The Second Amendment is something that is very uniquely American. The founders placed it in the Bill of Rights deliberately, placing it second only to freedom of speech and conscience, because they remembered very clearly how the United States was born, and wanted to ensure that no tyranny would ever arise in the country they had brought into being. But the Second Amendment, one could argue, has suffered an awful lot of "infringement" over the years.
Which brings us to Elon Musk. Musk is still touting his new political party, the "American Party," and while there aren't many policy positions for this supposedly Whig-like rebirth of the middle in American politics, Elon has made one thing plain: He is claiming that the Second Amendment is "sacred."
Billionaire business tycoon turned political power player Elon Musk indicated in posts on X that the America Party will stake out pro-Second Amendment, pro-bitcoin positions.
"The Second Amendment is sacred," Musk declared in a post on X in response to a post that suggested firearm owners would like to know about the party's position on guns.
That doesn't tell us much. There are a few other vague positions that Elon is touting:
"Is this the America Party platform?" someone asked in a post on X, writing out a list that included the following: "reduce debt, responsible spending only," "modernize military with ai/robotics," "pro tech, accelerate to win in ai," "less regulation across board but especially in energy," "free speech," "pro natalist," and "centrist policies everywhere else."
"Yeah!" Musk replied.
Fine, fine. But what does Elon Musk mean when he says the Second Amendment is "sacred?"
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If we are to proclaim the Second Amendment is sacred, then it stands to reason that all of the infringements that the amendment prohibits must be repealed.
All of these laws are infringements on the citizens' right to keep and bear arms. All are, then, arguably unconstitutional.
Is Elon serious about this? If he is, he should say so. If not, he should say that, too.
The late John McAfee, he of antivirus fame, once proclaimed he would happily live in a country where "...a married lesbian couple could guard their legal marijuana crop with automatic weapons." Now, John was a bit of a nut, but he was right about that last part. Every attempt at gun control legislation has had one claimed goal: To, in some way, decrease the crime rate. In every case, every such law has failed. Blaming the sword for the hand that wields it always does.
There should be no mistake about this: Elon Musk's American Party, Second Amendment or no, will have one primary effect - fracturing the right-of-center vote, and making the political landscape that much friendlier for Democrats. That much is certain. That will be an unmitigated bad thing for the Second Amendment, for American shooters and gun owners, and if Elon Musk wants to protect the Second Amendment, he'd do well to give that some brain run-time.
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