Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been accused of saying that owning guns is not a right, as she claimed in multiple posts on social media. However, there is no evidence that Ocasio-Cortez ever made such a statement about gun ownership. The Daily Caller News Foundation searched for media outlets attributing the quote to her but found no evidence.
Ocasio-Cortez has never said owning guns was not a constitutional right. On Friday, the congresswoman responded to the claim. She is a strong supporter of gun reform legislation and supported the Bipartisan Gun Safety Bill. Her latest gaffe is proclaiming “guns are not allowed in the District of Columbia”.
On June 8th, 2022, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez spoke on gun reform following testimony from victims of the Buffalo and Uvalde shootings. In an interview with Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Mr. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), and Rep. Nina Silber, a BU professor of history and American studies, discussed whether the current political climate in the US could lead to a more balanced approach to gun rights.
In conclusion, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has never stated that owning guns is not a right, and her recent gaffe of proclaiming “guns are not allowed in the District of Columbia” is another example of her ignorance and fabricated statements.
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“She’s a firm believer in the 2nd amendment” also “focus on strengthening gun control laws”. Those things are polar opposites. The 2nd amendment was not about hunting, it was about defending yourself from a tyrannical government that would attempt to limit your rights. Gun control is limiting your rights, all gun laws are infringements and are unconstitutional. The constitution was not meant to be “interpreted”, it means what it says. The right to bear arms is not a right given to man by government, it is a right we are born with, and any attempt to limit that is a direct attack on our civil rights and will be met with by resistance until death.
What she said that was not true is: “Even in the United States, cities and states with strong gun laws have managed to cut gun violence significantly without running afoul of the second Amendment.” That could not be further from the truth. Chicago has some of the toughest gun laws in the country, and they have the highest crime rate in the country. Same as California, they have very stiff gun laws here, but still a very high crime rate. You can’t make laws that take away guns from legal, law abiding citizens, that will never work. Because the criminals are still getting their guns illegally on the streets. There are no amount of laws that will ever be able to govern that. NONE!
Actually, the fact that she thinks it isn’t against the constitution to ban certain types of firearms based on some made up term, shows that she does indeed believe that owning firearms is not a right. Saying otherwise is semantics. The government does not give me my rights, therefore it cannot tell me how to exercise my rights insofar as it does not affect others in a negative way (unless they are attempting to affect me or others negatively, in which case self defense will most certainly be considered negative for them).
Maybe it’s because those other countries provide their citizens living wages, free higher education and free or low cost healthcare. Our government’s policies have made Americans poorer and feeling hopeless about their futures. This impacts our youth. Too many commit suicide. Too many commit school shootings. The solution isn’t gun control. The solution is Congress needs to do their job and protect the welfare of all Americans, providing them the ability to pursue life, liberty and happiness. Congress only serves the interests of the wealthiest persons of the world and they are letting destroy our planet. This is Americans hopelessness. It is futile to cast a vote that will change Congress for the better. Congress and the President are killing us for selfish gain. And it doesn’t matter if it’s Democrats or Republicans. Both are corrupt.
Isaiah 1:16-17 “Wash yourselves. Cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from my sight. Stop doing evil. Learn to do what is good. Pursue justice. Correct the oppressor. Defend the rights of the fatherless. Plead the widow’s cause.” Revelation 22:11-16 “Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy. Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” “Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates. But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.” Matthew 13:41-43 “The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness. And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.” ~Jesus
Well, I Have Some Weapons Of Being The Morph, The Mimic, The Nightcrawler, The Super Skrull, And The Transformer. I Have Some Weapons Of Being The Medieval Bard And The Medieval Ranger. I Have Some Weapons Of Being The Apache Warrior, The Blackfoot Warrior, The German Warrior, The Irish Warrior, And The Scottish Warrior.
I don’t see this as a “negative” lashing out. If anything she’s courageous enough to speak facts in front of our country’s representatives. I love her sound of urgency because it is, our country needs to address gun violence at the root of the cause in order to have the right to bare arms in case of an actual emergency. Some people just abuse the law and don’t have valid reasons as to why they’re buying a gun. There’s so much I can say, but I’ll wrap up my comment because I got to wash these dishes 😂😂
Its the mental health situation in this country, not the guns fault. The education system is so screwed on teaching kids they are oppressed or bad because they are white, not seeing signs of stress or mental health in our kids. start there!!! that will stop the kids from cracking and loosing their minds. I had a teacher 20 years ago tell a girl “before class” out loud to everybody in school to not talk to me, because im a looser and going to end up being homeless(make150k and take 4 months of vacation a year now(eat me! mr brown)) . I cant tell you how much that actually hurt me, I wanted to crawl in a hole. One of my good friends ended up killing himself because he was having trouble in school. Teachers need to have a psychology degree, And if a kid is trying to be funny, there is a good chance he is really trying to make people like him. If he is acting out or being troublesome, he is probably having home issues. its really the mental health situation in this country, Democrats think teaching them to be sexualized as a preschool is a good thing is just soo wrong. confuse them more, and crap is only going to get worse. But blame the gun, so they can take away the second amendment and have full control over the citizens no matter what. look at china, in no way is someone going to nail boards across my windows and doors to keep me from leaving my house. 2nd amendment was written by people who liberated a country from oppression. not because they thought guns were cool. work on the root cause of the issue, not the tool that is used.