{"id":24768,"date":"2018-04-03T12:42:48","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T16:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=24768"},"modified":"2018-04-03T15:43:40","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T19:43:40","slug":"mike-bates-in-pensacola-news-journal-floridas-new-2nd-amendment-restrictions-shamefully-unconstitutional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/24768\/mike-bates-in-pensacola-news-journal-floridas-new-2nd-amendment-restrictions-shamefully-unconstitutional\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Bates in Pensacola News Journal:  Florida&#8217;s New 2nd Amendment Restrictions Shamefully Unconstitutional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Writing in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnj.com\/story\/news\/2018\/03\/28\/florida-gun-law-shameful-violation-2nd-amendment-guestview\/466050002\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Pensacola News Journal<\/em>,<\/a> WEBY 1330 radio host Mike Bates offers potent commentary regarding Florida&#8217;s new Second Amendment restrictions:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Although well intended, the law&#8217;s exemption that permits 18- to 20-year-old military personnel to buy firearms is an outrageous provision.\u00a0 Does the government of Florida really believe that military personnel deserve special constitutional rights that are denied to civilians?\u00a0 Should constitutional rights be earned through military service and denied to those who do not serve?\u00a0 That&#8217;s what the new Florida law does.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He concludes with a stirring call to action and citizen involvement:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If we are not steadfast in defense of our liberties, the politicians and judges will destroy our constitutional rights.\u00a0 It won&#8217;t occur through outright repeals;\u00a0 it will happen by rendering our rights meaningless through unconstitutional laws and court rulings.\u00a0 It is an obligation of all decent citizens to prevent that.\u00a0 The government of Florida has already shown it will not.\u00a0 It&#8217;s disgraceful.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the entire piece <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnj.com\/story\/news\/2018\/03\/28\/florida-gun-law-shameful-violation-2nd-amendment-guestview\/466050002\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writing in the Pensacola News Journal, WEBY 1330 radio host Mike Bates offers potent commentary regarding Florida&#8217;s new Second Amendment restrictions: Although well intended, the law&#8217;s exemption that permits 18- to 20-year-old military personnel to buy firearms is an outrageous provision.\u00a0 Does the government of Florida really believe that military personnel deserve special constitutional rights [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2319,354,220],"class_list":["post-24768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","tag-firearms","tag-florida","tag-second-amendment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24768"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24770,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24768\/revisions\/24770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}