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March 31, 2022 - Dan Bidondi Show
15:04
TAKING A HARD STAND AGAINST TYRANNICAL GUN CONTROL POLITICIANS!
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Thank you for your testimony.
Any questions of this witness?
Seeing none, we'll go to... You were Dan, right?
I'm pretty much against all the anti-gun bills, as everybody should know.
The whole thing with the safe firearms, now I'm a gun owner, trust me when I tell you, strict firearm safety.
I show my family how to properly work my weapons and everything else, and they're always locked up in the store.
Away from the children and everything else, they know better to even touch it.
However, now if we oppose this bill, now this should be self-responsibility.
Nobody wants kids killed, absolutely.
But here's the thing.
We're stepping on the 4th Amendment.
Nobody mentioned today this is a 4th Amendment violation because it says the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable search and seizures shall not be violated and no one shall be issued with a probable cause or defamation.
You get the rest of it.
So this is a 4th Amendment violation and it's also breaching the 2nd Amendment.
And here's the other thing too.
I know we're not hearing the bills on semi-automatics and all that stuff.
But this is an infringement, and I'm going to show you this.
Everything we talk about today, people, you talk about the law, we're lawmakers, we can make laws and all that.
Guess what?
I'm going to set you all back down to reality again, alright?
You make laws according to the Constitution.
Every one of you took a sworn oath on what?
The Constitution to uphold it, right?
Against all enemies foreign and domestic.
And right now, some of you have domestic enemies.
Because Rhode Island Constitution, Article 1, Section 2 clearly says, the right to bear arms, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
Then we'll go on to the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America.
And the Second Amendment, and I'm going to define it because I know there's a lot of so-called lawyers out here that like to say the Second Amendment is only for National Guard and all this stuff.
No, this is from James Madison himself.
He defines the Second Amendment, and we're going to read it.
A well-regulated militia, so we're going back to civics class.
A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear, I'm sure not be infringed.
Now, what is a well-regulated militia?
You throw a national, no it's not the National Guard, it's not the police, it's not the military.
James Madison says, a militia when properly formed by the fact that people themselves whose ability to act both in personal and common defense must be well-maintained.
Being necessary for the security of a free state.
He says, to be secure in liberty and the state of being free of governance of the people, free people, I'm sorry, to secure rights of the people.
And the right of people, the whole people, an individual right, independent of government.
Okay?
The right, I'm sorry, to keep and bear arms, to own, now this ain't just limited to muskets, okay, because there were rapid-fire guns back then, now people need to know the history.
To own, check this out, to only carry arms of whatever type necessary to effectively provide for personal defense against tearing.
So if I want to own an AR-15, an AK-47, I'm going to own it and it's none of your damn business.
I'm going to be blunting right out.
And I'm not going to be limited to it.
And there'll be war before that happens.
So trust me when I tell you that.
And show not being friends.
Show not... Check... You need to pay attention to every one of you.
Get off your phones, please.
And, um, shall not be limited... Stop, stop, sorry.
Thank you, Doc.
Yes, you should not direct your comments... No, I know, but... No, listen, please.
Listen now.
You have to be respectful.
You don't point... You speak to the chairman... I'm sorry, I... And you don't point out individuals... Oh, can I please have you undivided attention now?
You don't need anybody's undivided attention.
Look this way.
Because we have to hear you guys for a whole year.
We only got a certain amount of time for us to be able to voice out.
So I would like, please, for your elected officials.
We're in charge, not you guys, okay?
I want your undivided attention.
I deserve that.
I'm a taxpayer citizen.
We the people are the bosses, not you guys.
Can I finish?
No.
Not right, let Doc speak.
Well, isn't that rude to... Everyone has had an opportunity to serve as long as they want.
When you do it, you do it respectfully.
When you do it, you do it respectfully.
There's no reason to point anyone out.
There's no reason to cut out yourself.
Say what you have to say.
Okay.
And do it respectfully because you'll get more attention.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Yeah, I understand and thank you, sir, and I apologize because I just saw... Okay.
Yeah.
Well, I mean, come on, man.
Our rights are on the line here.
We walked through the halls here.
We got a giant portrait of George Washington.
Okay, I'm not yelling.
I'm just talking to my voice.
So, I'm not yelling.
I'm not violent, guys.
Okay, all right.
I'm presenting my case.
Now, shall not be infringed, right?
It says, James Madison, shall not be limited, regulated, federally regulated, I'm sorry, excessively taxed or encroached upon in any manner, plain and simple.
And that is plain and simple as day.
So if we sit here and we walk through the halls of this statehouse, we've got George Washington, we've got the Constitution, and funny how it is, the 250th anniversary is being displayed in the library we have, the Gatsby.
Now, does anybody want to hear what led to the war against the British?
