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The Ben Shapiro Show

Ep. 129 - Trump 2016: Turn Down For What?

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

News Commentary, News

4.4152.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2016

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Anti-Trumpers riot, Hillary falls apart, and Trump goes full Trump -- plus Ben's take on Mohammed Ali! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

For years, Democrats have been lying to Americans. No, of course we won't take your guns, they say.

0:05.8

The latest iteration of this lie, it came last week, courtesy of President Obama.

0:10.8

He told a gun shop owner, quote, first of all, the notion that I or Hillary or Democrats or whomever you want to choose are hell-bent on taking away folks' guns.

0:19.9

That's just not true. And I don't care how many

0:21.9

times the NRA says it. Well, that's not true. On this week with George Stephanopoulos, Hillary was

0:27.9

asked about the Second Amendment. Stephanopoulos, who makes out with Hillary in his spare time,

0:31.9

he asked, quote, do you believe that an individual's right to bear arms is a constitutional right,

0:36.9

that it's not linked to service

0:38.0

in a militia. Hillary answered, quote, I think that for most of our history, there was a nuanced

0:42.5

reading of the Second Amendment. That would be a no, gang. She then added, if it is a constitutional

0:48.8

right, if, then it, like every other constitutional right, is subject to reasonable regulations.

0:54.9

But that wasn't the question.

0:56.8

First off, there's no if in the Second Amendment.

0:58.7

It exists.

0:59.5

It applies personally.

1:00.7

It always applied personally.

1:02.3

Only completely constitutional ignoramuses would argue that the Militia Clause makes gun ownership dependent on membership in an organized police force.

1:11.5

That's just dumb and historically ignorant.

1:14.2

But second, the question of reasonable regulation is a constitutional one.

1:17.9

There's no definition of reasonable that Hillary gets to define the boundaries of gun ownership.

1:22.5

Any more than reasonable regulations of the First Amendment allow Hillary to define the regulations of the First Amendment. To allow her that power would end in the destruction of gun rights.

1:33.3

And here's what she said. She said, I'm going to continue to speak out for comprehensive background

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