On Apr 25, 10:19 am, Ron <
roneal1...@att.net> wrote:
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> On Apr 25, 6:47 am, "SaPeIsMa" <
SaPeI...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> "Red Blade" <penac...@yomomma.hot.invalid> wrote in message
>>news:kla1pp$e2d$1...@dont-email.me...
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>>>
http://libertycolumns.com/2013/04/24/the-most-important-freedom-in-th...
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>>> Over the past few months, we have had several gun control proposals in
>>> Congress, accompanied by the United Nations national/individual disarmament
>>> treaty and a media marathon of man-made violence.
>
>>> Many conservatives and libertarians believe that the 2nd Amendment, the
>>> right to keep and bear arms, is the most important Amendment of the Bill
>>> of Rights. They point out that the 2nd Amendment is not merely about
>>> self-defense or hunting, but as a check on government tyranny, frequently
>>> quoting the statements by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of
>>> Independence.
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>> The 2nd was NEVER about hunting.
>> It was in part about self-defense
>> But it's MOSTLY about "self-defense" against tyranny
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>>> While the 2nd Amendment may function this way, the right to keep and bear
>>> arms is not the keystone of the Bill of Rights. This may sound strange,
>>> but the keystone of the Bill of Rights is actually part of the 1st Amendment:
>>> Freedom of Religion.
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>> Only if you believe in putting the cart before the horse
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>>> Americans stand by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights not because it
>>> is the law of the land, but because they believe in freedom. If Americans
>>> did not believe in freedom, they would not insist on freedom, and there
>>> would be no freedom.
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>>> Right now there are two major threats to freedom of religion:
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>>> 1. Modern atheism, which uses not only the court system but any means
>>> necessary to eliminate public display, discussion, or practice of
>>> religion.
>>> The ACLU, Freedom From Religion Foundation, and Americans United are the
>>> biggest repeat offenders. Removing nativity scenes, attempting to dig up
>>> religious gravestones in military cemeteries, banning teaching of
>>> Judeo-Christian creation myths, and eliminating even a moment of silence
>>> for private prayer in any religion, are notable instances in this group.
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>> Superficila trappings
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>>> 2. Islam, which believes not in freedom, but theocracy. The sinful and
>>> unethical behaviors broadcasted from the Left Coast provide credence to
>>> their theocratic agenda. As the enabler of sin and unethical behavior,
>>> Muslim leaders often teach that freedom must be eliminated from America.
>>> Islam has no room for freedom, only the theocratic legal system outlined
>>> in the Quran. Unlike the Bible, there is no room for interpretation or
>>> apologies for a theocratic past, and also unlike the Bible, their religion
>>> is eternally mandated through force. Many people have been killed, many
>>> places have been destroyed, and many things have been censored. Islam
>>> cannot exist in its entirety under a free society, and Muslim leaders have
>>> no desire to tailor it for one.
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>> Ironically, Islam has NO PROBLEM with the use of force against not only
>> non-muslims, but muslims as well.
>> I'll repeat the part that is importatn
>> Islam has no problme with the use of force against....
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>> How do you defend yourself agaisnt such use of force, if you are disarmed
>> and helpless ?
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>>> As we can see, when people do not believe in freedom, they do not work for
>>> freedom, and they neither have nor want freedom. The basis for all freedom
>>> in the Bill of Rights is Freedom of Religion - the freedom to believe in
>>> freedom, and to ensure that freedom remains the law of the land.
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>> Funny
>> So tell us how you can protect ANY freedom, such as that of speech,
>> religion, if you don't have any way to protect yourself from the tryranny of
>> those who would silence you ?
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>> How do you defend yourself against such use of force, if you are disarmed
>> and helpless ?
>> Without the ability to protect yourself from tyranny, you have nothing .
>> Your only choice is accepting being a slave, subject to a tyranny.
>> And you will find yourself “free” to bend your neck and pray, just before it
>> gets cut off.
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>> The Romans had one part of it right
>> “Para Bellum, si vis Pacem”
>> “If you want peace, prepare for war.”
>> The other part is the one that goes
>> “Those who beat their swords into plowshares,
>> will end up plowing for those who did not..”
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>> Next time put the horse BEFORE the cart..
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> "The 2nd was NEVER about hunting. It was in part about self-defense.
> But it's MOSTLY about "self-defense" against tyranny "
>
> That's an odd statement. The Second reads:
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> 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.
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> The emergent US at that time did not have a large standing army.
> A citizen staffed "well regulated Militia" was allowed to provide
> defense against foreign incursion.
>
Nevertheless:
"The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess
a firearm unconnected with service in a militia,..."
[...]
"The (Second) Amendment’s prefatory clause (A well regulated
Militia being necessary to the security of a free State...)
announces a purpose, but does not limit or expand the scope
of the second part, the operative clause. The operative clause’s
text (...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not
be infringed) and history demonstrate that it connotes an
individual right to keep and bear arms."
— District of Columbia, et al. v. Dick Anthony Heller (No. 07-290)
478 F. 3d 370)
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> The Constitution outlines the function of that Militia.
>
> "To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the
> Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions"
>
> "To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia, and
> for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service
> of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the
> Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia
> according to the discipline prescribed by Congress"
>
> "The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy
> of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when
> called into the actual Service of the United States;"
>
However, the above regards "the Militia" when it is in service to the
federal government (in modern times: in Title 10 status); to-wit:
"governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the
United States" and "when called into the actual Service of the United
States;" not when they are in service to their respective states'
governments (Title 32 status).
Moreover, though; the above only relates to that portion of "the
militia" which "wear three hats: civilian, state military and federal
military"; to-wit: the Army and Air National Guards; and not to the
remainder of "the Militia" as defined in Title 10 USC § 311(b)(2):
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/311
In the case above, the "all able-bodied males [and now females under
the Equal Rights Amendment] at least 17 years of age and...under 45
years of age" is the _mandatory_ membership age range and doesn't
preclude voluntary membership by persons 45 and older.
And does this sound like "militia service"?
“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms... disarm only those who are
neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make
things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they
serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed
man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.”
--Thomas Jefferson
“What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned
from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of
resistance?”
--Thomas Jefferson
“What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned
from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of
resistance?”
--Thomas Jefferson
“A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises,
I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it
gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played
with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body
and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your
constant companion of your walks.”
--Thomas Jefferson, from a letter to his nephew Peter Carr; 19 Aug
1785
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“Foolish liberals who are trying to read the Second Amendment out of
the Constitution by claiming it's not an individual right or that it's
too much of a public safety hazard don't see the danger in the big
picture. They're courting disaster by encouraging others to use the
same means to eliminate portions of the Constitution they don't like.”
--Alan Morton Dershowitz, Liberal lawyer, jurist, and political
commentator
“Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under
any government, no matter how popular and respected,
is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms. This is not
to say that firearms should not be very carefully used,
and that definite safety rules of precaution should not
be taught and enforced. But the right of citizens to bear
arms is just one more guarantee against arbitrary
government, one more safeguard against tyranny which
now appears remote in America, but which historically
has proved to be always possible.”
--Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (D-MN), February, 1960