saying the 2nd amendment protects the state's right to own fire arms and not the individual's is like saying the 13th protects only slave owners from being slaves and not everyone.
My fellow Americans, the best thing I can say in response to this is, "Keep your powder dry!" A war is coming, and all freedom loving people will be impelled to fight in order to ensure its existence for their posterity.
In the words of Charlton Heston, "FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!"
Yeah ok this guy knows a lot about law considering he believes that animals have the right to be represented in court and all this extremist garbage. But i do know of some prominent people that would agree with him on gun control: Adolf Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, and Mao Tse Tung. Haha
You want my guns, you fascist little brown-shirt? Face me like a REAL MAN, rather than the effeminate gutless-wonder coward you are - come and get 'em with your own two hands, if you've got the jewels!
Some people think Cass Sunstein is a Stalinist sociopath, some think he is a neo-Nazi sociopath, some think he is a regular criminal sociopath (like Charlie Manson), some think he is a Gaia earth-worshipping child sacrifice sociopath. The debate might perhaps be solved if we would just pass a law to "kinetically act" on Sunstein and then do an autopsy. Of course the president already claims the right to murder any political opponent he choses. Let the president kinetically disenhance Sunstein.
Come to my town motherfucker, I'll hang you from a rope in town square just like the old days - Fucking communist. Anyone following you or your shit political advice should also be strung up by the balls and beaten to death slowly.
Fuck you sunstein you baby boomer liberal cunt anti american fucker cant wait to see this shit fuck in the ground. fucking Juden pig! you aint taking shit mother fucker you weak retard peasent cunt go fuck Obama in the ass Yeah Biden will be their condom
Whatever happend to the right to protect ourselves and our family? I have a constitutional right to defend myself, family and countrymen against people that wish to do harm against us.
At what point do you look at Cass Sunstein and throw him in a mental facility, Sunstein is an American traitor at the highest level! He is capable of doing more harm to our nation than any terrorist organization...
with everything that our government is doing with our rights that our founding fathers established for us makes me sick... this is not the bible people... many have and still do interpret the bible differently BUT WITH OUR RIGHTS there is only one way to interpret it... and that way is the WAY OUR FOUNDING FATHERS MEANT IT... its not rocket science.. even as a child i knew bearing arms meant the right to defend your self with a fire arm the right to own a fire arm ...
from ThePhoeniixx...and now as an adult i also look at it in a way that if a criminal comes into my house to harm me i have EVERY RIGHT TO SHOOT HIM. AND PROTECT MY SELF AND MY FAMILY.... if we the people ever felt like our government was taking over are founding fathers made sure to give us the rights and beliefs to act on it and take back our power BACK..
@ThePhoeniixx and one big big big right they made sure we had was........................ Amendment 2 - Right to Bear Arms. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Why in the HELL DO YOU THINK THEY MADE IT NUMBER 2 BECAUSE IT IS VERY VERY VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR PEOPLE TO HAVE THE MEANS TO PROTECT OUR SELVES AND OUR FAMILIES....
"Posterity, you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in heaven that ever I took half the pains to preserve it." John Adams
It's clear: 2nd Amendment-- "...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." What's so complicated about that you Ivy league, effete, namby-pamby... This guy is cut from the same cloth as that nerd/wimp, pseudo-intellectual Heinrich Himmler. And don't be fooled, Sunstein is just as dangerous!
The second amendment is one sentence wrong, is it really that hard to understand? How do you lawyer away the phrase 'shall not be infringed'? Seriously...
Sunstein wants to convince us that the Second Amendment isn't about the individual right to bear arms. If he can slowly change the minds of young people who grow up to be attorneys and government officials, he can slowly change the meaning of the Constitution, therefore - opening the door for him and his communist comrades to control us without the fear of an armed uprising. Without firearms, the "people" stand no chance against a tyrannical government.
for the person who said when & where did god justify guns. if you read the bible you will see many many place where it talks about self-defense. obviously you will not see in the bible where it say for you to get a 9mm, but you will see many references where you should have a weapon for self-defense.
"Then said he to them, But now, he that has a purse, let him take it, and likewise his money: and he that has no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one."
When you put restrictions on a right it becomes a privilege. Our country was modeled after the Dutch , there when you are 18 the government gives you a gun and training. It is to suppress a tyrannical government. When the government fears the people there is liberty , when the people fear the government there is tyranny [Thomas Jefferson] The British people gave there guns to the government who destroyed them. America is a Republic bound by the constitution not a democracy.
Do people just obey the law cass because you are so smart and justify it? Let me tell you something cass, GOD has justified our right to own and use guns for our personal defense. There is no argument. Just remember cass, our great military is fighting to protect our freedoms not your power and control over people. I think you will probably go missing one day only to find yourself in the back of a ch-47 chinook with our fine military and they will give you the heave-ho right out the back.
Cass Sunstein has the right of freedom of speech throught first amendment to say whatever he wants, but I have the right to shoot him for this bull shit though the use of the second amendment.
This clown is powerless. His extreme ideology and past insane statements have placed him in the watchful eye of real Americans. He will NEVER be appointed to the SCOTUS (albeit Obama would love to see him on the court). He will NEVER have any power beyond being an Odumbass Czar. Two more years and he can go speak to liberals who like to lick pedophile balls.
Well there, (C)=Ass I have a trigger lock on my gun at all times, it's called a "safety" i'm not worried about it impeding me from using it.
Not to worry Mr. patada head the "revolution" you hate so much will roll right back around on you "Benedict" we understand you loud and clear, King George III didn't like guns either.
any attempt to disarm people would disarm only the Law abiding citisens
and wouldn't affect criminals who don't respect the law.
so such policy would only impover the criminals and endanger the Law abiding citisens and so such ideas and policy are harmful and idiotic in it's core.
The second amendment of the U.S constitution: A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
All I have to say is, look at the home invasion and assault statistics of states with firearm restrictions vs those without. Look how many home invasions and robberys are actually thwarted by armed citizens, regular and off duty police. They want to make us powerless.
