THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS ALREADY DEAD
By David Brownlow
July 19, 2005
NewsWithViews.com
Brownlow writes in part:
“Once we allowed our government to arbitrarily define the term “arms” as strictly limited to a few select types of rifles and pistols, we cleared the way for the regulation of gun style, gun size, gun caliber, gun rate of fire, barrel length, magazine capacity, as well as the explosive power of the shells, the type of projectile that can be launched from our “arms,” and on and on. In other words, we gave up any chance of a putting up a real fight against our occupiers when we allowed the occupiers to make up the rules. “
“But that is only half the problem. While we have permission to “keep and bear” what is essentially a 21st Century version of a muzzle loader, our federal and local police forces have been arming themselves to the teeth with the most advanced weapons and technologies our money can buy.”
“Sure, most of us can still hang onto our rifles, shotguns, and depending on where we live, our handguns – which gives the false impression that we have a 2nd Amendment that actually protects our right to keep and bear arms. But, if we are only allowed to keep the guns they tell us we can keep, and if we are only allowed to carry them the way they tell us we can carry them, then, that is not a right, that is not a guarantee - that is a favor.”
“It would be more accurate to call it, “The permission to keep and bear the arms.” (2nd Amendment, Rev. A)”
http://www.newswithviews.com/Brownlow/david43.htm
Food for thought...
Perhaps, a coupla hundred million people with handguns, shotguns, and rifles can inflict a lot of damage.