Last updated on 2012.12.18
I learn from Facebook (hold on: my oxymoron alarm is going off...) that Rep. Brian C. Liss (hold on: now my moron alarm is going off...) is calling certain legislators chicken:
Here is the Chicken Squad. These Republican representatives voted for Betty Olson's concealed carry bill, HB 1248, and voted against it after the Governor's veto. Abdallah, Kopp, Moser, Novstrup, Romkema, Schaefer, Hoffman, Hunt, Magstadt, Rozum, Tulson, Vanneman, Deelstra, Miller, Perry, Scott, Solum [Brian C. Liss, Facebook status, 2012.03.21 19:40 CST].
I remind the court of public opinion that Governor Dennis Daugaard offered his fellow Republicans sound conservative reasons for rejecting Rep. Betty Olson's unnecessary and dangerous legislation. Changing one's mind given new information and conditions can be a sign of intelligence, not cowardice. Calling a third of his Republican colleagues "chicken" might not be the best way to get his Republican neighbors to sign his referral petition on HB 1133.
I also remind the court that that 14 of the 17 legislators Brian C. Liss calls "chicken" are running for reëlection. Brian C. Liss is not. Balk-balk, Brian?
Daugaard's reasoning was not sound and was completely destroyed during the debate. It was executive power drumping the legislative branch's willingness to protect constitutional rights that caused the turn around. Chicken does not even come close to describing the violation of the oath to protect the constitutions.
Hyperbole. No constitutional right is absolute, especially not the right to bear arms that all too easily turns into a threat to public safety.
So who decides when a right is no longer a right? (Hint, read the Declaration)
And Cory, after reading the declaration, do some research on who said that those who give up freedoms for the sake of safety end up with neither.
Not relevant. Daugaard's reasoning is based on the practical implementation of rights and the balancing of rights with responsiblity.