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To understand what would happen to our Second Amendment rights if Joe Biden was unburdened by the constitution, the Supreme Court or any political opposition, look no further than his deep-blue state of Delaware.

Democrats control Delaware’s entire General Assembly, the governor’s office and most boards, commissions, judgeships and appointments. It shows.

ARs and scores of other popular semi-autos are banned, as are standard-capacity magazines. Delawareans must obtain a state permit to simply purchase a handgun. There are red flags, universal background checks, homemade firearm prohibitions and don’t even think of standing your ground. Everytown ranks The First State 12th nationally in terms of its anti-gun laws. In fact, the state has become a gun controller’s dream.

Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings is responsible for many of the most recent anti-gun laws, and she vigorously defends their constitutionality in court, even though she knows many are no longer constitutional.

“I spend each and every day fighting gun violence in our state,” Jennings said in a video posted on her social media. She did not return calls or emails seeking her comments for this story.

A deep dive into Jennings’ taxpayer funded anti-gun activism reveals that she – like her friend Joe Biden – doesn’t let the constitution get in her way. When Jennings wants to infringe upon the Second Amendment, the constitution isn’t even an afterthought.

“Attorney General Jennings along with Governor Carney together serve as a clear and present danger to the Constitution of the United States when it comes to the Second and Fourteenth Amendments and Art. I, Section 20 of the Delaware Constitution,” said John Sigler, past-president of the Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association, past-president of the National Rifle Association and senior member of the Delaware Bar.

Specious Arguments

Jennings claims to possess a special insight and understanding of what the Founders actually meant when they wrote the Bill of Rights – especially the Second Amendment.

“The idea that the Founders envisioned anything like an AR-15 when they drafted the Constitution is a delusion,” Jennings said last month in a joint press release, along with Attorneys General from New Jersey and Pennsylvania. “These guns originated as weapons of war, were marketed based on their military pedigree, and have emerged as the clear weapon of choice for mass shooters at a time when guns are the leading cause of death for children in our country. The gun lobby’s continuing pursuit of blood money is appalling and flat-out wrong on the merits. We are proud to defend these laws.”

Jennings is partially correct, of course. It is highly unlikely the Founders ever envisioned an AR or an AK, but her argument is moot. It doesn’t matter what the Founders envisioned. Technology may change over time, but our civil rights don’t.

The Founders likely never envisioned offset presses, electric typewriters, cell phones, computers, texts, emails, online news sites, social media or TikTok influencers, yet they and their work product are protected by the First Amendment.

The Founders could never comprehend ATF’s knock-and-talk interrogations, electronic surveillance, Title III wire taps, no-knock search warrants, drones and FISA warrants, yet the Fourth Amendment protects Americans from these and other intrusions into their homes.

Jennings’ false claim that firearms are the leading cause of death for American children has been roundly debunked – even by the corporate media – yet she and Biden continue to repeat this falsehood when calling for increased firearm regulations.

Also, the Second Amendment has always protected weapons of war. That’s kind of the point.

Lawfare

June 23, 2022, was a dark day for Joe Biden, or more accurately for the unelected White House bureaucrats who control him and his teleprompter. The United States Supreme Court issued its landmark Bruen opinion, which curbs the State’s ability to wantonly regulate arms and invalidated many of the anti-gun laws already on the books.

The White House needed to push back against the High Court, and there was no better place to do it than Biden’s home state, which was under total Democrat control. At that time, Delaware’s legislative session was winding down. The Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association (DSSA) had successfully thwarted a handful of anti-gun bills.

Jennings, Gov. Carney and all members of the Democratic caucus from both chambers were suddenly summoned to a conference call with the White House. Afterward, the Democrats introduced a trio of anti-gun bills, which were fast-tracked through the legislative process. One lobbyist referred to it as a “blitzkrieg.”

