Connecticut’s Unconstitutional End Run Around Legislature Will Not Go Unchallenged


Hartford CT – -(Ammoland.com)- Today Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy made an announcement that he would declare an executive order that would prevent anyone that is on yet-to-be-named, secret ‘watch lists’ from exercising their right to armed self-defense by purchasing or carrying a firearm.
The very idea that Governor Malloy seeks to remove constitutional rights without due process using these secret ‘watch lists’ is despicable and unconstitutional.
The concept goes against not only against the 5th, 14th and 2nd amendments to our U.S. Constitution, it also goes against the Connecticut Constitution, Article 1, Section 8 and Article 1, Section 15.
These [secret] ‘watch lists’ have not been vetted, are not public and are not based on Probable Cause or even Reasonable Articulable Suspicion. Every citizen should have major concerns about any politician who wishes to remove constitutional rights by executive edict simply by putting someone on a list. These confidential lists have zero transparency as no one can see whether they are on the list, why they are on the list, or how to get removed from the list.
That doesn’t stop the government from listing over 1 million people on their lists, however. Those lists have included people like Senator Ted Kennedy and others who obviously have no ties to terrorism.
Such a reckless and unmeasured edict would violate Connecticut citizens’ rights to armed self-defense as well as due process.
“Governor Malloy lost his efforts in the legislature to have a list of people that would be denied constitutional rights without oversight or due process. Now he has decided to push a more extreme effort using the wake of a massacre that could not have been prevented with his proposal. And he does this by bypassing and disrespecting our constitution and the legislative process.” – Connecticut Carry President Rich Burgess
“The governor does not have the constitutional authority to deny a state and federal constitutional right. A firearm purchased for use in the home is a core constitutional right and shall not be infringed by Malloy or his mentor Barack Obama. If Governor Malloy believes that if you have done something to make it on these watch lists, then you should not be able to purchase a gun. If you have done something so bad as to be on these lists, why let that person run around free? Arrest them if you have probable cause. ” – Connecticut Carry Director of Legal Affairs Edward Peruta
“This is McCarthyism at its worst. A secret, undocumented list with no way to know how you got on it or how to get off of it. It is just ludicrous.” – Connecticut Carry Treasurer Don Mei Jr.
“This is a knee jerk reaction that will have no impact to crime, violence or the acts of terrorists. A flawed database is a horrible standard to deprive people of their rights to freely travel or possess tool in the furtherance of self-defense. Malloy and his ilk are demonstrating that they don’t care to protect the citizens of Connecticut, only their grandstanding and political posturing to further an agenda of civilian disarmament. Due process and constitutional protections be damned.” – Connecticut Carry Director of Education Ray Johansen
About Connecticut Carry:
Connecticut Carry is a non-partisan, grassroots, non-profit organization devoted to educating Connecticut to our rights in Connecticut. Visit: www.ctcarry.com
After the guns are confiscated then the de facto for profit corporation government can dictate 24/7 how we will live our lives whether we like it or not-just like Hitler, Mao, Pol Pot and Stalin did in the past. Too bad we don’t teach this in history classes anymore but it’s for a reason-to dumb-down the public so they will be more manageable and never suspect just how evil governments can be when they are greedy and seek powers they were never granted in the Constitution. There are many other plans being made in secret in Connecticut and throughout the… Read more »
After all the guns are confiscated then they can really dictate how we will live our lives daily 24/7 from cradle to grave.
There are many other plans being made in secret in Connecticut and throughout the Country. Just love that Rockefeller/United Nations touch in planning and charting our lives with the help of those elected officials who ignore the Constitution and dictate that we will do it whether we like it or not. Welcome the very real ‘Hunger Games’ and we’re all going to be in the case-whether we like it or not.
https://osnetdaily.com/2014/03/agenda-21-rockefeller-builds-human-settlement-zones-in-connecticut/
As Publias asks above please join the NRA and the CCDL to help financially..You will also be notified about hearings, votes, positions of candidates, etc..I had to leave the unconstitution state of Connecticut when malloy and company won another term..You can’t fix stupid.! Send picture postcards to the turds in Hartford and voice your concerns..Staffers handle all the mail, but people can’t resist reading a nice picture postcard as it makes its way to the legislators office..It is called the shotgun effect..I was also active in local Tea Party events since 2007..Until all the working taxpayers leave the state the… Read more »
We in Kommiecticut have already given state government the middle finger and a “HELL NO!” with the last round of unconstitutional and intolerable acts…it’s called The Armed Civil Disobedience of Non-Compliance. We were made felons by the stroke of a pen, and already don’t much care what else they do. If using the secret government watch list makes them feel froggy enough to try confiscation, then we say, “BRING IT ASSHOLES!” When the body count of Patriots, LE, and state military alike gets to a certain level, I guess they’ll take us seriously and finally quit.
The courts are a joke. Malloy/ both political parties appoint these judges. We won’t see any redress from any court on a state or federal level. Sure Malloy/Lawlor are collectivist toady’s who expose Obama’s agenda. Plus all of Ct’s Senator’s/Congress critters are also avowed collectivist gun grabbers. This is another litmus test for Obama’s agenda. Obama may never leave office. Either the gun owners submit. Or take up arms. Martial law is sure to follow. Just watch and see.How many of those 56,000 law abiding gun owners who registered those dreaded black rifles end up on that secret no fly… Read more »
I fully support the objections raised against Malloy’s proposed executive order, but I’m disappointed by the article in itself, as it is subtitled “Connecticut’s Unconstitutional End Run Around Legislature Will Not Go Unchallenged”. How (specifically) is this going to be challenged? I’m not trying to be a wise-ass here, but writing to the governor to object to his intentions (which I intend to do anyway) isn’t going to amount to a bucket of spit. What is the legal basis for filing an injunction against an executive order? Who can / will file it? Are donations needed to hire attorneys that… Read more »