I knew it wouldn't be long before the lunatics on the left would begin wailing and lamenting the brilliant decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals to strike down DC's ridiculous gun control laws. Indeed, the Christian Science Monitor has done just that, and have also betrayed how little they understand the issue.
That amendment states: "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." The wording clearly applies to only the common defense, the high court ruled nearly 70 years ago, with a gun right grounded only in relation to state militias.
And of course if these jarheads at the CSM would bother reading the new decision, they would understand just how eggregiously the supreme court was in error. There is no question as to the founding fathers' intent with regards to the second amendment. It was put there to guarantee individual rights to keep and bear arms.
And now we have got the gun-haters really worried:
Now there's a possibility that a more conservative Supreme Court might endorse this lower-court decision. If so, the justices will need to acknowledge that public safety requires regulation of firearms.
The supreme court has disappointed me so many times (e.g. Kelo case) that I am not going to speculate on what they will do. But I certainly hope that they endorse the recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals. Public safety does not require regulation of firearms. It needs more firearms in the right hands. Law-abiding people should have the right and the means to defend themselves against criminals and against a tyrannical government.
Anyone who wants gun control may move to a country that has gun control. Such people do not deserve to live in a free society.
2 comments:
"Anyone who wants gun control may move to a country that has gun control. Such people do not deserve to live in a free society."
Umm ... then what's the point of a free society?
Or is it only "free" to those who march in lockstep (goosestep) to the views of the right?
Oh, and there are plenty of "free" societies that also have gun control. See if you can name one, kids!
The only thing that keeps the USA free is the fact that many people are willing to fight for their freedom, if necessary, against an oppressive government. It is the second amendment that makes this possible.
If enough people decided to throw away their second amendment rights, our freedoms would quickly disappear. That's why I say that anyone who wants gun control MAY move to a country that has gun control. I didn't say they have to. If you want to be a slave to the government, Mr. anonymous, you may do so. But at least respect the wishes of the rest of us who desire to live in freedom.
As for the "free" societies that have gun control, the only reason that they have a modicum of freedom is because the USA has protected them from nazism and communism.
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