standard that would never stand up to Constitutional scrutiny. Would Mr. Wilkerson suggest that an African-American wearing pants drooped over his waistband be stereotyped as a gang member? Or would Mr. Wilkerson’s standard only apply to whites?
Whatever Mr. Wilkerson and his ilk believe, it is not that the Constitution provides citizens with the right to bear arms. If they did believe in the Second Amendment, they would know that the burden would be on the government to prove the purchaser is not entitled to his or her rights. Wilkerson is applying the Harry Reid “Romney has to prove he paid his taxes” standard to our Second Amendment rights.
Likewise, conveying an image of a gun purchaser as a Nazi is also problematic. Millions of Americans purchase firearms legally and never use the gun to break the law. But once again, liberals are more than willing to caricature gun owners in the most negative stereotype imaginable.
Recently, a gay activist walked into the Family Research Council intending to shoot the staff. What are the odds that Wilkerson would ever redraw his cartoon with a flamboyant gay man purchasing a gun? Mr. Wilkerson, are you suggesting the gun store owner should deny gays the ability to purchase firearms to defend themselves? It is the only logical conclusion you can draw from Mr. Wilkerson’s worldview.
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If I said it once I’ve said it a thousand times, all gun controls and gun laws are unconstitutional. What is in the second amendment is the word INFRINGED, do these people not speak or understand english, don’t they know how to use a dictionary? Look the word INFRINGED up. If your to damn stupid or too damn lazy its means 1) violate, transgress <~ a patent 2) encroach, trespass <~ on our rights
The Constitution of The United States
Second Amendment
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the Right of the PEOPLE to keep and bear arms, shall not be INFRINGED.
If you should happen to go to a townhall meeting, ask the politician, did he/she take an oath to uphold the Constitution and if so why there are gun laws and gun controls when they are UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Is he/she an oath breaker, don't he/she believe in the Constitution, if so why is he/she holding office? Make them explain why the laws are not unconstitutional, ( they will lie, that they are not ) have them tell you what infringed means, hold their feet to the fire on this. Ask them how any new laws or for that matter the laws already on the books will stop law breakers. Criminals break laws, will news laws work on them or just make it hard for people that obey laws harder to protect themselves and family. Criminals break the laws so new laws mean nothing to them If a criminal commits a crime with an illegal gun why are the courts not tough with them. Why are criminals arrested over and over again, with arrest records miles long? If a bad guy knows someone may be armed, he knows there is a good chance he may be killed should he commit a crime. The liberal politicans know if the gun laws were repealed, liberal judges would be out of a job, prison overcrowding would gone. We the people not only have the right to defend ourselves according to the Constitution it is also a God given right. We must repeal any and all gun laws. Signe Wilkerson is a liberal commie A hole.
1000% This is one of the best written comments I’ve seen. They are all unconstitutional period!!!!
Paul Ryan is an avid hunter we need him in the VP seat!
It is alway’s ok for our liberal friends to stereotype republicans, what is wrong with it, besides the stereotyping are always lies. Let us take a good look at a country, that their Government took it all on their own to disband their citizens of their personal weapon. The Government of our freinds in Australia ordered their citizens to give up all their weapons, and that they will see that crime will practically go away, but instead of going away, the criminals told the Government, Thank you, and now the criminals can go anywhere, at anytime of the day or night and do what they want. The Police are going crazy because of all the assults, Robberys, and murders, due to the disbandment of the citizens personal weapons, as a matter of fact, they have contacted America to tell us, not to let our Government take our weapons away. So America, are we going to let those gun grabbers just come in and take our guns away? I’m Not, the only way is over my dead body, but it will not be easy for anyone to come to my home to remove my weapons.
I realize it’s a worn out cliche’ BUT…”If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.” I am absolutely amazed how many stupid people there are in America. Judging from the statistics it appears that we’re right at 50% stupid and 45% of the intelligent don’t give a damn. That’s leaves just about 5% of us to make this nation work. We’d best get busy !
Eddie your right on that point!This regime is total out of control,how do you rational explain his allowing 1.3 to 1.8 millon illegals to recieve green cards when unemployment is below6% in mexico and we all know it’s real between 12 or 18 %,here.Must be part of his new job plan ,just wrong country!Suppose INS will do a better job than ICE and the Border Patrol?Our Border Partol are under orders to run and hide if they meet armed illegals ,guess they past out welcome baskets to the others.Why do we even have Laws if this idiot is going to ignore them! When will someone file impeachment charges or arrest warrants for treason?
It’s pretty obvious that the average American citizen just hasn’t got it yet.
When you start thinking the criminal element will work to bringing about the end to corruption you’ve lost all touch with reality.
When inside trading was exposed and people were in a full uproar look at just what happen. Obama came out to humor the public by saying give me a Bill to stop this from ever happening again.
Now lit’s see what really took place here, We had the Congress come up with a bill that only changed the way they did business and didn’t stop them from underminding to public’s trust in the system.
The attack on guns is only another ploy to undermind the security of the American public and make them easier to control by government. Only an armed public can defend themselves against the act’s of oppression from government.
The only thing that will change the corrupt workings of government will come from the demands of the people with no backing down when they show their rebuttal for change.
We are the governments employers and it’s way over due for their learning that fact.
Great comments guys! The left will never open their simple minds and admit the obvious, guns prevent crims as much or more than they cause it. After looking at the cartoon in question, I checked out this moron’s other cartoons, he’s obviously a brain dead liberal zombie. As my dad used to say, he’s got his head so far up his a** he needs a window in his belly so he can see where he’s going.