Amy Swearer
@AmySwearer
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Senior Legal Fellow at @Heritage. Always technically as advertised, but never quite what you expected. All views and cat pictures are my own.
Washington, DC
Joined August 2009
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Can you imagine not bothering to do a basic Google search before tweeting this, only to find out from your ratio that Cipollone spent two decades litigating complex cases for major law firms and Sekulow is something like 9 for 12 in front of the Supreme Court?.
can you imagine if Sekulow and Cipollone had to try a case in front of a real judge? bhahaahhahahahaha.
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Sen. Durbin held a hearing on Chicago-specific violence, then cut me off when my explanation was too Chicago-specific. The story he didn't want you to hear? Police arrested 5 men who fired over 70 rounds at a Chicago home. Prosecutors released all of them without a single charge.
OUTRAGEOUS: @SenatorDurbin cut off @AmySwearer during her opening remarks to prevent her from from citing data on rogue prosecutors. Revealing the hearing titled βcombating gun trafficking and reducing violence in Chicagoβ isn't actually interested in doing either.
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Two minors stole handguns from their parents in a state with universal background checks, magazine capacity limits, and an above-average gun control rating. They were stopped in large part by an armed school security guard and an unarmed student who paid with his life. Stop it.
We have to solve the mass shooting epidemic. We β especially our students β should all feel safe in our communities. Iβm praying for the students and families from STEM School Highlands Rach, and will not rest until we deliver common-sense gun reform.
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@Amy_Siskind If you can vote the guy out at the very next possible opportunity, using the prescribed constitutional mechanisms. it wasn't a dictatorship. There are literally billions of people who *wish* toppling a *real* dictator was so simple as voting.
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God give me the confidence of a rich man running for president who has the audacity to use that time the government killed four unarmed protestors as a platform for arguing the government needs to confiscate your guns.
Yesterday, people brought assault weapons to our rally at Kent Stateβwhere 4 students were shot dead in 1970. I told them nobody should show up with an AK-47 or an AR-15 to seek to intimidate us in our own democracy. We need to buy back every single one of them.
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(1) Do it again, but this time your target is multiple armed assailants who not only move but can take cover and shoot back at you. (2) Same thing, but your assailants have body armor/are tripping acid. (3) Same thing, but with a handgun. (4) Same thing, but instead of ideal.
I know many who follow me haven't shot guns or semi automatic rifles before. Even with zero training I could shoot a pretty tight grouping at 20 yards. Just look. You don't need 30 round mags. If you can't stop whatever you need to with 10 7.62 rounds. You got bigger problems.
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This is insulting. If I were a woman on a company board in California after next year, I would never know if I was actually qualified and earned my position, or if I was a token board member that everyone resented (and for good reason).
California just took a step toward mandating a woman on every company board. State legislators passed a bill that would require publicly-traded companies there to place at least 1 woman on their boards by the end of next year -- or face a penalty
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@davidhogg111 Women are already guaranteed equal protection of the laws under the 14th Amendment, and the Supreme Court effectively treats discrimination claims under the same standards as any other protected class. See Hogan (1982), J.E.B. v Alabama, and U.S. v. Virginia.
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Quick take:. Gun homicide rate and total number dropped. Rifles still only account for about 3% of gun homicides. Fewer people were killed by rifles in 2018 than in 2017. Five times as many people were stabbed to death in 2018 than were shot to death with a rifle of any kind.
The FBI Uniform Crime Report for 2018 is out today. Looks like murder was down by about 7% from 2017.
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Aaaaand doctors saying they'd knowingly use mental health laws for political purposes is precisely why many conservatives question the practical implications of red flag laws. Good work. Your politicization of medicine erodes trust in ways you never considered.
If @realDonaldTrump were my patient, in unstable condition + contagious illness, & he suddenly left the hospital to go for a car ride that endangers himself & others:. I'd call security to restrain him then perform a psychiatric evaluation to examine his decision-making capacity.
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Chicago - not the Greater Chicago area but just within the city limits - has less than 1 percent of the U.S. population but is responsible for almost 8 percent of these shootings since 2014. In 7 of 9 years, it had more than the entire state of Texas.
Mass shootings in the US:. 2014: 273.2015: 336.2016: 383.2017: 348.2018: 336.2019: 417.2020: 610.2021: 690.2022: 647. In the first seven weeks of 2023: 67. We do not have to live like this. No other country on the planet does.
