While headlines truthfully trumpeted that the recent nationwide midterm elections were damaging to gun rights, there were still beacons of hope from a day that cannot be viewed as anything other than a setback.
Arkansas voters bucked the national trend and overwhelmingly approved Measure #2, with 70.8% to 29.2% in favor. It’s a grotesque commentary on current events that fundamental freedoms already backed by the U.S. Constitution must be doubly reinforced.
It’s sad that such a measure is even necessary
Voters strongly backed the expanded amendment, which takes effect on New Year’s Day, protecting the right to keep and bear arms for such traditional aims as self-defense, hunting, sport shooting, and “any other lawful purpose.”
Augmenting the Bill of Rights, Measure #2 reaffirmed that possessing firearms is a “natural, fundamental, and individual right that shall not be infringed.”
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Chairman Alan Gottlieb said in a statement that the measure hits home for all who treasure this core freedom.
“We are proud of voters in the Natural State,” Gottlieb declared. “By a wide margin, Arkansas citizens reaffirmed their rights so that future generations of gun owners in the state will not only share this right but never worry about it being eroded. The good people of Arkansas turned out to vote when they needed to.”
Gun rights opponents object to reinforcing Second Amendment
On cue, Moms Demand Action’s Anna Morshedi, Arkansas state chapter lead, complained that the “extreme” amendment could lead to unforeseen outcomes.
“Declaring that the right to keep and bear arms includes ‘without limitation’ to the possession of ammunition, accessories, and components could open the door to legal challenges that undermine responsible gun ownership,” the group alleged.
The vast majority of Arkansas voters found this to be “extreme,” not protecting hard-won constitutional rights from the winds of political change.
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