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MSNBC.com: The organizers of this standoff are still awaiting trial, but Oregon Public Radio reports that the Bundy brothers are not satisfied with the conditions of their detention...
(F)rom a written statement from Ryan Bundy: “My rights are being violated...My right to life is being violated. All of my First Amendment rights are being violated. My right to freedom of religion is being violated. My Second Amendment rights are being violated. I never waived that right.”
Just so we’re clear, Ryan Bundy is currently incarcerated. And while it’s true that prisoners don’t forfeit all of the civil liberties while they’re wards of the state, jails tend to frown on prisoners having access to firearms.
Bundy doesn’t have to “waive” his Second Amendment rights in order for the corrections department to disarm him. He’s convinced his Second Amendment rights “are being violated,” which is true. That’s what happens to people in jail.
(F)rom a written statement from Ryan Bundy: “My rights are being violated...My right to life is being violated. All of my First Amendment rights are being violated. My right to freedom of religion is being violated. My Second Amendment rights are being violated. I never waived that right.”
Just so we’re clear, Ryan Bundy is currently incarcerated. And while it’s true that prisoners don’t forfeit all of the civil liberties while they’re wards of the state, jails tend to frown on prisoners having access to firearms.
Bundy doesn’t have to “waive” his Second Amendment rights in order for the corrections department to disarm him. He’s convinced his Second Amendment rights “are being violated,” which is true. That’s what happens to people in jail.
Inmates bearing arms? Well, it would be a brilliant way for the private prison industry to bust the correction officers' union. Besides, what could possibly go wrong?
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