EpochTV: The Meaning of Shall Not Be Infringed

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : She's spot-on, too, in the way she highlights the left's hypocrisy on this issue in particular, and in her decision to initially promote gun ownership to college-aged women.
56% : They see the Second Amendment as it was originally intended, cutting away the home defense and hunting narratives that are commonly used to argue the public's right to keep and bear arms (and that are often twisted by media pundits into the counterargument that no one needs 100 rounds to shoot a deer).
54% : While many may think of the NRA (National Rifle Association) as the first line of defense against anti-gun legislation, Okafor states early on that GOA is a much more hardline organization when it comes to protecting the Second Amendment.
53% : Okafor, in fact, spends a nice amount of time on the misnomer "assault rifle" and how gun control advocates have seized on public ignorance about firearms to spread the idea that the AR-15 is somehow scarier and more lethal than a hunting rifle with the exact same firing mechanism.
50% : Philipp and Okafor dive into her relatively quick turn-around from growing up in a family with no real understanding of the Second Amendment or its purpose, to being such a strong advocate for gun ownership that she started her own organization.
49% : Okafor, a native Texan, is the founder of Empowered 2A, a nonprofit organization with a mission of teaching women to advocate for gun ownership.
49% : Gun control advocates rely heavily on the AR-15's look to promote it as somehow a military-grade weapon, despite the fact it's a semi-automatic just like most handguns and hunting rifles, and that it was designed for civilians, not the military.
47% : While it's nice that the Second Amendment allows people to hunt and defend their homes, the real purpose is to give civilians the ability to overthrow a tyrannical government.
46% : but the purpose of the Second Amendment.
44% : Okafor and Philipp discuss some of the federal government overreach that is working so hard to take away states' rights any way they can in the realm of gun control.
42% : To do this, GOA is working hard to change and repeal gun control laws at the state and local levels in anticipation of having to push back at an increasingly overreaching federal government.
42% : Philipp and Okafor close the interview again underscoring the importance of protecting the Second Amendment in its original intent.
40% : The current administration's moves toward gun control, not only in the policies they're pursuing, but in their recently failed attempt to install an extreme gun control advocate as the head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, make this a crucial episode of "Crossroads" to watch and share.

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