and evidently the best part of the film. I will never get tired of seeing the entire film just because this scene. the rest of the film is fine too but this scene... man. this scene is truly wonderful.
Everyone seems to elide over the center part of the statement. He says, "I will go door to door if I have to, but I'm going to *convince Americans I'm right* and I'm gonna get the guns." He's not going to take them from you by force, he's going to persuade you that gun reform is a good thing.
Best part of the movie. Regardless of politics, it is nice to see a president who can speak, inspire, and seem like a leader, even if it is only a movie. Too bad it is only a movie.
It's truly amazing how this speech calls radical, right-wing thinking to the carpet, and puts into perspective how crazy and nonsensical the radical right wing, especially the tea slackers, truly is. Bravo to Aron Sorkin.
Mandatory doesn't suit my fancy if I'm speaking for other people, but I'd be more than fine with that form of militia for myself. In fact I'd love it, It fits so perfectly with non-interventionism, and I must admit, I do envy the swiss for their system.
NOW that how a President should be ! Stand up for what is right !! Having steel in his spine ! Take the fight to them ! To those who put fear and big business ahead of serving the american people !
"We have serious problems to solve and we need serious people to solve them. And whatever your particular problem is I promise you, Glenn Beck is not the least bit interested in solving them. He is interested in two things and two things only - making you afraid of it and telling you who's to blame for it". I saw this movie the other night and thought you could just put Glenn Beck's name right in there and it would be a perfect quote for these times. Thank god he will be off the air soon.
Kudos to the person who wrote this speech, how absolutely true, in every word he said. I must say, i really enjoyed this so much, being an INDIAN, that i bought this DVD in Australia. Some time from now, i would become a US citizen, [in HIS time]. I really took time to understand that America is "Advanced Citizenship". Today when i look back at India and America, i understand the true meaning of those two words. America is tough life, as compared to India, but much better, efficient then all.
"My name is Andrew Shepherd and I am the President." Michael Douglas is amazing. He's right in my opinion. He's honest and has a lot of character. He's got my vote!
Rumour has it James Madison was once told he had to wear long sleeves to the office so he wrote a line in the draft of the constitution proposing the right to bare arms. Unfortunately it was mis-interpreted and now the US has vast numbers of hand guns in circulation.
I don't remember it being individuals who owned guns in the constitution, instead I remember it being a well regulated militia. And technically weapons bans is constitutional, we have the right to bear arms but what arms we are allowed to bear are up for debate
Aaron Sorkin,the best political series or movies writer ever,he should write the follow up on The West Wing focussing on Rob Lowe's character Sam Seaborn running for president
Politics aside, and everything else, you have to admit, Bob Rumson spent months working to break down the President's repuatation, and then Andrew Shepard comes in and with one speech DESTROYS everything that Rumson worked for. Haha. That is why I love this speech.
All the times we had to hear "My name is Bob Rumson, and I'm running for President.", that guy was such an embarrassment to us republicans, that I loved the ending where President Sheperd rammed those words down his throat!
Yes but guns can also be used as a tool to protect people. Let me ask you this if you were going to rob a gas station which gas station would you rather have. One where nobody has a gun? Or one where everyone has a gun? The people who rob from stores obviously are not afraid to break the law so I doubt they'll care if they own a gun or not if there going to kill someone or rob a store. Making something illegal never gets rid of it.
There is a time to stop and think in America, look back at things, and not always be in the face paced lane. In India, its all about achievement and grades, jobs and success, i don't say, that its not this way in America, but at least not like in India. My Fiancee is American, and indeed i see from her eyes, how tough life is in America, but in spite of every thing she faces, she still loves America. I now know why. May Christ care for the faithful, the hard working and loving, ALWAYS. AMEN
Much like the Conservatives and Tea Party groups. "Bob's problem isn't that he doesn't get it. Bob's problem is that he can't sell it! We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious people to solve them. And whatever your particular problem is, I promise you, Bob Rumson is not the least bit interested in solving it. He is interested in two things and two things only: making you afraid of it and telling you who's to blame for it." Fits them to a T.
Its not a BAN on guns, its about distribution and regulation. If you take a look two or three scenes prior to this moment, when Sydney is looking for that sweater. She talks facetiously and sarcastically about 'a mandatory three-day waiting period before a five-year-old can buy an Uzi'. she's in tears over the fact that the environment is taking a backseat to what she feels is 'crime prevention legislation that has no hope of preventing crime'.
