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They are Swiss, what do you expect?
It is to be a global opinion. In short, should people have to choice to own something like a firearm?
As an internet arm chair expert of everything, I think it definitely says organized militia should have guns.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.
As an internet arm chair expert of everything, I think it definitely says organized militia should have guns.
But you know, that's like an opinion man.
As the second stipulates, "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."
It's an archaic law. It came about at a time when the closest thing to a policeman was the gun, when America was still to a large degree a place where laws were scetchy at best, and the protection of private property was dependent on the ability of the individual to defend themselves.
Not exclusively, but to a large degree. We are talking about a time when there was no street lighting. Why do I bring up street lighting? London has street lighting because of armed robberies commited in the dark.
Not to mention the fact that the US had just been through a great war with Britain, the new republic didn't have any Apaches (neither the helicopter nor the tribe, as the Apache nation was in the southwest, but I digress), there were no US Army, no US Navy Seals, no F-15 Eagles..
A well regulated militia was key to national security.
We are talking about a completely different society. A society that's just not there anymore.
Is the law archaic? Of course it is. Anyone who don't see the second ammendment as archaic are talking politics, not common sense.
Well, that's one side of the issue. That doesn't answer the question, is there a right to bear arms, mandated in the second ammendment? I can't say I think there is. There's a right to bear arms, in the context of a well armed militia. But that's not really the point.
This is not a legal argument.
Let me say that again.
This is not a legal argument.
This is a political argument. Either you're for it, or you're against it, and your reading of the law will depend on that. And let's not think for one moment that most of the rulings of the supreme court over the last two hundered years hasn't been politics. There's a reason why the court changed its mind over loads of issues over the last said two hundered years. There's a reason why the religious right has been trying to overturn Roe v. Wade for the last decades.
I don't believe it's more of a right than driving a car is a right. Unless, of course, we are talking about a well regulated militia. Then I think it's mandated by the second. For private citizens, I don't believe it is mandated.
But I am sure I'll be in the minority. Doesn't bother me.
Guns allowed the English colonists of America to kick out the British when the latter started taxing them to death (due to an idiotic war they couldn't afford, yes I see the irony), QUARTERING MILITARY PERSONAL IN THEIR HOMES, and not giving them a right to vote in the government (no representative at the house of commons). If it wasn't for gun ownership they would not have been able to revolt.
I disagree. The fact that you got the French in as allies sealed the deal. Even if the easy access to firearms were a a good thing in the context. In fact, I believe the first colonial army had more trouble getting ammunition than they had getting guns.
And if the Queen of England decides she want's to attack America today, will she be met by the US Army, or a bunch of guys from texas with Colts, if you excuse my pun?
France didn't enter the American Revolution until 1778 - 5 years after the Tea Party, 2 years after the Declaration and 3 years after the "shot heard 'round the world" at Lexington and Concord. And even then, France primarily supported the Americans through naval means, taking on the Royal Navy at the Battle of the Chesapeake and the Seige of Yorktown.