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| Authored by: JamesK on Wednesday, December 19 2012 @ 04:17 PM EST |
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I'd posit that the principle behind the 2nd amendment is
more about freedom of assembly and association than about
guns.
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Further, it clearly states that the purpose of bearing arms is for creating a
militia. I have no idea how it was possible for any court to extend it beyond
that. It's as though they ignored anything before the first comma.
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| Authored by: celtic_hackr on Wednesday, December 19 2012 @ 05:54 PM EST |
"One problem with gun lovers I know is that they tend to be
loners."
Sorry, this is a FUD free zone. I have numerous friends who are serious gun
lovers. They are to a person the most honourable, outgoing, friendly, loving,
caring, intelligent, giving people I know. You don't have a clue about gun
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, December 19 2012 @ 06:00 PM EST |
>A gun is no substitute for community action. I do think you
achieved more to control abuse of power (specifically,
raising consciousness about abuse of so-called "IP rights")
with this blog than could be done with guns. <
You're right. I can not expect a gun to do a job that I, along with you, and
our communities must do. A gun does not reason, vote, voice it's opinion, or
run for office. Then again, neither does a pen or a voice. These things can't
do our job because they are merely tools that we have at our disposal to carry
on the responsibility of a US citizen.
A gun can't do it's job on it's own any more than a screwdriver can. It's a
tool, and no more.
The right to arms provides to the citizens of the United States a balance of
power that is absolutely necessary. Just as the judicial, executive, and
legislative branch were created to be both limited and balanced in their power,
pushing and pulling between themselves, the primary balance of power is between
the people and the government.
Hamilton wrote, "But what is government itself, but the greatest of all
reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be
necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls
on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be
administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first
enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it
to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control
on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary
precautions." --Federalist Paper #51
He then goes on to talk about balance between the branches. Just notice that
the "primary control of the government" is it's dependence on the
people. Our government exists because We The People want it to, and therefore
allow it to exist. That understanding is not only unique to our system, it's
foundational.
It's funny (to me, at least) that not even the founding fathers of this country
trusted the government that they, themselves created. It's food for thought,
but I digress. :)
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