Billy_Bob
Diamond Member
The Declaration of Independence was very clear on the second amendment and why it exists.
Excerp:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--"
Source: Declaration of Independence
The states have no purview over weapons. The term "shall not be infringed" means exactly that. Hands off.. as it is a right that no one can touch, not even the states.
The Milita counter argument fails when the terminology of the time is used (CONTEXT).
The militia was we the people... "Well Regulated" means they are trained, supplied, and armed.
The whole purpose of the 2nd amendment is made clear in the federalist papers. IT was meant to allow citizens to protect their GOD GIVEN RIGHTS from men wanting to take them. We had just defeated a corrupt government and king who wanted to deprive them of their rights. This is why they made it very clear "the right of the people to KEEP and BEAR ARMS, Shall not be infringed."
TO KEEP is to own..
TO BEAR is to have the ammunitions, spare parts, and training necessary to protect their GOD GIVEN RIGHTS.
Our right is being taken away through the back door. By making it hard to obtain the ammunitions, gun powders, brass, projectiles, primers, and spare parts they are infringing on this sacred right enshrined in our constitution. Biden and democrats are making the ownership of these weapons a useless gesture as we have fought so hard to keep that right. Now we must get back the other half of the right they have taken from us.
We have been so focused on the right to keep we have let them steal the ability to keep them operational right from under our noses. Biden and democrats have stopped the US from importing gun powders thus making people who reload and use specialty weapons, useless.
Excerp:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--"
Source: Declaration of Independence
The states have no purview over weapons. The term "shall not be infringed" means exactly that. Hands off.. as it is a right that no one can touch, not even the states.
The Milita counter argument fails when the terminology of the time is used (CONTEXT).
The militia was we the people... "Well Regulated" means they are trained, supplied, and armed.
The whole purpose of the 2nd amendment is made clear in the federalist papers. IT was meant to allow citizens to protect their GOD GIVEN RIGHTS from men wanting to take them. We had just defeated a corrupt government and king who wanted to deprive them of their rights. This is why they made it very clear "the right of the people to KEEP and BEAR ARMS, Shall not be infringed."
TO KEEP is to own..
TO BEAR is to have the ammunitions, spare parts, and training necessary to protect their GOD GIVEN RIGHTS.
Our right is being taken away through the back door. By making it hard to obtain the ammunitions, gun powders, brass, projectiles, primers, and spare parts they are infringing on this sacred right enshrined in our constitution. Biden and democrats are making the ownership of these weapons a useless gesture as we have fought so hard to keep that right. Now we must get back the other half of the right they have taken from us.
We have been so focused on the right to keep we have let them steal the ability to keep them operational right from under our noses. Biden and democrats have stopped the US from importing gun powders thus making people who reload and use specialty weapons, useless.
