A Place to Bear Arms

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 2^nd 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 2^nd 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 2^nd amendment is safe, but we need to vote in a congress that will further amend the 2^nd 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