An unarmed nation
Posted in Straight Shooter by R Lee Wrights on February 22nd, 2009 by Jessi Winchester, author of America: The Final Chapter
The Second Amendment guarantees citizens the right to keep and bear arms - period. It didn’t put conditions or restrictions on that right. It simply guaranteed “the right of the people to keep and bear arms” and that that right “shall not be infringed.” It didn’t state that troops who were given guns and sent to war to fight for the freedom of America and the liberties guaranteed under the Constitution, would return only to be declared “a risk” for firearm ownership because the government decided war injuries had rendered them “psychologically unstable” and therefore, they would be denied gun ownership as civilians.
It didn’t state that certain firearms should be banned or that guns should be registered with a government that could use that registration to locate and round up those registered firearms.
It didn’t state that firearms could be declared “illegal” and the owner arrested if found in a vehicle within a certain range of a school. In fact, the Second Amendment was restriction free, which means actions over time to circumvent the law and render it useless, are simply unconstitutional. In their wisdom and foresight, the Founders recognized that the time could come when government so flagrantly compromised the Second Amendment that firearm ownership would simply be under assault making Americans vulnerable to a dictatorship. That time has come.
Even the word ‘militia’ within the Second Amendment has been interpreted to mean different things over the decades and has been bastardized by current government propaganda and the liberal media to mean something evil.
George Washington stated, “A free people … should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.” From that time forward as government became more and more concerned that armed citizens might rise up against their own government, administrations have imposed ways to get around the Second Amendment in an effort to disarm the nation. There are more and more restrictions on gun sales, the ability to obtain ammunition and parts, rigid registration measures, and intimidation to disarm citizens. The new administration is circumventing the Second Amendment by coming down hard on gun related manufacturers through regulations and restrictions, which makes it impossible to obtain firearm related accessories and ammunition and thereby renders firearms useless without having to outright ban the constitutional amendment.
The biggest assault on gun ownership may be imminent with the Obama administration. Not only were firearms disappearing from supplier’s shelves in droves as soon as Obama was elected but within the first month of his administration suppliers had virtually no ammo or accessories. Americans knew the government’s assault on private citizen protection had reached a crisis point when gun related catalogs carried this disclaimer: “Our right to “Keep and Bear Arms” is on the liberals’ agenda resulting in erratic sales and astronomical price increases on ammunition, magazines, and assault weapons gear. Prices may have increased and inventories depleted from the time this catalog was printed. Please see our website for product availability and pricing. Stock up now before the inventory is forever gone.”
It didn’t take Obama and the 111th Congress long to propose dictatorial legislation that would nail the coffin for rights under the Second Amendment. HR-45 would simply render the Second Amendment void. It would require a license for handguns and semiautomatic firearms, including those already in citizens’ possession. Applicants must be thumbprinted and sign a certification that their gun would NOT be kept in a place where it could be used by the owner’s family for self-defense. The applicant would be required to provide ALL psychiatric records, pass an exam, and pay a $25 fee. The license would have to be renewed after five years, at which time the government could revoke it. The bill would outlaw private sales and ALL gun transaction reports would be required to be filed with the Attorney General. All transactions would be subject to the Brady check, loaded firearms for self-defense would be a criminal offense, a 10-year criminal penalty and unlimited regulatory and inspection authority would be established, and vague ‘crimes by omission’ such as failure to report would be a ‘catch-al’ for anything not specifically stated in the bill. Goodbye Second Amendment; hello tyranny.
An unarmed nation is a nation heading for dictatorship. Current legislation before Congress such as HR-45 is the most Draconian and aggressive yet. America is no longer free and the most basic of constitutional rights is being denied citizens in a round-about manner that will prevent freedom loving Americans from protecting themselves from their own government.
Excerpt (part of a chapter) from America: The Final Chapter
Copyright © Jessi Winchester 2009, All Rights Reserved
FrankInFL said,
February 23, 2009 @ 5:26 pm
The 2nd amendment exists to enable the forcible overthrow of a government gone to tyrannical seed.
Allowing the government to decide which arms are appropriate to overthrowing it is cuckoo.
Allowing the government to decide which persons may participate in overthrowing it is likewise cuckoo.