Jefferson's "Commonplace Book," 1774-1776 Laws that forbid the carrying of arms... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve, rather, to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. - Thomas Jefferson
His argument against the 2nd Amendment is correct. I blame the founders for not foreseeing the advent of fascism in this country and not writing a better Constitution.
welcome my fellow Americans to a repeat of Nazi Germany!!! Geobel, Hess, and all the minions have reincarnate themselver into these obama drones. They are all insane!!!! and the abortion being put into healthcare is a tool for systematic population control as this monster and Holden have stated they would like to see happen.
People what it all basically boils down to, certain familys(and we know who they are by now) have stolen billions over the last hundred years or so. Now that the people are finding out, they wanna put all of us in prison or kill us, to prevent us from doing the same to them. It's that simple. They're guilty, and they know it, and they are starting to run scared. Desperate people do desperate things.
yay he's says its going to happen cause obama is putting him up for judge, this man wants to destroy the constitution like all of obama's czars. People we have to stand up for ourselve or we go down the same path as the Jews in WWII who didnt stand up for themselves. CASS IS APART OF THE BEAST!!
@godsphysicist02 you are totally correct! Some Americans should get the fuck out of this country and go live in China--this guy is pure EVIL a complete psychopath who would have no problem exterminating a couple million people!
a pretty sad intellectual... this guy is a collectivist, aka fascist. He believes people exist because of the state, so they must pledge their lives to it. Pure fascism.
"My tentative suggestion is that the individual right to have guns, as it's being conceptualized now..."
Keyword in that line: "now"
From Sunstein's preface:
"Does the Constitution now mean what it meant in 1791? Yes, and no. Yes, in the sense that the words of the Constitution continue to be law."
[PERIOD] - Ergo, by his own statement, the words to the 2nd Amendment are law: "...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
One more quote from Sunstein's preface and then I'll get off the online soapbox:
"The goal of the Bill of Rights was to create a series of additional safeguards of liberty - to ensure freedom of speech and religion; to allow jury trials; to prevent private property from being taken for public use; and to forbid cruel and unusual punishment, among other freedoms."
- Note, he never specifies "...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed," as a safeguard of liberty.
A couple more quotes by Sunstein in his preface to my pocket Constitution:
"...the Antifederalists feared that the central government might be like King George - too far from the people, too disrespectful of liberty."
- Again, look @ what's happening in America today?
"James Madison believed that a large republic would be less likely to be subject to powerful private factions or interest groups, which would use government to their own advantage."
Remember we arent a large republic today, we've gone from what we should be a Republic to a democracy. Both terms are easily confusing but there is a difference, the government would have us think we are a democracy from conception. Because we are a democracy this idea of madisons is not working, thats why powerful private facitons control so much today.
ok, so the 2nd amendment gives me the right to have bear arms? no no no no no. i'll give him a reason to make weapons illegal by beating him with a sock full of pencils
come on sunstein stop being a little bitch and get this shit started I am realy curious to see how this whole gun grabbing shit turns out bet you have a nice rock already picked out to hide under while you piss on yourself, it is refreshing to know that our government still fears the people to bad more people dont realize that fact.
WE THE PEOPLE are the militia, and when you try to take our arms, we will rally! That is the real purpose, to give us the means to resist tyranny, and remove dictators by force if needed. Protection from criminals and hunting are added perks.
Another of obaminations homies that doesn't have a clue what he is talking about - comparing gun ownership to retirement? Fuck him and all the dem libratards, esp Pelosi, who can board a plane anytime she wants, fully armed with her pistol. Oh, it must be ok for her, just not you little people that aren't to be trusted against her unconstitutional actions.
Yeah, you just keep singing that song to yourself until the next time Joe Six Pack U.S. G.i. has to come bail your ass out once again against repression. After so many times, we are good at it. Just don't be surprised if the next time, it's like the little boy who cried "wolf" once to often. Seriously, nothing against the UK or you, but you should be respected as a people that can deal with owning a firearm. It really isn't that difficult.
This guy is a complete and utter piece of trash. Self preservation (the umbrella under which self-defense falls) is the most basic right in the universe. All organisms from humans down to bacteria have one main and immediate goal, the continuation of life. That is a true right that everyone is born with. The idea that D-bags like this in the government can argue such a basic right away is bunk. Nobody can tell me how and when I can defend myself!
I live in Australia where we dont have the right to bare arms and I would never want our guns laws loosened. BUT in the USA I am a strong supporter of right to own your own guns because its about a bigger picture. Its about protecting the constitution and historically its about protecting your land. Thats why this guy is so dangerous, even if he is right technically he is wrong symbolically. If the right to bare arms is eroded to where you cant own a gun then all other freedoms are up for grabs
This guy is either a tool of the communists who's reprise is only prevented by individual americans bearing arms, or a complete idiot. More Guns = Less Crime. Google "more guns less crime"
Look at the fools droning on about left/right. Morons. Do your own research instead of the garbage pounded into your heads by FOXCNNMSNBC. You will quickly find the same "think tank" circles behind Bush are really the same circles behind Obama. Same agenda, different tactic....They may think their gimmick is kosher....But America doesnt do kosher.
Sunstein and Obama both taught Constitutional Law.
Funny how so many people who supported Obama touted him as an authority on the Constitution when neither he nor his cabinet members can seem to interpret it properly.
These neo-liberals wrote the book on personally subjective law-making.
This video was made before Heller v. DC. Cass was right that the individual right will be challenged. It was, and the court was very clear and has sided with individuals. This czar cannot infringe on the 2nd amendment now.
