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Hollywood has-been Michael Moore plays constitutional scholar

Hollywood has-been Michael Moore plays constitutional scholar

Among the more radical left-wingers in Hollywood is producer Michael Moore – and that is quite an achievement.  His career reached its peak a generation ago when his film documentaries – such as “Bowling for Columbine” and “Roger and Me” — gained a modicum of box office appeal.  It gained him guest spots on mostly left-leaning media for a while – but his appearances are much rarer today.

Most of his other dozen or so productions remain obscure – only viewed by a small number of cult-like followers.  His consistently anti-American pronouncements appear to have worn thin with the general public.

In recent days, Moore has pierced through the far edge of the media veil.  Like many hyperventilating left-wing celebrities, Moore has promised to leave America if Republicans gain control of Washington.  Of course, they usually renege on that promise.  Alec Baldwin had promised to leave America in at least two election cycles, but he was still around to shoot his latest movie – and the cinematographer.

Moore, however, says he really … really … really means it.  We will have to wait and see.

In his more recent grab at the spotlight, Moore is playing constitutional scholar by proposing a constitutional amendment – the 28th, to be exact.  It would nullify the Second Amendment that the nation’s Founders added to the Constitution.  In fact, Moore’s amendment would be the first to cancel any of the inalienable rights articulated in the Bill of Rights.

In his presentation of his Amendment, Moore sees himself as a compatriot of the Founders.  That is a bit like comparing a first grader to Albert Einstein.  In his publication of his Amendment, Moore features images of the Founders at work in the 18th Century.  He even closes off with a faux official sounding proclamation: (The above constitutional amendment was written by Michael Moore of Michigan and presented to the 117th United States Congress on July 11, 2022).

While the Founders established the most important Bill of Rights in world history in very few profound words, Moore drafts something more like a legislative bill in eight sections.  In Section 1, he writes:

“The inalienable right of a free people to be kept safe from gun violence and the fear thereof must not be infringed and shall be protected by the Congress and the States. This Amendment thus repeals and replaces the Second Amendment.”

Gun owners who would be protected in Moore’s version are “(a) licensed hunters of game; (b) licensed ranges for the sport of target shooting; and (c) for the few who can demonstrate a special need for personal protection.”

But only if gun license applicants:

“… undergo a strict vetting process with a thorough background check, including the written and confidential approval of family members, spouses and ex-spouses and/or partners and ex-partners, co-workers and neighbors. A mental health check will also be required. There will be a waiting period of one month to complete the full background check.” 

If you were lucky enough to pass the tests of Hercules, there is another hurdle.  In section 3, Moore writes:

“Those who meet all the requirements for the restricted gun owners’ groups and successfully pass the background check must take a firearms safety class and pass a written test on an annual basis.” 

Moore’s nonsensical Amendment raises gun “ownership” to the age of 25. That presumably means you cannot buy a gun until that age, but what about operating a gun.  Can a teenager go hunting with his dad, or do a little skeet shooting?  Can you get an exemption if you are into gun sports or an Olympic athlete?

He would also have all firearm licenses reviewed (renewed?) every year.  He would ban all automatic and semi-automatic weapons (virtually every gun in America) – and he includes guns not yet invented.  I am not sure in all American history there has been a ban on speculation – a ban on the nonexistent.

He would limit ammo capacity to six rounds and ban “all devices which can enable a single-shot gun to fire automatically or semi-automatically.” That means reloading after every bullet.  So, why a limit of six-round magazines if you can only load one bullet at a time?  Moore is not a deep thinker.

Moore would regulate the type of ammunition, storage, gun sights, locks, and body armor.  Police would be subject to similar training and vetting – and “shall be continuously monitored.”  The police shall also be dismissed for racist or violent behavior.  Isn’t that already the case?

Moore goes on (and on) to say that: Congress may create future restrictions because “this amendment specifically does not grant any American the ‘right’ to own any weapon.”

To underscore the elimination of a constitutional right to own a firearm, Moore’s Amendment states: 

“Persons already owning any of the above banned firearms, and who do not fall into the legal groups of restricted firearms owners, will have one month from the ratification of this Amendment to turn in their firearms for destruction by local law enforcement. These local authorities may organize a gun buy-back program to assist in this effort.” 

There are many facets to the gun debate in America – differing points-of-view.  What Moore is raising is so far out of the parameters of intelligent debate that one is inclined to think that he is looking to restart his dead career as a comedian.  He well establishes that he is NOT a constitutional scholar – not even a competent arm-chair type.

