New Yorkers! Defend yourselves from ISIS!

In the last few days ISIS has directly threatened New York City and Washington DC, yet on Megyn Kelly’s news show (the Kelly File) a former US Navy SEAL said that since he lives in the city (of NY) he cannot carry a weapon (for self defense). Subsequently he carries a small high intensity flashlight. EXCUSE ME!? A man who can save himself and many New Yorkers is forbidden to carry a firearm for protection!? 

In light of the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) 2008 decision in District of Columbia vs Heller, why can he not!? In this landmark decision SCOTUS found that having a handgun for self defense was an “individual right” under the Second Amendment of our Constitution. The Heller case involved home defense in a “federal enclave” (such as Washington DC) but federal courts since this ruling have extended this individual right to the States. In 2014 a Federal Court also found “… that the District of Columbia's complete ban on the carrying of handguns in public is unconstitutional.” 

As a result of these rulings people in Washington DC can carry a pistol to protect themselves. New York City has refused to change its laws on the pretense that their laws are “reasonable.” The Second Amendment is very clear - “the (individual [SCOTUS 2008]) right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” Why are “we the people” - the sovereigns of this nation -  oppressed by unconstitutional laws that we must break in order to overthrow them in Court!? 

Is it time for a New York City Civil Obedience Movement to the Constitution? Is it time for New Yorkers to arm themselves under the right to defend themselves and send a clear message to ISIS, “Come here at your own risk!” - and to their politicians, “Come down from your ivory towers and bear your throats to ISIS - we will not!” Let New Yorkers be obedient to the Second Amendment - not to the unconstitutional restrictions they are under. 

It is time for American’s to arm and train themselves in self defense as our Constitution allows - even in New York City. As for those politicians who want to restrict this right, such as President Obama and Hillary Clinton, let them surrender their Secret Service protection and bear their throats to ISIS - unless of course they choose to carry their own protection as Donald Trump admits to.