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The Heller Question, ignored and begging to be asked

With the Supreme Court about to render a decision in DC v. Heller, there is a lot of lengthy discussion and questions posed. However, citizens should remember that the Supreme Court is without actual power to alter the 2nd Amendment. From this perspective, a decision which changes the "unalienable right to keep and bear arms", and its original purpose, would be null and void. On the other hand, from a practical standpoint, any such decision would be "enforceable" since the government would use force, indeed deadly force, to compel compliance with the terms of any wrongful decision. Remember, the purpose of the 2nd Amendment is to guarantee that the citizens retain their power through force of arms (as a last resort) to regain their freedoms in the event that the government becomes tyrannical / oppressive. Any government intent on tyranny and oppression would welcome a decision that declares that the right is an individual right, but then effectively guts such finding with the caveat that it is subject to "reasonable" regulation or "compelling state interest" standards. Ultimately, in the event of tyranny and oppression, it comes down to force of arms as was the case of the American Revolution. The order of King George to disarm the citizens was being enforced as government troops marched on Lexington and Concord. Obviously, the order to disarm was deemed a very "compelling" state interest from the perspective of the King. Of course, that "compelling" state interest of disarming the citizen "subjects" on April 19, 1775 was resisted when the government troops were met with deadly gun fire. Remember, it was after such turn of events that the framers drafted the 2nd Amendment, and it clearly states that the right to keep and bear arms "shall not be infringed". Recall that this is the God given unalienable right which protects all of the rest of our Bill of Rights and freedoms from tyranny and oppression. Government, and government officials, did not "give" us any of our Bill of Rights or freedoms. Further, the 2^nd Amendment provides forceful meaning to the provision of the Declaration of Independence that ultimately, "we the people" (the militia), maintain the power to "alter or to abolish" our form of government. During the American Revolution, it was "we the people" who rose up in armed combat against a tyrannical and oppressive government using the same type of arms used by the military of the tyrant. Today, such weapons would include the automatic weapons carried by the soldier on the battlefield. Black robes don't need to tell us what they (government officials), now "want" the words to mean.

With the continuing attacks on our individual liberties and our Bill of Rights, the real question, that seems to be ignored, is: will the decision of the Supreme Court, and its aftermath, bring America to the brink of armed revolution, and ignite another April 19, 1775?

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