Anti-Civil Rights Activists Urge International Court to Attack U.S Constitution

On November 9, 2023 the Boston Globe published an opinion piece “If the US can’t fix its gun policy, maybe an international lawsuit can”. It discusses the “Lawsuit for Survival” before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, an International court.

The lawsuit has been brought by Patricia and Manuel Oliver. Their son Joaquin was murdered in the Parkland killings. “Our suit asks the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which has jurisdiction over the United States…” According to the plaintiffs international law requires nations to protect people from gun violence.

The opinion piece claims that in 2023 there have been 597 mass shootings in the United States. When you look at the so-called data provided by the Gun Violence Archive, whoever they are, the data reads like a police blotter of gang shootings and inner city crime rather than what the public considers “mass shootings”.

The entire premise of the anti-Second Amendment movement is to intentionally connect our lawful community with actions violent criminals and psychotic killers. The distortion of the facts is done purposefully as a means to turn the general public against us.

The editorial also makes the following assertion: “Recent Supreme Court decisions have imperiled what few gun restrictions there are by asserting a private right to guns, which effectively takes precedence over Americans’ right to live.”

Once again, the proponents of international rule are conflating the Court’s protection of civil rights with the actions of gangs and violent criminals. This kind of deception and sleight of hand would make even Speaker Mariano and Chairman Day green with envy.

Like most people, the Second Amendment community grieves at needless loss of life, whether it be a genuine mass shooting or a gang violence killing. But the great difference between us and the supporters of international rule is we understand where the real failure is – systemic government failure concerning criminal control and mental health issues.

Whether it was Parkland, Lewiston or the other acts of carnage the underlying cause always seems to be untreated severe mental health issues and a government system wide failure. Most of these killers are well known to authorities who do nothing to get the individuals the help/care they need the absence of which has had catastrophic results.

As for violent crime, that is another massive failure of our government to do their job. There are enough laws on the books to put a strangle hold on violent crime, but the overriding empathy for the violators/killers allows the blood to continue to flow in our inner cities.

So, all of this begs the question, why aren’t these folks filing some sort of action against the government, at all levels, that continues to fail the general public? If indeed, we all have the right to live, then why are these officials not being dragged before some international tribunal for their collusion in the needless loss of life?

The answer is obvious. The intentional failure to reduce the carnage is being used as means to eradicate our Second Amendment civil rights. Their message to the general public – until the Second Amendment is surrendered, we the government, will allow the carnage to continue.

https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting?page=23

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/11/09/opinion/gun-policy-international-lawsuit/