tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post7762531206028070852..comments2023-10-31T04:37:20.113-07:00Comments on Bloviating Zeppelin: The Second Amendment & The Obama AdministrationBloviating Zeppelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-66185115894478906912009-04-01T06:09:00.000-07:002009-04-01T06:09:00.000-07:00The right to bear arms is not only personal but su...The right to bear arms is not only personal but supports the Art. 1, Sec. 10 clause:<BR/><BR/>"No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, <B>unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay</B>."<BR/><BR/>For States to have the right to step away from the federal government in those instances, the people of the States have the right to bear arms so as to keep safety not only for themselves, but for their States. The founders were not fools and put in that clause so as to negate attempts of the federal government to disarm not only the people, but the States which depend upon their home militias *beyond* the organized reserve. The unorganized part, via the Dick Act, is recognized for all law abiding firearms owners and others with the knowledge of lethal arms. For the State to be able to call upon an armed citizenry, the citizenry must be armed - and for the States to be able to self-protect when the federal government is lax or unwilling to protect the States, this is doubly so.<BR/><BR/>I have some deep problems with the idea of the federal government telling the States what their citizens can and cannot have in the way of arms (any arms) as the ownership of all but crew-served weapons was a recognized right at the time of the founding in Britain. And even then you could own it, just keep it on your property... no trotting it out to the local town meeting... so, yes, individuals could own cannons and other heavy arms.<BR/><BR/>These are things that cannot be legislated away: the right to defend yourself is not a subject of the laws of man, but the laws of nature. Attempts to put the laws of man in that realm are tyrannical... those who push them seek tyranny.A Jacksonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07607888697879327120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-50239319068100743852009-03-30T17:56:00.000-07:002009-03-30T17:56:00.000-07:00BZ,I understand your situation. It seemed when I ...BZ,<BR/>I understand your situation. It seemed when I was on the PD that I had a lot less rights than the scumbags I was arresting. That included supporting political candidates and being threatened with Hatch Act violations. Don't miss it.Law and Order Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11069306257334186404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-18527811981330656662009-03-30T13:59:00.000-07:002009-03-30T13:59:00.000-07:00There are entirely too many of us, look, it took 7...There are entirely too many of us, look, it took 7 years for the U.S. Army to bring Iraq to the point where they are still having attacks, still have all kinds of armed Sunnis and so forth, Iraq is the same size as Texas... <BR/><BR/>What in the hell can they DO with a full nation the size of the USA??<BR/><BR/>Very little that We, The People don't ALLOW them to do!<BR/><BR/>Grow a set America, these SOBs can't hurt us unless WE let them...TexasFredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06412925337032937983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-72291898073668409062009-03-30T12:06:00.000-07:002009-03-30T12:06:00.000-07:00Forewarned is forearmed. We need a network to anno...Forewarned is forearmed. We need a network to announce "They are coming" when they finally decide to come for the guns. It was this that touched off the first battle of the revolution and those idiots in Washington seem determined to repeat that mistake. I would rather end it electorally in 2010 but the idiots know they will probably lose that election and so want to force people's hands.shoprathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05265612188236394307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-58306625483492957202009-03-30T10:06:00.000-07:002009-03-30T10:06:00.000-07:00This is the time when, perhaps if you have a few d...This is the time when, perhaps if you have a few dollars to spare, you really should be writing a check to the NRA. I just did. They're the only lobby sufficiently large to try to hold on to the 2nd.<BR/><BR/>BZBloviating Zeppelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-7996462439898650242009-03-30T09:58:00.000-07:002009-03-30T09:58:00.000-07:00I agree with you, BZ, and with Fred too.Do you rea...I agree with you, BZ, and with Fred too.<BR/><BR/>Do you really think they can pull off disarming the American public? Won't that push people over the edge? I mean, how far do you think they can go before they have a full blown rebellion on their hands?<BR/><BR/>Sorry for all the questions. I'm just amazed and horrified at what this administration is doing!Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02540710405153666843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-33399832579826823632009-03-30T09:29:00.000-07:002009-03-30T09:29:00.000-07:00Well, I AM retired, so screw em, the sons a bitche...Well, I AM retired, so screw em, the sons a bitches in DC, Rahm, Obama and Holder, are avowed gun grabbers and want nothing more than to take every gun OUT of the hands of honest, sane and responsible gun owners all over this nation... <BR/><BR/>They, for some strange reason, believe this will stop ALL the gun violence in this nation as well as the export of supposed LEGALLY bought weapons, <I>AND EXPLOSIVES</I> from flowing into Mexico...<BR/><BR/>Rahm, Obama and Holder are goddamned morons... The new <I>3 Stooges</I>...TexasFredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06412925337032937983noreply@blogger.com