Saturday, October 8, 2016

ONE MORE TAKE ON SENSIBLE GUN CONTROL






The argument that the Second Amendment was to allow citizens to have guns to protect themselves against their own government is blatantly false.  
I know this bothers some gun supporters that have heard this from the NRA and used this as their argument for no gun laws.  But, in 1791 when the Amendment was past, America did not have a standing army and the intent was to guarantee citizens could own guns so in time of crisis a militia could be quickly raised – not armed for an insurrection against the government.

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

In 1792 the Congress went one step further, passing an act requiring all male citizens to arm themselves in order to be able to quickly raise a militia:

Each and every free able-bodied white male citizen of the respective States, resident therein, who is or shall be of age of eighteen years, and under the age of forty-five years (except as is herein after excepted) shall severally and respectively be enrolled in the militia… every citizen so enrolled and notified, shall, within six months thereafter, provide himself with a good musket or flrelock, and sufficient bayonet and belt, two spare flints, and a knapsack, a pouch with a box therein to contain not less than twenty-four cartridges, suited to the bore of his musket or firelock, each cartridge to contain a proper quantity of powder and ball: or with a good rifle, knapsack ,shot-pouch and powder-horn, twenty balls suited to the bore of his rifle, and a quarter of a pound of powder; and shall appear, so armed, accoutered and provided, when called out to exercise, or into service, except, that when called out on company days to exercise only, he may appear without a knapsack.

Today we have a standing army and the requirement for all citizens to arm is not necessary – neither is the argument that we must arm ourselves so we can overthrow our own government.  

We fought a Civil War against the idea of anarchy – the point should be well established. 



The need to line up at Burger King with assault rifles and pistols defies common sense and places the general public in danger.


The Ol’Buzzard

5 comments:

  1. I cannot think of a thing to say to an American who thinks the state should have all the power.

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  2. The Second Amendment was ratified to preserve slavery. The real reason the Second Amendment was ratified, and why it says “State” instead of “Country” (the Framers knew the difference – see the 10th Amendment), was to preserve the slave patrol militias in the southern states, which was necessary to get Virginia's vote.
    Anyone that thinks they can stand off the state with their AR-15 is delusional when local cops have MRAPs and enough firepower to level whole herds of people. If the government had wanted to wipe out the Bundys in either confrontation all they would have had to do was send in one Apache helicopter, problem solved!!

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  3. don't tell your wife..but I love you..ok..you can tell her cause I love her too.

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  4. Of course you are correct, but the Supreme Court fixed(?) that in 2008.

    The Supreme Court ruled in 2008 that the amendment protected individuals’ right to possess firearms unconnected to any service in a militia.

    Seems to me the Supreme Court also decided that the original wording did not intend an individual right.

    So that is the law. Individuals have the right to firearms and the militia argument is over. That can be changed again by another Supreme Court ruling, or other processes.

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  5. I totally agree with you but you are a few hundred million guns too late in your thinking.

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