This is hardly a suggestion that everyone should be required to watch the same thing. A degree of plurality, with respect to both topics and points of view, is highly desirable. Moreover, talk about "requirements" misses the point. My only claim is that a common set of frameworks and experiences is valuable for a heterogeneous society, and that a system with limitless options, making for diverse choices, could compromise the underlying values.
has anyone noticed that all of Obamas white house CZARS seem to be disgruntled and angry gay men? I think larry sinclair would be very proud, wouldn't he barry?
I'm getting my knuckles, elbows, knees etc. implanted with special padding to ensure that these natural weapons cannot be used in individual self-defense. Since I am not a member of the government, it is my duty to lay helpless in the face of criminal aggression until the police arrive. The risk that I'm dead, robbed or gravely injured by the time the police arrive is worth it since I have thoroughly complied with the collectivist interpretation of the right to self-defense (that there is none)
I'ts too bad we couldn't reverse time, plant Sunstein in Nazi germany, for a couple years, then bring him back and see how he feels about an armed citizenry. Jewish people should be this first to stand up for the second amendment.
But I will bet the farm that Sunstein has no problem with the government having a monopoly on guns and other similar means of force.
The 2nd amendment is the "In case of tyranny, break glass" option that the founding Fathers wisely included as a important check and balance, as important as the those built in the division of the powers in our government system. Those who fought against the Brits in 1776 were not government troops, but US citizens using private arms.
If I had been in that class, I would have thrown a shoe at him. It looks like he is just giving his opinion. Another Elitist with no real world experience.
I wonder if this dickhead has any buddies in the Goldman Sachs gang. I hear they're arming themselves to the teeth as protection against some as yet imaginary American working class hero with a Smith and Wesson. It's hard to walk tall with a big stick up your ass folks!
Fine, the Constitution is silent on the use of my firearms to repel criminals. I'll stipulate to that.
But now I will assert that trigger locks prevent me from readily KILLING AGGRESSIVE GOVERNMENT THUGS OUT TO REPRESS ME.
Refute that, you moronic piece of filth.
"Current fears." The Founders fought off the biggest Empire in the world and they didn't understand the fear of oppressive government? And GUN OWNERS don't understand history?
Hmmmm, I was sitting here on a Sunday morning wondering what I was going to do with my day when I followed a link from Lew Rockwell's website to this page. I would like to thank Mr. Sunstein for helping me decide. I think I'll go to some gun shops and buy another gun. Not that I need one- I'm already well armed- but because it will piss off Mr. Sunstein. Thank you sir, and fuck yourself.
Sunstein's form of collectivism KILLS. There's a reason for the Second Amendment and if you don't know why -just watch "Innocents Betrayed" on YouTube and learn the history of the 170 million people who have been slaughtered at the hands of their governments. Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
any attempt to confiscate guns = the last straw, huh? just like in NOLA. we saw what the average american gun owner will do.
the average american gun owner is a big-talking state-slurping pussy. easy to say "out of my cold dead hands", and damned difficult to put your life on that line.
i have been at that threshold. anyone who hasn't probably is talking BS without knowing it. it is you against the mob. the mob seeks comfort in slavery, as do most american gun yappers (i.e., NRA bootlicks).
Folks, this is a "shtick", a Yiddish word meaning "piece" as in a "skit" or an "act". It also means not very sincere and overused, but serving as an entertainer's signature. Think of Rodney Dangerfield's "I don't get no respect."
Cass Sunstein (what an entertainer's name!) does a shtick to please liberals and infuriate freedom lovers. Hey, we all gotta make a living!
He's right about one thing: the constitution is worthless; our political clout keeps our guns in our hands.
Interesting point of view. There may be a bit of glee hidden behind that intellectual exterior at the thought that he's insulting that social movement that is making sure that we still have the right to bear arms.
But, that's what a representitive democracy is about.
It's just too bad that we don't have other strong, pro-Republic/individual groups as strong as the pro-gun groups.
It's them only way that we can fight the mangerial class.
They want that gun lock because the US now has 'No Knock' warrants and they don't want their criminal thugs getting shot by American citizens when they barge into their homes and rob them. The DEA is currently doing that across the country & all they have to do is send someone a package, wait for them to pick it up & take it inside, then Knock Knock, oh wait they don't knock anymore.
The 2nd amendment is not open for interpretation by the Supreme Court or some Harvard Jew. It is an UNALIENABLE right. I can arm myself in any matter I wish or not at all.
No, not the editing, he had no conclusive argument to make, it's all his opinion and it's gebrish. He makes it incomprehensible so that idiots think that he knows what he's talking about. I didn't understand a word of it either.
This guy is a slithering reptoid. The 2nd amendment is especially for guys like this.
jmyersv1 2 days ago
Gun control requires the cooperation of criminals.
Let's not be stupid, professor.
SuperDachshund 2 months ago
saying the 2nd amendment protects the state's right to own fire arms and not the individual's is like saying the 13th protects only slave owners from being slaves and not everyone.
he is obviously a zionist scumbag.
SUPERSTUD6000 3 months ago
Take my gun from me, and you will find you only receive the hot led inside
JDPKRevolution 3 months ago
My fellow Americans, the best thing I can say in response to this is, "Keep your powder dry!" A war is coming, and all freedom loving people will be impelled to fight in order to ensure its existence for their posterity.
In the words of Charlton Heston, "FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!"
971QKE 5 months ago
Cass sunshit i call you out for a duel. We will do it how our forefathers had!
V2killah 5 months ago
Yeah ok this guy knows a lot about law considering he believes that animals have the right to be represented in court and all this extremist garbage. But i do know of some prominent people that would agree with him on gun control: Adolf Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, and Mao Tse Tung. Haha
73HNiNJ4 6 months ago
Cut this guys tongue out and drop him off naked in the middle of Antarctica!
DemonDik 6 months ago
what secures the rights of the people against bureaucratic, irrepresentative statute?
Armed people, jerkoff.
