Second Amendment Under Seige

From Sea to Shining Sea ^ | 7/09/07 | Purple Mountains

[PurpleMountains]

Although I am a long-time member of the NRA, and I support that organization, I do not believe that the NRA is doing an adequate job of protecting the constitutional rights of American citizens. Many states and some localities are passing laws that severely restrict “effective” gun ownership and use, and local laws have become so varied and complex as to take away our right to protect ourselves.

One area that is particularly troublesome and makes Second Amendment rights almost moot in a modern and mobile America is in the transport of a legal handgun while traveling. For example, a person who holds a permit to carry a gun in Florida, and who also lives in a northern state, faces many complications and conflicting laws.

[Jack Hammer]

2. 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.

10. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, NOR PROHIBITED BY IT TO THE STATES, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Irritating, isn’t it? Virtually all state governments are in clear and blatant violation of amendments two and ten, among many, many others. The NRA is doing the best it can in the current political climate, IMO; however, when civic ignorance has reached an all-time high, and popular respect for the rule of law has reached an all-time low, it’s difficult to fight the power of the masses and their elected representatives, the media, the faculties of most colleges and universities, legions of hungry and amoral lawyers, and many others besides. In a sense, it’s a miracle the NRA has done as well as it has done.