Reasonable limits should be placed on the RKBA. When thinking of the Constitution, most think it of as having 3 branches, the Executive, the Legislative and the Judicial Branch, but the Constitution in fact distributes the powers to 3 other groups, the federal govt, the States and the People, not necessarily in that order. For instance: Amendment II A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a freestate , the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. What does the above mean to you? This is how I read it: 1. As per the Founding Fathers, a regulated militia is necessary (and, right or wrong, the Constitution as not been amended to say other wise). 2. The fedl govt hasn't got constitutional authority to stop people from having guns, any people, or any guns. It is patently out of their jurisdiction! Any USG limitations are an infringement of the rights of all the people, including Mexicans who won their independence from Mexico in 1836 and nearly a decade later, petitioned to join the USA .. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/daybyday/03-02-001.html and as a Republic, joined the United States 9 years later. http://www.lsjunction.com/docs/annex.htm 3. The Founders condensed all of the above in a simple, unambiguous single (some would say run-on) sentence, seemingly incomprehensible by Supreme Court Justices. Those arbitrators of Justice think it gives them the right not only to infringe (around the edges) but the power amend or delete as well. Please note; the Founders did not put any of these limitations on the states, but neither did they say “the right of the people to keep and bear arms” could not be infringed in anyway. It is not a privilege. Citizens do not require permission. The Constitution does not limit the RKBA in any way (e.g., for hunting only.) The only way these words can be ignored is by going through the amendment process delineated in Article V of the Constitution. Anything less, like the Brady Bill or labeling them “assault rifles,” even if thought reasonable by 5 or even 9 black-robed tyrants of the SCOTUS, is a breach of the Great Contract with the people that created and authorizes the very existent of the USG in its entirety. My conclusion is: We are in fact living under the power of an omniscient all-powerful, unlimited defacto govt, which has no resemblance to the one authorized. The govt has repeatedly and willfully, ignored the limitations of their license and granted them by ratification by the states. They have trampled the Constitution to death and are an illegal, unconstitutional, outlaw govt which reigns over US. What part of this do you not agree? BKBA issue addresed by SCOTUS in Heller case in June 2008 Http://www.nraila.org/heller/ If the 2nd amendment does not apply to the states, then neither does the first Amendment http://www.newswithviews.com/LeMieux/michael115.htm Global gun control law pushed by Secty of State Clinton Jim Kouri http://www.examiner.com/article/global-gun-control-law-pushed-by-clinton When replying to this message, plz cc [email protected] To be cont’d tomorrow. Rich Martin -- “If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.” Winston S. Churchill -- To join RichsRants, send email to: [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/richsrants?hl=en