Number one, try to pose a state religion on us.
Number two, okay, is to try to take off firearms.
So Edmund Burke, one of the Founding Fathers, he stated, those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.
And we don't want this history to repeat, trust me when I tell you.
All right, when you put our backs against the wall, you expect us to come out here and be all glad and all kind?
How do you do that?
When I have to come out, take time out of my schedule, all right, with my family, come out here, tell my son, hey, I have to go to, I can't spend the night with you today because I have to go to the State House to defend the rights that my family, in the Revolution, our family members fought for and died.
Because you all want to sit here and say, oh, it's about safety.
It's about this.
No, it all started when people started infringing on the Second Amendment.
That's where it all started.
And here's the thing, by law, you can't make a law against it.
Why do you think since 1791, I'm sorry, people all over the country have been constantly trying to infringe the Second Amendment.
You can't do that.
It's legal.
What you're doing is illegal.
And you twist it around to say people walking around with a long gun is bad.
Are you out of your mind?
Seriously?
We had a redacted law, it was called the Minamia Law here in the state of Rhode Island.
Every male, 16 and up, was able to carry a firearm.
You know what I mean?
Now, what is going on here?
You know what I mean?
That's the question I'm asking.
What is going on here?
Why are we sitting here negotiating our Second Amendment rights?
This goes today and tomorrow too.
We're sitting here delegating that Second Amendment rights that we are guaranteed.
They're independent from government.
You guys have no authority to do this.
And you know, here's the thing too, and I'm going to be blunt.
The men you walked on the hall to see, the Founding Fathers and all that, you know what they would do to people like you guys today?
And I'm not going to mention it, all right?
No, I'm not calling for it either, absolutely.
But it's treason, and back then treason was taken very seriously.
150 years ago today, anybody that would do that would be strung out, plain and simple.
And what is going on today?
So everything's relaxed now, so we got to figure out, oh, well, let's get rid of our liberties, oh, because we got to keep everybody safe.
You know what I'm saying?
When you want to be safe, the government doesn't keep you safe.
The people keep us safe.
This is God-given, unalienable right to give us the ability to keep ourselves safe.
We don't need your safety.
All right.
Excuse me, sir.
You need to tone it down.
I'm sorry.
You need to be more respectful.
I am.
I'm just being blunt, ma'am.
We are not the enemy here.
I'm not saying you are.
I'm saying the people.
Yes.
Okay.
We are not the enemy.
We're here trying to give everybody their opportunity to speak.
And I think we've been very good about it.
And everybody's very emotional because these are two very hotly contested sides.
Yes.
So we're giving you your moment, but you've got to bring it down.
Okay.
We are not the enemy.
We get what you're trying to say.
Yes.
You have a, like, please try it.
I apologize.
It's just like when you have people out there advocating to take our Second Amendment rights away.
We get that.
It's not going to be too pretty.
Now, we all hear people like, my district says this, and they got all these people in their groups and all that.
But the fact of the reality is, I'm a news reporter.
I know exactly what goes on everywhere else.
80% of Rhode Island is sick of all the crap.
Democrats, Republicans, Independents, all these people of all parties love their Second Amendment rights.
And I don't know if you all heard the chatter in the hallways for the last several years.
People are ready to go to war, okay?
This is how bad it's getting.
I think we get the point, though.
You need to try and wrap it up, okay?
Well, I'm just trying to make my case.
Well, I think you've made yourself very clear, honestly.
Okay, Diane, thank you for that.
But here's the thing.
Again, all year long we have to listen to this.
I got a set of homeless.
Oh, they're negotiating some common sense.
There's not common sense about it.
You don't touch the Second Amendment, bottom line.
And if somebody wants to walk down the street with a firearm, that's a God-given right to do that.
No, sir, that is not.
We have to have rules in this country and in this state.
Marbury v. Madison said any law that's repugnant to the Constitution, guess what?
No way.
Bam.
You know what I mean?
So I'm not trying to be rude here, but I'm just trying to state my case here.
And I think we got it.
I think you got it loud and clear.
Let me finish.
Can I finish?
Can you wrap it up quickly?
Yes.
Well, I mean, I want to get what I have to say out.
I think you already did.
No, not even close.
I could be here for hours.
Well, you can't be here for hours.
Trust me, I'll hold this place up for days if I have to.
Why?
Why do you want to do that?
We hear what you have to say.
If I have to, I could be here for a week if I have to, just to defend my Second Amendment that my family died for, people died for this country.
You already said that.
You already said all of this.
Yeah, but you guys keep cutting me off.
Because you're like, you gotta bring it down.
Well, how do you expect me to act to you?
I mean, seriously, how would you expect me to be nice and cordial and articulate with a little speech?
I do expect you to be cordial.
You know what I mean?
I'm being very respectful of you guys, but this is the way I talk.
