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Originally Posted by filtherton
Now, i'm not a fucking genius, but if i were there writing the constitution i might have been a little less vauge if i thought it was important.
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the problem that we face currently isn't trying to interpret the constitution and determine what rights it gives us, because it doesn't. The constitution grants no rights. What it DOES do is it limits the power of the government.
By letting the anti-freedom folks turn the argument in to what rights are afforded by the constitution, we've lost over half the battle. The 2nd Amendment doesn't grant me the right to bear arms, it limits the government from infringing on that right that pre-exists. In other words, the framers of the constitution determined that we already had the right to bear arms and the 2nd amendment was written to prevent the government from doing anything to take that away or discourage it. That is why I keep saying 'shall not be infringed' means exactly that. It means that government shall not infringe. Unfortunately, in todays little PC world of touchy feely 'gotta look out for peoples sensitivities' world, we get our rights legislated away.
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Originally Posted by filtherton
and if there's anything reliable about americans, it is their willingness to give up their rights in exchange for the perception of safety.
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quoted for absoluteness and truth.
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Last edited by dksuddeth; 11-13-2007 at 11:15 AM..
Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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