tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post728973753650829047..comments2024-03-29T06:30:37.772-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Around the blogs - a Newtown Massacre special editionPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-47105920693168228562012-12-24T12:55:22.013-06:002012-12-24T12:55:22.013-06:00There is an aspect to this that I haven't seen...There is an aspect to this that I haven't seen much discussed, although the satire at POPEHAT was about it. Gun Control Laws are unconstitutional. Period. The Amendment in question says "Shall not be infringed". That's pretty damn broad. Furthermore, it does not limit its prohibition to Congress, as the First Amendment does. Never mind the lawyerese, or the doubletalk from politicians; If you interpret the Second Amendment by the rules of English Grammar it plainly states that the right to keep and bear arms shall not be limited, metered, tracked, taxed, licensed, or limited. The only limitation I can see that could be argued is that it DOES say keep AND BEAR, so one could argue that weapons not commonly used by a single person (such as, say, belt-fed machine guns) were not covered.<br /><br />Now, I am well aware that the government does not honor the Constitution in anything like strict detail. And I am also well aware that a large portion of our society would have screaming conniptions if it started to. But a State that holds itself above the Law is a hell of a lot more dangerous than any number of individual maniacs, as the history of the 20th Century can attest. <br /><br />I do not own a gun. I'm not totally convinced that I should own a gun (I am moderately dangerous with tools). But I AM totally convinced that no Gun Control Advocate who is not prepared to propose and defend a Constitutional Amendment allowing the Right to Bear Arms to be limited by civil law can be trusted.C. S. P. Schofieldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-79913129963951188992012-12-24T12:43:05.067-06:002012-12-24T12:43:05.067-06:00Roberta X is optimistic.
It's more like 40 t...Roberta X is optimistic. <br /><br />It's more like 40 to 42 killed on an average month in Chicago, not 30. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-85994750519145716232012-12-24T11:15:58.143-06:002012-12-24T11:15:58.143-06:00My buddy Greybeard sent me here. I think the heig...My buddy Greybeard sent me here. I think the height of hypocrisy is when the prez requests a ban on the very weapon he, as well as his daughters and wife - are surrounded by. <br /><br />His sense of protection doesn't extend to those of us who have to dwell alongside the people who carry illegal weapons - and who, by the way - got him re-elected.lotta joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12742978845913126675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-58527886492483983372012-12-24T09:29:01.673-06:002012-12-24T09:29:01.673-06:00Peter, thank you for the link! I hope you and your...Peter, thank you for the link! I hope you and your wife have a wonderful, Merry Christmas!<br /><br />Did you happen to see my earlier post, "<a href="http://senseofevents.blogspot.com/2012/12/why-i-am-armed-pastor.html" rel="nofollow">Why I Am an Armed Pastor</a>?"<br /><br />We will really need to get together to go shooting after the turn of the year. And lunch is on me then.<br /><br />MC & HNY!Donald Sensinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395472322281027191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-33457283830628426912012-12-24T06:25:08.330-06:002012-12-24T06:25:08.330-06:00This is no longer a discorse, Its a cold civil war...This is no longer a discorse, Its a cold civil war. NO ONE is listening. EVERYONE is arming. Those arming are screaming "DEATH TO THE ENEMY!!!" I think the talking is over. I think the shooting starts soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-9977933459221568852012-12-24T01:02:43.089-06:002012-12-24T01:02:43.089-06:00It seems to me we have reached a point where we ar...It seems to me we have reached a point where we are talking AT one another.<br />The problem is, logic and rational thought don't enter into the equation.<br />"Yeah, what we've done isn't working well, so let's do more of it, maybe a LOT more."<br /><br />Bleeding the patient will eventually cure him, won't it?<br />God save us.Greybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11919862790973521778noreply@blogger.com