Apparently he never actually read the Tenth Amendment.
This past week Jeb Bush was a guest on The Late Show with new host Stephen Colbert when Bush said something that some conservative voters might find shocking.
When Colbert asked the Governor if the Constitution implied a national right to gun ownership, Bush seemed to indicate that he believed each state had the right to legislate gun ownership as they see fit.
Stephen Colbert: Well, the right to have an individual firearm to protect yourself is a national document, in the Constitution, so shouldn’t that also be applied national…
Jeb Bush: No. Not necessarily…There’s a 10th amendment to our country, the Bill of Rights has a 10th amendment that says powers are given to the states to create policy, and the federal government is not the end all and be all. That’s an important value for this country, and it’s an important federalist system that works quite well.
At this point you have to wonder if he is purposefully sabotaging his own campaign. Can anyone be this out of touch?
It has to speak to his social circles. Supposedly he doesn’t own a gun, which I find stunning. I suppose if all he does is meander through leftist leaning GOPe circles, it is possible he wouldn’t understand the importance gun rights has for the base. It is the one issue which governs my vote on its own, and I am not alone.
Whatever the origin of that cluelessness, it does not indicate he will ever be a serious contender, especially with Donald currently on a rampage. It is stunning, really.
GOPocalypse cometh™
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I hate to say it, but there is an agreement to be made that the Constitution only describes the Federal Gov’ts relation to the people and the States. Thus no Federal law prohibiting gun ownership, or speech could be enacted, but that an individual state can limit both of those.
Practically since the 14th Amendment and the ‘incorporation doctrine’ was developed by SCOTUS, all rights in the Federal Constitution are now pushed downward upon the States – thus since the Feds can’t control guns, neither can the States.
Jeb is 1/2 right and all wrong.
It is also worth pointing out that the authors of the US Constitution only had the examples before them as to what was needed, and not our more recent history (their future). I often think they would have made certain things clearer and stronger if they had known. Ex. “By general welfare clause we mean only those things listed explicity in this constitution.”
That should be argument in the first line, not agreement.
Jeb stands on tiptoes to look taller in the debate group photo:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3237930/Jeb-Bush-gets-head-Republican-candidates-manages-tower-Donald-Trump-stands-tiptoes-group-photo.html
What a wanker!