David Codrea is a long-time gun owner rights advocate who defiantly challenges the folly of citizen disarmament.
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Limited government and unlimited government…
“they’re the same picture.”
“It is, perhaps, a fact provocative of sour mirth that the Bill of Rights was designed trustfully to prohibit forever two of the favorite crimes of all known governments: the seizure of private property without adequate compensation and the invasion of the citizen’s liberty without justifiable cause…. It is a fact provocative of mirth yet more sour that the execution of these prohibitions was put into the hands of courts, which is to say, into the hands of lawyers, which is to say, into the hands of men specifically educated to discover legal excuses for dishonest, dishonorable and anti-social acts.”
–H.L. MENCKEN
Funny, I thought I had it memorized, but then i read that quote and wasn’t sure, so just to be safe I re-read the 2nd Amendment.
IANAL and didn’t go to Harvard or Yale, but I didn’t see where it says, “… the right of law-abiding, responsible citizens to keep and bear Arms,” or follow that with, “may be infringed wherever the government deems it a compelling interest to do so.”
No, my copy reads, “… the right of the People to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” [emphasis mine]
Is my copy wrong?
H. L. Mencken was the great American philosopher you never hear of because he said things that the establishment couldn’t bear to hear. Here’s one of my favs:
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
― H.L. Mencken, On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe
Sounds like another of Joe’s “You can’t buy a cannon” gaffes.
The Bill of Rights is not a smorgasbord. None of its provisions say what the New York Times wish they said. Each and every part of it says what the Founders wrote. After all, it took them quite a long time to distill their experience in war, with the abuses of a strong government run amok, and the protections of the various state documents, to come up with the exact wording that fit their purposes.
And not one word of it was intended to make the job of any government any easier.
I can see someone being able to make the case for disarming those who, after due process, are confined to a correctional or mental health care facility but only for the period of their confinement.
Or as some famous guy said “If they can’t be trusted with a gun they can’t be trusted without a custodian.”
Limited government and unlimited government…
“they’re the same picture.”
“It is, perhaps, a fact provocative of sour mirth that the Bill of Rights was designed trustfully to prohibit forever two of the favorite crimes of all known governments: the seizure of private property without adequate compensation and the invasion of the citizen’s liberty without justifiable cause…. It is a fact provocative of mirth yet more sour that the execution of these prohibitions was put into the hands of courts, which is to say, into the hands of lawyers, which is to say, into the hands of men specifically educated to discover legal excuses for dishonest, dishonorable and anti-social acts.”
–H.L. MENCKEN
Funny, I thought I had it memorized, but then i read that quote and wasn’t sure, so just to be safe I re-read the 2nd Amendment.
IANAL and didn’t go to Harvard or Yale, but I didn’t see where it says, “… the right of law-abiding, responsible citizens to keep and bear Arms,” or follow that with, “may be infringed wherever the government deems it a compelling interest to do so.”
No, my copy reads, “… the right of the People to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” [emphasis mine]
Is my copy wrong?
H. L. Mencken was the great American philosopher you never hear of because he said things that the establishment couldn’t bear to hear. Here’s one of my favs:
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
― H.L. Mencken, On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe
Sounds like another of Joe’s “You can’t buy a cannon” gaffes.
The Bill of Rights is not a smorgasbord. None of its provisions say what the New York Times wish they said. Each and every part of it says what the Founders wrote. After all, it took them quite a long time to distill their experience in war, with the abuses of a strong government run amok, and the protections of the various state documents, to come up with the exact wording that fit their purposes.
And not one word of it was intended to make the job of any government any easier.
I can see someone being able to make the case for disarming those who, after due process, are confined to a correctional or mental health care facility but only for the period of their confinement.
Or as some famous guy said “If they can’t be trusted with a gun they can’t be trusted without a custodian.”