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

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Well, I suppose part of our desire to keep such rights stems from the fact that throughout our entire history we've lived in a land that was largely untamed, and guns are a means of security, self-defense, and protection. I think I may safely say that we are a very independent and self-reliant people, and the very idea that one of our "inalienable" rights is being threatened causes us to rise up in indignation and anger. You've got to remember, we fought long and hard for these rights, and countless men died to secure, and then preserve them for us.

I humbly submit that that "dodgy looking man on the corner" might very well already have a weapon, legal or not. Now consider the idea that if your fellow honest, good, upright citizens also had weapons, they then would be in a position to interfere with (and prevent) any wrong-doings this "dodgy" man might be tempted to commit.

If our society has moved onwards, does that mean we should abolish certain rights because some bureaucrat deems them as "unneeded" now? And who gets to decide what laws and freedoms are "out of date" and which are not? I am very uncomfortable with the thought of the elected few having our very freedom in their grimy money-grubbing hands.