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In reply to the discussion: The 2nd Amendment was NOT written "to protect us from our gov't," FFS... [View all]Response to blackspade (Reply #61)
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The 2nd Amendment was NOT written "to protect us from our gov't," FFS... [View all]
TygrBright
Dec 2012
OP
Damn right. We must reframe the gun issue and deal with it harsly as a terror instrument
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#1
Well, a good many years of historical and Constitutional scholarship don't necessarily...
TygrBright
Dec 2012
#6
type: incorporation bill rights into the Google search box top-right of this page
cthulu2016
Dec 2012
#102
actually, that the bill of rights applied only to the federal gov't originally is a matter of fact,
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#121
Why do you find it necessary to insult everyone and call them stupid and liars?
pangaia
Dec 2012
#148
IMO, there is only one thing worse than ignorance, and that is WILLFUL ignorance.
cleanhippie
Dec 2012
#72
You just said what I've been thinking as I am reading this exchange. nt
DeschutesRiver
Dec 2012
#172
They want military firepower without the military discipline & civilian control that goes with it.
baldguy
Dec 2012
#69
But the tenth amendment is not a restriction on government power in the first place
jberryhill
Dec 2012
#131
That's right. And we have the National Guard and state, county and city/town police
brush
Dec 2012
#115
Of course the tenth amendment was passed and ratified well after the rest of it
nadinbrzezinski
Dec 2012
#50
A mentally ill person shooting little kids is not part of a well regulated militia
Botany
Dec 2012
#20
Not to put too fine a point on it, but the 1st amendment does not mention "Life, Liberty....
A HERETIC I AM
Dec 2012
#44
That is one hell of an opinion you have there, but it is utterly indefensible.
1-Old-Man
Dec 2012
#23
Fed 29 was in large part, a treatise on the proper organization of the militia
X_Digger
Dec 2012
#142
Agree, we have a political system that allows "revolutions" every 4 years.
Old and In the Way
Dec 2012
#34
IMO it's the "right of self-defense" not the "right to keep and bear arms" that is the key issue.
jody
Dec 2012
#36
Taken together and in context, the 2nd and 3rd Amendments exist because we're not supposed to have
TransitJohn
Dec 2012
#41
You are correct. Not many people even know that the 2nd Amendment was to keep citizens armed in
Lint Head
Dec 2012
#84
I'm guessing this is sincere. The same is true for your kids...up to some level you can do to or
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#163
Actually, the only thing that could change the current SCOTUS interpretation
amandabeech
Dec 2012
#109
This OP does not offer a holistic analysis of the Colonial / Constitution era context...
reeds2012
Dec 2012
#138