I'm sorry.
I expect you to be cordial.
You may not like that.
Yes.
But I'm not certain that I care whether you don't like that.
I will maintain the decorum in this room, and if you violate that decorum, then those three guys behind you are going to take you out of here.
Can you understand that?
Yes, I'll tone it down.
Then keep your voice down and be succinct with the remainder of your testimony.
Okay.
Is that clear, Dan?
Yep.
Thank you.
That's very clear.
So, let me read one more thing here.
Man, this is, this better be, I mean, this has got to reach the people here.
Yeah, because, um, Declaration of Independence says, uh, but when a long train of abusers and their interpretations pursuing unbearable, the same objective evidences of designed to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right and their duty to overthrow such government to provide new gods for the future.
So if these gun bills are passed, we're not going to go to him.
You guys do the legislation.
Oh man, we're going to do everything in our power.
Okay.
To make sure everybody Behind these bills and vote it out.
And then also, if I get into the office, I plan on running for office one day.
And I guarantee, I'm going to do everything in my power, my will, to make sure everybody that's pushing this to destroy our Second Amendment, it's not about safety either.
I will make sure they're in jail.
Plain and simple.
And that's a guarantee.
You know what I mean?
Take it as a threatened promise.
Because I am not going to tolerate, not on my watch, I am not going to tolerate my civil liberties.
Yeah, I'm only human, man, but I speak for tens of thousands of Rhode Islanders.
People don't grasp the gratitude, the gravity of this.
Okay, you're ready to create a civil war.
I don't know if you all heard what's going on out there, but people are sick of it.
People are not going to comply.
Like the bump stock was, how many bump stocks are turned in?
Zero.
Nobody's going to turn in magazines.
Nobody's going to comply to this.
And if my house, okay, I can have what I want, as many as I want.
It's not a darn thing anybody's going to do about it.
Plain and simple.
This is my constitutional right.
My God-given, God-given, Heavenly Father God, issue of Jesus Christ.
My God-given right to defend myself, okay, in our constitutional right that nobody has authority to touch with a 10-foot pole.
That's why the 10 amendments called the Bill of Rights, they cannot be touched with a 10-foot pole.
Since 1791, that's the way they've been, and guess what?
Another 200 years, they're going to be the same way, as long as people like me are around.
We will fight if we have to, physically, mentally, with every ounce of my gut, politically, to Protect our civil liberties.
Plain and simple.
And I took an oath on the Constitution.
I don't know about some of y'all, but I took that very seriously.
Especially when I have my family members who died for the God-given rights we have today.
That hits home, man.
My family goes back to the King Philip War and the Wampanoag, when the British tried to force gun control with them.
Then the revolution, they were the same thing.
Lexington, Green, and everything else.
You know, it just goes back so much in history.
So if you guys... I know there's political agendas and we're not going to beat around the bush.
We know the Bloomberg groups are out there.
It's all political stuff to take out guns, the United Nations agenda.
They be every day just about to discuss how they're going to disarm the American people.
We're not going to go down like that.
You know what I mean?
And that day when these UN troops come down our streets, guess what?
They're going to be going back in body bags.
And the thing is, nobody cares.
Okay, let's move.
Let's... I'm finishing.
I'm finished.
Yeah, I'm finishing.
Here's my final, here's my finish.
Thank you for your testimony.
The Ukraine, right?
Nobody says, oh yes, let's arm the Ukraine to defend the country, right?
Fully automatic weapons, military weapons.
But yet, you're telling us we can't have semi-automatic weapons?
I don't think so.
And hundreds of thousands of military guns just given up in Afghanistan.
Oh, we're not supposed to be afraid about that.
But let's attack law-abiding citizens here because we have semi-automatic weapons.
It doesn't matter.
Enough attacking the Second Amendment.
We're fed up.
We're ticked off, plain and simple.
We're going to be out here fighting day and night.
And again, if I have to speak for hours on hours to keep you all here until 6, 7 in the morning, the next morning I will do that.
Plain and simple.
I could talk for days.
Just to defend my civil liberties.
I don't care if my voice gives out or whatever.
I'm going to defend my civil liberties until the cops come home.
I told you all two years ago, if I have to come back here again, I'm going to talk, okay?
They're going to have to drag me out and I'm going to talk and talk and talk until you guys get the point that we are not really pushing our civil liberties.
Plain and simple.
1776 will begin again if that happens.
Plain and simple.
We have a right in this country and we're not giving it up.
Get over it, okay?
The Second Amendment is not up for vote.
It's set in stone.
Plain and simple.
Shall not be infringed.
Bottom line.
And I'm done, so God bless you all.
God bless and thank you all for supporting gun rights, the ones who were there.
And the other ones, please go back and read the Constitution.
God bless you.
That's it.
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