MissouriāsĀ SAPA, enacted in 2021, was the stateās effort to ensure that its officers and resources would not be used to enforce federal gun control measures that exceed constitutional limits. The law prohibits state officials from enforcing certain federal firearms statutes and penalizes agencies that cooperate with them. At its core, the SAPA reflects a well-established principle: the federal government may not commandeer state officials to carry out federal policy.
The Supreme Court has confirmed that principle repeatedly.Ā In cases involving firearms, immigration, environmental regulations, and even marijuana enforcement, the Court has recognized that Washington cannot force state legislatures or police to implement federal priorities. Missouri applied that same reasoning to firearms, instructing its law enforcement officers to focus on state law rather than federal regulations.
Bondiās DOJ, however, has treated Missouriās SAPA as though it were an act of nullification. In court filings, the Department has insisted that Missouri cannot insulate itself from federal gun laws and has sought to strike down the statute entirely. The irony is obvious. In our amicus briefs to defend the Missouri law, GOA has repeatedly pointed out that the SAPA does not prevent federal agents from enforcing federal law. It simply says Missouriās officers will not be conscripted to help. That is a crucial distinction, and it is one with strong constitutional backing.
Somebody please help me understand why Pam Bondi was selected as Attorney General. She not only is doing nearly nothing that we anticipated and voted for (you know, deep state arrests?) but she actively fights against OUR SECOND AMENDMENT. Why is she still there? WTF is wrong with President Trump?
Gunman opened fire at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan, on Sunday k*lling multiple people. He then set the building on fire before he was taken down.
Situation is developing. Pray for the families of the victims.
On Tuesday morning, the US Secret Service revealed that it had found a collection of facilities across the āNew York tristate areaā holding more than 100,000 SIM cards housed in āSIM servers,ā devices that allow them to be managed and operated simultaneously. Due to the sheer scale of the infrastructure of this single SIM farmāand the fact that it reportedly came onto the Secret Serviceās radar after it was exploited inĀ āswattingā attacksĀ that targeted US members of Congress around Christmas of 2023āthe agency has warned that the operation, which has been at least partially dismantled, posed a serious threat of a disruptive attack on cellular service.
First, the method. Jesus said, “When someone slaps you … ” There are two ways to slap someone: with an open palm or with the back of your hand. In the original Greek language, the word was įæ„Ī±ĻĪÆĪ¶ĪµĪ¹ ā pronounced rhapizei ā which means to strike and is where we get the English word rap (think Edgar Allan Poe āsome one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber doorā). On its own, this word could be any kind of hit from a punch to the use of a blunt force weapon. Yet most translations use slap for a reason which has everything to do with where the slap lands.
The target of the strike is the right cheek. Jesusā words were Ī“ĪµĪ¾Ī¹į½°Ī½ ĻĪ¹Ī±Ī³ĻĪ½Ī± or dexion (meaning the right-hand side) siagĆ³na (meaning the jawbone or cheek). Jesus describes it as follows: when someone rhapizei your dexion siagĆ³na ā strikes or hits your right sideās jawbone or cheek.
Why is this important? Remember, Jesus lived in first century Palestine. Toilet paper wasnāt used until the sixth century in China, and it wasnāt commercially patented in America until 1857. During ancient times in the Middle East, people used their left hand for sanitary purposes. The Jewish crowds who were listening to Jesus preach would have considered their left hand to be unclean. They would only strike someone using their right hand.
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In the Roman Empire, a backhanded slap was reserved for those whom the assaulter feels are inferior. In other words, if I were to slap your left cheek with an open fist, I would be insulting you, but I would see you as my equal. But if I were to deliver a backhanded slap, I would still be insulting you, but I would also be demonstrating how I think I am better than you ā you wouldnāt be worth an open fist.
I encourage people to read the entire article above.
The lesson of the parable is that turning the other cheek means that your aggressor must acknowledge you as an equal deserving respect. Two points for your consideration:
I have never heard this Bible passage accurately preached in church.
When (and how) will we respond to being slapped with an open palm on the left cheek?
There is a long list of the train of abuses and usurpations already perpetrated against the moral people of this nation by an evil Deep State government. And these attacks on our Republic have been going on for too long. We turned the other cheek because we are asking to be treated as equals.
From the Declaration of Independence:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.āThat to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, āThat whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
So we turned the other cheek and the result is not what Jesus intended. Instead of acknowledging us as equals, we are subjected to a two-tiered justice system, politically motivated incarcerations, government sponsored riots and assassinations. No one wants war and a civil war is the worst kind of war. But here we are.
I pray for a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence to guide our actions in this war. I also pray that people understand that we cannot afford to lose this war to evil.
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Tulsi has uncovered documents that were hidden for ten years, showing Obama doctored the intel to make it look like Putin and Trump stole the 2016 election
Billionaire Soros Ally Howard Rubin, and his Assistant Jennifer Powers, Federally ARRESTED for Commercial Sex Trafficking, Torturing Women in Secret Penthouse Sex Dungeon, and Silencing them with NDAshttps://t.co/l4VDhDabErpic.twitter.com/JTCJP3I3nB
Star chamber citizens courts, and immediate sentences, in front of a brick wall should work pretty well. No career judges,…