Schumer Flubs Basic American History
Posted on June 6, 2014
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), sponsor of the Brady Bill and the
“assault weapon” and “large” magazine ban when he was in the House of
Representatives, probably shouldn’t be the go-to guy for historical arguments
against the individual right to keep and bear arms.
The Washington Times reports that
Schumer said on Tuesday Thomas Jefferson was the architect of the Bill of
Rights. As the Times notes, Jefferson was overseas serving as minister to France
during the Constitutional convention and the congressional debate over the Bill
of Rights.
Schumer can perhaps console
himself that both Jefferson and a pivotal author and champion of the Bill of
Rights, James Madison, had a lot in common.
(Sen. Schumer, take notes.)
Jefferson and Madison were both from Virginia.
Both later became president of the United States. And both supported
the right to arms.
But there are some important
differences, too. For example, Jefferson wrote
the Declaration of Independence. Madison,
on the other hand, argued for ratification of the Constitution in The
Federalist, commonly referred to as The Federalist Papers.
In The Federalist, Number 46, for
example, Madison
said that under the Constitution, the people would retain the right to keep and
bear arms for defense against tyranny.
For that matter, Alexander
Hamilton, from Schumer’s home state, also endorsed an armed citizenry for the
same reason in The Federalist, Number 29.
But, we digress.
Since his election to the Senate,
Schumer has spent a considerable amount of time trying to enact gun control, in
contravention of the work of men like Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton. In
particular, Schumer proposed to expand the Undetectable Firearms Act, expand
the federal “armor piercing ammunition” law, impose “assault weapon” and
“large” magazine bans, and expand background checks.
Instead, he might want to spend a
little more time with a history book.
Charles Schumer
Charles E. Schumer
is a U.S. Senate senator, and
married to Iris Weinshall.
Note: Iris Weinshall
is married to Charles E. Schumer,
the vice chancellor for the City
University of New York, a friend of Merryl
H. Tisch, and was the transportation commissioner for New York (NY).
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Ramzi Kassem, a law professor at
the City University of New York who has represented detainees, told the Associated Press
that the coming transfer was hardly a secret among the prison population.
Kassem told the AP that the guards explained the heightened security as
cautionary measures taken in advance of a coming hurricane. "The prisoners
saw right through that and knew something big was up," Kassem said.
"Within a day or two of the event, everyone knew."
Gertrude Himmelfarb
is a professor emeritus at the City
University of New York, and her son is William
Kristol.
William Kristol
is Gertrude Himmelfarb’s son, and
was a contributor for the Fox News.
Media Matters
monitors the Fox News.
Matthew Goldstein
is the chancellor for the City
University of New York, and a director at the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for Media Matters, the Drum
Major Institute for Public Policy, and the Harlem Children's Zone.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and a
benefactor at the Harlem Children's Zone.
Michael R.
Bloomberg was a benefactor at the Harlem
Children's Zone, the New York (NY) mayor, is a co-chair for Mayors Against Illegal Guns, and a
friend of Merryl H. Tisch.
NRA-ILA (Michael R. Bloomberg’s Gun Control History)
Merryl
H. Tisch is a friend of Michael R.
Bloomberg, the chancellor for the New York State Board of Regents, and a fried of Iris Weinshall.
James R. Tallon
Jr. is a member of the New York
State Board of Regents, and Eliot
Spitzer’s adviser.
Eliot
Spitzer’s adviser was James R.
Tallon Jr., is a columnist for Slate,
and an adjunct professor for the City
University of New York.
Cliff
Sloan was a publisher for Slate,
is the Guantanamo
Bay envoy for the U.S. Department of State, and a director
at the American Constitution Society.
Iris Weinshall is
the vice chancellor for the City
University of New York, a friend of Merryl
H. Tisch, married to Charles E.
Schumer, and was the transportation commissioner for New York (NY).
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the American Constitution Society.
George
Soros is the founder & chairman of the Open Society Foundations.
Eric H. Holder Jr.
was a board member for the American
Constitution Society, and is the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Barack Obama administration.
NRA-ILA (Eric Holder’s Gun Control History)
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