jerkface11
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The power of the sword, say the minority..., is in the hands of Congress.
My friends and countrymen, it is not so, for The powers of the sword are in the hands of the yeomanry of America from sixteen to sixty.
The militia of these free commonwealths, entitled and accustomed to their arms, when compared with any possible army, must be tremendous and irresistible. Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom. Congress has no power to disarm the militia. Their swords and every terrible implement of the soldier are the birthright of Americans.
The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments but where, I trust in God, it will always remain, in the hands of the people.
That's because We The People have allowed them to get away with it for so long under the implied promise of more safety.Odd that it took the SCOTUS so long to rule that the 2nd Amendment was an individual right. Funny how that among the first ten amendments, the "bill of rights", only the 2nd would ever be held to be considered to protect the government's rights. How absurd is that?
These words means nothing to those who do not believe that the Constitution is anything more than faded paper in a glass box.How much clearer can the words shall not be infringed be?
How much clearer can the words shall not be infringed be?
These words means nothing to those who do not believe that the Constitution is anything more than faded paper in a glass box.
If China ever decides to collect its money, the first place they'll land is California.
Try not paying some of your billsYes, because we all know that collecting debt by executing a land invasion of one of the most militarily powerful nations in all of history makes perfect financial sense.
To cover all my basesand I say if, not when, because of the intricacies of international trade and economies, any act of war from a major nation on another would cause the inevitable collapse of the first nations economy due to trade embargo's etc.
That's right.Yes, because we all know that collecting debt by executing a land invasion of one of the most militarily powerful nations in all of history makes perfect financial sense.
Yes, because we all know that collecting debt by executing a land invasion of one of the most militarily powerful nations in all of history makes perfect financial sense.
But right now I'm happy with the Supreme Court's latest decision that some laws go to far.
Let each state and locality decide.
I believe the second amendment was written as threat to dissolve the Union if slavery was threatened. Thank you Mister Lincoln for holding this nation together and ending slavery.
You're okay if the state or locality in which you reside passes a law that goes too far. (?)
Or...You're okay with whatever some state or locality does as long as it doesn't affect you.
Or...You're generally okay with a political entity...whose membership has no stake in what happens to you and yours...passing a restrictive/infringing law on an inalienable right that was...and is...guaranteed by the US Constitution.
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I believe the second amendment was written as threat to dissolve the Union if slavery was threatened. Thank you Mister Lincoln for holding this nation together and ending slavery.
You're kidding, right?
"States rights is another matter entirely. They no longer exist, thank honest Abe for that."