I’m not sure if it was ever intended to really function—rather, it exists as a legitiming myth. A rationalist version of the divine right of kings.
A society is built on certain principles, that when taken literally and without moderation, spell the end of that civilization. The underlying principle of the USA is liberty; when liberty is taken to excess and becomes license (as unregulated weaponry would be, in my mind), then the damage done to the State is mortal.
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Interesting contentions.
Most FREEPERS consider The Constitution pretty sacrosanct—and with good cause. It was hammered out through a process involving a lot of very reasoned and educated thought from a lot of hard experience in a fairly brutal world.
The framers and signers of The Constitution certainly created it to function and function well. Were idiot globalist judges not mangling it right and left, it would still function well. As it is, it too often seems on life-support. FREEPERS are earnestly and sometimes desperately trying to change that back to a smoother, more FREEDOM LOVING good functioning.
Yes, The Bible says that the letter of the law kills but The Spirit brings liberty. Certainly HARXIST and her other globalist/Marxist/socialist idiot tyrant friends are intent on trashing our Constitution and our culture and even the Nation that gave them birth in favor of a global tyrannical government.
Withholding guns from freedom loving people in this Nation and clearly against the Constitution is NOT a good way to protect liberty at all.
As for me, and my house, in addition to serving The Lord, we shall protect and uphold the Constitution and every patriotic citizen’s right to own and be prepared with guns and ammo—to the best of our ability as long as we have breath and energy to do so.
We don’t take kindly to folks lobbying against such.