What Moore has shown to the world with his latest embarrassment in the realm of public policy is that he is a left-wing extremist — and a showman with little intellectual ability beyond the politics of irrational tantrums.

Less of Moore would be more beneficial to the public comity.

So, there ‘tis.

About The Author

Larry Horist

So, there ‘tis… The opinions, perspectives and analyses of businessman, conservative writer and political strategist Larry Horist. Larry has an extensive background in economics and public policy. For more than 40 years, he ran his own Chicago based consulting firm. His clients included such conservative icons as Steve Forbes and Milton Friedman. He has served as a consultant to the Nixon White House and travelled the country as a spokesman for President Reagan’s economic reforms. Larry professional emphasis has been on civil rights and education. He was consultant to both the Chicago and the Detroit boards of education, the Educational Choice Foundation, the Chicago Teachers Academy and the Chicago Academy for the Performing Arts. Larry has testified as an expert witness before numerous legislative bodies, including the U. S. Congress, and has lectured at colleges and universities, including Harvard, Northwestern and DePaul. He served as Executive Director of the City Club of Chicago, where he led a successful two-year campaign to save the historic Chicago Theatre from the wrecking ball. Larry has been a guest on hundreds of public affairs talk shows, and hosted his own program, “Chicago In Sight,” on WIND radio. An award-winning debater, his insightful and sometimes controversial commentaries have appeared on the editorial pages of newspapers across the nation. He is praised by audiences for his style, substance and sense of humor. Larry retired from his consulting business to devote his time to writing. His books include a humorous look at collecting, “The Acrapulators’ Guide”, and a more serious history of the Democratic Party’s role in de facto institutional racism, “Who Put Blacks in That PLACE? -- The Long Sad History of the Democratic Party’s Oppression of Black Americans ... to This Day”. Larry currently lives in Boca Raton, Florida.

10 Comments

  1. Disgusted

    I can’t wait for Moore to leave America. I am sick of him talking with his dick in his mouth. Other countries have stated they won’t allow Americans into their country, anyway so I guess we are stuck with this anti-American idiot.

    • Perry

      The fatass prick should drop his armed security. The Hollywood crowd are protected by gun toting guards and they think that we don’t deserve it

  2. jIM oGILVIE

    GOOD RIDDENS, NOTHING BUT A COMPLETE BLIBBERING ASS !!! MAYBE IRAN/ IRAQ/ OR PUTIN WILL ACCEPT HIM WITH OPEN ARMS WITH A GUN OR KNIFE IN HAND TO CARVE THE FAT ASS UP ??

  3. John Shirley

    I will personally pay for a one way ticket to Russia or China if Mr. Moore will promise to stay there after he is released from the gulag for using his voice before his, very small brain, is placed into gear!

  4. John J

    THAT UGLY MORON SHOULD LEAVE AMERICA ON THE NEXT THING SMOKING

  5. Highplainsdrifter

    I’m sorry, didn’t he already promise that before? He wants to ” play” constitutional scholar! Really? Don’t you first need to be educated for that? The only thing this clown is smart in is communism. He knows that real well. U. S. History. He wouldn’t do very well on the show are you smarter than a fifth grader. Mickey stick to your hole, Hollyweird. It suits you.

    • Harold blankenship

      The lard ass piece of shit doesn’t have the balls to leave America. I would gladly help his fat ass make the move

      • Ben

        He’s said before that he’s leaving America. What’s he waiting for? A barge big enough to haul that much shit?

  6. tom

    I agree with you totally and hope he keeps his promise. With all that is happening these days, why choose such a low life CA product that has not been in the lime light for a decade or more? Surely you are not getting low on material? Why not investigate and write about something important like something I discovered this week: The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is promoting to youth an online chat space that discusses sex, polyamorous relationships, the occult, sex change operations, and activism, and is specifically designed to be quickly hidden while being used. It also mixes LGBT adults and children and is run in part by Planned Parenthood. YES, YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK!!! Just google “Q Chat Space” at CDC.gov search box, I did! The platform is advertised on the CDC’s LGBT Health Youth Resources page, archived here. The chat service, which describes itself as “a community for LGBTQ+ teens,” is available for those ages 13-19, can be hidden from parents, and focuses on a number of mature themes. This should make real good subject material and it is happening under everybody’s noses!! Please consider!!

    • Moe

      It’s up to the parents to discuss life issues and sex in conversations with their kids. Not some idiot government agencies Parents need to wake up and keep their children away from them web sites. A great start would be to have the home computers in the family room so that the family can observe what’s being viewed. But then there’s the smart phone. Our hands are tied there.

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