Emailed Bill this:
Let’s look at the wording of the 2nd. "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." I consider the 2nd to be in two parts. The first being a Militia to secure a free state. People, do you realize what this means? This is NOT about a freaking National Guard. This is about a 4 Branch of Government – The Governed – that puts Checks and Balances against the other 3 Branches. We are all a part of this 4th Branch. We are the Citizens, the Voters, and we are what the Legislative Branch is supposed to Represent and what the other 2 branches are supposed to protect. Our Government is supposed to be “For the People, By the Peopleâ€â€¦ and it can’t be unless The People have the means to check the Government. Look at the first two amendments in the bill of rights – it insures our right to check the Government. As a new nation, we had just gone through this and they knew this to be an important part of the stability of the new government. The weapons of the time were muskets and cannon. We were already seeing revolutions in small arms back then. Rifles were a HUGE advance over the muskets. This gave the colonials greater range and accuracy that trumped the capabilities of the Brown Bess musket that the Red Coats carried. It is argued that Congress at the time could not foresee high capacity machineguns like the M-16 or weapons such as an RPG. Brothers and Sisters of the Horde – I submit to you that all such advances in small arms were taken into account in the wording. I humbly suggest that when they said “Keep and Bear Arms†they were talking about all “Small Arms†as defined by contemporary military terminology. Small Arms are weapon systems that are Man Portable and do not require mounting to ships or tanks. So while we should probably not be allowed to have an M1 Abrams – We should ABSOLUTELY be allowed to have the RPGs or AT-4s so that we can combat the M1. Look, I am not a Revolutionary espousing an uprising or any of that bull????. I’m just saying that The People according to the Founding Father’s intent – has the Right to own – AND BEAR - such arms as are necessary for the security of a free state. Machine Guns – Yes. RPGs – Yes. M1 Abrams, maybe not. F-18 Hornet – maybe not. Stinger Missiles to combat the F-18? Indeed, YES. THE SECOND AMENDMENT ISN’T ABOUT HUNTING – ITS ABOUT FIGHTING. ITS ABOUT COMBATING AN OPPRESSIVE GOVERNMENT. THAT MEANS ITS ALL ABOUT GUNS LIKE THE AK-47 WEATHER THEY ARE POLITICALLY CORRECT OR NOT.