Posted on 01/25/2009 10:56:15 AM PST by L.McCullen
If you want a glimpse into the minds of those in Obama's administration, just take a look at the new whitehouse.gov website in the section talking about the Bill of Rights. Apparently they believe government has chosen to "give" you and I the right to bear arms.
Now, I don't know about you, but in my schooling I was taught the Bill of Rights were not a list of rights "given" to us citizens, but were a declaration of what rights the federal government could not infringe upon. I think SCOTUS agreed with me on the last year as well.... but I could be wrong. ;-)
If you note, none of the other rights listed on this site under the new Obama administration were "given" to us. So, I'm guessing, and one could easily interpret, that which is given can also be taken away.
Important point. Well spotted.
Fully intentional on their part you can be sure.
Do the words< “From my cold dead hands” ring a bell? I think this could easily become the motto of our next major political power in this country.
The major point of discussion about this power should be will it be a popular uprising or a power within the current political system.
There are millions of vets out there who have spent the last 60 years opposed to socialism. Their ideals have not changed not has their mindset to defeat the socialist cancer on mankind. Each and every one of these vets has already sworn to uphold our constitution and our form of government. The second amendment issue might just be the needed spark to reunite them in this goal.
Our nation is under threat from socialism and it is not nearly as secure as the liberals in the cities think it is.
"The Second Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms."
Out of curiosity, how would an unarmed group take the arms from an armed populace?
SCOTUS also agreed with you in 1875 in United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U.S. 542 (1875), the Supreme Court ruled that because “[t]he Second Amendment…has no other effect than to restrict the powers of the national government…”, meaning that the Bill of Rights is a list of restrictions on the government.
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