Heidi Li FeldmanSomething really interesting and potentially important is afoot in Colorado. Here 4 Kids is organizing a massive direct action asking the governor to sign an executive order banning guns, just straight out banning them. Reporting on the effort here: https://www.9news.com/article/news/special-reports/9news-originals/denver-moms-gun-reform-here-4-the-kids/73-32f040bd-c2e4-48a2-8780-25870f95cfa4 #Here4Kids #GunBan #GunViolence #GoodTrouble 1/
Whether this extended sit-in on the lawn of the Colorado State Capitol gets the governor to sign a ban on guns and whether such a ban could survive constitutional challenge is beside the point. What matters is the idea of massive direct action demanding a ban. This is the only way to ever shifting toward a serious reduction in guns and therefore gun violence in the U.S. 2/
We need electeds and candidates to appreciate that they must envision and bring about a drastic diminishment of guns in this country. Using the techniques of the African-American civil rights movement to bring this about makes absolute sense. 3/
Never underestimate how out there the demands to end Jim Crow and to actualize voting rights seemed in the 1940s, 1950s, and much of the 1960s. People thought the legal, political, and constitutional obstacles were insuperable. But they were not. 4/
We need a reinterpretation of the 2nd Amendment, one that makes clear that a right to bear arms is not necessarily a right to own guns or to own many of the types of guns most aggressively marketed in this country. It certainly isnβt a right to own guns without serious limitations. #GunControl #LawFedi #Here4Kids #GoodTrouble 5/
ππ¨π§ πππ«π ππ«@heidilifeldman Anyone who's read 18th-century literature knows that "bear arms" was frequently -- and for all I know exclusively -- used to mean "be a member of the military." Out of that context, it's certainly a somewhat ambiguous phrase; I mean, hey, maybe it means "bear" in the sense of "tolerate unwillingly," as in "bear up under the strain." But that's silly, and interpreting it to mean "own as many of as you damn well please" is just exactly as silly.
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βarm bearsβ is not good either!