Topic: Why It's Time to Repeal the Second Amendment (Read 286 times)
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There is a big flaw in the thinking in this article. But guess what? It isn't the one that you think it is.
Look through and read the article. See if you can determine the flaw. Then look at the bottom, here in this post, for what the flaw actually is.
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Why It's Time to Repeal the Second Amendment
Read more at http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-its-time-to-repeal-the-second-amendment-right-bear-arms-20160613.
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Now for the real reason why the 2nd Amendment should be repealed.
The 2nd Amendment, and the whole Bill of Rights, are a stumbling block for the people. This is why not only the 2nd amendment, but the whole Bill of Rights, should be repealed.
How is the Bill of Rights a stumbling block for the people?
It makes the people think that this is where their rights come from. The reality is, the Bill of Rights is a limitation on government, but was added so that it could become a stumbling block for the people.
Why was a stumbling block for the people needed back in the late 1700s?
Because it took the focus off the great weakness of the Constitution and government. The weakness would have allowed the people to easily destroy their new, little government any minute. And the U.S. government back then was the only thing that could save the people from the British.
What was the BIG weakness of the Constitution and government back then?
The weakness was that none other than a few of the people individually placed themselves under the government. In other words, the government had no control over the people, except that they used the Bill of Rights to distract the people from the unlimited rights that the people have always had within themselves.
Do the people still have unlimited rights today?
Yes, the people still have unlimited rights in America today. Nothing has changed. The people still focus on the wrong thing - the Bill of Rights. And, since their focus is there, they don't see that the only way that government can force them to do anything is when they sign a contract with government to do it.
What is the real reason why removing the 2nd Amendment and the whole Bill of Rights would be beneficial?
Because then the people would have to focus on where their rights really come from, and they just might stand up against government once they realized that government didn't give them any rights. When this happened, government would have to limit itself to something much smaller than it presently is, just to pacify the people, and keep them from shutting government down altogether.
So, if the rights of the people don't come from the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, where do they come from?
All rights are inherent in all people. The people simply have them. How do we know? We know by looking at the Preamble of the Constitution. The Preamble says:
To say it simply, if the Bill of Rights was repealed somehow, the people would have to go somewhere else for their protection from government. Sooner or later they would find out that they didn't need protecting, because individually they have the common law of the people right to completely disregard government. Think about it, before government mounts troops against the free peoples of America.
Look through and read the article. See if you can determine the flaw. Then look at the bottom, here in this post, for what the flaw actually is.
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Why It's Time to Repeal the Second Amendment
I teach the Constitution for a living. I revere the document when it is used to further social justice and make our country a more inclusive one. I admire the Founders for establishing a representative democracy that has survived for over two centuries.
But sometimes we just have to acknowledge that the Founders and the Constitution are wrong. This is one of those times. We need to say loud and clear: The Second Amendment must be repealed.
As much as we have a culture of reverence for the founding generation, it's important to understand that they got it wrong — and got it wrong often. Unfortunately, in many instances, they enshrined those faults in the Constitution. For instance, most people don't know it now, but under the original document, Mitt Romney would be serving as President Obama's vice president right now because he was the runner-up in the last presidential election. That part of the Constitution was fixed by the Twelfth Amendment, which set up the system we currently have of the president and vice president running for office together.
Much more profoundly, the Framers and the Constitution were wildly wrong on race. They enshrined slavery into the Constitution in multiple ways, including taking the extreme step of prohibiting the Constitution from being amended to stop the slave trade in the country's first 20 years. They also blatantly wrote racism into the Constitution by counting slaves as only 3/5 of a person for purposes of Congressional representation. It took a bloody civil war to fix these constitutional flaws (and then another 150 years, and counting, to try to fix the societal consequences of them).
But sometimes we just have to acknowledge that the Founders and the Constitution are wrong. This is one of those times. We need to say loud and clear: The Second Amendment must be repealed.
As much as we have a culture of reverence for the founding generation, it's important to understand that they got it wrong — and got it wrong often. Unfortunately, in many instances, they enshrined those faults in the Constitution. For instance, most people don't know it now, but under the original document, Mitt Romney would be serving as President Obama's vice president right now because he was the runner-up in the last presidential election. That part of the Constitution was fixed by the Twelfth Amendment, which set up the system we currently have of the president and vice president running for office together.
Much more profoundly, the Framers and the Constitution were wildly wrong on race. They enshrined slavery into the Constitution in multiple ways, including taking the extreme step of prohibiting the Constitution from being amended to stop the slave trade in the country's first 20 years. They also blatantly wrote racism into the Constitution by counting slaves as only 3/5 of a person for purposes of Congressional representation. It took a bloody civil war to fix these constitutional flaws (and then another 150 years, and counting, to try to fix the societal consequences of them).
Read more at http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-its-time-to-repeal-the-second-amendment-right-bear-arms-20160613.
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Now for the real reason why the 2nd Amendment should be repealed.
The 2nd Amendment, and the whole Bill of Rights, are a stumbling block for the people. This is why not only the 2nd amendment, but the whole Bill of Rights, should be repealed.
How is the Bill of Rights a stumbling block for the people?
It makes the people think that this is where their rights come from. The reality is, the Bill of Rights is a limitation on government, but was added so that it could become a stumbling block for the people.
Why was a stumbling block for the people needed back in the late 1700s?
Because it took the focus off the great weakness of the Constitution and government. The weakness would have allowed the people to easily destroy their new, little government any minute. And the U.S. government back then was the only thing that could save the people from the British.
What was the BIG weakness of the Constitution and government back then?
The weakness was that none other than a few of the people individually placed themselves under the government. In other words, the government had no control over the people, except that they used the Bill of Rights to distract the people from the unlimited rights that the people have always had within themselves.
Do the people still have unlimited rights today?
Yes, the people still have unlimited rights in America today. Nothing has changed. The people still focus on the wrong thing - the Bill of Rights. And, since their focus is there, they don't see that the only way that government can force them to do anything is when they sign a contract with government to do it.
What is the real reason why removing the 2nd Amendment and the whole Bill of Rights would be beneficial?
Because then the people would have to focus on where their rights really come from, and they just might stand up against government once they realized that government didn't give them any rights. When this happened, government would have to limit itself to something much smaller than it presently is, just to pacify the people, and keep them from shutting government down altogether.
So, if the rights of the people don't come from the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, where do they come from?
All rights are inherent in all people. The people simply have them. How do we know? We know by looking at the Preamble of the Constitution. The Preamble says:
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We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Nowhere in the preamble or in the Constitution or the laws and statutes, is there anything binding the people under the Constitution or laws and statutes, except if the people, individually, sign some kind of contract or agreement with government.To say it simply, if the Bill of Rights was repealed somehow, the people would have to go somewhere else for their protection from government. Sooner or later they would find out that they didn't need protecting, because individually they have the common law of the people right to completely disregard government. Think about it, before government mounts troops against the free peoples of America.
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