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School: Americans Don’t Have Right to Bear Arms
http://radio.foxnews.com/ ^ | 04/09/2013 | Todd Starnes

Posted on 04/09/2013 7:07:53 AM PDT by massmike

The father of a Connecticut child is furious after discovering that his son’s school is teaching students that Americans don’t have a Second Amendment right to bear arms.

“I am appalled,” said Steven Boibeaux, of Bristol. “It sounds to me like they are trying to indoctrinate our kids.”

Boibeaux’s son is an eighth grader at Northeast Middle School. On Monday his social studies teacher gave students a worksheet titled, ‘The Second Amendment Today.’

“The courts have consistently determined that the Second Amendment does not ensure each individual the right to bear arms,” the worksheet states. “The courts have never found a law regulating the private ownership of weapons unconstitutional.

The worksheet, published by Instructional Fair, goes on to say that the Second Amendment is not incorporated against the states.

“This means that the rights of this amendment are not extended to the individual citizens of the states,” the worksheet reads. “So a person has no right to complain about a Second Amendment violation by state laws.”

According to the document, the Second Amendment “only provides the right of a state to keep an armed National Guard.”

His son’s teacher also told the students that the Constitution is a “living document.” As noted in the worksheet provided to students – that means “the interpretation changes to meet the needs of the times.”

“The judges and courts of each generation provide the interpretation of the document,” the worksheet states.

School officials did not return calls seeking comment.

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To: Resolute Conservative

“I am really starting to fear there is no turning back without an armed conflict of some sort and division of the union.”

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Sadly I agree.


21 posted on 04/09/2013 7:33:29 AM PDT by mongo141 (Revolution ver. 2.0, just a matter of when, not a matter of if!)
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To: sickoflibs
The Gov't would say yes.

Secondly, Scalia and others have already stated that 'rights' are not unlimited. DC vs. Heller.

22 posted on 04/09/2013 7:38:40 AM PDT by Theoria
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To: massmike

Education is the U.S. is the indoctrination arm of the Communist Party. Of course, it doesn’t believe in the Constitution or Bill of Rights...or even our freedom.


23 posted on 04/09/2013 7:39:51 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Get armed, practice in the use of your weapons, get physically fit, stay alert!)
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To: massmike

This is WAY off topic for this thread, but where is Michelle Obama’s wedding ring in that picture???

Maybe she wasn’t joking when she said recently that she was a single mother.


24 posted on 04/09/2013 7:40:18 AM PDT by MNGal
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To: Da Coyote

“progressives” are not going to be eliminated.

They are humanists, politically expressing their religion as “progressivism”.

Humanism is the “religion” that Satan offered as an alternative in Gen 3, and it will not be eliminated until he is flung into the Pit forever.


25 posted on 04/09/2013 7:41:23 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: massmike
you would all be proud... my 10 year-old has been repeatedly scolded for pointing out inaccuracies in some of the media they hand out, one of them called "Weekly Reader" often contains leftist commentary regarding things such as immigration. Last Friday I received another note from his homeroom teacher asking why my son refers to his weekly reader as "propaganda leaflets".

I have to say, I don't think I've ever been more proud of him. I did send a letter back warning her to expect much more of the same since I teach my kids to study both sides of every coin.

26 posted on 04/09/2013 7:46:12 AM PDT by FunkyZero (... I've got a Grand Piano to prop up my mortal remains)
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To: massmike
The Principal's email: robertgarry@ci.bristol.ct.us

Keep it courteous, but let him know how you feel.

27 posted on 04/09/2013 7:47:41 AM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: massmike
“I am appalled,” said Steven Boibeaux, of Bristol. “It sounds to me like they are trying to indoctrinate our kids.”

Thanks for waking up Mr. Boibeaux. Now maybe you'll really get your stuff together, remove your child from the government indoctrination center and start home schooling.

28 posted on 04/09/2013 7:49:53 AM PDT by upchuck (To the faceless, jack-booted government bureaucrat who just scanned this post: SCREW YOU!)
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To: massmike
“It sounds to me like they are trying to indoctrinate our kids.”

"Welcome to the party, Pal!"


29 posted on 04/09/2013 7:50:34 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (For me, I plan to die standing as a free man rather than spend one second on my knees as a slave.)
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To: sickoflibs
”The courts have consistently determined that the Second Amendment does not ensure each individual the right to bear arms,”

Ummm....the Supreme Court did. And wasn't that Heller v. DC?

30 posted on 04/09/2013 7:52:50 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (For me, I plan to die standing as a free man rather than spend one second on my knees as a slave.)
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To: massmike
“The courts have consistently determined that the Second Amendment does not ensure each individual the right to bear arms,” the worksheet states. “The courts have never found a law regulating the private ownership of weapons unconstitutional.

Both of these statements are false. The author of these statements is either ignorant of, or has willfully chosen to conceal the US Supreme Court decision in District of Columbia v. Heller. From this we may conclude that the author is either incompetent to be writing instructional material, or the author is a liar.

31 posted on 04/09/2013 7:53:23 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Theoria

Logically, an unlimited right would entail an unlimited responsibility since rights are always connected to responsibilities. I am satisfied that the second amendment does not allow me to buy a tactical nuke or a battle ship or some other weapon of mass destruction. I do think I should be able to be as well armed as the typical infantryman but I’m ahead of the courts on that one.


32 posted on 04/09/2013 7:54:01 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: massmike
The more I read and hear, the more I believe the U.S. is in the middle of a cold war. A cold war which is both cultural and political.

Some innocuous event, seemingly detached from the larger picture, could turn the cold war hot.

5.56mm

33 posted on 04/09/2013 7:54:16 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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34 posted on 04/09/2013 7:55:38 AM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: Chainmail

A “living” Constitution is “no” Constitution.

Without a stake in the ground, you’ll be adrift to the whims of the powers that be and the political zeitgeist,

and this is exactly opposite what the founders created and the states ratified.

Now, in order for it to be different today, some amendment had to occur to change from a fixed to a “living” constitution.

Now, teach... where is that amendment?


35 posted on 04/09/2013 7:58:30 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: muir_redwoods
'I am satisfied that the second amendment does not allow me to buy a tactical nuke or a battle ship or some other weapon of mass destruction. '

Having those weapons does not harm anyone, nor should Gov't take away ones rights on the pretext of future harm or potential danger.

36 posted on 04/09/2013 8:02:02 AM PDT by Theoria
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To: Theoria

Ah, gov’t deciding what the chains placed upon THEM ‘truly’ mean(t).

It is WE THE PEOPLE whom are final arbiters. We allowed them certain powers, WE can take it all back


37 posted on 04/09/2013 8:04:03 AM PDT by i_robot73 (We hold that all individuals have the Right to exercise sole dominion over their own lives - LP.org)
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To: massmike

The Communist Teachers Union is just following the orders of the Commie Obama Regime.

BTW, if the DNC audits B. Hussein, they will find that all of his political stunts are aimed at generating “donations” for Obama’s RETIREMENT SLUSH FUND.


38 posted on 04/09/2013 8:08:06 AM PDT by Graewoulf (Traitor John Roberts' Commune-Style Obama'care' violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Nah, most of the points quoted in the article are exactly the opposite of reality. The courts have affirmed the right is an individual one, they have incorporated the 2nd amendment against the states, they have struck down prohibitions as unconstitutional, etc.


39 posted on 04/09/2013 8:08:46 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: mbarker12474

Why was your 21 year old showing in in his classroom?.......;^)


40 posted on 04/09/2013 8:10:23 AM PDT by Red Badger (Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
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