Posted on 07/09/2012 5:30:24 AM PDT by darrellmaurina
I came of age when the word “drive-by” entered the American lexicon. By high school graduation, I lost one cousin to gun violence and another was incarcerated for a gun crime. I know many harmed by guns and even more who feared the possibility. I always wonder if, but for the Second Amendment, there would be a more radical commitment to compromise and peacefully working through easy and difficult issues. In writing the Second Amendment, the Framers didn't envision the kind of gun toting that is permitted across this country today.... I am not naïve enough to believe that doing away with the Second Amendment would do away with gun violence, but I know firsthand the impact of guns and gun shots on children. This nation was constructed and reconstructed in the aftermath of violent and bloody conflicts. Still, the Framers believed that not only the Constitution, but also the peaceful way the document was created, would penetrate the Americans' minds and change they engaged. The Constitution would be the only weapon needed unless there was an external enemy.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
To arms! To arms!
The progressives know the second amendment is the only thing standing between us and a leftist dictatorship. I’m not surprised to see them fighting tooth and nail to disarm us.
How about we ban the NY Times instead.
Jim and Onyx, I think this New York Times article needs more attention on Free Republic than a post by me would ordinarily get for it. If warranted, perhaps there are keywords or ping lists which would help in getting attention to this article.
Your call, obviously...
Well, Ms. Price, where do you live, in metro NYC where guns are all but illegal and only criminals have guns?
Gun control is like trying to solve drunk driving by making it harder for sober people to own cars.
under the radar got caught
“I came of age when the word “drive-by” entered the American lexicon.”
That’s only because he and his ilk removed the term “Return Fire” from the American lexicon.
Imbecile. She's only right in the sense that the Framers didn't envision what pusillanimous weaklings their descendents would become. The Framers lived in a time when a gentleman was not properly dressed for going out if he was not carrying a weapon, and irreconcilable differences between men were settled by the rules of code duello. Read about the death of Alexander Hamilton, for God's sake!
I dont know of one person personally who has been shot or got aids. Maybe Dems should tell their supporters to control themselves rather than to expect big daddy gov to take care of them.
The two highest cities with the most expensive rents in America
Were it not for the unconstitutional activities done by the federal government right now I would dismiss these rantings for the horse manure that it is. We really do need to start educating children and adults on the principles on which our country was founded.
There is so much wrong in just that one paragraph that I don’t know what to say....
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“the Framers believed that not only the Constitution, but also the peaceful way the document was created”
History was definitely NOT her forte...
I’ve lost family members to the incideous LIB philosopy. I believe we should ban LIB ideas.
I'd be stunned if in both cases the guns involved weren't already illegal and were used by perps who had previous records of violent crime that should have kept them off the streets to begin with.
First, a link to the text of the treaty: "The Arms Trade Treaty (A/RES/64/48)"
Excerpted below is the section of this Treaty that calls on States{nations} for an implementation:
"Calls upon all States to implement, on a national basis, the relevant recommendations contained in section VII of the report of the Group of Governmental Experts (See A/63/334)."Next is a link to the text of the referenced report: "Report of the Group of Governmental Experts to examine the feasibility, scope and draft parameters for a comprehensive, legally binding instrument establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms (A/63/334)"
Excerpted below is the only one of three section (27-29) in above referenced "section VII" ("Conclusions and recommendations") dictating the responsibilities and required actions of signatory States:
29. The Group acknowledged the respective responsibilities of exporters and importers. In order to begin improving the current situation, the Group recognized the need for all States to ensure that their national systems and internal controls are at the highest possible standards, and that States in a position to do so could render assistance in this regard, upon request. {Emphasises added.}How can America agreeing to implement UN requested "internal controls" of our "nation system" of gun regulations not be surrendering American 2nd Amendment rights?
Once signing such a treaty, what should Americans expect if the UN should "request" a tighter "standard" of US "internal controls" on guns and America's elected government officials refuses to comply?
All out LAWFARE, financed by the same leftist front groups (Soros' included) to force compliance through US courts! Note the "supremacy clause" of the Constitution which provides that the “Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.” {Emphasis added}
The framers absolutely did not believe any such thing.
They believed that citizens should be armed to protect themselves from all enemies, foreign and domestic.
And they were especially concerned with an overreaching government so they specifically limited the powers of the government.
Melynda Price is an associate professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law.
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