Posted on 10/12/2015 5:24:45 AM PDT by rellimpank
History, common sense and reliable data should be the three-legged stool on which legislation concerning gun ownership might be based. Instead, the debate is shaped by once-imagined and now real fear (tyranny), specious reasoning (sophistry), rigid belief systems (ideology) and politics corrupted by money (bribery).
It is a problem unique to America, impervious to change, despite recurring episodes of mass murder and deaths due to guns killing more children or adults in accidents, suicide, murder and domestic violence since 1968 than the total of lives lost in all of America's wars.
The Second Amendment of the Constitution, included in our Bill of Rights (1791) was enacted in the wake of the War of Independence from Britain fought against a mentally deranged monarch and a Parliament that extorted taxes without representation. In the shadow of such tyranny and the absence of a standing army, the amendment granted citizens the right to bear arms as part of a "well-regulated militia", should that become necessary. The sound logic underlying that edict eroded when the United States developed the largest and best equipped standing army on the globe, supported by a voluntary, well-trained and occasionally mobilized reserve.
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too stupid to even read.
There fixed it.
According to the left there are all kinds of ‘rights’ implicit in the Constitution, from health care to gay marriage.
But the explicit ones they refuse to acknowledge.
Repealing an Amendment requires passing a bill in Congress with a two thirds vote & ratifying a new Amendment by three fourths of the states (38).
So you gungrabbers better get busy. While you’re at it, look up the history & obituary of the Equal Rights Amendment.
;^)
MOLON LABE
Say—a man rapes a woman “somewhere”.
The Lib solution—”castrate all men”.
And they wonder that they have opposition.
You are talking about a group of people that say bacteria on Mars is life, while a human with a beating heart inside a womb is not life.
So...
What a load of crap. No right is granted by the Constitution, nor is the RKBA dependent upon being part of the militia.
Pathetically ignorant article. The writer is entirely disconnected with American culture and history. Okay, yes, we can re-think 2nd amendment. Do we need it? YES Should it be national right or should constitution stop at state or city lines? NATIONAL Should we have national open carry and CCW? YES Should we ban certain weapons? Maybe (Does someone need a functional RPG or gattling gun? That gets to what is “arms”. I think in this that the citizenry should be allowed the same arms given to authorities, namely law enforcement, otherwise the right is diluted or meaningless). Should we preclude some people from arms? Of course, for mental impairment, felons, ALL non-citizens, and Democrats/RINOS for good measure :)
Gun control is not about controlling guns; it’s about centralizing guns in the hands of government. What could possibly go wrong when only the police and military in a country have guns.....
The Left has no regard for the limits on the Federal government as chartered in the Constitution. What makes you think they care about following the actual procedure to get rid of an amendment they do not like?
The 2nd Amendment allows Americans to protect themselves against an oppressive government.
Revoking a God-given right is the definition of oppressive and if the government tries it, they will soon find out what ‘well regulated militia’ means.
What a brilliant, intellectual, psychiatric genius!
/S/
IMHO
” than the total of lives lost in all of America’s wars. “
The writer must have flunked history since about 1.3 million died in war. Deaths due to automobiles should be upwards of a million since 1968.
Say the Fools on the Hill.
Besides being nutty, I have a simple question that the columnist fails to answer.
The 2nd Amendment should be revoked, by who?
Sounds a lot like what we have now.
But when the untelevised revolution comes down, the ARMED revolutionaries will certainly head first for the address of the unarmed Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7900 W Clinton Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53223.
I was in the market for a gattling gun for my collection. It was a very good post civil war reproduction.
Turns out I could not handle the price at the time, but if I had more finances or gotten a better deal, I would have snatched it up.
I was going to buy it for my collection. Ain’t no man, especially not the government, going to tell me I cannot have it.
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