United States – -(AmmoLand.com)- The year 2020 is going to rank as a very important one for Second Amendment supporters. The 2020 elections are going to be very high stakes. Then, there is that Supreme Court case heard earlier this month. That means that 2020 poses the potential for great danger and yet, there could also be great opportunities with regards to our rights.
The elections have obvious dangers and opportunities. The election, of course, risks seeing pro-Second Amendment lawmakers voted out. On the flip side, they can also be the chance to replace anti-Second Amendment lawmakers. If Second Amendment supporters are successful in the latter, then changes to bring things closer to the ideal become much more achievable.
The biggest prize in the 2020 election is, of course, the presidency. Donald Trump has largely been a supporter of the Second Amendment and has appointed pro-Second Amendment judges to the appellate courts. Take a good look at the front-runners to replace him. Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, and Michael Bloomberg are all hostile to our Second Amendment rights – and all plan to push an anti-Second Amendment agenda.
But the danger doesn’t just come from the usual laws we hear about. Several of these contenders have expressed support for a national popular vote to replace the Electoral College, including Warren and Buttigieg. All would appoint anti-Second Amendment judges. Some of these contenders have promised worse.
In the case of Elizabeth Warren, it is the weaponization of the IRS against pro-Second Amendment organizations. Oh, she says it is just the National Rifle Association, but when she has argued that the failure of gun control to pass is due to “corruption,” then could other pro-Second Amendment groups be far behind? This would be in addition to very onerous “reform” of campaign finance laws – and you can bet they would be rigging the rules to the detriment of Second Amendment supporters.
Buttigieg is no better, even as he tries to take a more moderate tone. He was an early supporter of packing the Supreme Court with as many as six new justices. How do you think those justices would rule on anti-gun legislation? Or, for that matter, on campaign finance reform? It would not be good for either the First or Second Amendments.
Yet with these dangers come opportunities. The extreme agendas that some of these candidates are pushing will make many Americans recoil. We are already seeing this in Virginia, as the initial steps of effective civil disobedience are in full swing. Already, anti-Second Amendment extremists are backing off a total ban on modern multi-purpose semiautomatic firearms.
In addition, the election will bring opportunities as well – a chance to return pro-Second Amendment leadership to the House of Representatives, a chance to add to a pro-Second Amendment majority in the Senate, a chance to get more pro-Second Amendment state lawmakers, a chance for pro-Second Amendment governors, and most importantly, returning President Trump to the White House for four more years.
With Trump coming back, and a pro-Second Amendment Senate, the continued confirmation of pro-Second Amendment federal judges would continue to reshape the courts.
These are dangerous times for our First and Second Amendment rights. However, these times are also a great chance to change the political landscape in a manner that will advance the cause of freedom. Whether 2020 will be remembered for danger or opportunity is up to us.
About Harold Hutchison
Writer Harold Hutchison has more than a dozen years of experience covering military affairs, international events, U.S. politics and Second Amendment issues. Harold was consulting senior editor at Soldier of Fortune magazine and is the author of the novel Strike Group Reagan. He has also written for the Daily Caller, National Review, Patriot Post, Strategypage.com, and other national websites.
Stop SToP STOP with this “second amendment supporters” its NOT a football team for crying out loud!
Of course maybe that’s what YOU think the Bill Of Rights is?
I believe the only strategy that has a chance, is the one conservatives have failed to embrace, election after election: VOTE! You don’t win elections with a 30% turnout. Gun owners and other conservatives have got to stop making excuses to themselves for not voting. We have to vote in every single election at every level. With 124 million gun owners (plus our influence with spouses in many cases) we can take back our nation. However, “the line was too long and it was raining,” “I have a cold and don’t want to spread it,” “My work is a long… Read more »
Son, we are closer to civil war than we have been since 1865. People with a semblance of vision have been arming up for some time. The demoncrapic, socialist, communist left have plainly stated their goals of disarming America any way they can. It’s just a matter of time before they get the votes/power/authority to attempt to accomplish it. So far it’s been death by a thousand cuts. An infringement here and there but now they want the whole enchilada. Unless the LORD returns or HE does some kind of miracle, there is either going to be a second revolutionary… Read more »
I really hate to say this but it’s time that myself and whatever 2nd Amendment patriot and supporter of the Constitution and bill of rights lock and load and get to preparing for the CWII With Trump “Impeached” and the dummycrates think they are on a roll (until the Senate version) but… it’s time to come together to save the Republic!! And by the way, who needs a limp wrist like Hutchison being a “mouth piece” for the 2nd A Militia and patriots!!
One other thing, Harold: May I suggest you end the year on a solid footing and make your last article an expression of MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR and we will see you in a fortnight!
So Harold, I see you’ve flip-flopped from dismissing “WILL NOT COMPLY” as an ‘incompetent’ strategy to ACCEPTING NONCOMPLIANCE & CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE as being ‘effective’. You’re beginning to see that if we stand united in noncompliance and intolerance to infringements of all kinds, that we’re right and your previous positions were the failed strategery. Keep learning, and watching, and you will see that if Americans use all their boxes of freedom (soapbox, ballot box, jury box, and cartridge box) we will remain free and sovereign!