Reality Check: The True Intent Of The Second Amendment

[pudly]

Wow. Nicely done. Presents the historical basis for the second amendment. Certainly not something I would expect to see on CBS. The downside is that this was presented by one TV station in one media market.

[video=youtube_share;ONqcBKhikfk]http://youtu.be/ONqcBKhikfk[/video]

 

[Robert Richardson]

Totally awesome. Take that liberal morons!

 

[caulfieldian]

Excellent piece. Thanks!

 

[SSGSAD]

Wow. Nicely done. Presents the historical basis for the second amendment. Certainly not something I would expect to see on CBS. The downside is that this was presented by one TV station in one media market.

[video=youtube_share;ONqcBKhikfk]http://youtu.be/ONqcBKhikfk[/video]

Tried to rep you, but it would not let me ..... Thanks, great piece ......

That EVERY able bodied man be armed, AND, some of us not so able bodied .....

 

[12many]

Nice job pudly +1 for posting that. Looks like it comes out of the CBS affiliate in Atlanta

 

[printcraft]

Liberals heads explode when they hear that the original intent of the 2nd Amendment guarantees the right to defense against an oppressive government.

"ITS DANGEROUS AND OUTDATED!!!"

 

[throttletony]

wow, what a good vid. It'd be nice if they ran something like that nationally. (even if they made it a point-counterpoint type debate)

 

[IndyGlockMan]

nicely done.
I hate how everyone wants to "re-interpret" the Constitution.
It was written so anybody could understand and it would not need to be "interpreted" to implement.
"the peoples right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" is pretty plain and simple

 

[jwh20]

A government turning against its own people? Come on, that could NEVER happen here! Right?

 

[calcot7]

nicely done.
I hate how everyone wants to "re-interpret" the Constitution.
It was written so anybody could understand and it would not need to be "interpreted" to implement.
"the peoples right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" is pretty plain and simple

I just wish that our forefathers had used a little more forethought and emphasized the part about the civilians right to have exactly the same armament as the military.

 

[88E30M50]

nicely done.
I hate how everyone wants to "re-interpret" the Constitution.
It was written so anybody could understand and it would not need to be "interpreted" to implement.
"the peoples right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" is pretty plain and simple

Remember, lots of folks today grew up in an era where the President of the United States defended dispicable acts by questioning what the definition of 'is' is. In today's world, if you don't like what something says, and cannot change it, you simply reinterpret it to fit your current political goal.

A government turning against its own people? Come on, that could NEVER happen here! Right?

Not as long as the 2nd Ammendment is respected! I need to go buy another AR now.

 

[MPD742]

Love it !

 

[RustyHornet]

I just wish that our forefathers had used a little more forethought and emphasized the part about the civilians right to have exactly the same armament as the military.

Remember that all of the weapons used at this time were commonly available to the public. Naval Ships were in most part privately owned. They had no reason to include this, because it was a given at that time, what the military used was the same as what the average citizen used.

 

[DRob]

I just wish that our forefathers had used a little more forethought and emphasized the part about the civilians right to have exactly the same armament as the military.

Forethought? Like they should have known automatic weapons were just over the horizon, huh? At the time, citizens did have exactly the same armament as the military.

As for redefining, the ACLU would redefine "the people" as used in the 2nd Amendment as meaning "the state militia". The simplest argument to refute that would be this.....If it applies to the 2nd, it follows that it must apply to the others! Try plugging in "the state militia" everywhere "the people" is used in all the other amendments and see how intelligent it sounds.

 

[Fullmag]

Gun rights were so common the founders did not include the 2nd amendment in the original draft. The majority of the the colonies refused to sign remembering the oppressive governments they came to America to escape from.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Interesting to see something like this on a "main stream media" broadcast.

 

[oldpink]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to pudly again.




I'd love to give Ben Swann some rep, too.
Oh, and I'd also love to pelt Jeffrey Toobin with rotten tomatoes.

 

[9mmfan]

An outstanding post! That piece should be required in elementary school.

 

[Winamac]

I wish they would run that on like the Today show and the different Indianapolis news channels.

 

[mikefraz]

Forethought? Like they should have known automatic weapons were just over the horizon, huh? : At the time, citizens did have exactly the same armament as the military.

As for redefining, the ACLU would redefine "the people" as used in the 2nd Amendment as meaning "the state militia". The simplest argument to refute that would be this.....If it applies to the 2nd, it follows that it must apply to the others! Try plugging in "the state militia" everywhere "the people" is used in all the other amendments and see how intelligent it sounds.

Except there were automatic guns available before the 2nd Amendment was drafted. I always love that argument from anti's. Look up the Belton Flintlock.