According to the tenth, the U.S. Constitution places the authority of the Federal government subordinate to the will of the States and the will of the people. It’s true that the U.S. Constitution is the “Supreme law of the land” but the spirit of the tenth is to place a pecking order of People -> State -> Fed and that all tempered with a healthy republican form of government.

As to the issue of gun control… it goes WAY beyond simple guns. The second talks about arms. Arms like in armament. Arms like in guns and bombs and tanks and such. Now, I have no personal interest in owning a tank. I couldn’t afford the fuel. Forget for a moment about the crooks vs the law-abiding-citizen argument, think about how that the most evil and plotting and disingenuous and deceiving people on earth control the tanks and bombs and bazooka’s. Think about how that with a signature or a phone call those can be used against the people.

Those are big thoughts for me. I’m not sure how to wrap my head around them, but while I’m trying, suddenly it makes a lot more sense when I think about how that Jefferson and Washington warned against peace-time large standing armies.

More big thoughts.

William Rawle defines the right of the people to keep and bear arms has a natural consequence or corollary of the need of an armed citizenry/militia.

The express need of an armed citizenry guarantee’s the right of the people to keep and bear arms as a duty and therefore absolute.

The Corollary or natural Consequence between the 2 clauses goes both ways, meaning the arms of the militia become the arms of the people and the arms of the people become the arms of the militia.

If you’re able-bodied not in prison or in a mental hospital it becomes your duty to be armed.
The 2A was written to reflect the earlier laws of the colonies and maintain the duty of the citizenry to be armed.

The Federal Const. is the law. State const. are second to the fed. not the other way around.

People suffering from mental illness and non-violent felons could all buy guns, yet crime was low, why?

It’s because we had a checks balances in our society that kept the Bad guys in check. An armed society is a civil society criminals prefer unarmed victims. Gun control only creates victims.

Prior to the 1930 Uniform Federal firearms act All person could buy and own guns. The law only banned violent felons like murders from buying and owning firearms.

Even this bill wouldn’t have been needed if they simply would have kept the violent offenders in prison. If you can’t trust these people in on the streets then keep their ass locked-up.

We live in a nation where a restraining order during a divorce can cause the loss of gun ownership even when there is NO threat of violence.

Being charged with a felony is so easy just question a cop and you risk being charged with assault.

Our rights are from God how can a Government limit a right that preexists law.

The words “shall not be infringed” at the time of the writing of the constitution was written has a commanding prohibition.

“Shall” is a command

“Not” is a Prohibition

“Infringed” in the law means “treaspass” which is entry and “transgress” which means “encroachment”

Thus a commanding prohibition on the entry and encroachment on the right to keep and bear arms.

THANKS!! Although I wish you had shot me an email about it sooner!

-Chad

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What does ‘dangerous and unusual weapons’ mean?

We are now on red alert. The next ruling could be the ‘big one’.