Posted on 01/31/2016 5:18:29 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The Second Amendment is key to the entire Bill of Rights. If the Court voided it and confiscation began, the government would have to void the provisions against unreasonable search and seizure, right to assembly, prohibition of self incrimination, the right to a speedy trial and free speech just to get the job done. It would usher in a authoritarian government as ruthless as any a country of our size has seen.
There would be a lot of people who would see opportunity in such a world so we can’t just assume it won’t happen. The Presidency is critically important this time around as is keeping the Senate.
The 2nd Amendment affirms a preexisting right rather than conferring a new one. The right to keep and bear arms existed prior to the 2nd Amendment's ratification and would remain if it were repealed.
If one right can be voted out of existence then all can be voted out of existence. No thank you.
"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
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We would still barbeque them and use their feathers for pillows...
It isn't. The meaning of that word was well known by the authors; and, its common usage of that time is well documented. "Regulated" meant "well adjusted", as in a "well regulated" clock. In the context of the Second Amendment, it meant that a militia of the People should be well trained and disciplined. The assumption was that the individuals in the militia would supply their own arms, just like they did during the Revolution.
Bingo!
Ha!
I am sure MOST libtards would love to see us all dead. I have NO DOUBT about that.
Maybe many military guys would not fire on Americans, but many will. It really might come down to a man with a pistol, going up against an army.
I also know what Solzhenitsyn said about it too.
We undoubtedly have the finest military in the world. However, all the tanks, jets and artillery would be useless fighting a vastly superior number of guerrillas.
Civil war. The country would split in two.
And by the way: we got all the guns.
I think you’re forgetting about the police and the military...
Regulated can also be defined as being accurate and keeping time, as in regulating a time piece with a regulator. Or as our founders intended... Marching in time and hitting their target.
Kinda had been already, just not by the constitutional process.
Liberals will be smoked or quickly realize the right to defend themselves is inherent.
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
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A “well-regulated militia” is just one reason for the right of the people to keep and bear arms. It need not be the only reason. In fact, no reason at all is needed.
As an analogy, I could say this: I need to get to my work, so I'm going to buy a car. That in no way means that the ony reason I need a car is to go to work.
Just my rambling two cents.
Az Solicitor General of Texas, Ted Cruz presented oral argument for the 31 amici states in the COMPANION case to Heller before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Heller had a personal team of six lawyers working directly for him on his case. They were secured by this Second Amendment Foundation. Their fees were eventually paid by the Defendant City because the Court allowed it on this kind of case. Alan Gura actually argued the case in SCOTUS.
The 2ND Amendment can not be repealed. It is part of the Bill of Rights.
It can no more be repealed than can the 1st, 4th, 5th, etc.
What if the moon were made of cheese?
About as plausible as the question in the title.
It wouldn’t matter if the 2nd were repealed. It “grants” nothing.
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Show me where it is written in the Constitution of the United States that Amendments 1 through 10 cannot be amended or removed from the Constitution.
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