Borepatch has a good post up about the controversy over something that TJIC put up on his blog. TJIC made a joke in poor taste, the local police read it, over-reacted, and took away his license to own a gun. Glossing over the fact that he needed such a license in the first place, let's examine the free speech angle here:
A citizen of the United States, exercising his constitutionally guaranteed right to say things that other people find objectionable, is penalized by his local government for saying them, and is deprived of his right to keep and bear arms. Yes, the joke was disrespectful, but the Bill of Rights was put in place to protect our rights, especially when we exercise them in a way that is objected to.
If you make a joke about speeding on I-64 in Louisville, LMPD doesn't come along and impound your car. If you joke about voting for Mickey Mouse because the slate of candidates you are presented with sucks, they don't take away your right to vote.
But because TJIC said something the locals didn't cotton to, he got his guns taken away.
I'm passing this on because the more hell we raise, the more sunshine we shine on these cockroaches, the better off we all are.
If one of us is attacked, we are all attacked. If one of us loses our rights, we all lose our rights.
I am TJIC.
A citizen of the United States, exercising his constitutionally guaranteed right to say things that other people find objectionable, is penalized by his local government for saying them, and is deprived of his right to keep and bear arms. Yes, the joke was disrespectful, but the Bill of Rights was put in place to protect our rights, especially when we exercise them in a way that is objected to.
If you make a joke about speeding on I-64 in Louisville, LMPD doesn't come along and impound your car. If you joke about voting for Mickey Mouse because the slate of candidates you are presented with sucks, they don't take away your right to vote.
But because TJIC said something the locals didn't cotton to, he got his guns taken away.
I'm passing this on because the more hell we raise, the more sunshine we shine on these cockroaches, the better off we all are.
If one of us is attacked, we are all attacked. If one of us loses our rights, we all lose our rights.
I am TJIC.
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