I really prefer to stay away from the political debate because for the most part... at best, it's ignorant propaganda and at worst, evil deception. But, I want to say a few things on the subject since the discussion doesn't seem to cease.
First, the thing you will never hear in any debate on TV and is the most important issue. The right for a person to defend themselves, their family and their home from harm is a basic human right. Believe it or not, this is one of the most HUMAN rights there is. And the gun is what makes everyone into equals. A 100 pound woman or a 70 year old man is just as effective a deterrent as a able bodied police officer when armed. Just ask a criminal or someone who was shot by them.
Second, the second amendment doesn't give anyone any rights to guns or anything else. The founders recognized that armed defense of one's self and one's property was a individual right given to us by God. The second amendment is written as a list of things the Federal government explicitly is restricted from even touching. This is made very clear in the Preamble to the Bill of Rights which says:
"THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution." (You won't hear that on TV either... or even at any of the law schools these days...)
Third, the wording of the Second Amendment is simple and very clear. It says:
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Monday, January 14, 2013
Thursday, December 20, 2012
We live in a insane world... But that doesn't mean we need to go insane...
The world we live in isn’t what it appears to be, there are a great deal of forces at work behind the scenes that make it appear to be something it is not. It is not a rational world, it is an irrational one.
This is primarily because: One, most people are ignorant of facts; Two, people have been taught to make decisions based on emotions rather than logic; Three, they have been handicapped by a public school system and media that serves as propaganda distribution networks and indoctrination institutions rather than serving as education or information outlets.
Luckily, we have the internet. And, similar to the time of the introduction of the printing press, which resulted in a period of turmoil and enlightenment we have an opportunity to break from the current paradigm into something much more beneficial to the common man and woman than anything before.
I will use the current gun debate as an example. First of all, the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution as well as all the other ten amendments that make up the Bill of Rights does not grant anybody any rights… it is recognizing the rights that people have and making it clear to those in government that in the conduct of their duties to govern, they have boundaries. The federal government was granted the authority to defend the nation from attack, set up a legal system, coin money, “regulate” (make regular) trade and commerce between the states and other nations and to impose taxes in the form of tariffs that are direct but also equally distributed as to be fair… and a few other minor things… and that’s it!
To make it even clearer to those in the Federal government, the Bill of Rights was added that in carrying out those duties there were things that were completely off limits. Was the Constitution perfect? No. But it was very restrictive to those in power.
By comparison, let’s say you have a pool and you hire a pool company to clean your pool once a week. You give them the authority to enter your back yard once a week and clean the pool and for that you will pay them an amount. You might add a few extra stipulations like the pool company’s representative is not authorized to enter your house, or drive your car, or eat your food, or use your credit card… etc.. Obviously, those things would generally be obvious but just to prevent any misunderstanding you make it clear. Essentially that was the function of the Bill of Rights.
Unfortunately, as Lord Acton said many years ago, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” And as John Marshall (one of our famous Supreme Court justices) stated “The power to tax is the power to destroy.” Put those two together and you can see where we are headed.
This is primarily because: One, most people are ignorant of facts; Two, people have been taught to make decisions based on emotions rather than logic; Three, they have been handicapped by a public school system and media that serves as propaganda distribution networks and indoctrination institutions rather than serving as education or information outlets.
Luckily, we have the internet. And, similar to the time of the introduction of the printing press, which resulted in a period of turmoil and enlightenment we have an opportunity to break from the current paradigm into something much more beneficial to the common man and woman than anything before.
I will use the current gun debate as an example. First of all, the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution as well as all the other ten amendments that make up the Bill of Rights does not grant anybody any rights… it is recognizing the rights that people have and making it clear to those in government that in the conduct of their duties to govern, they have boundaries. The federal government was granted the authority to defend the nation from attack, set up a legal system, coin money, “regulate” (make regular) trade and commerce between the states and other nations and to impose taxes in the form of tariffs that are direct but also equally distributed as to be fair… and a few other minor things… and that’s it!
To make it even clearer to those in the Federal government, the Bill of Rights was added that in carrying out those duties there were things that were completely off limits. Was the Constitution perfect? No. But it was very restrictive to those in power.
By comparison, let’s say you have a pool and you hire a pool company to clean your pool once a week. You give them the authority to enter your back yard once a week and clean the pool and for that you will pay them an amount. You might add a few extra stipulations like the pool company’s representative is not authorized to enter your house, or drive your car, or eat your food, or use your credit card… etc.. Obviously, those things would generally be obvious but just to prevent any misunderstanding you make it clear. Essentially that was the function of the Bill of Rights.
Unfortunately, as Lord Acton said many years ago, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” And as John Marshall (one of our famous Supreme Court justices) stated “The power to tax is the power to destroy.” Put those two together and you can see where we are headed.
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