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The Heller Question, ignored and begging to be asked
By: SaveOurGuns.com
March, 2008
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 2nd 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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