We need an
understanding of “rights” and the role of government. You DO NOT have a “constitutional right” to
have a gun and the 2nd Amendment did not give you the right to bear
arms.
“A well regulated
Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the
people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.” 2nd Amendment.
This does not say the
government, constitution or this amendment gives you the right to keep and bear
arms. The 2nd Amendment, just
like others, does not bestow a right upon the people, but prohibits the
government from infringing on your rights.
Your “right” to keep and bear arms, to free speech, etc.; “shall not be
infringed”!
The 1st
Amendment begins “Congress shall make no law…”
This amendment does not give the right to free speech, it prohibits the
government from interfering in the rights we already had.
Neither the
Constitution nor the government gave us these rights. Our rights preceded both the document and the
government. The Constitution was written
to establish a general government for a very few, specific reasons. The Bill of Rights was added making it clear
the government did not have the power to restrict “rights”.
If our rights did not
come from the government or the Bill of Rights, where did we get them? “We hold these truths to be self-evident,
that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable Rights…” (Declaration
of Independence-DOI) Our “rights” come
from God. They predate the Constitution
and the government.
God gave us
“unalienable” rights. This means that no
one can take them; they are yours unless YOU relinquish them!
The DOI goes on to
say, “That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,
deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…” The government was formed by the people for
the purpose of securing our rights.
Our government has passed
laws doing what they were forbidden to do.
They took the rights that people gave up. The more rights we give away, the less
liberty we enjoy.
“A Constitution of
Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once
lost, is lost forever." (John Adams)
“They that can give
up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither
liberty nor safety." (Ben Franklin)
“If ye love wealth
better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of
freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may
posterity forget that ye were our countrymen!" (Samuel Adams)
America sends our military
to fight in other countries defending their liberty. Meanwhile, we have been asleep while our
government has been stealing our liberty, bit-by-bit. As John Adams said, once we lose liberty, we
will not get it back!
No comments:
Post a Comment