I hear it is a teacher's first amendment right to deny that the second amendment even exists... /sarc
This is a very good article.
It's a cliche but it's true: Guns don't kill people. People kill people.
The 2nd Amendment is there for a reason. It's not some antiquated passage. People should be taught to respect it.
They should be teaching the children exactly what Law Enforcement really is and what their jobs really are.
It is not to protect citizens from harm. Law Enforcement has no obligation to keep its citizens safe from harm.
If anyone does not believe this just check the many cases where citizens sued because they were not protected from criminals by the local Law Enforcement.
When they got to learning about the Constitution (4th grade I think) they were given a ditto, for homework, "synopsizing" the first 10 amendments that they had to match up with the corresponding number. Being in Maryland, I was highly suspect when I began to perused this assignment. When I got a little way down the list I saw words that simply said "the right to own guns". To say I was pleasantly surprised is the understatement of the decade.
They also had Rep. Bob Ehrlich (now our Governor) in to talk to the kids and he handed every child a complete copy of the Constitution, that we still have and use today. From that point on I have been less suspicious of the public school system.
The best way to teach the 2nd amendment, and to subvert the intent of the liberal social studies teachers, is to actually teach the kids reading and grammar.
With those, they can learn anything else on their own.
A good read, but it isn't strong enough. I have communicated with way too many youngetser graduating from high school whose concepts of the Constitution stop at "It's some government thing". The vast majority have received no education on ANY of the Amendments or the true structure of our government and how it functions.
There is dumbing down and there is CRIMINAL dumbing down. IMO, what the NEA has done meets the criteria for the latter. The liberal/leftist agenda MUST be eradicated from the school system and the kids need to be introduced to a politically-neutral presentation of the Constitution and all of its Amendments and allow the kids to decide which party they want to follow.
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If you want your child to understand your view of the Second Amendment, not some liberal teachers view, then I suggest you teach them yourself!
Todays teachers would have students learn how to surrender rather than fight for their freedom and live in an opressive society , and the first amendment , well that we'll surrender to the state run press and the propaganda spin miesters .
Todays teachers would have students learn how to surrender rather than fight for their freedom and live in an opressive society , and the first amendment , well that we'll surrender to the state run press and the propaganda spin miesters .
Actually, every lower federal court in every second amendment case (save one court in one case) has ruled that the second amendment protects a collective right -- ie., the federal government shall not infringe on a state's ability to form a Militia.
Now, it could very well be that all these lower federal courts are wrong, and that one day the U.S. Supreme Court will set them straight. But, given that the U.S. Supreme Court USES these lower court decisions to make their decision, I wouldn't count on it.
If you understand anything about the Founding Fathers it was that they trusted their state to protect their rights. Back then, as is now, your state defines and protects your individual RKBA -- not the federal government and not the second amendment.
I was actually impressed with the materials given to my daughter on the entire BOR, including the Second, in the public system here in Gilbert, AZ. How they approached the subject in classroom discussion, I don't know.
law professors have and continue to do this since the 1960's.
They believe the first nine amendments are about individual rights EXCEPT the second amendment which is a "collective right."
You can start by talking to your child and asking them if they are learning about the Constitution in school. If so, take a look at their textbook and see if the Second Amendment is accurately reported. If there is a problem with the textbook or if the Second Amendment is not being taught at all, you may want to talk to your child's principal. You may also want to team up with other parents who share the same views. Teachers have a responsibility to our children and we have a responsibility to see that our nation's teachers are doing their jobs properly.This here is the key. Values and character are ultimately a parent's responsibility. People need to become more/stay involved.
None said it better than Alan Keyes 6 years ago. "Educating the defenders of Liberty"
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=18696
Worth re-reading.
Fat chance of that ever happening in America's government schools. The unionized radical leftists who teach in so many government schools today would rather eat rat poison than teach the young skulls full of mush in their classrooms the true intent of the authors regarding almost any Constitutionally protected right.
Get your kids out of government schools and into Christian schools or home schooling if you want them to have an appreciation for and an understanding of America's history, and a love for our great American legacy of liberty and God-given unalienable rights. Those are the very last things they will ever be taught in government schools today.
Why don't the parents do it, then?
You could make the same silly claim about the "press". Congress never envisioned anything more modern than a simple Gutenburg press. How dare the press expect protection for high speed paper presses, radio, television or the internet?