Proof of California Governor Davis'
Challenge to U.S. Attorney General Ashcroft Over Meaning of Second Amendment
August 13, 2001
KeepAndBearArms.com -- California Governor Gray
Davis and California Attorney General Bill Lockyer apparently think their authority exceeds that of the U.S. Attorney
General -- and that they
can speak the second amendment out of existence.
They have made a tremendous tactical error.
Brian Puckett of Citizens
of America broke a story over the weekend revealing that the California
Governor and AG have once again told us they interpret the second amendment as not
protective of an individual "right of the people to keep and bear
arms." We now happily provide you the documents proving that the
anti-Founding Fathers tag team known for abusing their power in California did just
that. Following are links to eight (8) scanned pages given to Mr. Don Bird
on July 3, 2001. These 8 pages comprise a motion filed by the Governor's office
to dismiss Mr. Bird's claim against them for violating his second amendment
rights.
Bear in mind that U.S. AG Ashcroft told us in
May that the official position of the Department of Justice is that the
intentions of America's founding fathers was in 1791 and is now that the second
amendment protects the individual right of the people to keep and bear arms. The
question is, when will more people pick up on this gross and egregious error on
the part of California officials -- and file for grievances with the Department of
Justice.
The offending text relating to California
officials' faulty assessments of the intentions of our nation's founders can be
found on Page 4, so we've include a link to a larger, easier to read version of
that page.
The specific quotes extracted from Page 4 below
are as follows:
"That is, Plaintiff [Mr. Bird, or any
American citizen living in California] has no legally recognized right to bear
arms under the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution."
"...the Constitution does not provide a
private right to bear arms."
"...the Second Amendment does not
protect the possession of a weapon by a private citizen."
