(urth) The Politics Of Gene Wolfe
Jeff Wilson
jwilson at io.com
Thu Mar 19 05:57:57 PDT 2009
Cliff Judge wrote:
>
> I'm going to chime in late, well after the thread has outlived its
> usefulness, and share that I believe the Amendment was intended to keep
> arms among the citizenry to enable guerilla warfare against a tyrannical
> domestic government, or a foreign one.
Thank you!
> I find that the argument that "the government has far better weapons
> therefore it is moot" is automatic and rhetorical. I wish people who
> raised that argument would be honest that they make an assumption that
> the only possible scenario is one where the erstwhile evil government
> has total control of all of its armed forces.
Again, super!
> But more than anything I dislike the gun ownership movement in the US
> for maintaining that the Amendment actual provides the right to keep and
> bear arms for personal defense of self and home against individual
> crime. If you own weapons, and the lives of your family are threatened,
> by all means shoot first and live with the legal and moral consequences.
> But do not insist that you have the inherent right to own a gun to
> protect yourself against home invasions. This is not provided for by the
> Amendment.
Not by the 2nd Amendment alone, but the Fourth Amendment extends the
"free state" to include security in one's property and body.
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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
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