ParapaDrifter 7 months ago 2
You want my guns, you fascist little brown-shirt? Face me like a REAL MAN, rather than the effeminate gutless-wonder coward you are - come and get 'em with your own two hands, if you've got the jewels!
calebmallen 8 months ago 2
what a prick.
pleadian 9 months ago
how can he still be in power
margiemp 9 months ago
how on earth is he still in power?
margiemp 9 months ago
Hey Cass, criminal shot GOOD, victim shot BAD !
vsnips 10 months ago 2
Some people think Cass Sunstein is a Stalinist sociopath, some think he is a neo-Nazi sociopath, some think he is a regular criminal sociopath (like Charlie Manson), some think he is a Gaia earth-worshipping child sacrifice sociopath. The debate might perhaps be solved if we would just pass a law to "kinetically act" on Sunstein and then do an autopsy. Of course the president already claims the right to murder any political opponent he choses. Let the president kinetically disenhance Sunstein.
pkpapers 10 months ago 2
This guy should be shot immediatly for the safety and welbeing of our country
OregonOutlaw2000 10 months ago 2
jew
TheJimbo4123 10 months ago
As a Libertarian I KNOW this guy is a completely deluded individual.
wickedninja8599 11 months ago
guitarplayer4real is a queer motherfucker. Come to my town and I'll kick your ass. Don't need a gun to do it either.
SuperSportsman10 11 months ago
guitarplayer4real is a queer motherfucker. Come to my town and I'll kick your ass. Don't need a gun to do it either.
SuperSportsman10 11 months ago
Come to my town motherfucker, I'll hang you from a rope in town square just like the old days - Fucking communist. Anyone following you or your shit political advice should also be strung up by the balls and beaten to death slowly.
Assassination squad? I think its a wonderful idea
guitarplayer4real 11 months ago
American nazi wrot book,Nudge! sent it to your liberal firends!
arbonnebycarole 11 months ago
American nazi wrot bookNudge! sent it to your liberal firends!
arbonnebycarole 11 months ago
Fuck you sunstein you baby boomer liberal cunt anti american fucker cant wait to see this shit fuck in the ground. fucking Juden pig! you aint taking shit mother fucker you weak retard peasent cunt go fuck Obama in the ass Yeah Biden will be their condom
deathmetaldavemartin 11 months ago
@deathmetaldavemartin i fully agree!!!!!
ssttee333 11 months ago
a dangerous man that needs to be exported to siberia so he can spew this garbage over there
misko1961 1 year ago
Cass Sunstien is a vile freedom hating man
Konnerdad 1 year ago
Whatever happend to the right to protect ourselves and our family? I have a constitutional right to defend myself, family and countrymen against people that wish to do harm against us.
gasmaskinfidel 1 year ago
Sunstein you filthy communist bastard.
Bluto2973 1 year ago
jews want our guns they, fear just reprisal,and so they should.
skorzenygruppen 1 year ago
At what point do you look at Cass Sunstein and throw him in a mental facility, Sunstein is an American traitor at the highest level! He is capable of doing more harm to our nation than any terrorist organization...
avail18 1 year ago
with everything that our government is doing with our rights that our founding fathers established for us makes me sick... this is not the bible people... many have and still do interpret the bible differently BUT WITH OUR RIGHTS there is only one way to interpret it... and that way is the WAY OUR FOUNDING FATHERS MEANT IT... its not rocket science.. even as a child i knew bearing arms meant the right to defend your self with a fire arm the right to own a fire arm ...
ThePhoeniixx 1 year ago
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ThePhoeniixx 1 year ago
from ThePhoeniixx...and now as an adult i also look at it in a way that if a criminal comes into my house to harm me i have EVERY RIGHT TO SHOOT HIM. AND PROTECT MY SELF AND MY FAMILY.... if we the people ever felt like our government was taking over are founding fathers made sure to give us the rights and beliefs to act on it and take back our power BACK..
ThePhoeniixx 1 year ago
@ThePhoeniixx and one big big big right they made sure we had was........................ Amendment 2 - Right to Bear Arms. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Why in the HELL DO YOU THINK THEY MADE IT NUMBER 2 BECAUSE IT IS VERY VERY VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR PEOPLE TO HAVE THE MEANS TO PROTECT OUR SELVES AND OUR FAMILIES....
ThePhoeniixx 1 year ago
ONE OF MY MANY FAVORITE QUOTES
"Posterity, you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in heaven that ever I took half the pains to preserve it." John Adams
ThePhoeniixx 1 year ago
Wikileaks creator Cass Sunstein should be waterboarded
cloudranch 1 year ago
blah blah blah... Gobledygook!
It's clear: 2nd Amendment-- "...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." What's so complicated about that you Ivy league, effete, namby-pamby... This guy is cut from the same cloth as that nerd/wimp, pseudo-intellectual Heinrich Himmler. And don't be fooled, Sunstein is just as dangerous!
Slave2Reason 1 year ago
The second amendment is one sentence wrong, is it really that hard to understand? How do you lawyer away the phrase 'shall not be infringed'? Seriously...
TreachMarkets 1 year ago
i bet he owns a handgun.
whactya 1 year ago
1776: the government of the United States exists solely for the benefit of its citizens.
2016: the citizens of the United States exists solely for the benefit of its government.
whactya 1 year ago
Sunstein wants to convince us that the Second Amendment isn't about the individual right to bear arms. If he can slowly change the minds of young people who grow up to be attorneys and government officials, he can slowly change the meaning of the Constitution, therefore - opening the door for him and his communist comrades to control us without the fear of an armed uprising. Without firearms, the "people" stand no chance against a tyrannical government.
Dropanobama1 1 year ago
Cass Sunstein wants to outlaw conspiracy theories or (cough) tax them...
Don't believe Oswald killed Kennedy? Question 911 or global warming? You could end up in jail.
Fuck you Sunstein!!
GhostofCliffGullett 1 year ago
for the person who said when & where did god justify guns. if you read the bible you will see many many place where it talks about self-defense. obviously you will not see in the bible where it say for you to get a 9mm, but you will see many references where you should have a weapon for self-defense.
