[FreedomCalls]

I have seen film of someone high in the government in the 30s appearing at a hearing in Congress. He was saying that they thought the government did not have the authority to ban weapons and that is the reason the administration (Rooseveldt?) was requesting the $200 NFA tax law. How we have changed. Now they don't even bother with trying to get Congress to pass a law, they just get a President to issue an executive order. The constitution has not changed. So what happened?

[StriperSniper]

The constitution has not changed. So what happened?

The sheeple gave up.

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[45Auto]

The constitution has not changed. So what happened?

What happened is that politicians came to the belief that the citzens would only manage to come up with a little whining as their rights were stripped away, that no direct action would result, and that the power of government had become so great that any armed or forceful resistance would be crushed. Once they came to that realization, it was all downhill to tyranny from there.

[Blood of Tyrants]

So what happened?

The really worst thing that happened was when our forefathers neglected to put mandatory term limits in the Constitution.

The second worst thing that happened was when the 17th Amendment was passed making the Senator elected by popular vote of the people. They then became beholden to the people and special interest groups with money instead of the state who appointed.

Between these two mistakes, Congress is so busy trying to stay in office that they gave away their power to various agencies and the executive branch they in turn abdicated it to the judiciary.