Reply #21: Are you saying that overthrowing the government is not treason?

[Ozymanithrax]

They entered a conspiracy to overthrow the existing government by armed force and violence. Such an act, by its very nature is treason. As an American Citizen who believes in protecting and defending the US Constitution, other citizens who take up arms and seek to murder government officials, kill members of the armed forces, and kill civilians that get in their way in a violent conspiracy are committing acts of treason.

The only reason that the Founding fathers weren't hung as treasons dogs was that they won. So, yes, from the point of view of England, they were treasonous dogs. I am not a British Citizen, so I am happy that Washington, Jefferson, Franklin and other treasonous dogs chose to create their own country.

I am open to an explanation on how the violent overthrow of the existing government by a group of its citizens is legal under the US Constitution today or before the 13th and 14th amendments were passed.