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They had to hire an armed guard because the state of New York leaves no legal way - and I mean literally, in every sense, no legal way - for anyone who suddenly and legitimately fears for their safety to exercise their 2A rights. It will cost hundreds of $$$ (if not thousands).
My family, owns a kosher deli in NY. We had to hire an armed guard this week, leading up to this threat of a Day of Rage. Feel how you feel but this is the reality Jews are in worldwide. Be safe friends.
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@davidcicilline @realDonaldTrump @RepDanCrenshaw did three tours of duty as a Navy SEAL, during which time was awarded two Bronze Stars, a Purple Heart, and a Commendation Medal with valor. His eyepatch has more patriotism and integrity than Adam Schiff.
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@SenWarren I have yet to see a video with this kid saying ANYTHING, much less spewing "hateful taunts." He just stands there after being approached. Was this the best way of handling it? Probably not. But you either didn't watch the video or you're knowingly committing libel.
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@CBSNews Women in the U.S., as a class, are among the freest, most privileged, and least oppressed human beings to ever walk on this planet. But yes, somehow it's more dangerous for us here than in China (forced abortions), North Korea (where it's. North Korea), and Latin America (1/2).
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(1) She was 30 weeks pregnant, which would have been illegal in most states pre-Roe [and most of the world], and is 20 weeks past the FDA's approved usage timeline for abortion pills. (2) She wasn't charged under the abortion law. She was charged with concealing the remains.
They swore up and down they wouldn't send girls and women to prison for having abortions. They lied.
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Another day, another completely grotesque lie. Robert Card was involuntarily committed to a military psychiatric hospital months ago precisely because everyone around realized he was increasingly a danger to himself and others. He literally threatened to shoot up a base.
Just a reminder that, until the moment he opened fire at the bowling alley in Lewiston, Robert Card was a good guy with a gun.
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Quick refresher. California:. - has the lowest quality of life in the U.S. - is among the worst states for working women based on objective factors - is the 3rd least free state
Californiaβs what happens when rights are respected. When work is rewarded. When natureβs protected. When diversity is celebrated and free markets are fair markets. We are nothing less than the progressive answer to a transgressive President. #CADEM19.
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@davidcicilline @realDonaldTrump @RepDanCrenshaw And for the record, his eyepatch also went through two combat missions because Crenshaw *volunteered* to go back after losing his eye to an IED. If you're going to collectively denigrate your GOP colleagues, consider having some intellectual honesty about it.
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"We don't know any details about how a minor in an A+ gun control state where the NRA has been declared a terrorist organization illegally obtained a gun, but somehow this is absolutely the time to blame the NRA.".
We donβt yet have all the details of the horrifying events in Santa Clarita. But we do know that in America today, children are scared to go to school. Parents and teachers are terrified. And that canβt stand. It is time to hold the NRA and our leaders in Washington accountable.
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Before you try limiting which guns that I, a peaceable citizen, am allowed to own. why don't you try *not releasing violent repeat offenders who've already violated conditions of house arrest back out on house arrest* and see what that does for crime rates.
22yr old WANTED by @PhillyPolice in TRIPLE MURDER of 14, 17 & 18 yr olds on Palmetto St. had just been released by a judge & put on house arrest just 15 days before the three teens shot&killed at the home. He had already villages the house arrest in the days before murders. 1/3
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Almost on cue, @RepKatiePorter went on to prove my point. I showed up to talk about saving lives and begged for open ears. She came here to play political games. That disconnect is, unfortunately, the reason all of us will be back here again.
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@RepSwalwell (1) Semi-automatic rifles aren't used on battlefields. Fully automatic rifles with select fire capacity are, and those are heavily regulated by the ATF. (2) They're used in fewer than 25 percent of mass public shootings, and in only 1 in 10 used rifles alone.
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#ConstitutionWithAmy Episode 2:. The electoral college has nothing to do with slavery, and strengthens the republic by acting as a check on the power of large states to render small states voiceless. It makes the government more representative of the whole, not just New York.
It is well past time we eliminate the Electoral College, a shadow of slaveryβs power on America today that undermines our nation as a democratic republic.
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@Ocasio2018 The electoral college has nothing to do with slavery, and everything to do with checking the power of big states to render small states voiceless. in other words, it strengthens the republic by making it more representative of the interests of the whole, not just New York.
