Their Argument Could Be Used Against The Whole Bill Of Rights
Why I Fight For The 2nd Amendment
Set
your emotions aside for a moment and think. The Bill of Rights is
not a regulation - it is what secures our God given freedoms. It
has proven remarkably adaptable. The 1st Amendment
secures my right to post this free of government interference – even
though no one in 1791 could have imagined the internet. Police
need a warrant to examine my cell phone records, because of the 4th
Amendment, even though no one in 1791 could have imagined cell
phones. The 1st Amendment protects the right of churches and
other religious organizations to broadcast their services, even though
broadcasting was unheard of in 1791. So I have to ask,
which of these rights does this person want eliminated? It’s a
reasonable question, since the argument put forth works just as well
against any of them.
After all this person or organization is attacking the one Amendment that the founding fathers put in place specifically to protect all the others: The 2nd Amendment. Once it is gone, the states and the people would have no means to resist a government that decided to violate all their rights.
How has the 2nd Amendment been applied by the Supreme Court in the modern era? The principle, set forth in the high court’s 2008 Heller decision is simple: If a weapon is in COMMON USE for lawful purposes, that weapon is protected by the 2nd Amendment. So, the 2nd Amendment – according to SCOTUS – does not protect the right to own machine guns, cannons, fully armed tanks or nukes. However, it does protect the right to own handguns – even though they are the most common murder weapon – because they are in common use for a wide variety of lawful purposes. It clearly also protects semi-automatic rifles, because they are by far the most popular rifles in the US and have been for decades. The Supreme Court has simply applied the same principles that have governed all the other rights secured in the Bill of Rights.
What gun control groups want is for the Supreme Court to simply decide that the 2nd Amendment is “obsolete” and ignore it. Here is an editorial arguing for just that. If they succeed in packing the Supreme Court this is exactly what a political high court will do. If they can do this to the 2nd Amendment, they can do it ANY OF YOUR RIGHTS.
Do you really think they will not limit religious freedom? The left already speaks of “freedom of worship” – not freedom of religion. There is a HUGE difference. Do you think that an all powerful state will stop there? No other government – unrestrained by constitutional limits – ever has.
One last question: Do you think that the American people – including millions of combat veterans – are going to simply hand over their guns when they know from history where this is going? Do you think that all the states are going to sit by and let this happen? Many states are already making it clear that they won’t. Is getting rid of the 2nd Amendment worth sparking a civil war that no one would really win?
I don’t want to see this kind of a disaster and that is why I fight so hard to preserve the 2nd Amendment.
After all this person or organization is attacking the one Amendment that the founding fathers put in place specifically to protect all the others: The 2nd Amendment. Once it is gone, the states and the people would have no means to resist a government that decided to violate all their rights.
How has the 2nd Amendment been applied by the Supreme Court in the modern era? The principle, set forth in the high court’s 2008 Heller decision is simple: If a weapon is in COMMON USE for lawful purposes, that weapon is protected by the 2nd Amendment. So, the 2nd Amendment – according to SCOTUS – does not protect the right to own machine guns, cannons, fully armed tanks or nukes. However, it does protect the right to own handguns – even though they are the most common murder weapon – because they are in common use for a wide variety of lawful purposes. It clearly also protects semi-automatic rifles, because they are by far the most popular rifles in the US and have been for decades. The Supreme Court has simply applied the same principles that have governed all the other rights secured in the Bill of Rights.
What gun control groups want is for the Supreme Court to simply decide that the 2nd Amendment is “obsolete” and ignore it. Here is an editorial arguing for just that. If they succeed in packing the Supreme Court this is exactly what a political high court will do. If they can do this to the 2nd Amendment, they can do it ANY OF YOUR RIGHTS.
Do you really think they will not limit religious freedom? The left already speaks of “freedom of worship” – not freedom of religion. There is a HUGE difference. Do you think that an all powerful state will stop there? No other government – unrestrained by constitutional limits – ever has.
One last question: Do you think that the American people – including millions of combat veterans – are going to simply hand over their guns when they know from history where this is going? Do you think that all the states are going to sit by and let this happen? Many states are already making it clear that they won’t. Is getting rid of the 2nd Amendment worth sparking a civil war that no one would really win?
I don’t want to see this kind of a disaster and that is why I fight so hard to preserve the 2nd Amendment.
