The Fearsome Second Amendment

Now just read these words. You will recognize the document (I hope) as the Declaration of Independence, and then we will look at the Second Amendment to the Constitution. But first, consider these statements: "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...." Institute new government? Isn't that what the American Revolution did? It tossed off the yoke of King George III and formed a new nation based on a radical concept ... that government exists solely with the consent of the governed.

The founding fathers were well aware of the nature of tyrants to take over and make slaves of the sheeple, and realized that man's tendency to follow one or more deceivers back into slavery would ever be a present danger to the constitutional republic that they had established. Thus, the Bill of Rights, the statement of what government may not do, places freedom of religion, speech and the press first, along with the right of peaceable assembly, and then proceeds to the second matter of importance to the people's power to retain their freedom:

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. Have you ever heard the liberal camp yell with college-game volume that "well-regulated militia" means that the government and only the government has the right to keep and bear arms (possess guns). It is well nigh the bumper-sticker and yard-sale sign of the antigun crowd, those who would divest Americans of any and all rights of self-protection other than dialing 911 and hoping the police appear before a thug fires HIS gun. Since the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center, a very popular bumper sticker, out west at least, has disappeared. It read "when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns." Perhaps it is only an "outlaw" government and those who would outlaw the Bill of Rights (in practice, not in legislative action like persons of integrity who do things up front) that would even consider "gun control" as the solution to any problems with nuts who wrongfully use guns ... or box cutters, knives, clubs, hammers or other weapons to commit homicide.

No government that is committed to the freedoms of the people presented by the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and Bill of Rights would ever consider abrogating the Second Amendment. It would be at the top of the agenda of a renegade government that wished to retain all power over the people ... people whose rights include changing their government should it become oppressive and tyrannical, an enemy of freedom, and a stronghold of a power elite.

Today's leaders are well aware of the rights of the people as envisioned by the founders. While they keep speaking about our great liberties before the television cameras, behind the scenes those liberties are being pickpocketed coin by coin from the people so that they cannot use the right they were given to change, by force if necessary, an oppressive and tyrannical government. The liberal establishment, devout in their dedication to the Marxist agenda, and those elements that envision America as the New Rome of world empire, naturally fear the power of the people. Armed people. The "minuteman" types of people who would effect change by their "well regulated militias" against a government that had abrogated their rights and liberties as free people.

That is why there is such a push by the entire liberal establishment and the airhead soccer mom crowd to outlaw guns. The number of children killed on any one day by other means far, far outstrips any deaths by loose nuts who happen to use a gun, and would use explosives were they denied access to guns. A killer is a killer. Remember, Alexander of Macedon had no guns ... nor did the Roman Caesar.

Guns are simply a more efficient way to kill, but any method will do. Witness the suicide bombings in the marketplaces in Israel by Islamic militants ... no guns, just explosives.

The Second Amendment is fearsome in two ways. It is a fearsome empowering of the people to take over and throw out an oppressive government as did the founding fathers who authored the Bill of Rights. They had obtained a free land and a new venture in personal liberty under the rule of law, and they gave the people the right to change the government any time it suppressed the rights of the people and oppressed the people with tyranny.

It is a fearsome threat to the establishment that would make a "global village" out of a nation of patriots who detest the welfare, nanny state and the tyrants who take our liberties and dole them out to the few as privileges. They wish to make sure that there is no power or armed force by which the people can carry out the doctrines written in the Declaration of Independence and other cornerstones of this nation. The idea that "the people" (who are the great unwashed ignoramuses in the minds of these elitists) could actually fight once again for the liberties they were guaranteed over 225 years ago is noxious to them. Power to the people? The very idea makes them shudder.

That is why the Second Amendment is so fearsome, particularly when coupled with the right of free speech guaranteed by the First Amendment.

No tyrant can stand in the presence of liberty without flinching and bristling at the threat of someone challenging that tyranny.

And that is why the conservatives who value our nation's heritage must keep up the fight against any government or dictator taking our liberties, our guns, and our constitutional rights.

The Second Amendment is the vaccination of the United States by the Founding Fathers, against the disease of dictatorship.

That is why there is such a push by the entire liberal establishment and the airhead soccer mom crowd to outlaw guns.

Cowardly control freaks need power trips too.

"The Second Amendment is the vaccination of the United States by the Founding Fathers, against the disease of dictatorship."

Now that's good.

Only Tyrants, Criminals and demonRATS fear the armed citizen.

I really hate to have to point this out but since democRats are by definition tyrants and criminals you are being redundant.

Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.