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by YankeeJim | June 29, 2010 at 05:03 am
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Based on the US Constitution it is as plain as day, citizens have the right to bear arms. Unfortunately, there remains sufficient need in the USA for people to arm themselves against others in society who might invade their privacy and assault them with weapons, or simply use a gun in a public place to commit a crime.
The original intent, I think, was to permit citizens to form a militia to protect their interests against an overreaching Federal Government or to enhance the needs of a Federal Government to thwart an invasion from external enemies.
Clear scope, scale, and nature of the problems and environment is exceedingly more complex today than at the time the Constitution was written.
There are many topics in the Constitution defining how government works that may need fresh attention, and quibbling about guns would not be my top priority.
I simply conclude that in this man’s remaining life time, guns will be with us. If that is some measure of human progress, then I guess I don’t understand humanity very well.
“Supreme Court affirms fundamental right to bear arms
By Robert Barnes and Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 29, 2010The Second Amendment provides Americans a fundamental right to bear arms that cannot be violated by state and local governments, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a long-sought victory for gun rights advocates.
The 5 to 4 decision does not strike down any gun-control laws, nor does it elaborate on what kind of laws would offend the Constitution. One justice predicted that an "avalanche" of lawsuits would be filed across the country asking federal judges to define the boundaries of gun ownership and government regulation.
But Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., who wrote the opinion for the court's dominant conservatives, said: "It is clear that the Framers . . . counted the right to keep and bear arms among those fundamental rights necessary to our system of ordered liberty."
The decision extended the court's 2008 ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller that "the Second Amendment protects a personal right to keep and bear arms for lawful purposes, most notably for self-defense within the home." That decision applied only to federal laws and federal enclaves such as Washington; it was the first time the court had said there was an individual right to gun ownership rather than one related to military service.”
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Dwightwannabe (not verified)at 08:55 on June 29th, 2010
"The original intent, I think, was to permit citizens to form a militia.... " Hey Jim! It's official! You "think" wrong.
at 09:21 on June 29th, 2010
The debate about gun and its senseless use has been going on since guns were invented.As far as senselessness goes,men are born with it,shall die with it,guns or no guns.I don't find any co-relation between gun and senselessness.In my humble and illinformed opinion having a gun to protect one from some one's else gun is senselessness.The prime duty of a state to provide security to its citizen should not be shifted to guns,that too is tantamount to senselessness.One question keeps me restless,if we can live with senselessness,why can't we with guns?
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Sbrown (not verified)at 09:28 on June 29th, 2010
Hey Jim! I second Dwight's comment above! You thought WAY wrong! Common sense will ALWAYS prevail - it might take a while, but given time it'll dictate the outcome of these fundamental arguments.
at 18:05 on June 29th, 2010
@Sbrown(not verified).Common sense,some thing very uncommon,rarely prevails.So far history of war and peace tells exactly that.
at 22:55 on June 29th, 2010
People make the gun the problem. A simple tool, and call for it's public ban. At the same time justify the use and intent of criminal behavior as victim of an unjust society.
People even go so far as to glorify gangbangers, bikers, mafia types, and other social deviants while screaming invectives at anyone who made their reputation contributing positively to society.
at 10:22 on June 29th, 2010
What was the original intent, and yes I am corrected often.
at 10:24 on June 29th, 2010
A holster in every household for every man, woman ,and child and a six shooter for every holster and enough ammo to hold off a posse.
at 10:27 on June 29th, 2010
"The right to keep and bear arms, often referred as the right to bear arms or the right to have arms, is the assertion that people have a personal right to "weapon(s)" for individual use, or a collective right to bear arms in a militia, or both. In this context, "arms" refers to a variety of weapons and armor and to "bear arms" meant to wage war.[1]" WIki
So it was not to ward off an overreaching Federal Government...that idea showed up at a Tea Party.
at 10:54 on June 29th, 2010
I would be interested if you could complete your thought.
at 02:26 on June 30th, 2010
True to our fault, some people are the problem.