Posted on 10/11/2015 6:55:37 PM PDT by markomalley
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson said the Second Amendment is for ” if we have a time when we have the wrong people in office, and they want to dominate the people, the people will be able to defend themselves.”
When asked about passage in his book in which he says confiscating the guns of American citizens would violate the Constitution and render the citizenry vulnerable to criminals and tyrants Carson said, “I’m talking about is the reason that we have a Second Amendment. This is a book about the Constitution, and the Second Amendment is part of it it’s there for the reasons that I stated in the book. In case of invasion by foreign power, the people would be able to aid the military, and also if we have a time when we have the wrong people in office, and they want to dominate the people, the people will be able to defend themselves. As Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) eloquently said, ‘the people of America will never suffer under tyranny because they’re armed.'”
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“By calling attention to ‘a well regulated militia,’ the ‘security’ of the nation, and the right of each citizen ‘to keep and bear arms,’ our founding fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy. Although it is extremely unlikely that the fears of governmental tyranny which gave rise to the Second Amendment will ever be a major danger to our nation, the Amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic civilian-military relationships, in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense of his country. For that reason I believe the Second Amendment will always be important.”President John F. Kennedy
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“Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms. This is not to say that firearms should not be very carefully used and that definite safety rules of precaution should not be taught and enforced. But the right of citizens to bear arms is just one more guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against a tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible.”
Vice President and Senator Hubert H. Humphrey
Who knew, Carson is a potential terrorist?
Dr Carson is correct.
Carson is correct, and ahead of Trump on this issue.
they also know he is speaking the truth for why we have the Second Amendment.
Ben is on the feral government’s watch list now.
...Liberals heads are exploding everywhere tonight...
More like the sound of a kid snapping bubble wrap.
OMG! I can’t believe someone finally said it!
(That’s what 2A has always been about)
We’re already past the point of tyranny. But I don’t believe an armed citizenry can overthrow the government nor do I advocate such.
Trump/Carson or Carson/Trump!!!!!!
Not surprising he understands that.
Every slave and their descendants understood how they could have changed their situation if they had firearms.
Some people still think that would have been a bad thing.
What's Carson even doing in the presidential race- not to mention running second to Trump??!!
(Well, after all, us Repugs don wanna be called RAY-cess. Heaven forbid!) To H*ll with the economy and Muzzies taking over and killing us all!
CARSON'S GOT NOTHING.(except a rep for being a 'nice guy' and cracking cute little jokes.) He's got NOTHING. Just another weak RINO
What's he gonna do with ISiS? Tell them cute little jokes and beg them 'please don't slaughter any more Christians. Pretty please, with sugar on it'?
We need a strong, brilliant steam roller like Trump to go in to Washington, slap down the sorry RINOs, deal with the muzzies (before they take over and kill us all) and clean up the mess Omuslim has made that has almost destroyed America and our way of life. We need someone to make America respected again- great again!! I'd go for a Trump/Allen West ticket- but CARSON IS NO ALLEN WEST!!
The second amendment is reserved by the people as a God given right to self defense.
The federal government is specifically prohibited from infringing on those rights.
Thanks again. You are on a roll. (Not literally - ha, I couldn’t help myself; sorry)
LOL!
CC
“fight against”? No, more like protect ourselves from”...
Yes, Ben is a constitutionalist, definitely a terrorist according to the National formerly known as Federal government.
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