The only one that matters is the second
by digby
Let’s say you are having a political meeting. And the people who disagree with your point of view show up and stand around like this:
Does that look like a civilized democracy to you?
A person would have to be an idiot to stand up and exercise his or her right to free speech and free assembly in the face of that. Political arguments get heated. People get upset. I’d guess the ones with the guns are the more dangerous in that situation, wouldn’t you? I don’t think those people inside the building will be meeting in public anymore, do you? In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if they stop meeting. And that’s the point.
Basically, what these men are all saying is that when you get right down to there’s only one right in the Bill of Rights. The second amendment will always trump the others won’t it?
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