Right Not to Get Shot Faces Uphill Fight in Senate

[Zorro]

Senate Republicans today vowed to filibuster a controversial bill supporting the right not to get shot.

G.O.P. leaders lambasted the bill, arguing that the right to go to school, work, or one’s home without fear of being shot was not guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.

“The Second Amendment makes it very clear,” said Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming). “The right to bear arms shall not be infringed by a tiny minority’s desire not to be shot.”

But according to the pollster Harland Dorrinson, of OpinionFact Polling, the right not to get shot, while controversial, is beginning to gain traction with the American electorate.


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[Aristus]

1. Only a tiny minority of people have a desire to not get shot?

Does he have polling data?

Fuckhead...

[CTyankee]

2. It's Borowitz, folks.

I looked for the Onion but at first saw the new yorker and then borowitz and I knew the game was up...the little article is cute, tho...