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The Patriot Post Digest 3-15-2019
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The Patriot Post® · Mid-Day Digest
Mar. 15, 2019
https://patriotpost.us/digests/61803-mid-day-digest
THE FOUNDATION
“The mind that aims at a select militia, must be influenced by a truly anti-republican principle; and when we see many men disposed to practice upon it, whenever they can prevail, no wonder true republicans are for carefully guarding against it.” —Federal Farmer (1787)
https://patriotpost.us/fqd/61802-founders-quote-daily
IN TODAY’S EDITION
Sandy Hook families can sue Remington, says Connecticut Supreme Court.1
New Zealand Assailants were fascists, not “right wing.”2
Daily Features: More Analysis3, Columnists4, Headlines5, Opinion in Brief6, Short Cuts7, Memes8, and Cartoons9.
IN BRIEF
Court Opens Crack in Federal Law Protecting Gunmakers10
A crack may have been created in the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), the 2005 federal law designed to shield firearms manufacturers from direct legal liability for crimes committed by third-party individuals using their weapons. In a 4-3 ruling Thursday, the Connecticut Supreme Court overturned a lower court’s dismissal of a liability lawsuit against Remington Outdoor Co. brought by nine family members of victims of the 2012 massacre11 at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
In its narrow ruling, the court actually upheld the lower court’s dismissal of all aspects of the lawsuit except a key one regarding the state’s authority in regulation of marketing. The court stated, “The regulation of advertising that threatens the public’s health, safety, and morals has long been considered a core exercise of the states’ police powers.” The decision further states:
We conclude that the trial court properly determined that, although most of the plaintiffs’ claims should have been dismissed, PLCAA does not bar the plaintiffs’ wrongful marketing claims… Specifically, if the defendants did indeed seek to expand the market for their assault weapons through advertising campaigns that encouraged consumers to use the weapons not for legal purposes such as self-defense, hunting, collecting, or target practice, but to launch offensive assaults against their perceived enemies, then we are aware of nothing in the text or legislative history of PLCAA to indicate that Congress intended to shield the defendants from liability for the tragedy that resulted.
To put it simply, the court ruled that Remington, maker of the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle stolen and then used by the Sandy Hook assailant, could potentially be held legally liable for how its firearm was used based upon how it marketed its product. The court is stretching in its attempt to find a hole in PLCAA. How do we know? One clear indication is that the judges used the misnomer “assault weapons12” when describing Remington’s marketing. We may be wrong, but we can’t think of a single gun manufacturer that uses this bogus term to describe its semiautomatic rifles. Thus, the judges say, the lawsuit can proceed based on malicious mischaracterization by the Left, not marketing by Remington.
Gun-control activists were quick to celebrate the ruling, seeing in it a roadmap for getting around PLCAA protections to go after firearm manufacturers. Adam Winkler of UCLA School of Law observed13, “This is a landmark and potentially historic ruling. It opens up an avenue to hold gunmakers responsible despite federal immunity. It will encourage a lot more litigation.”
The lawsuit will now proceed in the lower court, where the plaintiffs will attempt to make the case that Remington marketed its firearms in such a fashion as to have encouraged their illegal use. This clearly sets up a collision course with constitutional rights protected by the First and Second Amendments. If influencing the illegal use of firearms via marketing makes an organization liable for criminal activity, then Hollywood and video-game creators top the list of the worst offenders.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/61801-court-opens-crack-in-federal-law-protecting-gunmakers
New Zealand Assailant(s): Fascist Anarchist, Not ‘Right Wing’14
The brutal terrorist attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, today are believed to have been perpetrated by a psychopathic white nationalist from Australia (a “gun free” country), though three others were taken into custody. The assailant(s) killed 49 people and wounded nearly that many more, even live-streaming part of the attack. They reportedly15 fled the second mosque when a good guy with a gun returned fire.
The primary suspect declared in a lengthy manifesto that he was inspired by the racists who, respectively, perpetrated attacks on a black church in South Carolina and a teen camp in Norway. For that reason and because he mentioned President Donald Trump — both favorably and unfavorably — the Leftmedia and others, including the Australian prime minister, are mindlessly parroting the charge that he is a “right-wing extremist.”
The Leftmedia is nothing if not shameless.
First of all, this is the same media that lectured ad nauseam after Muslim-perpetrated terrorist attacks — to name but a few, Paris16, Orlando17, San Bernardino18, and 9/1119 — that Islam is the Religion of Peace™ and that we shouldn’t stereotype Muslims by associating all of them with a few extremists. If that was a fair point then, why not now?
On the contrary, we fully expect the coming days to include the latest reports (and fundraisers) from the Southern Poverty Law Center about the rise of this supposedly “right wing” hatred in the age of Trump. But as we’ve said before, there’s nothing uniquely “right wing” about racism or even nationalism.
The New York Times also reports, “Writing that he had purposely used guns to stir discord in the United States over the Second Amendment’s provision on the right to bear arms, he also declared himself a fascist. ‘For once, the person that will be called a fascist, is an actual fascist,’ he wrote.”
How many times do we have to say this? Fascism is not a right-wing ideology.
Anyone who thinks so — whether pro or con — is woefully misinformed and committing the intellectually bankrupt sin of conflating racism or, in this case, anti-immigrant sentiment with the right side of the political spectrum. This assailant was not advocating lower taxes, limited government, or individual liberty. He claimed, “I am just a regular white man, from a regular family. Who decided to take a stand to ensure a future for my people.”
A final note: Attacks on houses of worship are, tragically, nothing new. The Associated Press compiled a list20 of 18 such attacks just over the last decade. Churches, mosques, synagogues — nothing is safe. Such violent hatred is pure evil. Indeed, the assailant bore symbols of Satanism among his belongings. Responsible people should rise above that evil with run-of-the-mill political disagreements.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/61800-new-zealand-assailant-s-fascist-anarchist-not-right-wing
ON OUR WEBSITE TODAY
Featured Analysis: McConnell Considers the Next Nuclear Option21 — Democrats are obstructing nominations by abusing 30 hours of debate. Not for much longer.
Obama’s Department of Injustice Quashed Clinton Investigation22 — Newly released testimony from Lisa Page highlights egregious abuse of power.
No Safe Spaces for Conservative College Students23 — A majority of these young conservatives find their political views are not welcome on campus.
The Border Crisis That Wasn’t?24 — We’re told there’s no crisis, but the numbers on crime and drugs say otherwise.
Video: Ocasio-Cortez Sounds a Lot Like Karl Marx25 — The freshman Democrat attacks Reagan for what she and other socialists and racists do.
TOP NEWS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
“The Senate voted on Thursday to nix President Trump’s national emergency declaration to construct the U.S.-Mexico border wall, setting up the first veto battle with his White House,” The Hill reports27. Fifty-nine senators — including 12 Republicans — voted in favor of the resolution. “The resolution now heads to Trump’s desk, where he is expected to use the first veto of his presidency to defeat it. Neither chamber has the votes to override the president.”
“North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will soon decide whether to continue diplomatic talks and maintain his moratorium on missile launches and nuclear tests, a senior North Korean official said Friday, adding that the U.S. threw away a golden opportunity at the recent summit between their leaders.” The Associated Press28 goes on to note that “Pyongyang now has no intention of compromising or continuing talks unless the United States takes measures that are commensurate to the changes it has taken — such as the 15-month moratorium on launches and tests — and changes its ‘political calculation.’” |