"Then said he to them, But now, he that has a purse, let him take it, and likewise his money: and he that has no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one."
Luke 22:36
victorkyoshi 1 year ago
Who is the omniscient being that gets to decide who to nudge, when to nudge, how hard, and in what direction?
Joefest99 1 year ago
Worse than hitler and should be arrested for treason against the Constitution!
Lentenlands 1 year ago 3
When you put restrictions on a right it becomes a privilege. Our country was modeled after the Dutch , there when you are 18 the government gives you a gun and training. It is to suppress a tyrannical government. When the government fears the people there is liberty , when the people fear the government there is tyranny [Thomas Jefferson] The British people gave there guns to the government who destroyed them. America is a Republic bound by the constitution not a democracy.
egderegor 1 year ago
Do people just obey the law cass because you are so smart and justify it? Let me tell you something cass, GOD has justified our right to own and use guns for our personal defense. There is no argument. Just remember cass, our great military is fighting to protect our freedoms not your power and control over people. I think you will probably go missing one day only to find yourself in the back of a ch-47 chinook with our fine military and they will give you the heave-ho right out the back.
xDISCUSx 1 year ago
@xDISCUSx when and where did GOD (?) justify anything about guns or otherwise...?
wzerno 1 year ago
Cass Sunstein has the right of freedom of speech throught first amendment to say whatever he wants, but I have the right to shoot him for this bull shit though the use of the second amendment.
FWYGINOND 1 year ago
This clown is powerless. His extreme ideology and past insane statements have placed him in the watchful eye of real Americans. He will NEVER be appointed to the SCOTUS (albeit Obama would love to see him on the court). He will NEVER have any power beyond being an Odumbass Czar. Two more years and he can go speak to liberals who like to lick pedophile balls.
Dropanobama1 1 year ago
...and this is who Obama appoints as a "Czar". Tell me that Obama isn't an extremist, and I'll sell you ice in the Arctic Circle.
Dropanobama1 1 year ago
Fuck you Cass Sunstein. Come try and get my guns you liberal pussy.
Dropanobama1 1 year ago
LOL I think he means the second amendment reflects a potential physical threat to the Marxist revolution in America.
crazedNdiffused 1 year ago
Well there, (C)=Ass I have a trigger lock on my gun at all times, it's called a "safety" i'm not worried about it impeding me from using it.
Not to worry Mr. patada head the "revolution" you hate so much will roll right back around on you "Benedict" we understand you loud and clear, King George III didn't like guns either.
IwinbyKO 1 year ago
Cass Sunstein, watch this:
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if after that you refuse people to have arms for self defense you are not worthy of this position.
777PeaceToAll 1 year ago 4
Cass Sunstein, I was born in Soviet Union and I know the history:
all most bloody and twisted things happens because of "good intentions" of some "dreamers" like Lenin, Stalin, Mao and so on...
- first, they disarmed population and then their hanchmen killed millions with repressions.
So, let's not repeat the history.
to have guns is one of the basic amendments. Right?
it was written by people who knew the history and human nature.
125sea 1 year ago 11
Cass Sunstein, here are some basics:
any attempt to disarm people would disarm only the Law abiding citisens
and wouldn't affect criminals who don't respect the law.
so such policy would only impover the criminals and endanger the Law abiding citisens and so such ideas and policy are harmful and idiotic in it's core.
125sea 1 year ago 7
@125sea This is exactly what these people intend.
maxfirepower 3 months ago
Why? Because you say so, Cass? What a douchebag. Scum like this needs to be removed from the public eye.
Cinderdan 1 year ago
the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed?
StopSocialismUSA 1 year ago
The second amendment of the U.S constitution: A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
All I have to say is, look at the home invasion and assault statistics of states with firearm restrictions vs those without. Look how many home invasions and robberys are actually thwarted by armed citizens, regular and off duty police. They want to make us powerless.
AphoticAquatic 1 year ago
Jefferson's "Commonplace Book," 1774-1776 Laws that forbid the carrying of arms... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve, rather, to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. - Thomas Jefferson
MrChrisMcPhail2 1 year ago
what a douchebag
robbooey 1 year ago
this guy is a fool...
kymopar 1 year ago
His argument against the 2nd Amendment is correct. I blame the founders for not foreseeing the advent of fascism in this country and not writing a better Constitution.
jimmyjoe1975 1 year ago
This guys fucking lame...end of story end of him.
XxgoetfacexX 1 year ago
This man is a fool.
ljackso 1 year ago
welcome my fellow Americans to a repeat of Nazi Germany!!! Geobel, Hess, and all the minions have reincarnate themselver into these obama drones. They are all insane!!!! and the abortion being put into healthcare is a tool for systematic population control as this monster and Holden have stated they would like to see happen.
pandabead 2 years ago
That fucking Bastard- keep your hands off my Rights to protect myself and my family you asshole.
illmagnified 2 years ago
People what it all basically boils down to, certain familys(and we know who they are by now) have stolen billions over the last hundred years or so. Now that the people are finding out, they wanna put all of us in prison or kill us, to prevent us from doing the same to them. It's that simple. They're guilty, and they know it, and they are starting to run scared. Desperate people do desperate things.
Ranlon 2 years ago
dirty little khazar
robbooey 2 years ago
yay he's says its going to happen cause obama is putting him up for judge, this man wants to destroy the constitution like all of obama's czars. People we have to stand up for ourselve or we go down the same path as the Jews in WWII who didnt stand up for themselves. CASS IS APART OF THE BEAST!!
godsphysicist02 2 years ago
@godsphysicist02 you are totally correct! Some Americans should get the fuck out of this country and go live in China--this guy is pure EVIL a complete psychopath who would have no problem exterminating a couple million people!
ssttee333 11 months ago
a pretty sad intellectual... this guy is a collectivist, aka fascist. He believes people exist because of the state, so they must pledge their lives to it. Pure fascism.
