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(gentle music)

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- The plain text of the constitution,

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which in at least five different places,

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clearly forbids armed violent
resistance to the government.

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The Republican guarantee
clause in article four,

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section four provides that the
United States shall guarantee

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to every state in this union a Republican

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form of government and
shall protect each of them

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against invasion and on
application of the legislature

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or the executive against
domestic violence.

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This was put in the constitution
specifically in response

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to Shay's Rebellion and armed
resistance to the government

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of the United States which
the founder strongly opposed.

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Here's another provision

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the gentleman from Texas should consider

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before cavalierly suggesting in public

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that citizens somehow have
a constitutional right

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to use arms against our
government and our police.

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Article three, section three, clause one

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states, "In the only
constitutional passage

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"that defines a crime
treason against United States

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"shall consist only in
levying war against them

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"or in adhering to their enemies

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"giving them aid and comfort.

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Armed insurrection and violence
against the United States

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is plainly making war
against our government

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and thus is an act of treason.

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That's not constitutional law.

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That's a constitutional joke.