@jehaney He mentions taking away assault weapons and handguns. I don't necessarily agree it's that simple, but that stance can make the argument that it doesn't revoke the right to bear arms.
If you think that the guns are the problem no hunger is the problem water is a problem housing is the problem energy is the problem no one's going to be playing with guns when they can go outside and fly a kite hey mr. President go fly a kite and don't put the key on the bottom because Benjamin Franklin learned his lesson
@@Karma-qt4ji really see you mean that the guy that says that greed-is-good wasn't another character in this movie who pretended to be the president do they all pretend to be the president or is it a spirit.
Do you understand the humerus inference that I just laid down. The principles are you really the same you cannot hold up the Constitution and come after the guns what's my point of laying down that video. Do you understand it was a metaphor in a humorous manner cuz I get what you're saying
The reason "it changed everything" was he had written the State of the Union Speech which the President was to give that night. The President had completely changed tactics so the MJF character had about three hours to completely rewrite the speech.
@RichfromNH You're forgetting the rest of the amendment, which states that a well regulated militia being necessary. The words Well Regulated are kind of important there. Giving guns to everyone absent military service, especially in a day where militias no longer ARE necessary, is the opposite of well regulated. But regardless, it was a different time with a markedly different society and what guns were capable of. The issue deserves to be debated on its own merits, not an arcane amendment.
This was Sorkin doing liberal wish fulfillment. I've always felt that this was Sorkin putting the words into the mouth of President Sheperd what every liberal had begged Dukakis to say in '88. Because THAT was the year when Atwater and his ilk began the attack on liberalism (by attacking the ACLU, etc.) and the liberals (well, Dukakis...) DIDN'T FIGHT BACK. Every liberal listening to this speech got to hear the speech they had wished Dukakis or any liberal since should have made.
The 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." This amendment was ratified in 1791, when the U.S. had only a modest army/navy. Now, we have local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, along with a superior military...all established to protect both citizens and the country as a whole. Perfect?...no. But, better than everyone running around with a gun.
The Founders never wanted a total separation of church and state. They envisioned a land where people of all faiths could express themselves openly in both public and private, without government control. There's nothing in the Constitution which prohibits any religion having influence in the government, but they can't make it mandatory.
You are wrong. They even did not take the oath/affirmation of office with a reference to God. This and numerous other references and instances show that keeping religion out of politics was their ideal.
@Bergenfluff As an American, I totally agree. The problems arise with the whole "Slippery Slope" arguement. Essentially, pro-gun organizations like the NRA argue that any regulations would lead to increasingly tighter regulations until guns become so hard to get that it will be like repealing the second amendment. I personally think that's bullsh*t, but that's American politics for you.
@ChelsyShiloh "In order to improve test grades, the right to 1 hour of study time, shall not be infringed." If I'm 80 years old, and not in school, then why do I need an hour of study time? If there are no well regulated Militias, why does the gun right apply? I mean the amendment starts off with Well regulated Milita. It says so. right there in the beginning.
@jksonny You're right. Why do you think the movie ended where it did? You can't play that plotline through to the end, AND have a happy, believable ending.
If you think that tiny little room contains all the people in the WH listening to a Press Secretary talk, you are quite mistaken. I assure you it was being broadcast to every room in the WH. How do you think all the other major players showed up to listen within 45 seconds? There may be parts of the movie and the speech in particular that aren't true to life, but this isn't one of them.
He was talking about getting rid of assault weapons which are not about protecting yourself they are about hurting other people. I'm not saying that nobody shouldn't be allowed to own guns and neither was he (have you actually seen this movie?). It's just that some people shouldn't be allowed to own guns because they wouldn't use them for protection they would use them for assault. The Crime Bill that they were talking about was supposed to prevent drug crime which would be a lot easier to do
2/2 And its pretty clear that he invisioned something like what the Swiss have, a real militia. Not the pervetion of his words you have in the US today. If you tell me you want america to adopt the Swiss system, then I'm with you all the way. That means everyone has to serve in the army, get weapons training, everyone needs to take part in government training once each year and there is no army, if war breaks out, YOU are the army. Now THAT system I can support.
this is what most rational people think the founders meant when they said "a well regulated militia" was the national guard or reserve forces....not "every asshole gets a gun"....I think the founders knew assholes better than that :P
Somehow when I found this video I knew if I clicked on it, I would find a lot of people talking about the gun banning part and heavy argument. I told myself I would try not to get involved, but as usual I couldn't resist putting in my two cents. The character in the movie was not talking about not letting anyone ever have a gun ever. It's never been about that. It's about not letting people who would hurt others with the guns being allowed to have them. The character was talking about ge
This was early Sorkin. And it set the stage for The West Wing. More importantly, it gave us a glimpse of a literary genius, preachy ideals and politics notwithstanding.
