Billy Long Growing Soft on Second Amendment After Sandy Hook: Forget the Constitution Already Billy Long

When Billy Long got to Congress, he told anyone who would listen he was "Tea Party before Tea Party was cool" and his pocket Constitution was "rode hard and put up wet". Today, we get another example about how little Billy Long cares about the Constitution and his duty to follow the Constitution in the United States Congress.

The Springfield News-Leader reports almost a week after Sandy Hook where Billy Long stands on supporting Obama's call for more gun control. Even I am shocked at Congressman Long's answer.


A spokesman for Rep. Billy Long, R-Springfield, declined to make the congressman available for an interview. And he would not say whether Long could support a proposal to prohibit some automatic weapons or high-capacity ammunition clips.

“Congressman Long continues to pray for the victims and their families of this horrific and senseless tragedy in Connecticut,” Long’s spokesman, Keith Beardslee, said in an email. “As our nation continues to mourn the loss of innocent life, he knows this is the time for all of us to come together and work hard to prevent these kinds of tragedies.”

Congressman Long won't say where he stands on gun control? Are you serious? Remember, Long has a history of flip flops in DC like his debt ceiling vote last year.

This is easy. According to the Constitution, Congressman Billy Long has no right to put restrictions on the right to bear arms. After all, the Bill of Rights restricts the power of government and they begin with "Congress shall make no law..."

I remind Congressman Billy Long that if he was to take out his "rode hard and put up wet" pocket Constitution from his suit coat, which I have my doubts he even carries one, and read the Second Amendment, he would rediscover the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

In other words, all Long has to say is this is not for the federal government to decide and the Bill of Rights doesn't fall under an "incorporation doctrine" like the National Rifle Association has argued in their cases to restore gun rights to Chicago and Washington, DC (which I think is a huge mistake on the part of the NRA). It is up to each state and that state's Constitution how to handle the regulation of firearms. Of course, Billy Long isn't there to fight for the Constitution. He's there to have a plush job with travel and retirement benefits. Oh how the lobbyists manage to make it easy for Billy to get to Vegas when he should be reading the Constitution!