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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]fasttense
(17,301 posts)And all RW weapon fetishistic fool's heads are exploding.
There are 2 myths the NRA weapon fetish RepubliCONS believe about the constitution and you have just exploded those myths.
Myth 1: The 2nd Amendment means we all have a right to keep weapons and use them against the federal government, even if the federal government has tanks, aerial bombs and drones. Those little guns, even automatics that are so handy at killing mass civilians you don't like, are never going to protect you against the weapons of destruction the federal government keeps in their arsenal.
Myth 2: The constitution is for the federal government NOT the States. Yes, of course it applies to the states and prevents the states from abridging an individuals rights, but that's just a side affect, Not the true intent of the Constitution. Our founding fathers loved the states and thought that anything done by the states is not covered by the Constitution. Though how the Constitution protects people from government but not state government is a funny little twist of logic that makes RW talking points so absolutely useless to people who think.
And if you read the first few post you got, you get someone who thinks just like a RepubliCON and who is quoting you those two myths.
But since you seem to have common sense and aren't fooled by RW talking points, I have a question for you about the amendments or bill of rights. Notice that in all but the 2nd, and perhaps the 7th amendment, the writers do NOT explain themselves. Amendments 1, and 3 through 6 and 8,9 and 10 start with an action. Congress shall, No soldier shall, The rights of the the people...shall, No person shall, Excessive bail shall, the enumeration ....shall. In the 7th it is clear why they defined it. They had to put a dollar amount on it so that every petty dispute over 2 cents would Not become a jury trial. But in the 2nd they give a less specific explanation and explain that their purpose is to keep a well regulated Militia. Yet the gun fetish freaks ignore those words as if they have no import. But they are most certainly very important because no other amendment explains itself without reference to a dollar amount.
So my question is, do you suppose the writers of the Constitution thought that some citizens would seize on the idea of owning weapons to the exclusion of everything else, so that they explain the purpose of the amendment up front to allow for control of weapons? The ignorant fools who claim to be justices don't interpret it that way but using simple logic it seems to me to be the purpose. Why else explain the amendment up front when the other amendments don't explain themselves that way.