Second Term - A Novel of America in the Last Days (The End of America Series Book 1) by John Price Page A

Who’s made it their publicly
stated goal to try and derail his progressive agenda? Who’s organized in every
State and every city of any size to defeat the President? Who hates the ATF and
its efforts to prevent the proliferation of guns in....”
    “I apologize Dorene,
but I’m hearing in my ear from my news director that the AP has just reported
that Vice President McAlister has passed….as many had….feared he might. Our
prayers are of course with his widow and family, and of course, for our
country.”
    “I am so sorry to
hear that, Charlie. It’s a very sad day for our country. These right wingers
will rue the day that they tried to….”
    “Now, to be fair,
Dorene, just because a large group of right wingers tried to defeat the
President at the polls, and there were several instances of violence in the
campaign, on both sides, of course, that doesn’t automatically mean that they had
anything to do with these tragic shootings, isn’t that true?”
    “I’ve made my
statement, Charlie. This is a right wing, gun-toting straight up conspiracy,
and the several bullets that were fired by guns held by these gun-loving radicals
are clear evidence of what I’m saying, and what the early polls this morning
are showing – that most Americans think that it’s obviously the tea party,
self-styled patriot wing nuts behind this. They’re the ones that were trying to
change America, and change its elected and appointed leaders through the barrel
of a gun. We can’t let that happen. They’re the ones who falsely claimed that
there was widespread vote fraud in the past election. Again, I say, what a sad
day for America”.
    “Well, thanks,
Dorene, for your time today and your passionate and informed analysis. Any
final words?”
    “Only this. My study
of history tells me that it’s now finally time to correct that clumsily
written, ambiguous, and we learn, again, that exceedingly dangerous Second
Amendment. There should be no right to own hate guns particularly when those
weapons are used to try to change governments. After a mass shooting Australia
banned private ownership of guns. America needs to do the same thing. Let’s ban
the right to own weapons of hate – and do it now, before even more good people
are killed. In addition, though this may be more controversial, we need to
re-examine how this country has allowed all manner of hateful speech, and
violent words, to lead to more shootings….and….to lead to….well….to just more
hate. The hate has to stop. We must curtail hateful speakers and we must stop their
violent words.”
    “But, Dorene, don’t
we have a problem with the two U.S. Supreme Court decisions, in 2008, the D.C.
case, and in 2010 the. Chicago decision? Those two cases interpreted the Second
Amendment as applying to individual gun ownership and applied the Amendment to
the states. Right?”
    “Charlie, both of
those cases were decided 5-4. Just one vote made the difference. With the
President’s recent appointment, and the Senate’s confirmation, of Justice
Sheila Newton to the high Court, the ball game has changed. Changed dramatically.
Justice Newton is a known progressive, I would even use the term liberal. She
replaced Justice Kennelly, a Reagan appointee, who had been a swing vote on
many cases. Kennelly did vote with the majority in both pro-gun cases. Though
Justice Kennelly was 76 years old, he had told friends that he would stay on
the Court through the President’s first term. But, as we know, health reasons
led to his resignation, and to Justice Newton’s appointment.”
    “Dorene, how do you
see all of that working in the growing public demand to ban guns in this
country after these horrific shootings of three federal officials, coming at
the end of a violent campaign?”
    Dorene looked deep
into the camera’s lens and uttered words that would be quoted for many months
to come. “Charlie, if the Congress has the guts to pass a bill outlawing
private ownership of