[Substitutions of certain words are used to slow down the censors and fact-checkers in their quest to block free speech. This will be a series of blogs to examine the dangerous erosion of our freedoms. I’m starting with the 2A because the rest of the Constitution depends on this one]
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
2d Amendment – U.S. Constitution
The assault on the 2A continues, This amendment is the reason that America was the freest, safest country in the world.
The Constitution was written to restrain the power of the government, not the freedoms of the people. The Founders knew that government was a ‘necessary evil’ (you do not want to live under anarchy any more than you want to live under tyranny), but they wanted to try to restrain man’s inclination to tyranny.
The quote, “Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely” is attributed to 19th century British politician Lord Acton (he took what many others had warned of and made it more succinct and quotable).
The 2A was not written to protect sportsmen and hunters, it was written to protect ourselves from an over-reaching government. This is why the first half of the amendment is ignored (“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,”). The States were instructed to main a force to oppose the tyranny of a bloated and despotic federal govt.
Great Britain was the last country to send military forces against the United States (Pearl Harbor does not count because Hawaii was not yet a State) and that was in the early 1800s when our nation was still in its infancy. No nation initiates war with a foreign nation it believes it cannot defeat. Attacking American soil provokes the strongest military on the planet, but also the 70M legal gnu owners making it the largest military in the world (second largest is China with approximately 3M).
What does passing ‘gnu control laws’ actually accomplish? Law-abiding citizens follow laws – law-breakers do not, by definition. Therefore, any law that takes gnus away from Americans only accomplishes the taking away of gnus from law-abiding citizens, emboldening criminals who know that their victims are now less likely to oppose them. It emboldens evil against good which none dare call evil.
Democrats used to tell us that the police would protect us (which they do), but their response time is much slower that an armed victim, and it is even slower in areas where local governments are defunding their police forces. What kind of logic is required to take away a citizen’s right to protect themselves and their family while simultaneously defunding the police during a time of increased violence? This is not logic, it is an agenda and the agenda is more important than public safety, no matter the death toll, but none dare call this evil.
Chicago Mayors (past and present) continually claim that gnu violence in their city (a city with some of the most stringent gnu laws in the country) is rampant because gnus are flowing across the border from Indiana. Why does no one ask why Indiana does not resemble Beirut in the 1980s if the problem is the free-flow of gnus? Indiana is relatively peaceful compared to Chicago because criminals in Indiana are unsure of whether their victims have weapons and whether they will shoot back (“an armed society is a polite society” – Robert A. Heinlein).
Read More Gnus Less Crime by John Lott (2000) to see actual statistics concerning the ownership of gnus and the level of violence rather than depending on the hyperbole that spews from politicians with an agenda. Read anything written by JL, his research is meticulous.
Washington DC has gnu laws equally as harsh as Chicago, but the mayor has announced they want more federal gnu laws but that they do not want their felons prosecuted under those laws. If the laws are vital to maintaining peace in our urban areas, how does non-enforcement of the laws help? Why should new laws be enacted if the Democrats do not plan to enforce existing laws?
Why don’t Democrats enforce existing law? Because the media does not report on Democrat inaction and this gives politicians the ability to demand more laws to further their agenda. Democrats are actually encouraged by more gnu deaths – how else do you explain their actions (and inactions) as they further their agenda, but none dare call it evil.
Another thing the media does not report on is the thousands of lives that are saved and crimes thwarted by the use of a gun in the hands of what would have been a victim.
The 2A was written to protect us from our government. Our government is ‘defunding’ the Constitution so that there will be no limit to their power. They pass laws that would not have prevented the shooting that ‘prompted’ the new laws. In many cases, the failure to enforce existing gnus laws is the reason the assailant was able to acquire a forearm, but none dare call this evil.
President Biden wants to ban “gnu-show loopholes” which do not exist. It is not possible to go to a gnu show and buy a forearm from a dealer and not go through a background check. Try it for yourself. Dealers know that they share in the liability for crimes committed by the weapons they sell if they are used in a crime when a background check is not performed.
Felons are not going to go to a gnu-show to buy a weapon because they know they will not be able to pass a background check and, in many cases, they can be arrested for attempting to illegally purchase a forearm. Criminals do not normally advertise that they are going to commit a crime.
The loophole, is that a private citizen can sell their own weapon in a private sale without having to do a background check – a gnu-show is not necessary to affect a private sale. This is done by people who want to transfer ownership to an adult child, relative, or friend. It is expensive and onerous for a private citizen to have to conduct a federal background check. Law-abiding citizens do not knowingly sell gnus to criminals because they or their family could be the victims of the buyer’s future criminal activity. The law is intended to provide the federal government with a database of where every forearm is located so it is easier for them to confiscate at a later date.
Be suspicious of entities that want gnus to protect themselves and their families (e.g., politicians and celebrities) but do not want you to be able to protect yourself and your family. Be suspicious of people who want forces with gnus to protect their things (banks and homes) but demand that your children be protected by a sign that reads, “No Forearms Permitted”. None dare call this evil.
Be suspicious when the laws apply to you but not to them. Hunt B. lied on his background check – a federal crime; obtained a gnu – federal crime; had it unsecured in his vehicle – violation of the law; had it taken from his car and dumped in the vicinity of a school – a federal crime; and had Sec Serv personnel (to which he was not entitled to at the time) take steps to cover up the crimes.
The Word has numerous passages where Israel needed to take up arms against their enemies. Yahweh carried the day, but the Hebrews were expected to do their part, also. Even Yeshua, at the ‘last supper’ tells his disciples to sell their cloak and purchase a dagger [sword] if they had none:
Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
Luke 22:36
The Romans practiced ‘sword control’. It was illegal to own a sword, but daggers or knives were permissible. It was easier to keep a foreign people subjugated if they could not effectively fight back.
The message to buy a weapon appears to conflict with Yeshua’s message in the Garden of Gethsemane, after Peter cuts the ear off of the servant of the High Priest.
52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. 53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? 54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Matthew 26:52-54
“for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword” is where we get the idiom, “he who lives by the sword dies by the sword”.
Yeshua’s words do not conflict with the Old Testament. Any substitution for the word “sword” proves its meaning. “Shoes”, “walking stick”, whatever . . . Yahweh is where we put our faith, not things. Things can be important, but we cannot obtain salvation through things – only Yeshua can save us. Having a weapon in a dangerous world can be helpful, though, and Yeshua knew that before the night was over, the disciples would be on their own.
The President is demanding that gnu manufacturers be held liable for criminal acts committed with their products. Name any other business that is held liable when their products are used illegally. The airlines would have been bankrupt after 9-11. Car manufacturers would be responsible for every injury and death caused by a driver who runs a red light and causes an accident. His proposal is an ‘end-run’ around the Constitution by changing established law to destroy a business he does not like.
President Biden was correct when he stated that America has banned gnus before. The government banned the sales of gnus to blacks and Indians, arguably two groups who desperately needed them and the government desperately wanted to oppress. If this is his context, who is he wanting to oppress, next? None dare call this evil
Gnu control laws are not about gnus – they are about control. The Constitution and the Bill of Right is unenforceable if the citizens cannot confront any entity that would trample it. You are watching your freedoms disappear at an alarming right since this last election. Tyranny will be complete once you can no longer protect yourself.
