of the United States of (National Rifle Association's) America
and to my right to bear arms above all other rights for which it stands
One Nation under NRA's sights
with Liberty and Justice for the ARMED...
Since when does the thoughts of the NRA matter when the confirmation of a Surgeon General is involved? Vivek Murthy (MBA, Yale; MD, Yale), a physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital, has been accused of wanting to use the "Bully Pulpit" of the Surgeon Generalship as a tool to silence the voice of Second Amendment Rights supporters by the NRA. This accusation has, in general consensus of the opinionators, silenced "Red State" Democrats with upcoming re-election campaigns and has chilled Dr. Murthy's prospects as the next Surgeon General of the United States (well, the fact that he is a vocal supporter of the Affordable Care Act -- "ObamaCare" -- hadn't helped).
He was chastened, because of his past statements relating Guns to a health hazard, during one of the many confirmation hearings, that "Americans have a First Amendment right to advocate for the Second Amendment or any amendment". Does this mean that First Amendment right only apply to advocates and not to critics of the Second Amendment (oh, let me add "or any amendment" as an afterthought)?? More specifically, what does a Surgeon General's views on gun rights have on his views on Health Care policy? Does it also follow, in the minds of the NRA and its followers, that if a doctor is against the "right to bear arms" (btw, the exact wording of the Amendment, as ratified by the States and authenticated by then Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, reads: "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed". So, which militia does the gun owners belong to? To who's laws and rules do the "militia" of gun owners obey? Federal or State? As militias of the time of the drafting of the Amendment was controlled by local authorities and not a "free militia") then he will refuse service to wounded/injured/sickened gun owners? WTF?!
Ugh...
