Wednesday, January 23, 2013

The Parsing of the 2nd Amendment

What the 2nd Amendment Says

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

What I Think It Says

I'm not the smartest guy in the world so I rely on research in most cases. The key word in the second amendment is the word 'militia'. Some on the left say is means the military and the second amendment means the military are the ones that should own the guns. Lets say for a moment that militia means the military. The commander in chief of the military is the president. He controls the military. The military consists of about 2.3 million troops active, Guard , and reserves.  Oh, before I forget, lets highlight another important word in the second amendment. That word is 'regulated'. One of the definitions of the word regulated is 'Control or supervise something by means of rules and regulations'. So to me a well regulated militia is one that is controlled of supervised by rules and regulations.

What happens when that control breaks down or the president commands the military to do something that jeopardizes the security of our free state? This is where the last part of the second amendment comes in. It is up to the people to regulate the militia and the only way that can be done is through our right to bear arms. There are approximately 300 million guns in the US. Yeah some may be single shot 22 cal. rifles but by just by mere numbers, we vastly out gun the military. That is a main reason my friends, why no country would ever think of invading our country. That is also the reason why a lot of countries would like to see our guns taken away.

We owe it to ourselves to defend our right to have guns with everything we have and if that right goes away, let the war begin.

 

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