To: af_vet_1981
NOWHERE in the Constitution for the United States does any authority get granted to the Central Government OR to the states, for that matter, that would allow them to regulate what arms are available to the public. Such authority does not exist and has only been USURPED by governments. Quite unconstitutionally. The Rights mentioned in the Bill of Rights (especially the Ninth Amendment) are not GRANTED by that marvelous document. The Founders knew that what government giveth government can taketh away. Therefore they merely required that government RECOGNIZE PRE-EXISTING rights. Which means, quite simply, that governments at all levels (of which we have WAY too many) may NOT act to restrict our God-given rights, as they could IF they were the SOURCE of such "rights." Go do your homework and report back on the Founders' intent. Two thousand words should be about right.
460 posted on
11/01/2003 5:18:33 PM PST by
dcwusmc
("The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself.")
To: dcwusmc
NOWHERE in the Constitution for the United States does any authority get granted to the Central Government OR to the states, for that matter, that would allow them to regulate what arms are available to the public. Your position is untenable. It is extremist and unreasonable.
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