ParapaDrifter 2 years ago
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Shit, I can't help myself...
"My tentative suggestion is that the individual right to have guns, as it's being conceptualized now..."
Keyword in that line: "now"
From Sunstein's preface:
"Does the Constitution now mean what it meant in 1791? Yes, and no. Yes, in the sense that the words of the Constitution continue to be law."
[PERIOD] - Ergo, by his own statement, the words to the 2nd Amendment are law: "...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
FunkhouserMemorial 2 years ago
One more quote from Sunstein's preface and then I'll get off the online soapbox:
"The goal of the Bill of Rights was to create a series of additional safeguards of liberty - to ensure freedom of speech and religion; to allow jury trials; to prevent private property from being taken for public use; and to forbid cruel and unusual punishment, among other freedoms."
- Note, he never specifies "...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed," as a safeguard of liberty.
FunkhouserMemorial 2 years ago
A couple more quotes by Sunstein in his preface to my pocket Constitution:
"...the Antifederalists feared that the central government might be like King George - too far from the people, too disrespectful of liberty."
- Again, look @ what's happening in America today?
"James Madison believed that a large republic would be less likely to be subject to powerful private factions or interest groups, which would use government to their own advantage."
- Bullshit! What about gun banning lobbyists?
FunkhouserMemorial 2 years ago
Remember we arent a large republic today, we've gone from what we should be a Republic to a democracy. Both terms are easily confusing but there is a difference, the government would have us think we are a democracy from conception. Because we are a democracy this idea of madisons is not working, thats why powerful private facitons control so much today.
XxgoetfacexX 1 year ago
I carry on me a pocket copy of the U.S. Constitution-Declaration of Independence with a preface written by Cass Sunstein (© 2003) XD
A few quoted interpretations by Sunstein in his preface:
"Perhaps worst of all, the [Articles of] Confederation lacked the revenue to provide for its needs. Social unrest was growing."
- And look at what's happening in America today?
"Article I [of the Constitution] gives Congress the power to tax and regulate commerce."
- So why do we need a Federal Reserve?
FunkhouserMemorial 2 years ago
send that khazar to take my gun
robbooey 2 years ago
Just another Obama appointed moron that we "ALL" better watch and be careful of. Please, 2012 get here fast!
Instantrebate1 2 years ago
This guy is a law professor? How can it be modern conception, when it was written over 200 years ago?
SunlitTrollFilms 2 years ago
Two quotes, directed personally at Cass Sunsunstein:
"To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them..." -George Mason
"ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ" - Leonidas of Sparta to Xerxes of Persia
MichiganPatriot 2 years ago
ok, so the 2nd amendment gives me the right to have bear arms? no no no no no. i'll give him a reason to make weapons illegal by beating him with a sock full of pencils
smokeymcdubee 2 years ago
SO hes not for the 2nd amendment? hmmm i guess he believes government has a right to his life,liberty and pursuit of happiness
liberty202 2 years ago
Cass doesn't look like a real Nazi, but believe me, he is worse than Hitler.
GREEDYMADONNA 2 years ago 38
@GREEDYMADONNA Yeah, cause Hitler was a respected professor of law. And a Jew.
MomSaysImCool 1 year ago
He is a criminal and needs to be arrested on the grounds of conspiring against the people.
illmagnified 2 years ago 45
@illmagnified No such law.
MomSaysImCool 1 year ago
From my cold, dead hands, Mr. Sunstein!
jryan1971 2 years ago 2
come on sunstein stop being a little bitch and get this shit started I am realy curious to see how this whole gun grabbing shit turns out bet you have a nice rock already picked out to hide under while you piss on yourself, it is refreshing to know that our government still fears the people to bad more people dont realize that fact.
wanabyastick 2 years ago
That's everything I wanted to say plus so much more! Sunstein is pure scum.
NWOslayer2009 2 years ago
Gun control.. it's not about guns, it's about control!
NWOslayer2009 2 years ago
Fuck you Sunstein!!
WE THE PEOPLE are the militia, and when you try to take our arms, we will rally! That is the real purpose, to give us the means to resist tyranny, and remove dictators by force if needed. Protection from criminals and hunting are added perks.
NWOslayer2009 2 years ago
What a moron. Go to Cuba or the UK if you don't like it.
LongRangeRifle 2 years ago
Cass can kiss my Ass.
broncobra 2 years ago 2
Another of obaminations homies that doesn't have a clue what he is talking about - comparing gun ownership to retirement? Fuck him and all the dem libratards, esp Pelosi, who can board a plane anytime she wants, fully armed with her pistol. Oh, it must be ok for her, just not you little people that aren't to be trusted against her unconstitutional actions.
broncobra 2 years ago
Lying schmuck.
XammBeaux 2 years ago
Sunstein is a Kapo
johnfromngeorgia 2 years ago
We dont have guns in the UK and we do fine :)
Elliot9UK 2 years ago
not legally
Rafazzel 2 years ago
Yeah, Im sure you fucks got winchesters shoved so far up your asses you dont even notice..So technically, you do.=]
ihatefatchicks666 2 years ago
Yeah, you just keep singing that song to yourself until the next time Joe Six Pack U.S. G.i. has to come bail your ass out once again against repression. After so many times, we are good at it. Just don't be surprised if the next time, it's like the little boy who cried "wolf" once to often. Seriously, nothing against the UK or you, but you should be respected as a people that can deal with owning a firearm. It really isn't that difficult.
broncobra 2 years ago
Keep this simple: Put the SOB in a Gulag and lose the key. This guy is worse than a Communist.
joev777 2 years ago 2
What a piece of shit, really I classify ths guy as human garbage.
hellstorm702 2 years ago 4
wow wtf is this guy insane? because he doesn't seem to know how to explain anything without sounding like he has tourettes
RuffianSoldier 2 years ago 3
Frigging idiot..