One bill banned “assault weapons.” The second banned all magazines capable of holding more than 17-rounds. The third prohibited anyone under 21 from “purchasing, owning, possessing, or controlling a firearm or ammunition of a firearm except under limited circumstances.”

Jennings played a significant role in passing the legislation. She worked closely with far-left progressives in the General Assembly to carry out orders from the White House and – to be clear – she knew the bills were unconstitutional because of Bruen. One lawmaker objected on these grounds. “Sue us,” was the response he received. Another state representative tried to argue that since the bills raised serious constitutional issues, they should be given more time. He was ignored. A Democratic state representative later told the DSSA he had no choice but to support the bills. A massive amount of pressure, he said, was coming “from above.”

Gov. Carney signed the bills into law on June 30, 2022, just seven days after Bruen. The Biden-Harris administration needed a quick victory to push back against Bruen, and they got it.

The DSSA quickly sought to block the legislation, which is known as the Delaware Lethal Firearms Safety Act of 2022. On Monday, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals denied the DSSA’s motion to overturn the district court’s denial for a temporary injunction, while the DSSA is seeking a permanent injunction against the Act. The appellate court specifically refrained from ruling on the merits of the case.

Jennings has referred to the DSSA as “extremist NRA-affiliated plaintiffs,” but rather than using staff attorneys from her office to defend against the group’s suit, Jennings contracted with a private law firm. The DSSA has been told that some of the money for these private attorneys is coming from the gun-ban industry.

The lawsuit, Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association v. Delaware Department of Safety & Homeland Security, remains ongoing.

 

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31 COMMENTS

    • Those most likely to stab you in the back will do so with a pleasant smile all the while. May have been a mistake but it is oddly fitting.

      • RE: “The idea that the Founders envisioned anything like an AR-15 when they drafted the Constitution is a delusion,”

        The delusional delaware attorney general democRat brown shirt fraulein kathy jennings never invisioned making really nasty bombs from Musket Black Powder. Or does the delusional democRat take into account Gun Control in any shape, matter or form is Rooted in Racism and Genocide.

        There is no delusion when it comes to the firepower protecting the Gun Control zealot kathy jennings. And when it comes to her protection firearms are all fine and dandy but when it comes to law abiding citizens it’s Do as I say and not as I Do.
        https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZFEz3Bt9hCw&feature=shared

  2. “unlikely the Founders ever envisioned an AR or an AK”

    That’s true in the context of calling it an AR or AK as far as naming.

    But its not true in the context of the type and capability-function. In fact, there were such in type and capability-function back then, of which the founders were aware of and embraced – they just called them ‘repeaters’. The government back then even wanted to equip the ‘army’ with them, and ALL civilians that could serve in a militia, but they could not afford it. Plus they wanted them made available to the general public and did nothing to keep them from being sold but overall the general public could not afford them either.

    To claim that the founders did not envision that technology in all areas, even in firearms, would advance is insane and ignorant.

    • To be specific, Lewis and Clark had a Girardoni, a 20 shot repeater. It was an air rifle but had comparable ballistics to the black powder weapons of the day. It had been in service with the Austrian army before the US Constitution was written.

  4. A flaw in the separation of powers.

    The Supreme Court depends on the Department of Justice, under the Executive, to enforce its decisions. SCOTUS should have its own enforcement mechanism.

    • To do what? Go around and arrest treasonous judges, attorneys and political dictators? Enforce consequences of violating the Constitutionally protected rights of the people?

      Where do I sign up?

  7. Just FYI, the founders were very familiar with the blunderbuss. A blunderbuss was basically a large caliber shotgun with bore diameters of up to 1&1/2 inches. The could fire dozens of potentially lethal projectiles with one shot. The wide bell mouth enabled rapid reloading.

    The founders were also very familiar with cannon. Privately owned cannon were very common until the twentieth century.

  8. FYI to the editors, this article has no title, which is messing up the RSS Feed. With no title for the article, it is not possible to click on it from the feed.

