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Fox News contributor and former Rep. Trey Gowdy said Sunday that “the right-to-life is the most fundamental, basic, primary right that we have. It is the right from which all other rights emanate.”

Appearing on "Sunday Morning Futures," an emotional Gowdy said, “It doesn’t matter if you have a right to a lawyer if you are dead. It doesn’t matter if you have the right to free speech if you are dead. Doesn’t matter if you have the right to keep and bear arms if you are dead."


https://www.foxnews.com/media/trey-gowdy-right-to-bear-arms-doesnt-matter-if-youre-dead

Maybe he needs to spend a few years in North Korea or China.

Trey Gowdy doesn't remember that the British were willing to kill the colonists in order to seize their arms and powder back in April/1775.

He is getting old now....

Context matters. Gowdy was being facetious. Read the entire article, he was actually advocating FOR the 2A. "Right to life is the most basic life we have...Legislators need to look at the laws we have on the books, are they being enforced? If the answer is 'yes' and we still have gaps- Every right you have has a restriction. If we need more restrictions, draw the causal scientific link between what you are proposing and what will be the outcome. But just more laws that are not going to be enforced is a panacea and it's not going to work. Show me a law that will prevent the next Sandy Hook and sign me up as a husband and father...I need to see a causal link between what you're proposing and the outcome."

If you've ever watched 2 minutes of Gowdy speaking, you'd understand what he meant. LAWS don't work unless ENFORCED. There are already 'red flag" laws, there are already laws against straw-purchasing, and there are laws against murdering. Gowdy is pointing out the futility of laws without enforcement. When the Army fails to notify state agencies of a dishonorable with adjudicated mental issues to the ATF (current law) adding another layer is ineffectual because the first law was not followed in the first place.

Don't waste your breath, they won't understand.

Isn't life a fundamental right?

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Exactly how I read it.

Planned Parenthood doesn't believe so.

Burn

Anyone who cannot understand what Gowdy was saying has a big problem.

Our response to Graham, et. al,:

SC Carry Statement on 'Red Flag Laws':

South Carolina Carry Opposes Red Flag Laws
Posted on August, 6th, 2019 by Sherra Scott in Blog, Gun Confiscation, Red Flag laws

South Carolina Carry, as a local organization, focuses our efforts on state legislation. However, when South Carolina elected federal officials encourage gun control, we feel compelled to reply. In the wake of the recent attacks on innocent people by evil individuals, the senior United States Senator from South Carolina, Lindsey Graham, has publicly stated he will propose legislation to pay more states to adopt “red flag laws.”

We, as an organization which defends the Constitution, officially oppose any legislation that infringes upon any Citizen’s rights, especially without due process first. "Red flag laws" strip the accused of his Constitutionally protected rights without first providing a hearing and giving the accused the fundamental right to “confront[] the witnesses against him.” Like the 15th century Star Chamber, the proceedings of a "red flag" hearing are held in secret outside of the presence of the accused and before he is even aware of the allegations against him. Standards of proof are often lax and the judge is only presented with a single view resulting in skewed determinations.

"Red flag laws" do not address or remove the supposedly dangerous person, but leave him free to potentially do harm after violating his rights and forcibly removing only one type of potential tool he may have in his possession. Where the accused is truly volatile this action inflames the situation. Such legislation fails both to protect the right of the accused and to address the mental health of those suffering in society. South Carolina Carry vehemently opposes this type of legislation.

RE: Trey . . . Sometimes even a relatively smart person says something quite stupid.