@jehaney I've always found that clause to be as controversial and open to interpretation by future generations as the rest of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. The second amendment does say that the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, but it also clearly states this is for the purpose of a "well-regulated" militia. Gangs in the streets with handguns abridging other's rights to live their lives in freedom and safety does not seem to be a well regulated militia. Thoughts?
@RichfromNH Absolutely. But apart from hunting for food, which doesn't require an Uzi anyway, all those things are sentimental reasons. I know it feels like a special thing that's a legacy in many cultures, including the one we live in, but that doesn't stand alone as justification. I think it's a much stronger sentimental argument to note all the people who needlessly die from mass-killing weapons being freely available. Which is more painful, the loss of a gun or the loss of a child?
To those of you who are trying to defend the 2nd amendment, it may interest you to know that it only applies to events whereby a foreign power invades your home state. Yes, owning a gun is a civil liberty. As such the gov can not take it away from you. However, they can limit your liberties with restrictions. The 1st amendment has restrictions just like the 2nd. Gun registration does not take away the 2nd amendment, but simply places a needed restriction on it.
Would I rather have a country where I am protected by the gun in my bedroom or the federal government? I think the government. That is the fundamental ideological divide between those who still advocate gun rights and those who do not. Most gun owners are law abiding citizens, and it is sad that some people are so intent on murder that we have to try to limit their access to what should be self-defense weapons. There is no easy answer to that question, but we DO need to talk about it.
Actually, taking away assault weapons and handguns doesn't completely go against he 2nd amendment cause that still leaves shotguns and sub machine guns. Also, one could argue that the 2nd amendment is only for building and regulating a militia. The constitution has been interpreted and reinterpreted over and over again.
@surgedark I'm not speaking of the Congress. I'm speaking of the psychotic, violence-loving rightwing. Amazing there are so many militant, rightwingers, but yet there was such a large shortfall in military recruiting during war time. Amazing. Truly amazing.
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I'm Japanese.
In my university,my teacher showed this movie to students.
I could learn many things.
It's a very good movie.
I love it!!!! : )
MICHAEL DOUGLAS👑❤
WHAT A GREAT ACTOR❤
GREAT MOVIE👏👏👏
When I saw Martin Sheen walk in at 1:07 I was so confused. I almost read his expression as saying, "Who is this guy at my podium?"
Watched this in my speech & communications class a week ago...love it.
and evidently the best part of the film. I will never get tired of seeing the entire film just because this scene. the rest of the film is fine too but this scene... man. this scene is truly wonderful.
Everyone seems to elide over the center part of the statement. He says, "I will go door to door if I have to, but I'm going to *convince Americans I'm right* and I'm gonna get the guns." He's not going to take them from you by force, he's going to persuade you that gun reform is a good thing.
~"AND I AM THE PRESIDENT!"- absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this movie!!
One of my favourite movies.
In 2019 ALL American Politicians should continually watch this.
One of the greatest speeches in the history of cinema.
this gives me chills every time i watch it! i love this movie!
Best part of the movie. Regardless of politics, it is nice to see a president who can speak, inspire, and seem like a leader, even if it is only a movie. Too bad it is only a movie.
It's truly amazing how this speech calls radical, right-wing thinking to the carpet, and puts into perspective how crazy and nonsensical the radical right wing, especially the tea slackers, truly is. Bravo to Aron Sorkin.
Love this movie, and this speech is my favorite scene!
loved this movie and this speech!
Mandatory doesn't suit my fancy if I'm speaking for other people, but I'd be more than fine with that form of militia for myself. In fact I'd love it, It fits so perfectly with non-interventionism, and I must admit, I do envy the swiss for their system.
The best speech that Michael Douglas as given playing a (fictional American President) since playing Gordon Gekko in the film "WALL STREET"
Ah yes, the days when the US still had hope instead of agenda. Seems like ages ago nowadays.
