The Bill Of Rights Test

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Concealed Carry Magazine 11

You can find a list of everybody’s
rights in the Bill of Rights. Enacted
as the first ten amendments to the
U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights
protects our freedoms of speech,
press, and assembly; our rights to
self-defense, privacy, and a fair
trial; and our liberty from overgrown
government. Get a copy in English
and other major languages at:

www.jpfo.org/bor.htm.

If pro-gun voters consistently
stand for the rights of all Americans,
then we can stop the bleeding away
of our gun rights. Gun owners do
not have to form a single-issue
lobby that cares only for one narrow
cause. Gun owners can promote a
free, prosperous and safer America
by constantly holding politicians
accountable for all rights.

Our Founders provided a
formula to protect all rights, and
we have to apply it: the Bill of
Rights Test. Call it “the BORT”
for short. It’s a simple test. For
any government law, program, or
policy, just ask the question: “Does
this violate the Bill of Rights?” Any
law or policy that violates any
element of the Bill of Rights must be
rejected.

If a candidate stands for
ideas that would violate the Bill of
Rights, then that candidate must be
defeated. The BORT is not a liberal
or conservative approach. It is a
distinctly American approach that
can bear fruit for gun owners and
all citizens.

If a law punishes people for
stating political views, then that
law fails the BORT. A proposal
to eliminate the requirement for a
search warrant is a proposal that
should fail. A procedure that allows
a federal agency to seize land or
property without due process of
law is a procedure that flunks the
BORT.

We don’t mean to oversimplify
the process. There may be close
cases when using the BORT.
Sometimes people with good
intentions may disagree about how
the Bill of Rights applies in certain
situations. But the burden should
be on the lawmakers to show
that any proposed law or policy
passes the Bill of Rights Test.

As it stands today, Congress and state
legislatures enact laws and then
wait to see whether a court will
strike the laws down many years
later. That careless disregard of our
Constitution must end.

Americans could enjoy many
wonderful results from a return to a
Bill of Rights culture. Click on www.
jpfo.org/borculture.htm to explore
the possibilities.

Gun owners can
lead the way, using the BORT to
judge laws, policies and the voting
records of politicians. And when
Americans start to insist on respect
for all of the Bill of Rights, then
the rights of gun owners will be
protected better than ever.
Licensed to Fear A Commentary by the JPFO Liberty Crew

SIMPLE, YET EFFECTIVE:

THE BILL OF RIGHTS TEST

Do you own a firearm? Do you carry a firearm?
Do you support the Second Amendment? If you
answered yes to any one of these questions, then
the popular press and the politicians consider you
part of the “pro-gun vote.” Now that you have
been officially categorized as a “pro-gun voter,”
how can you be sure your vote actually protects
your rights? The answer is: make your vote protect
everybody’s rights.

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