Posted on 02/26/2018 2:30:54 PM PST by Mafe
As the Parkland, Fla., school shooting revealed yet again, when it comes to firearms, the differences between Americans has become too monumental to overcome. On one end of the political spectrum are left-wing politicians and pundits calling for the elimination of the Second Amendment and severe restrictions on virtually every kind of gun. On the other end are Americans who believe the best way to stop mass shootings is to have even more weapons available to the public, and for everyday citizens, including teachers, to be better armed so that they are capable of defending themselves and others from murderers like Nikolas Cruz.
How can this stark divide ever be reconciled? Although it may be difficult for many to accept, the answer is likely that it cant. The United States is in desperate need of a new Second Amendment, one that recognizes the fundamentally different views people today have about guns, their role in society, and our rights as citizens.
When the Founders first wrote and passed what we know call the Second Amendment, they viewed the Constitution in an entirely different way than most people do today. Originally, the U.S. Constitution was, for the most part, only understood to govern the relationship between Americans and their federal government. The Bill of Rights was largely meant to protect the states and the people from an out-of-control centralized power in the nations capital. Most laws were passed at the state and local levels, and state constitutions determined the limits of those laws, including gun laws.
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“The United States is in desperate need of a new Second Amendment, one that recognizes the fundamentally different views people today have about guns, their role in society, and our rights as citizens.”
How about we leave the law the way it was written.
There are people chomping at the bit to rewrite the entire Constitution I remember seeing a new version back around 1968, I believe it was in ESQUIRE magazine. There was NO right to bear arms, and the office of President would be called “Chairman”.
State passes legislation making all adult citizens who speak fluent English automatically members of the state second amendment militia unless they adopt out.
Such legislation authorizes any kind of weapons which would be available to a combat platoon in the United State Army; together with unlimited ammo.
Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas are good places to start.
Well, at least there are two of us on the same page. I’ll be in my fighting hole one over from you.
“We keep our rights, you sit down and shut up.”
Better: We keep our rights, you sit down, shut up or die.
I don’t think they’re gonna like it !!
I’m at your 3 o’clock
The 2nd doesn’t give us the right to bear arms - it acknowledges the inherent right and expounds on why a government, that may need to be replaced, cannot remove the obstacles presented by a free and armed society.
Hear, hear!
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