Ammo08 2 years ago 2
This guy is a complete and utter piece of trash. Self preservation (the umbrella under which self-defense falls) is the most basic right in the universe. All organisms from humans down to bacteria have one main and immediate goal, the continuation of life. That is a true right that everyone is born with. The idea that D-bags like this in the government can argue such a basic right away is bunk. Nobody can tell me how and when I can defend myself!
TheNeemaV 2 years ago 3
Fucking Zionist piece of shit! Bullet in his head, that is what he deserve.
szalasiferenc88 2 years ago 2
This Fascist piece of SH*T wants to ban conspiracy theorizing. Hey Sunstein, FFFFFF YOU!!!!
gt40f 2 years ago 4
'the right to bear arms is for when the government becomes tyrannical...'
we passed that signpost a while back.
vivisectmu 2 years ago 4
What fool would assert the government's right to take away our weapons?
What fool would consider appointing a Second Amendment denier to the Supreme Court?
What fool wouldn't immediately go out and buy a main battle rifle and 1,000 rounds of ammo?
RCinPAWA 2 years ago 2
What a complete liberal idiot. Go sell crazy somewhere else.
JosiahsBackpack 2 years ago 2
I live in Australia where we dont have the right to bare arms and I would never want our guns laws loosened. BUT in the USA I am a strong supporter of right to own your own guns because its about a bigger picture. Its about protecting the constitution and historically its about protecting your land. Thats why this guy is so dangerous, even if he is right technically he is wrong symbolically. If the right to bare arms is eroded to where you cant own a gun then all other freedoms are up for grabs
darkbunglex 2 years ago 2
This guy is either a tool of the communists who's reprise is only prevented by individual americans bearing arms, or a complete idiot. More Guns = Less Crime. Google "more guns less crime"
PonguigPeopinn 2 years ago
this guy has no idea what he is talking about, he is stammering like he trying to make shit up
rad4life1 2 years ago 3
sunstein is a pig
Oglenthorne 2 years ago
Look at the fools droning on about left/right. Morons. Do your own research instead of the garbage pounded into your heads by FOXCNNMSNBC. You will quickly find the same "think tank" circles behind Bush are really the same circles behind Obama. Same agenda, different tactic....They may think their gimmick is kosher....But America doesnt do kosher.
farleysbarley 2 years ago 2
watch?v=eD3t7I83HSc
hard2start427 2 years ago
Please, please, please come and try to take our guns Obama....It will be raining blood in America when that happens.
wills120 2 years ago 2
Yep, from my cold, dead hands! I'd rather die on my feet than hand over my guns, so they can have them, bullets first.
NWOslayer2009 2 years ago
Sunstein and Obama both taught Constitutional Law.
Funny how so many people who supported Obama touted him as an authority on the Constitution when neither he nor his cabinet members can seem to interpret it properly.
These neo-liberals wrote the book on personally subjective law-making.
waluum 2 years ago
the right to bear arms is for when the government becomes tyrannical.
knowing when a government is about to become tyrannical is when they try to take your right to bear arms.
it is really that simple...... .
abledanger01 2 years ago 4
Yep, why on earth would any legitimate government NOT want to the citizens to able to protect themselves??
Only tyrants want to take away the people's guns.
NWOslayer2009 2 years ago
This guy is obamas big bid for the supreme court. Wow. The right to bear arms means the right to bear arms. Another nwo spurting scumbag.
irojioqopiewjr 2 years ago 2
I love liberals! "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed"
Why that does not mean that people can have guns. The supreme court has never ruled on it.
A. They have now!
B. MAYBE THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO RULE ON IT BECAUSE IT IS SO DAMN OBVIOUS WHAT IT MEANS. Unless you are a gun grabbing liberal.
jerryh8391 2 years ago 2
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Isn't this a tricky comment?
"...the Supreme Court has never suggested that the second amendment protects individual rights to have guns..."
The Constitution is above the Supreme Court 'suggestions'; it explains the Constitution, not 'suggest' over its intent of the Constitution.
rollingklouds 2 years ago
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rollingklouds 2 years ago
This video was made before Heller v. DC. Cass was right that the individual right will be challenged. It was, and the court was very clear and has sided with individuals. This czar cannot infringe on the 2nd amendment now.
99kw 2 years ago 2
A well regulated militia would have already gotten rid of this guy and the rest of the cronies in world governance.
N4CR5 2 years ago 2
2a is our last resort to resist the commie world government/nwo agenda.
NWOslayer2009 2 years ago
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yet ANOTHER jew wanting white people to be defenceless against the coming tyrannical government.
HEY SUNSTEIN!! Do you want Israeli jews to not have guns? No, I thought not!!!!
RACIST ANTI WHITE FUCKING JEW.
gorrards 2 years ago
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chrissheridan714 2 years ago
This is hardly a suggestion that everyone should be required to watch the same thing. A degree of plurality, with respect to both topics and points of view, is highly desirable. Moreover, talk about "requirements" misses the point. My only claim is that a common set of frameworks and experiences is valuable for a heterogeneous society, and that a system with limitless options, making for diverse choices, could compromise the underlying values.
franz909 2 years ago
has anyone noticed that all of Obamas white house CZARS seem to be disgruntled and angry gay men? I think larry sinclair would be very proud, wouldn't he barry?
FredMcWoozy 2 years ago 3
I'm getting my knuckles, elbows, knees etc. implanted with special padding to ensure that these natural weapons cannot be used in individual self-defense. Since I am not a member of the government, it is my duty to lay helpless in the face of criminal aggression until the police arrive. The risk that I'm dead, robbed or gravely injured by the time the police arrive is worth it since I have thoroughly complied with the collectivist interpretation of the right to self-defense (that there is none)
claytonlisa 2 years ago
Epic fail, prof.
scineram 2 years ago
Who is this idiot?
21 years since the publication of Sanford Levinson's "The Embarrassing Second Amendment" and he never noticed it?
"As originally understood" he says. LIAR.