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What he fails to mention are the facts that destroy the "this is my lane" narrative. (1) The weapon was a handgun. (2) The shooter violated, at a minimum, laws prohibiting the carry of firearms in and around hospitals. (3) Lives were saved by good guys with guns.
Hey @NRA - Less than two weeks ago you told doctors to βstay in their lane.β Still feel that way now?.
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(1) A mob of protestors broke through a gate and rushed onto private property. That's absolutely provocation. (2) Being drastically outnumbered on your own property by a mob with zero respect for the rule of law or your rights is. um. precisely the time for an AR-15.
Armed couple wields AR-15 rifle or other weapon of war at #BLM demonstrators in Central West End section of St. Louis. Woman points handgun as they walk by the house en route to the Mayor. This is an unprovoked display of lethal force. #StLouis #mccloskey
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It's 100% illegal in California and cannot be legally obtained by a California resident. It also fires at the exact same 9mm round at the exact same rate as every other semi-automatic handgun that has ever existed.
The shooter in California allegedly used a Cobray M11 9mm semi-automatic weapon, which allows a killer to fire 30-round magazines in rapid succession. The weapon is illegal in nearly every developed country except the United States.
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The NRA:.- is also a 501(c)(3).- wants to keep kids safe.- teaches gun safety and advocates for a constitutional right centered on self-defense . PP:.- lies about services offered.- sees killing kids as healthcare.- thinks 60 million deaths since Roe isn't a public health crisis
Planned Parenthood.- is a nonprofit .- that provides health care. You, on the other hand, represent an organization at the heart of a massive public health crisis. You have no credibility. Take a seat. #EndGunViolence
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(1) That's not remotely true. (2) There's a mass murderer loose in a 500sq mile county that has exactly two deputies patrolling it at any time. Lewiston appears to have 12-ish patrol officers per shift. That alone is plenty enough reason for access to an AR-15, which is, btw,.
Again: This weapon is larger and more lethal than what I carried and used in the military. Absolutely zero reason for any civilian to have access to and use for this. Yet so it goes, on and on. So many more lives and families shattered.
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The Second Amendment is for everyone who knows the government cannot or will not protect their inalienable rights at every given moment of every given day. Those don't look NY-compliant but I dare @NewYorkStateAG to investigate and charge them. I dare you.
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No. Some of these simply cannot be tolerated and must not be accepted. In no universe is it fair or appropriate to have the accuser testify second. She must go first and specify the allegations, or else Kavanaugh has nothing to refute and the exercise is pointless.
SOURCES: Ford team wants NO questions from lawyers, only Qs from Committee members, #Kavanaugh cannot be in the room, Kavanaugh must testify FIRST - more to come . .
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We have literally been saying this whole time that the Second Amendment isn't about hunting deer and that your entire line of questioning of why we need X or Y to hunt misses every single point. The 2A is, at its core, about ensuring that innocent *people* have the ability to.
Today Don Jr. admitted that 30 round magazines are not for hunting and are explicitly for killing humansβ¦ glad weβre on the same page now.
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Out of the entire report, this is what the Washington Post decides to go with as important. Read a couple sentences down to discover WHY he thought it was the end of his presidency - because everyone told him it would drag on for years and inhibit his ability to get things done.
Trump, when told of special counsel's appointment, cursed and said, "This is the end of my presidency," according to Mueller report
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Perpetrators of gun violence in Chicago reasonably believe they can light up a neighborhood on Friday, and then be released on Monday without facing a single meaningful consequence. @SenatorDurbin believes it's inappropriate to mention this at a hearing on Chicago gun violence.
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@MegWClayton @davidhogg111 Oh man, good thing the Supreme Court has spent the last 5 decades striking down those laws. under the 14th Amendment. .
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@shannonrwatts (1) New Zealand has no Second Amendment equivalent. This is political apples and oranges. (2) It is already incredibly difficult to legally possess semi-automatic firearms in New Zealand. (3) Americans deserve to have their constitutional rights protected.
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The duty of the judge is not "progress." It's faithful adherence to the Constitution and consistent interpretation/application of the law as it is, not as he thinks it should be. If you don't like the law, Senator, then change it. That's YOUR job.
Americans should make it clear that they will not tolerate a nominee chosen from President Trumpβs pre-ordained list, selected by powerful special interests, who will reverse the progress we have made over the decades.
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