2A & Birthright Citizenship

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BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP AND THE 2ND AMENDMENT​

by Dave Funk | Apr 3, 2026 | 1 comment

Birthright citizenship and the 2ND Amendment — What do they have to do with each other? Well, since the U.S. Supreme Court was hearing oral arguments on it last Wednesday, April 1st, I thought it was a good time to understand the importance of this very issue, so we all don’t get fooled by the mainstream media.

CITIZENSHIP CLAUSE OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT​

The 14th Amendment contains what is known as the Citizenship Clause, it was enshrined in our Constitution after Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866. The Clause states the following:

“The Citizenship Clause provides that “[a]ll persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.”

In a decision from 1898, in the case of U.S. v. Wong Kim Arc, SCOTUS definitely interpreted what the Citizenship Clause meant:

“Chinese persons, born out of the United States, remaining subjects of the Emperor of China, and not having become citizens of the United States, are entitled to the protection of and owe allegiance to the United States, so long as they are permitted by the United States to reside here [emphasis added]; and are ‘subject to the jurisdiction thereof,’ in the same sense as all other aliens residing in the United States.”

As author Christopher J. Hajec spelled out in his article at the AmericanThinker back on September 2, 2025:

“Here, the Court held that persons such as Wong Kim Ark’s parents—and thus children born to them in the United States—were within the allegiance and protection of the United States, and subject to its jurisdiction under the Citizenship Clause, “so long as they are permitted by the United States to reside here”—meaning, provided that they were lawfully present and permitted to continue residing here.

The matter of lawful presence came up because, at the time, other Chinese persons—laborers who had overstayed their permission to be in the country—were subject to deportation under the Exclusion Acts, and thus, for the Court, were neither within the allegiance and protection of the United States nor “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.”

Despite being born here, citizenship is not actually automatically granted anywhere in our Constitution or Federal Law.

MARK A. SMITH ON WHY THIS MATTERS TO THE 2ND AMENDMENT​

In Mr. Smith’s Four Boxes Diner video he sums up what, in his words, are “pretty geeky” and why this matters.

“Um, it’s super geeky and it does impact the Second Amendment obviously because again, if you replace Americans with people with no heritage, tradition, or connection to America or constitutional rights, well, you know, I don’t think you’re going to get it to an outcome that you’re going to want if you support the right to bear arms.”

After just watching 1.2 million illegals in Virginia, the state has just flipped to very liberal. We are seeing daily attacks on the right to keep and bear arms by the leftist mob that’s running that once great state.

Remember that most illegal immigrants in the U.S. come from authoritarian places with no right to or tradition of self-defense. It often takes a generation or more to change their thinking on why they even need firearms, if they ever assimilate at all. Those anti-gun dangerous quacks import a permanent underclass that not only has no appreciation of the 2nd Amendment, but they also know that those in that underclass will vote for whatever party gives them the most free stuff.

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[Alan]

Whoa, heavy stuff, basically a history and politics crash course showing why some folks link citizenship rules to Second Amendment concerns.

 

[Pawngal]

I don’t completely agree with Mr Funk. I’ll go into details later, have to get to work now.

 

[Pawngal]

1.2 millions illegals did NOT turn Virginia Liberal
Illegals do NOT vote, less than 1/10 of 1% managed to vote.
Legal Permanent Residents aka Green Card Holders do NOT vote (included in that 1/10 of 1%)
Illegals do not legally buy guns
Legal Permanent Residents/Green Card Holders Can and Do legally buy guns.
2 current proposed actions go along with this. The SAVE Act requires proof of citizenship to vote.
The other is to end Birthright Citizenship.
If immigrants legal or not voted liberal, explain Buena Vista, Co., Iowa, in the Storm Lake Public School system white kids are in the minority, the parents are immigrants. The County votes Republican.

 

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The 1.2 Million illegals flipped Virginia blue by virtue of them being counted in the US Census. The Census counts residents, not American Citizens. Red States have been screwed out of between 10 to 25 Congressional seats based on who you ask in the last redistricting.