Exercising the Right
Anti-gun Congressman Denigrates Gun Owners’ Manhood
The Daily Caller reported on August 26 about an oft-repeated trope that anti-gun propagandists like to claim. Illinois Congressman Sean Casten was hosting a Zoom meeting with local college students when he went on a bizarre tirade against people who own guns. Casten appeared to interpret the Second Amendment protection of the right to bear arms to extend only to “well-regulated militias” and rhetorically asked, “unless you’re a member of well-regulated militia, tell me why you need to own a gun, right?” Casten then added that “having small genitals is not a sufficient reason to own a gun.”
This was surely done to get some cheap laughs from the immature students in the meeting, but it also reflects the juvenile and overly simplistic viewpoint that Casten has when it comes to firearms. To Casten, the Second Amendment does not protect the right to bear arms at all, and anyone who disagrees is to be belittled and mocked. It is upsetting to think that someone who is so ignorant of the history of the Second Amendment and whose mind is clearly in the gutter has been elected to Congress. Casten, who is a Democrat, is being challenged by Republican Jeanne Ives, who publicly chastised Casten for his ridiculous comment. Ives went so far as to post on YouTube an excerpt from the Zoom meeting where he made the remark for everyone to watch for themselves.
In an e-mail to the Daily Caller, Ives’ campaign communications director, Jeanne Murphy, wrote, “Sean Casten references Justice John Paul Stevens’ dissent for the minority in Heller v. DC, which established the individual right to self-protection. Since he likes history, John Paul Stevens — after he left the bench — wrote an op-ed calling for the abolition of the Second Amendment…. That is what Sean Casten is referring to, as he ridicules law-abiding firearms owners as just ‘guys with small genitals.’ Sean Casten sold himself to IL06 as moderate in 2018. He represents decent professional people…. In this clip, he takes a radical position and describes those who oppose him in the most offensive, degrading terminology that he can possibly think of. Sean Casten has shown us who he is — an extremist, and what he wants — to abolish freedoms and make government your keeper. Our question to voters: Is that what you want?”
JBS Member or ShopJBS.org Customer?
Sign in with your ShopJBS.org account username and password or use that login to subscribe.
Subscribe Now
- 24 Issues Per Year
- Digital Edition Access
- Exclusive Subscriber Content
- Audio provided for all articles
- Unlimited access to past issues
- Cancel anytime.
- Renews automatically
Subscribe Now
- 24 Issues Per Year
- Print edition delivery (USA)
*Available Outside USA - Digital Edition Access
- Exclusive Subscriber Content
- Audio provided for all articles
- Unlimited access to past issues
- Cancel anytime.
- Renews automatically