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IlostwhateverrespectImighthavehadforformerCongressmanAdamKinzingerwhenhesaidhewasopenabanonso-calledassaultweaponsin2022.SincehisdeparturefromCongress,Kinzingerhasembracedanumberofanti-gunproposals,eventellingagatheringinChicagoin2023that““SecondAmendmentpeopleshouldbeonthefrontlineofguncontrol.”Kinzingerdidn’tmeanonthefrontlinesdefendingagainstguncontrol.No,hemeansweshouldbeadvocatingfor“reasonablesolutionstogunviolence”like banningyoungadultsfromkeepingandbearingarms.
Asdumbasthosecommentswere,theypaleincomparisontoKinzinger’slatestinvocationoftheSecondAmendment,whichhenowinsistsisabout“guaranteeingastatearighttoamilitia.”
SincethatpostKinzingerhasdoubleddownonhishare-brainedtheory,bothonX(wherehewasquicklyrebukedbyCharlesC.W.Cooke):
andinapostonhisSubstack,whereheargues:
IfwebelieveintheSecondAmendment’sinvocationofastate-basedmilitia,weneedtoreconcileitwiththeuncomfortabletruththattheNationalGuard,ascurrentlystructur
