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

[greenlee-g.livejournal.com]

Im not a US citizin, and so im not informed on the debate in its entirety. What i will add (as devils advocate) is that i agree strongly with the right to choose, bear arms, protect oneself if you are able, trained and responsible enough to do so. But who gets to judge that? Which is where laws and rules governing usage comes in.

In South Africa, crime is one of our biggest problems. The availability of weapons is almost ridiculous. Perhaps your government's rationale is that by making it less accessible to everyone, it may help with the problem of availability and accessibility of arms in general??

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

I don't think anyone should be the judge of who's fit and who's not -- unless a body is a convicted criminal or mentally unstable, everyone should be able to purchase a means of self-defense.

The bad guys will always have guns. They always have, and they always will. It's just another law to break, to them. The question is whether or not the innocent will be allowed to have them as well in order to defend themselves and their families. Guns will only be made less accessible to the law-abiding citizens.