CurtHowland 2 years ago
I'ts too bad we couldn't reverse time, plant Sunstein in Nazi germany, for a couple years, then bring him back and see how he feels about an armed citizenry. Jewish people should be this first to stand up for the second amendment.
rockpecker 2 years ago
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"Jewish people should be this first"
Google "Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership"
Jewish people who can actually read history do exist.
CurtHowland 2 years ago
Take that butt ugly k i ke beek and stick it straight up your klezmir buttwhole
fuk you jew world order
sorry punk
monsieurazad 2 years ago
But I will bet the farm that Sunstein has no problem with the government having a monopoly on guns and other similar means of force.
The 2nd amendment is the "In case of tyranny, break glass" option that the founding Fathers wisely included as a important check and balance, as important as the those built in the division of the powers in our government system. Those who fought against the Brits in 1776 were not government troops, but US citizens using private arms.
blank557 2 years ago
If I had been in that class, I would have thrown a shoe at him. It looks like he is just giving his opinion. Another Elitist with no real world experience.
rayme4raw 2 years ago
I am for animal rights, but I think this guy is dangerous to society.
iloveterriers 2 years ago 2
It's very disappointing that the University of Chicago would provide a forum for this.
-jcr
NSResponder 2 years ago 2
I wonder if this dickhead has any buddies in the Goldman Sachs gang. I hear they're arming themselves to the teeth as protection against some as yet imaginary American working class hero with a Smith and Wesson. It's hard to walk tall with a big stick up your ass folks!
facelikedog 2 years ago
Fuck you! Just for what you just said, I'm buying two more guns you dip shit
llg4ever 2 years ago
Same here
rayme4raw 2 years ago
This man hates our Bill of Rights and should be fronted out as such.
PrissyPatriot 2 years ago
Fine, the Constitution is silent on the use of my firearms to repel criminals. I'll stipulate to that.
But now I will assert that trigger locks prevent me from readily KILLING AGGRESSIVE GOVERNMENT THUGS OUT TO REPRESS ME.
Refute that, you moronic piece of filth.
"Current fears." The Founders fought off the biggest Empire in the world and they didn't understand the fear of oppressive government? And GUN OWNERS don't understand history?
Sunnstein: Fuck you.
mmaier2112 2 years ago 2
The Second Amendment was created precisely to protect us from men such as this.
Cadywax 2 years ago 2
Hmmmm, I was sitting here on a Sunday morning wondering what I was going to do with my day when I followed a link from Lew Rockwell's website to this page. I would like to thank Mr. Sunstein for helping me decide. I think I'll go to some gun shops and buy another gun. Not that I need one- I'm already well armed- but because it will piss off Mr. Sunstein. Thank you sir, and fuck yourself.
stuffem1 2 years ago
Sunstein's form of collectivism KILLS. There's a reason for the Second Amendment and if you don't know why -just watch "Innocents Betrayed" on YouTube and learn the history of the 170 million people who have been slaughtered at the hands of their governments. Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
jbuzzw 2 years ago 2
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any attempt to confiscate guns = the last straw, huh? just like in NOLA. we saw what the average american gun owner will do.
the average american gun owner is a big-talking state-slurping pussy. easy to say "out of my cold dead hands", and damned difficult to put your life on that line.
i have been at that threshold. anyone who hasn't probably is talking BS without knowing it. it is you against the mob. the mob seeks comfort in slavery, as do most american gun yappers (i.e., NRA bootlicks).
2ndAsstJizzMopper 2 years ago
Folks, this is a "shtick", a Yiddish word meaning "piece" as in a "skit" or an "act". It also means not very sincere and overused, but serving as an entertainer's signature. Think of Rodney Dangerfield's "I don't get no respect."
Cass Sunstein (what an entertainer's name!) does a shtick to please liberals and infuriate freedom lovers. Hey, we all gotta make a living!
He's right about one thing: the constitution is worthless; our political clout keeps our guns in our hands.
Skeptic121 2 years ago 2
Interesting point of view. There may be a bit of glee hidden behind that intellectual exterior at the thought that he's insulting that social movement that is making sure that we still have the right to bear arms.
But, that's what a representitive democracy is about.
It's just too bad that we don't have other strong, pro-Republic/individual groups as strong as the pro-gun groups.
It's them only way that we can fight the mangerial class.
MrPotatoesLatkie 2 years ago
wow.
SirFinklebottom 2 years ago
He is tangentially correct. Having a gun-lock on a shotgun does not interfer with it's primary function.
The right to own a gun is first and foremost intended to be the last line of defense AGAINST the government of the United states.
soylentgreenb 2 years ago 4
They want that gun lock because the US now has 'No Knock' warrants and they don't want their criminal thugs getting shot by American citizens when they barge into their homes and rob them. The DEA is currently doing that across the country & all they have to do is send someone a package, wait for them to pick it up & take it inside, then Knock Knock, oh wait they don't knock anymore.
You're right, 2nd amendment is to restrain govt.
rayme4raw 2 years ago
The 2nd amendment is not open for interpretation by the Supreme Court or some Harvard Jew. It is an UNALIENABLE right. I can arm myself in any matter I wish or not at all.
TheMiguelGrande 2 years ago 7
where the hell do they find these control freaks? these people are mutants.
junior00bacon00chee 2 years ago 6
I think the same thing, they are so freaking insane, how anyone can sit through a lecture by one is also insane.
rayme4raw 2 years ago
This guy is a dick. Cut him off.
Weapon01 2 years ago 3
He did not say anything that I could understand,but the editing may have something to do with that too
buckadoo1 2 years ago
No, not the editing, he had no conclusive argument to make, it's all his opinion and it's gebrish. He makes it incomprehensible so that idiots think that he knows what he's talking about. I didn't understand a word of it either.
rayme4raw 2 years ago
This is only one of how many of these guys that Big O has put into place.All of them as anti Constitution as their Master.We are in DEEP SHIT people
bucka