Yet another of our rights is hanging in the balance...

[olde_fashioned]

The US Supreme Court is hearing a case regarding our second amendment right to keep and bear arms. Those of you who are concerned at potentially losing one of our rights that should be inalienable, please, please pray that the judges will make the right decision.

"The issue has polarized judges, politicians and the public for decades: do the Second Amendment's 27 words bestow gun ownership as an individual right, or a collective one -- aimed at the civic responsibilities of state militias -- and therefore subject perhaps to strict government regulation."

Read the rest of the article HERE

I for one believe in Original Intent -- surely the Founding Fathers did not believe that we only have a right to possess weapons if we're in a civilian militia! This is a pathetic attempt to disarm the masses, and violate our Constitutional rights! The Bible says that God answers prayer, and hopefully in this instance it will avert a potentially disastrous decision.

Note: I am screening comments on this post. If you want to comment with either an agreeing or disagreeing opinion, then that is more than fine with me, only I am tired of getting loud-mouthed trolls trying to start fires and fights. I'm not trying to suppress anyone's freedom of speech, just trying to save myself a headache.

Comments

[sabrinafair2.livejournal.com]

I personally agree with gun control. Only because I'm not comfortable not knowing who has a gun when you are walking down the street.

And I know how people point out that a murderer will find some way to find a gun, but I also wonder why does someone buy a gun if they don't intend to use it? I mean if you want to go and hunt that's ok, but why buy a hand gun?

And I don't like the whole approach of going back to how the Constitution was originally written. If we followed that, then slavery would still ok, women would still not be able to vote and the CIA, FDA, and several other government organizations wouldn't be in place. As time changes, new laws have to be created and old ones have to be adapted.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

But even if guns become restricted, how do you know the guy walking down the street doesn't have one anyway?

You buy one for self-protection, the same reason you buy mace or a tazer. And why a handgun? Because it's smaller and lighter than a shotgun, and doesn't hurt your shoulder when you try to use it. ;-) Plus it fits in a purse.

Without stirring a debate, why are you against Original Intent? I'm not saying we have to be legalistic and not allow anything "extra" added to the Constitution, but if it says we can, we should not be able to try and say we cannot.

[sabrinafair2.livejournal.com]

The reason I feel so strongly about it perhaps is the fact that my great-aunt died from an accident involving a gun. So in that since I'm completely biased and probably too stubborn to really evaluate other views objectively:(.


I don't believe in original intent, because you could argue very validly that their original intent of the First Amendment was only Christian dominations should be tolerated. In short they were a very bigoted group of men, but I know that that's how most people thought at that time. And although they were great men during their time, I would have no doubt that their bigotry wouldn't be tolerated today.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

I am very sorry about your great-aunt. That's horrible, and I can understand your apprehension of weapons because of that. However I still humbly submit that even if a loved one died because of an auto accident, that doesn't mean we should ban cars.

I do not believe their original intent was only to protect the rights of Christians, and I strongly disagree to their being called "bigoted". We can't judge people from centuries past by today's standards. (which, by considering the moral state of this country at present, is hardly a "standard" at all) Political corruption, abortion, gay marriage, the murder of helpless innocents such as Teri Schiavo and rampant immorality is all happily tolerated today. Surely being a conservative "religious bigot" is a lesser sin than any one of the above.