Constitution of the United States of America, Amendment the Second
“O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if, to punish tyrants, it
were only sufficient to assemble the people! Your arms, wherewith you
could defend yourselves, are gone; and you have no longer an
aristocratical, no longer a democratical spirit. Did you ever read of
any revolution in a nation, brought about by the punishment of those in
power, inflicted by those who had no power at all?” - Patrick Henry,
speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 5, 1778
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a
free State, the right of the people to keep and bare arms, shall not
be infringed. [PROPOSED: September 25th, 1789; ratified December
15th, 1791]
The 2nd Amendment was not implemented so that we the people could
run around with guns. The 2nd Amendment was implemented so that we
the people maintained weapons equal to that of the government. The
founding fathers recognized that when "we the people" loose control of
the government and we face "they the government", that unless we are
able to stand up and defend ourselves against a criminal government we
completely loose control.Statistics globally repeatedly reveal that
the elimination of the right to bare arms is followed by an increase in crime.
Criminals do not respect the law or gun control, consequentially, the blatantly obvious
occurs: Eliminate peoples ability to defend themselves and watch crime
increase. By taking guns from law abiding citizens,
only criminals will own guns and "we the people" are left defenseless.
Perhaps we can include governments amongst the criminals.
Imagine a government banning vehicles because vehicles can be used to
kill people. Or imagine the government banning box cutters.
Box cutters were the weapon of choice by the terrorists who brought down
the Twin Towers. Blaming or banning the tool has no logic nor any
effect.
The right to bare arms means the right to bare arms. There is
no ambiguity in this key Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This
does not allow the enforcement of a lesser law which says that for
example you may not own a rifle with a pistol grip, or you may not own
an automatic rifle. The 2nd Amendment, which represents the
highest law of the land dictates that for example, if the government has
atomic weapons, then we the people have the right to bare atomic
weapons. Consider the reluctance of our government to full their
arsenals with atomic weapons if they realized that we the people had the
same right.
Governments, particularly the U.S., blatantly illustrates the fact
that "they the government" believe that they have the right to bare arms, including weapons of mass destruction. If "they the
government" believe they have the right to defend themselves, then what
right to they have to prohibit "we the people" from any right to defend
ourselves? Clearly governments recognize that it is the threat of
retaliation that prevents invasion. That same thereat is what
prevents a criminal from committing a crime.
When dealing with the 2nd Amendment, it is important to also
understand the construct of Militia. Militia is not the
government's army, it is armed regular citizens. In fact
California's constitution orders that the government maintain no army in
times of peace and that no army may be formed for more than two years:
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 1849 ARTICLE I.
Declaration of Rights. Sec. 12. The military shall be subordinate to
the civil power. No standing army shall be kept up by this State in
time of peace; and in time of war no appropriation for a standing
army shall be for a longer time than two years.
The 2nd Amendment authorizes people in the U.S. to bare any type or
form of arms at the highest level of law. Any body violating this
right with lower laws that eliminate the right to bare arms, commits treason. The only way to change this
law is to have the 2nd Amendment properly overturned by ratified
legislation and vote by a majority of "we the people" and not by the
whim or caprice of a treasonous judge or politician that represents a
minority. When one realizes how simple and straight forward the law
really is, one has to ask, what is going on amongst our government and
courts in the U.S.A.? The government abounds with one after
another blatant and treasonous violation of the U.S. Constitution.
The U.S. government is clearly out of control and has strayed
dangerously from the construct of the Constitution. See also:
Anti Gun Lobby;
GUN CONTROL HISTORY; Congress' War Declaration Rights;
Combating Terrorism and U.S. National Security |
