A 2nd Amendment argument you can use with anyone!Submitted by fyi2day on Thu, 01/17/2013 - 07:30
"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."
The second amendment quoted above is clear, punctuated by its closing independent clause.
Regardless of your personal feelings on this divisive subject, in an unprecedented 10 year climate of accelerated civil and personal liberty curtailment, we must all decide if we will live under the rule of law or the rule of men.
The United States Constitution is difficult to amend, some would contest purposefully. As defined in Article V, the Constitution can be amended in one of two ways. First, amendment can take place by a vote of two-thirds of both the House of Representatives and the Senate followed by a ratification of three-fourths of the various state legislatures (ratification by thirty-eight states would be required to ratify an amendment today). This first method of amendment is the only one used to date.
Second, the Constitution might be amended by a Convention called for this purpose by two-thirds of the state legislatures, if the Convention's proposed amendments are later ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures.
Because any amendment can be blocked by a mere thirteen states withholding approval (in either of their two houses), amendments don't come easy.
This is the law of the land.
Recent efforts of law makers and the administration to circumvent the most basic assurances of US Constitution are a clear violation of the oath of office of each elected Representative and could be construed as sedition or an act of treason by a reasonable jury.
Politicians should heed caution here as the eyes of the Republic draw on them to operate within the law. Failure to do so, could very well cost them their own freedom when hurdles to prosecution of these types crimes against the US Constitution, and the Republic for which it stands, are overcome by the people through peaceful means or an alternative not as appealing.
For more on how to read and defend the etymology, grammatical structure and meaning of the 2nd amendment see;
PRIVATE ARMS AS THE PALLADIUM OF LIBERTY: THE MEANING OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT - Ronald S. Resnick