NOW that how a President should be ! Stand up for what is right !! Having steel in his spine ! Take the fight to them ! To those who put fear and big business ahead of serving the american people !
i love this part *____*
One of my favourite films
"We have serious problems to solve and we need serious people to solve them. And whatever your particular problem is I promise you, Glenn Beck is not the least bit interested in solving them. He is interested in two things and two things only - making you afraid of it and telling you who's to blame for it". I saw this movie the other night and thought you could just put Glenn Beck's name right in there and it would be a perfect quote for these times. Thank god he will be off the air soon.
Kudos to the person who wrote this speech, how absolutely true, in every word he said. I must say, i really enjoyed this so much, being an INDIAN, that i bought this DVD in Australia. Some time from now, i would become a US citizen, [in HIS time]. I really took time to understand that America is "Advanced Citizenship". Today when i look back at India and America, i understand the true meaning of those two words. America is tough life, as compared to India, but much better, efficient then all.
What a FANTASY compared to USA 2019!
TT1221 my name is Donald Trump and I'm gonna grab them by the pussy.
"My name is Andrew Shepherd and I am the President." Michael Douglas is amazing. He's right in my opinion. He's honest and has a lot of character. He's got my vote!
@jehaney I find that interesting to. I loved this speech as well.
absolutely love this movie and this speech!
Rumour has it James Madison was once told he had to wear long sleeves to the office so he wrote a line in the draft of the constitution proposing the right to bare arms. Unfortunately it was mis-interpreted and now the US has vast numbers of hand guns in circulation.
One of the greatest speeches in film history!!
Goose bump every time at 2:18
love this movie! love this speech!
I love this scene
I don't remember it being individuals who owned guns in the constitution, instead I remember it being a well regulated militia.
And technically weapons bans is constitutional, we have the right to bear arms but what arms we are allowed to bear are up for debate
he should run for president I think he would make a good one!
Aaron Sorkin,the best political series or movies writer ever,he should write the follow up on The West Wing focussing on Rob Lowe's character Sam Seaborn running for president
Politics aside, and everything else, you have to admit, Bob Rumson spent months working to break down the President's repuatation, and then Andrew Shepard comes in and with one speech DESTROYS everything that Rumson worked for. Haha. That is why I love this speech.
All the times we had to hear "My name is Bob Rumson, and I'm running for President.", that guy was such an embarrassment to us republicans, that I loved the ending where President Sheperd rammed those words down his throat!
"and i'm gonna get the guns" - Great Line....hang in there Representative Giffords!
This is one speech that ALL Americans need to hear regardless of political views.
One of his best movies
Yes but guns can also be used as a tool to protect people. Let me ask you this if you were going to rob a gas station which gas station would you rather have. One where nobody has a gun? Or one where everyone has a gun? The people who rob from stores obviously are not afraid to break the law so I doubt they'll care if they own a gun or not if there going to kill someone or rob a store. Making something illegal never gets rid of it.
This Speech Can Be Apply To All Government And Election.
Love, LOVE, L.O.V.E., this movie. My favorite ever! Get well Michael Douglas
❤ this part
Fantastic speech. There's only 1 more president movie speech that can top this.. (Independence Day and Bill Pullman)
@trwent Also, he was just standing behind the door. So he can hear the conversation inside, especially if it's being miked.
There is a time to stop and think in America, look back at things, and not always be in the face paced lane. In India, its all about achievement and grades, jobs and success, i don't say, that its not this way in America, but at least not like in India. My Fiancee is American, and indeed i see from her eyes, how tough life is in America, but in spite of every thing she faces, she still loves America. I now know why. May Christ care for the faithful, the hard working and loving, ALWAYS. AMEN
He came real close to it in his presser today.
Much like the Conservatives and Tea Party groups.
"Bob's problem isn't that he doesn't get it. Bob's problem is that he can't sell it!
We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious people to solve them. And whatever your particular problem is, I promise you, Bob Rumson is not the least bit interested in solving it. He is interested in two things and two things only: making you afraid of it and telling you who's to blame for it."
Fits them to a T.
Its not a BAN on guns, its about distribution and regulation. If you take a look two or three scenes prior to this moment, when Sydney is looking for that sweater. She talks facetiously and sarcastically about 'a mandatory three-day waiting period before a five-year-old can buy an Uzi'. she's in tears over the fact that the environment is taking a backseat to what she feels is 'crime prevention legislation that has no hope of preventing crime'.
