Why should I post a
photo of my arms? The meaning of words
are sometimes ambiguous.
Amendment II of the
United States Constitution reads:
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.
I refer you to:
https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/just-in/2017-08-28/so-about-well-regulated-militia-part-constitution
Considering the present ability of Americans to
buy and possess weapons capable of multiple human casualties, I posit that the writers
of the 2nd amendment are guilty of creating language that is too
ambiguous and should be amended.
But let’s try to interpret their meaning. I believe that the first phrase establishes a
context for a body or group of people, who by their very intent, are brought
together to secure a state against tyranny.
It is only toward that intent that the people (plural, not individuals) have the right to arm themselves,
so not to be placed under tyranny.
The 2nd amendment, therefore, gives the
people of our country the right to prepare for war, not to allow individuals
the right to possess weapons capable of multiple human casualties.
In an address to CPAC last week, our tweeter in
chief stated:
See the word really is complacent. People get
complacent. It is a natural instinct. You just won, and now you’re happy and
you’re complacent. Don’t be complacent. Don’t be complacent. If they get in,
they will repeal your tax cuts, they will put judges in that you wouldn’t
believe, they’ll take away your Second Amendment, which we will never allow to
happen, they’ll take away your Second Amendment. Remember that. They will take
away — thank you.
It
is this kind of rhetoric that incites some gun owners to join the NRA and
worse. Why would anyone need to join the
NRA anyway? FEAR. Let’s use common practical sense here. Can you imagine what anarchy would follow if
our government tried to confiscate weapons from private citizens? It is not going to happen. The 2nd amendment is safe, but we
need to vote in a congress that will further amend the 2nd so that
it becomes less ambiguous and restricts the use of weapons meant for war and
not meant to be purchased and used against innocent men, women, and children.
Our Circus barking president, in the same speech,
stated:
Well trained, gun adept teachers and coaches and people that
work in those buildings, people that were in the Marines for 20 years, and
retired, people in the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Coast Guard, people
that are adept, adept with weaponry, and with guns, they teach.
I mean, I don’t want to have 100 guards standing with rifles all
over the school. You do a conceal carry permit. And this would be a major
deterrent, because these people are inherently cowards. If they thought like if
this guy thought that other people would be shooting bullets back at him, he
wouldn’t have gone to that school. He wouldn’t have gone there. It is a
gun-free zone. It says this is a gun-free zone. Please check your guns way far
away. And what happens is they feel safe. There is nobody going to come at
them. This way you may have — and, remember, if you use this school as an
example, this is a very big school. With tremendous floor area and a lot of
acreage, a big, big school, good school. A big, big school. You would have to
have 150 real guns.
I refer you to the following article in the
NYTimes as a rebuttal: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/24/opinion/sunday/marine-gun-classroom.html.
In conclusion, those of you who know me,
recognize that on occasions, we bear arms at Merry Mount. Some of us enjoy a good turkey shoot at
Thanksgiving or other displays of skilled marksmanship on other occasions, but it is past time for us to take a stand against weapons of
war.
CPW
