“I committed at least four felonies this morning and got it on video,” Kokesh texted.
In June 2008, the Supreme Court affirmed the Court of
Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Heller v. District of Columbia, ruling
that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to keep and
bear arms and that the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 is
unconstitutional. However, authorities in DC have largely ignored the
ruling and still impose draconian measures on anyone who wants to own a
firearm.
Kokesh’s protest stems out of his call for a “new American revolution” that
would have involved a march on all 50 state capitols. The former Iraq
vet had previously planned to lead an armed march on Washington DC on
Independence Day.
Kokesh later revised the plan after he was arrested in
May for little more than exercising his First Amendment. “When it comes
to this event being executed properly,” Kokesh told the Alex Jones Show,
“when the government has already escalated the violent tactics against
me personally as an organizer, I can’t in good conscience go forward
with a plan that is so centrally dependent and not open source.”
Kokesh is to be saluted for his courage in taking such a bold stance to defend Second Amendment rights.
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