@jehaney He mentions taking away assault weapons and handguns. I don't necessarily agree it's that simple, but that stance can make the argument that it doesn't revoke the right to bear arms.
truly a great movie
"I'm gonna get the guns."
woo boy...bob rumsom and the nra would have a field day with that in a campaign ad...
If you think that the guns are the problem no hunger is the problem water is a problem housing is the problem energy is the problem no one's going to be playing with guns when they can go outside and fly a kite hey mr. President go fly a kite and don't put the key on the bottom because Benjamin Franklin learned his lesson
You realise this was a movie, right?
@@Karma-qt4ji really see you mean that the guy that says that greed-is-good wasn't another character in this movie who pretended to be the president do they all pretend to be the president or is it a spirit.
Do you understand the humerus inference that I just laid down. The principles are you really the same you cannot hold up the Constitution and come after the guns what's my point of laying down that video. Do you understand it was a metaphor in a humorous manner cuz I get what you're saying
@@deefazhion Jesus buddy. Punctuation is your friend. I have absolutely no idea what your word salad even meant.
a film re-examined buckles some for the pleasure of this beautiful story
The reason "it changed everything" was he had written the State of the Union Speech which the President was to give that night. The President had completely changed tactics so the MJF character had about three hours to completely rewrite the speech.
No problem, dude. You seem to have great taste in movies!
@RichfromNH You're forgetting the rest of the amendment, which states that a well regulated militia being necessary. The words Well Regulated are kind of important there. Giving guns to everyone absent military service, especially in a day where militias no longer ARE necessary, is the opposite of well regulated.
But regardless, it was a different time with a markedly different society and what guns were capable of. The issue deserves to be debated on its own merits, not an arcane amendment.
This was Sorkin doing liberal wish fulfillment. I've always felt that this was Sorkin putting the words into the mouth of President Sheperd what every liberal had begged Dukakis to say in '88. Because THAT was the year when Atwater and his ilk began the attack on liberalism (by attacking the ACLU, etc.) and the liberals (well, Dukakis...) DIDN'T FIGHT BACK. Every liberal listening to this speech got to hear the speech they had wished Dukakis or any liberal since should have made.
Agreed.
The 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." This amendment was ratified in 1791, when the U.S. had only a modest army/navy. Now, we have local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, along with a superior military...all established to protect both citizens and the country as a whole. Perfect?...no. But, better than everyone running around with a gun.
The Founders never wanted a total separation of church and state. They envisioned a land where people of all faiths could express themselves openly in both public and private, without government control. There's nothing in the Constitution which prohibits any religion having influence in the government, but they can't make it mandatory.
Lol
You are wrong. They even did not take the oath/affirmation of office with a reference to God. This and numerous other references and instances show that keeping religion out of politics was their ideal.
My name is Andrew Shepherd and I AM the president.
The part in the film that talks about free speech;
Send that to those who want to muzzle it.
Can't wait to hear a President say something like this...
@Varianna12 I don't know. If you can accurately shoot a pistol it would be pretty effective for defense.
I don't think i'll ever see anything like this in politics, only in these works of fiction can we reach our full potential for greatness.
@Bergenfluff As an American, I totally agree. The problems arise with the whole "Slippery Slope" arguement. Essentially, pro-gun organizations like the NRA argue that any regulations would lead to increasingly tighter regulations until guns become so hard to get that it will be like repealing the second amendment.
I personally think that's bullsh*t, but that's American politics for you.
The beginning of this speech rings true now. Reach out America. Reach out. The end does too. Heal thy self.
@ChelsyShiloh "In order to improve test grades, the right to 1 hour of study time, shall not be infringed." If I'm 80 years old, and not in school, then why do I need an hour of study time? If there are no well regulated Militias, why does the gun right apply? I mean the amendment starts off with Well regulated Milita. It says so. right there in the beginning.
President Obama needs to be listening to this...movie or not, it's the truth.
The character of Rumson was also a terribly manipulative caricature of conservative thought. I'm surprised Dreyfuss agreed to play it.
Peter Tesei for First Selectman
@jksonny You're right. Why do you think the movie ended where it did? You can't play that plotline through to the end, AND have a happy, believable ending.
If you think that tiny little room contains all the people in the WH listening to a Press Secretary talk, you are quite mistaken. I assure you it was being broadcast to every room in the WH. How do you think all the other major players showed up to listen within 45 seconds?
