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Toughsky_Shitsky 358 points ago +358 / -0

I won't be complying with an "Executive order" that violates the 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution.

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Best4Business 203 points ago +203 / -0

Neither will most states. There are several that are chomping at the bit to suie Biden and the administration to oblivion over anything.

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MichelleOsAdamsApple 50 points ago +57 / -7

And what, send it to the courts that the left already ownes..? Good luck. Better off starting a complete tax boycott. Stop paying the system and zipper up any fed that comes to collect.

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Best4Business 17 points ago +18 / -1

It would be tied up in courts for years. Filings, motions, appeals, etc. It won't be a simple "one and done" thing. Especially if he tries to circumvent the constitution He'll be met with a lot of pushback. I'm half expecting some dumb thing to be said, and for Texas to immediately file suit.

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MichelleOsAdamsApple 15 points ago +15 / -0

I remember everyone saying the same thing about daca...

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spelunking_librator -1 points ago +3 / -4

stop, my boner's about to pop

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GODwins76 20 points ago +20 / -0

Can private citizens of the union go liberate other citizens of another state whose state is tyrannical? I only remember the Civil War for such instances, in which the answer is yes and fuck the US.

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10MeV 2 points ago +2 / -0

I don't think that's how the Civil War went.

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GODwins76 1 point ago +2 / -1

I don't see Abraham Lincoln leading us either.

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AmericanJawa 3 points ago +3 / -0

I look more favorably at the states that are passing legislation that actively prohibit the enforcement of gun control.

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TrumpLandslideWon202 81 points ago +85 / -4

Executive orders aren't laws sooo they don't have to be followed. They are suggestions. That's why many of trump's were just ignored, because they have zero legal weight behind them.

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DavidGlowie 51 points ago +51 / -0

Its more about how many will use the order to come take your stuff.

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phandaal 24 points ago +25 / -1

Right. Laws are ink on paper, EOs are ink on paper, all that matters is will the people with guns come and force you to follow them.

Funny enough, not giving up our own guns makes that possibility significantly lower.

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Jonny 3 points ago +3 / -0

Laws are ink on paper, EOs are ink on paper

To be fair, so is the constitution

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AlabamaSlamma 3 points ago +3 / -0

More likely right now, they will keep retailers from selling you stuff.

And retailers have much more to lose, so will likely comply.

It's like what we see with the chinaflu mask stuff.

It's easy to say "Fuck you, I wont wear a mask!"

But it's much harder to say "Sure, I'll risk losing my 40 year old restaurant, my income, my house and family, to protest this mask law!"

They've gotten very good at squeezing the right people by the balls to keep all of us in line.

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War_Hamster 46 points ago +46 / -0

State Nullification has entered the conversation.

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peterstrzoked 31 points ago +32 / -1

That is only partially true.

Executive orders are not laws. Regulations are also not laws.

A law has to be passed by both houses of Congress and signed by the president (or overridden by a 2/3 majority if he does not sign it).

However, they are not just suggestions either. The President is legally in charge the executive branch. They are the ones in charge of carrying out the law, and have massive leeway in “interpreting” how to carry out the law. If the President orders the ATF to go seize all the mean looking guns, or the ATF issues a regulation that bans all guns that look mean and scary, that is not a suggestion.

The fact that the entire government basically disobeyed Trump for four years (cough, deep state) doesn’t mean that his orders were suggestions.

Now if Biden issues an executive order and conservatives sue and get an injunction, that can prevent him from carrying out the order, but you know how well the judicial system has been doing their job lately (not well).

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TrumpLandslideWon202 5 points ago +5 / -0

Thanks for the better explanation.

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odiChamp 8 points ago +8 / -0

No gun laws have to be followed if they violate the Constitution.

Which is all gun laws.

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colers 1 point ago +1 / -0

Not entirely true; executive orders on foreign policy and federal protocol (in so far it relates to the internal actions and standards of federal agencies) are very much binding, as these are the natural domain of the Executive.

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conservativefrank 30 points ago +30 / -0

Biden doesn't obey his own executive orders.

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Krat 12 points ago +12 / -0

The country is complying with an illegitimate election process which violated several amendments to the constitution