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There was a time not so far back in the past where Americans could find common ground with idea that they did not trust their government. Before the attacks on 911 the United States was somewhat “united” in their fight to keep government under the watchful eye of its people. There was an estimated 76 percent of American people surveyed that believed that peace and safety within the borders was a worthy cause and that it was the responsibility of every American to provide for the common defense.
In that time Americans knew their Constitution, they knew the true meaning of rights as they were detailed. They knew that their second Amendment right would never infringed or questioned and their first amendment rights were not based in how far they could go, but how much could be expressed against their government and not an excuse to hate someone else’s race or religious affiliation.
The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution states: “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 reference to a “well regulated” militia, probably conjures up a connotation at odds with the meaning intended by the Framers. In today’s English, the term “well regulated” probably implies heavy and intense government regulation. However, that conclusion is erroneous.
The words “well regulated” had a far different meaning at the time the Second Amendment was drafted. In the context of the Constitution’s provisions for Congressional power over certain aspects of the militia, and in the context of the Framers’ definition of “militia,” government regulation was not the intended meaning. Rather, the term meant only what it says, that the necessary militia be well regulated, but not by the national government.
The overriding purpose of the Framers in guaranteeing the right of the people to keep and bear arms was as a check on the standing army, which the Constitution gave the Congress the power to “raise and support.”
A well armed public and a well armed militia was necessary to keep checks and balances on the national governments standing Army. They would take oaths and would swear to uphold the constitution against enemies both foreign and domestic.
It was the public’s responsibilities to self govern when the national government couldn’t. The public had to secure the promise of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. There was no party division amongst the people when it came to securing our borders and protecting us from militarized forces provide by the state.
We believed in equality under the law. We were proud to say that we were one nation under God. We knew that every member of the United States had the freedom to worship god according to what his conscience or his heart told him. He was never told where he could worship, who he had to worship, or what he should worship.
We were mature enough to establish that if a man in the country worshipped his own god in his own way that he most certainly was part of an even greater unity.
(More at site. Soundcloud of show avail. in the morning.)
There was a time not so far back in the past where Americans could find common ground with idea that they did not trust their government. Before the attacks on 911 the United States was somewhat “united” in their fight to keep government under the watchful eye of its people. There was an estimated 76 percent of American people surveyed that believed that peace and safety within the borders was a worthy cause and that it was the responsibility of every American to provide for the common defense.
In that time Americans knew their Constitution, they knew the true meaning of rights as they were detailed. They knew that their second Amendment right would never infringed or questioned and their first amendment rights were not based in how far they could go, but how much could be expressed against their government and not an excuse to hate someone else’s race or religious affiliation.
The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution states: “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 reference to a “well regulated” militia, probably conjures up a connotation at odds with the meaning intended by the Framers. In today’s English, the term “well regulated” probably implies heavy and intense government regulation. However, that conclusion is erroneous.
The words “well regulated” had a far different meaning at the time the Second Amendment was drafted. In the context of the Constitution’s provisions for Congressional power over certain aspects of the militia, and in the context of the Framers’ definition of “militia,” government regulation was not the intended meaning. Rather, the term meant only what it says, that the necessary militia be well regulated, but not by the national government.
The overriding purpose of the Framers in guaranteeing the right of the people to keep and bear arms was as a check on the standing army, which the Constitution gave the Congress the power to “raise and support.”
A well armed public and a well armed militia was necessary to keep checks and balances on the national governments standing Army. They would take oaths and would swear to uphold the constitution against enemies both foreign and domestic.
It was the public’s responsibilities to self govern when the national government couldn’t. The public had to secure the promise of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. There was no party division amongst the people when it came to securing our borders and protecting us from militarized forces provide by the state.
We believed in equality under the law. We were proud to say that we were one nation under God. We knew that every member of the United States had the freedom to worship god according to what his conscience or his heart told him. He was never told where he could worship, who he had to worship, or what he should worship.
We were mature enough to establish that if a man in the country worshipped his own god in his own way that he most certainly was part of an even greater unity.
(More at site. Soundcloud of show avail. in the morning.)