There may be parts of the movie and the speech in particular that aren't true to life, but this isn't one of them.
I love this speech, especially from 1:21 to 2:05.
If you love politics and love great acting, SEE THIS MOVIE! And yes, I am a Michael Douglas fan! (lol)
It's hard to beleieve that he wasn't even nominated for an Oscar for this role.
President Obama needs to see this. Love it and our president!
He was talking about getting rid of assault weapons which are not about protecting yourself they are about hurting other people. I'm not saying that nobody shouldn't be allowed to own guns and neither was he (have you actually seen this movie?). It's just that some people shouldn't be allowed to own guns because they wouldn't use them for protection they would use them for assault. The Crime Bill that they were talking about was supposed to prevent drug crime which would be a lot easier to do
Mr. President respectfully in regards to the Constitution go fly a kite.
@jehaney Well, it IS possible to amend the constitution if the need calls for it.
2/2
And its pretty clear that he invisioned something like what the Swiss have, a real militia. Not the pervetion of his words you have in the US today. If you tell me you want america to adopt the Swiss system, then I'm with you all the way.
That means everyone has to serve in the army, get weapons training, everyone needs to take part in government training once each year and there is no army, if war breaks out, YOU are the army. Now THAT system I can support.
this is what most rational people think the founders meant when they said "a well regulated militia" was the national guard or reserve forces....not "every asshole gets a gun"....I think the founders knew assholes better than that :P
Somehow when I found this video I knew if I clicked on it, I would find a lot of people talking about the gun banning part and heavy argument. I told myself I would try not to get involved, but as usual I couldn't resist putting in my two cents.
The character in the movie was not talking about not letting anyone ever have a gun ever. It's never been about that. It's about not letting people who would hurt others with the guns being allowed to have them. The character was talking about ge
@Neville6000
Bravo, Neville! You're so deserve being one of the highest rated here on UA-cam! You're so superior to us neanderthals in the NRA.
@utubesnamepolsux , what would you say the other 4 are?
Did you hear the mic hit the ground
excellant movie
@Eskimo67 you got that right...
@Charlesperalo I would argue that yes, providing health care to the American people is Constitutional.
This was early Sorkin. And it set the stage for The West Wing. More importantly, it gave us a glimpse of a literary genius, preachy ideals and politics notwithstanding.
and a little bit of the future
@jehaney I've always found that clause to be as controversial and open to interpretation by future generations as the rest of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. The second amendment does say that the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, but it also clearly states this is for the purpose of a "well-regulated" militia. Gangs in the streets with handguns abridging other's rights to live their lives in freedom and safety does not seem to be a well regulated militia. Thoughts?
A good call on Democracy and on adaptable thinking as opposed to target in the moment thinking. The words ring true.
@RichfromNH Absolutely. But apart from hunting for food, which doesn't require an Uzi anyway, all those things are sentimental reasons. I know it feels like a special thing that's a legacy in many cultures, including the one we live in, but that doesn't stand alone as justification. I think it's a much stronger sentimental argument to note all the people who needlessly die from mass-killing weapons being freely available. Which is more painful, the loss of a gun or the loss of a child?
To those of you who are trying to defend the 2nd amendment, it may interest you to know that it only applies to events whereby a foreign power invades your home state.
Yes, owning a gun is a civil liberty. As such the gov can not take it away from you. However, they can limit your liberties with restrictions. The 1st amendment has restrictions just like the 2nd. Gun registration does not take away the 2nd amendment, but simply places a needed restriction on it.
pish posh. I will support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic.
Would I rather have a country where I am protected by the gun in my bedroom or the federal government? I think the government. That is the fundamental ideological divide between those who still advocate gun rights and those who do not. Most gun owners are law abiding citizens, and it is sad that some people are so intent on murder that we have to try to limit their access to what should be self-defense weapons. There is no easy answer to that question, but we DO need to talk about it.
Actually, taking away assault weapons and handguns doesn't completely go against he 2nd amendment cause that still leaves shotguns and sub machine guns. Also, one could argue that the 2nd amendment is only for building and regulating a militia. The constitution has been interpreted and reinterpreted over and over again.
And he did this without a teleprompter...
@surgedark I'm not speaking of the Congress. I'm speaking of the psychotic, violence-loving rightwing. Amazing there are so many militant, rightwingers, but yet there was such a large shortfall in military recruiting during war time. Amazing. Truly amazing.
Also the president of Independence day