Note, I had originally posted this in the thread in the GC&A thread linked in the OP. I self deleted that post and moved it here because I do not identify as a gun control activist.
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I have the DVR set and I will watch it but I have no confidence that it will be offering truth without spin and con jobs . . .
From the first moments of the video teaser it lays out a false premise. It shows a graphic of the federal Constitution and the words of the 2nd Amendment and then fades and overlays it with state laws, the first featured laws are dated before the federal Constitution was even in force (Delaware 1776, Pennsylvania 1783 etc) . . . And then Sen Murphy lays out the premise that "our founding fathers loved gun control" . . .
What does state gun control really say about the thoughts on gun control of the framers of the federal Constitution and the actual effect and action of the 2nd Amendment restraining state gun control? Isn't a well known fact that the 2nd Amendment had no effect or restraining action upon state laws (until McDonald, 2010)? Shouldn't we expect even CNN documentary makers to know this fact?
That fact explains why the NRA had no real interest in gun control until the expansion of federal gun law in the late 60's. That fact explains why state gun control enjoyed nearly uncontested open field running, especially in states without a right to arms provision in their state constitutions (NY, CA, MD, NJ).
We will see if these facts and important distinctions are explained. Without such explanation early in the program, of the relationship (or lack thereof) state gun control laws and the 2nd Amendment, it's going to be obvious that CNN's intention is to mislead the public.
We'll see. . .
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