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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Taking away the guns is how to enslave the people
by Raquel Okyay
01/21/2012
Gun control advocates have it all wrong. They believe the Constitution is a
document and agreement meant to be twisted and turned. They believe it
grants rights to politicians and lawmakers, when it does just the opposite.
They believe scare tactics will convince us that placing burdens on gun
owners will prevent violent crimes, when all the evidence suggests otherwise
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You see the Constitution governs the government. Then, the government can
govern the people. When the government attempts to bypass the governing
rule of the Constitution, it is not governing the people as a Constitutional
Republic, it is operating a sham.
Indeed, the people have certain rights, natural ones with gun rights being
one of them. So before we are quick to constrain gun sellers and buyers
because we sympathize with terrible incidences involving guns, let us first
recognize that bearing arms is considered a moral and natural right, dating
back centuries.
Marcu Tullius Cicero a Roman Statesman says the following in 52BC:
“There exists a law, not written down anywhere, but in our hearts; a law
which comes to us not by training or custom or reading; a law which has come
to us not from theory but from practice; not by instruction by natural
intuition: I refer to the law which lays it down that, of our lives are
endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every
method of protecting ourselves is morally right.”
John Locke (1632 1704), an English Philosopher and Protestant, believed in
natural rights whereby no man can asunder; those rights being “life,
liberty and property” but because man is infinitely sinful a “social
contract” between the people and the government is needed for tranquility.
Locke’s understanding would influence both English law and America’s
founding fathers. King James II, a Catholic King once removed firearms from
the possession of Protestants. In turn, Locke’s treatise on government
paved the way to enact laws reaffirming a right to bear arms, so that all
the people’s rights were preserved.
“The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge
freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there
is no law, there is no freedom. “ ~ John Locke
The American Revolution would not have succeeded if not for the weaponry of
the Patriots and their bravery to confront the British.
From "A Journal of the Times," calling the citizens of Boston to arm
themselves in response to British abuses of power, 1769:
"Instances of the licentious and outrageous behavior of the military
conservators of the peace still multiply upon us, some of which are of such
nature and have been carried to so great lengths as must serve fully to
evince that a late vote of this town, calling upon the inhabitants to
provide themselves with arms for their defense, was a measure as prudent as
it was legal. It is a natural right which the people have reserved to
themselves, confirmed by the [English] Bill of Rights, to keep arms for
their own defense, and as Mr. Blackstone observes, it is to be made use of
when the sanctions of society and law are found insufficient to restrain the
violence of oppression."
Language and words have meaning. Actions are moral and immoral. Men and
women are different. The current secular media and government like to blur
certain truths and natural rights. They do this because the seek power and
control.
The Second Amendment is clear as day; it reaffirms a natural right of man to
protect himself, and it asks that the government not infringe on this right.
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who
approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright
force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined. The great object is
that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun." ~ Patrick
Henry
Raquel Okyay is a conservative writer and activist in New York State. She is
a Conservative Party Leader and Founder of Ulster Orange Tea Party. Raquel
also serves on the Board of Directors of NYS Right to Life. You can follow
her on twitter @RQPoliticalBlog | S*********n
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: Taking away the guns is how to enslave the people
: by Raquel Okyay
: 01/21/2012
: Gun control advocates have it all wrong. They believe the Constitution is a
: document and agreement meant to be twisted and turned. They believe it
: grants rights to politicians and lawmakers, when it does just the opposite.
: They believe scare tactics will convince us that placing burdens on gun
: owners will prevent violent crimes, when all the evidence suggests otherwise
: .
: You see the Constitution governs the government. Then, the government can
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