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Showing Original Post only (View all)NEW DISCOVERY: First Half of Second Amendment [View all]
I was unaware there was a first half to the second amendment, said Wayne LaPierre, NRA Vice President. I always just assumed it only read, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. I had no idea that it meant to arm the standing state militias at the time. It apparently also says, A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state.. Well I guess a well regulated militia is no longer necessary seeing as we have the United States Military, and the National Guard at the ready to protect us. Im going to have to rethink everything. Now, Im just going to have to be honest with my true intentions and can no longer use the second amendment as my reason for so many guns in the U.S. Now, Ill just to say its because Im in deep with the gun manufacturers and am trying to make as much money as possible. Dang it! This is going to take a lot of PR to overcome.
This new discovery comes a time of great debate over the pursuit seemingly limitless firearm ownership. People have now seen the first half of the second amendment states that if federally regulated militias are necessary, they may be fully armed. However, state militias are no longer necessary due to the United States military. It seems the second half of the second amendment was to arm the first half of the second amendment. Perhaps the second amendment may really need to be updated to meet current requirements and standards of necessary ownership. It definitely puts a kink in the NRAs plan of having an every man, woman, and child for themselves mentality like that of the Wild West or Prehistoric times before civilization taught us we work better in tribes (communities).
Free Wood Post will keep you updated as news of this discovery ripples throughout the nation.
http://www.freewoodpost.com/2014/05/27/new-discovery-first-half-of-second-amendment/
Yes, this was SATIRE.
If only it was so easy to delete generations of propaganda and the commercialized gun culture that play on the fear and lack of self of those desperately seeking some form of identity.
But it is something to think about as we tackle the commonly accepted meme that guns are part of being a patriot, since they are necessary to overthrow government. We know who held the closest that philosophy, the Confederacy, and they did NOT agree with the Constitution that many have enjoyed basic freedoms or if not, used the ideal of being created equal to protect them.
The Founders did not allow rebellion, and that militia in the first half of the Second Amendment was made to protect that government, and not to destroy it. We fought a civil war to maintain the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Tearing it down will NOT result in those being the law of the land.
I posit that the failure of regulating military style weapons, that is, those that are designed to kill quickly a lot of people, endangers gun possession as a whole. To claim that the only purpose of owning is to protect the very right to bear arms under the 2A without taking into context the society at large, is in itself illogical and irrational.
Some say they need guns to protect themselves from the government and are fighting to shut down the federal government will eliminate their rights by killing the document put in place to guard that.
Call for a Constitutional Convention as Paul Ryan and the Koch Brothers want and you will live under the boot of the paramilitary or private militias of the rich. And the individual gun owner will NOT be able to protect themselves in a society run by criminal gangs.
The 'revolutionaries' we have heard for so long, have no real grasp of history, despite spouting slogans and claiming they are 'awake' and everyone else is stupid. It's the Dunning Kruger Effect, they are so confident since they are shallow thinkers, easily driven by passions generated by those will discard them after they've done the dirty work for them.
JHMO.
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These idiots bought huge amounts of ammo, created a shortage, then claimed the gov caused it. They
Mnemosyne
Jun 2014
#1
I grew up in a CSA state. My words are from their leaders and my life. Kindly read my posts here:
freshwest
Jun 2014
#7
Not just in their feeble minds. They run the House of Representatives and many states.
freshwest
Jun 2014
#11
One of the things I've mentioed is this is the result of having a zoned out population...
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2014
#13
They were also necessary to repel the British. That is what it meant, and slavery was legal in both
freshwest
Jun 2014
#8