  9. Actually, just read some research yesterday about an inventor who developed a semi-auto musket where cartridges were automatically advanced into the breech. This happened during the Revolutionary War or later. I can’t recall all the dates. But this information is now available. So these weapons would have been a part of the Second Amendment.

  13. “even though she knows many are no longer constitutional.”

    WTH? They have ALWAYS been UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

    The time that they were not UNCONSTITUTIONAL is the time before there was a Constitution.

    And – “Waaah, they don’t care about the Constitution.”

    Sure they do, destroying the Bill of Rights is central to everything they do. They care deeply, 24/7. Or to quote a destroy-the system-from-within DOJ type that I knew in the late 60s – “Of course the 2nd Amendment is bullshit, we’ll never get rid of the rednecks until we get rid of guns.”

    Thank God for the NRA.

  14. ““The idea that the Founders envisioned anything like an AR-15 when they drafted the Constitution is a delusion,” ”

    No, sweety, the delusion is yours. What held the invention of the many-shooter miravle guns back was the lack of a clean burning propellant. Once smokeless powder was invented, it was on the front door step.

  16. Another ‘mass stabbing’, this time in Brooklyn > https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/brooklyn-family-found-stabbed-and-killed-inside-apartment-suspect-in-custody/ar-BB1qkdy6?OCID=ansmsnnews11

    (note: ‘mass stabbing/slashings’ are relatively common, its just that most times they are not reported in the media. For example, New York city last year had over 3,000 knife slashing attacks across the city, and although in most cases the victims were able to get away and escape injury there were plenty of victims seriously injured and some killed.

    Because the perpetrators of such ‘mass stabbings/slashings’ are so frequently unknown and there is no ‘political’ agenda to publicize them there is frequently no arrest and thus not reported in media or in crime numbers but they still reside in police reports all across the nation. Last year there were, nation wide, more than 600 per day and most were used in sexual assault crimes. The ‘sharpened/edged weapon’ use in criminal activity is second only to ‘club/blunt object type weapon’ and its use outnumbers firearm use in criminal activity more than 1,000 to 1. Also nationwide, in 2023 there were over 190,000 females who used a firearm to defend against sexual assault.)

  17. ” ‘The idea that the Founders envisioned anything like an AR-15 when they drafted the Constitution is a delusion,’ Jennings said last month in a joint press release”

    another ignorant person.

    The founders envisioned this very thing in practice and desire and want, and even tied to make it a reality within the capability of technology at the time. They had cannon that could fire grape shot to “destory an entire battle line in seconds.”. Then they envisioned a rifle that could do the same basic thing in the concept of lots of targets in a rapid manner, and one existed. The founders tried to have a version of that with rifles that could fire multiple rounds quickly, a ‘repeater’ they called it, and there was a rifle like that but it was so expensive the government, at the time, could not afford to equip troops with it. The founders dreamed of the day that ‘technology’ was to the point where such rifles existed mass produced for a reasonable price to arm the standing army and the citizens because the citizens not in the standing army were the militia.

        • ” ‘The idea that the Founders envisioned anything like an AR-15 when they drafted the Constitution is a delusion,’ Jennings said last month in a joint press release”

          That’s an absolute lie and shows ignorance.

          Not only did the founders envision such a firearm, within their understanding of the technology of the time, but they also envisioned a day when refinements in technology could make them lower cost, reliable, mass produced quickly, large capacity, and high rate of fire, commonly available at low cost to the ‘people’ at large – and that refinement in technology happened just as the founders hoped and envisioned and today, for the people at large, we call these ‘repeaters’ the founders envisioned to exist one day ‘semi-auto’ rifles and pistols like the much and wrongly maligned MSR and others.

  18. The bottom line is you are going to have to move to a free state. If you want your civil rights protected. That is just the sad truth.
    Unfortunately you are just outnumbered by willing slaves.

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