{"id":4456,"date":"2016-07-16T07:02:21","date_gmt":"2016-07-16T14:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/irreverin\/?p=4456"},"modified":"2016-07-16T07:02:21","modified_gmt":"2016-07-16T14:02:21","slug":"which-amendment-comes-first-guns-muslims-and-fear-that-trumps-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/irreverin\/2016\/07\/which-amendment-comes-first-guns-muslims-and-fear-that-trumps-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Amendment Comes First? Guns, Muslims, and Fear that Trumps Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

After Senator Chris Murphy led a 15-hour filibuster<\/a>;\u00a0and other lawmakers, led by Rep. John Lewis, staged a sit-in on the House floor<\/a>; Congress finally allowed for a vote on measures that would, among other things, ban people on the terrorist watch list from buying\u00a0guns.<\/p>\n

Conservative lawmakers voted the measure down. Though its failure to pass was predictable, the reason they gave was a bit of a head-scratcher. (Not that reason has much play in the conversation around gun control\u2026) Their concern, and I quote, was that this might unintentionally trample the rights of some citizens who have committed no crime. This is, word for word, the response I received from my own Representative, after I urged him to support\u00a0this law: \u201cPeople on the watch list are not tried or convicted of any crime, and we know that mistakes have been made and innocent people have been put on the watch list. To prevent them from purchasing a gun would deprive them of their 5th\u00a0amendment right to due process, as well as their 2nd\u00a0Amendment right to keep and bear arms\u2026I could not support such a measure.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll give you a moment to seethe.<\/p>\n

Now, some fresh seething material:<\/p>\n

Conservative leaders (namely Trump and former Speaker Newt Gingrich) are now calling for a variety of actions against Muslims: including, but not limited to, mandatory \u201ctesting\u201d and possible deportation,<\/a>\u00a0for those already living in the country; and bans\u00a0on people of Muslim heritage entering the country at all.<\/p>\n

These proposals are being met with resistance, but that doesn\u2019t change the fact that they are out there. They are out there and up for discussion, in a country founded on the principal of religious freedom. They are out there, circulating more fear and mistrust; more misplaced anxiety; and more contrived misinformation about the Muslim faith and the people who practice it.<\/p>\n

There are so many layers to sift through, to get at the heart of what is driving this election, and this season of hateful vitriol in our national discourse. But for now, we need only observe one thing: the day has finally come when the Second Amendment trumps the First. It is \u201cinnocent until proven guilty\u201d for those on the extremist watch list\u2013sure, give them an assault rifle! It\u2019s their right! If they shoot up a school or a night club, then we\u2019ll know\u2026 <\/em>But it\u2019s \u201cdeport first and ask questions later\u201d for Muslims who are just trying to live in peace and be a part of their community.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m confused though\u2026 how are they going to buy guns if\u00a0they\u2019re being deported? Or\u2026wait, do they take the guns WITH them? Or does owning a gun prove they\u2019re American enough to stay? Like, maybe that\u2019s part of the \u2018test\u2026\u2019 I do not know. So many questions.<\/p>\n

But when the Second Amendment takes precedent over the first, this can only mean one thing. As we\u2019ve long suspected, the NRA now, officially, has more money than God.<\/p>\n

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