Attorney General Eric Holder's Defense of Rights Hypocrisy

March 18, 2013

Here's an interesting point about the apparent hypocrisy of Attorney General Eric Holder who supports citizens' rights to vote but not for those same citizens to obtain firearms.

"...around 11 percent of voting-age citizens do not have access to sufficient identification. The study claimed, “The result is plain: Voter ID laws will make it harder for hundreds of thousands of poor Americans to vote. They place a serious burden on a core constitutional right that should be universally available to every American citizen.”
...“People of color are more likely to be disenfranchised by these laws since they are less likely to have a photo ID than the general population.”
It would appear that Mr. Holder is committed to protecting the constitutional rights of all Americans.
Yet on multiple occasions Mr. Holder has urged Congress to pass legislation that would require universal background checks on all gun purchases, eliminating the so-called “gun show loophole.” Although all federally licensed firearm dealers are currently required to conduct background checks for firearms sales, private sales or trades between individuals do not require background checks in many states.
Part of the process of conducting background checks requires gun buyers to produce ID. Individual state laws vary, but in Virginia buyers must produce two forms of ID, including one from his or her state of residence. If purchasing an “assault weapon,” the buyer must additionally produce proof of citizenship or legal residency such as a passport, birth certificate or certificate of nationalization.
If 11 percent of Americans and 25 percent of African-Americans lack the appropriate identification to vote, which usually consists of one ID and sometimes does not even require a photo, then how many more would be excluded from purchasing firearms by a two ID requirement?
Though Mr. Holder voiced his commitment to core constitutional rights that should be universally available to every American citizen, perhaps he just meant the rights he agrees with."

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/16/brown-liberals-only-protect-constitutional-rights-/

BROWN: Liberals only protect the constitutional rights they agree with

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