Supreme Court upholds Second Amendment
The Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision today to recognize the Constitutional right of citizens to own firearms. The Court's ruling struck down a 32-year-old ban on handguns in Washington, D.C.
Justices affirming our Constitutional rights were Scalia, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas. The dissenters included Justices John Paul Stevens, Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter. (Continued below...)
Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority, said that an individual's right to own firearms is supported by the "historical narrative" surrounding the adoption of the Second Amendment.
Scalia noted that the Constitution does not permit "the absolute prohibition of handguns held and used for self-defense in the home."
In a dissenting opinion, Justice John Paul Stevens said that the majority "would have us believe that over 200 years ago, the Framers made a choice to limit the tools available to elected officials wishing to regulate civilian uses of weapons." Such evidence, says Stevens, "is nowhere to be found."
In a second dissenting opinion, Justice Stephen Breyer said that, "In my view, there simply is no untouchable constitutional right guaranteed by the Second Amendment to keep loaded handguns in the house in crime-ridden urban areas."
Stevens and Breyer should be ashamed of themselves as their statements show a complete lack of education in Constitutional principles, and history.
After fighting a war for independence against a tyrannical monarch, the last thing the Framers wanted their government to do was limit the ability of the people to take action against the government, as Justice Stevens would have us believe.
Perhaps if our judges and elected officials actually read the words of our Founding Fathers, they would understand how American government ought to operate.
While Justice Stevens would keep American citizens unarmed and afraid of their government, perhaps he should consider the words of American patriot Noah Webster:
"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any bands of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States. A military force, at the command of Congress, can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and constitutional; for they will possess the power, and jealousy will instantly inspire the inclination, to resist the execution of a law which appears to them unjust and oppressive."
Thomas Jefferson also realized the importance of citizens protecting themselves against the government through arms when he wrote, "And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.... The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
While many elected officials across party lines have spoken out in support of the Court's decision today, one has to ask, where were our "leaders" voices for the past 30 years while American citizens suffered under unconstitutional conditions?
Every elected official takes an oath to protect and defend the Constitution, yet on this, and many other issues, our elected officials sit in silence while the American people are forced to live under an unjust regime.
Such is the reason why the Framers guaranteed our right to bear arms, and fought to give power to the American people, not the government.
This case should be a warning to all Americans that it is their personal duty as citizens to know and protect their Constitutional rights in the face of radical judges and lawmakers, because obviously our elected officials are not looking out for our freedom.
Justices affirming our Constitutional rights were Scalia, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas. The dissenters included Justices John Paul Stevens, Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter. (Continued below...)
Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority, said that an individual's right to own firearms is supported by the "historical narrative" surrounding the adoption of the Second Amendment.
Scalia noted that the Constitution does not permit "the absolute prohibition of handguns held and used for self-defense in the home."
In a dissenting opinion, Justice John Paul Stevens said that the majority "would have us believe that over 200 years ago, the Framers made a choice to limit the tools available to elected officials wishing to regulate civilian uses of weapons." Such evidence, says Stevens, "is nowhere to be found."
In a second dissenting opinion, Justice Stephen Breyer said that, "In my view, there simply is no untouchable constitutional right guaranteed by the Second Amendment to keep loaded handguns in the house in crime-ridden urban areas."
Stevens and Breyer should be ashamed of themselves as their statements show a complete lack of education in Constitutional principles, and history.
After fighting a war for independence against a tyrannical monarch, the last thing the Framers wanted their government to do was limit the ability of the people to take action against the government, as Justice Stevens would have us believe.
Perhaps if our judges and elected officials actually read the words of our Founding Fathers, they would understand how American government ought to operate.
While Justice Stevens would keep American citizens unarmed and afraid of their government, perhaps he should consider the words of American patriot Noah Webster:
"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any bands of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States. A military force, at the command of Congress, can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and constitutional; for they will possess the power, and jealousy will instantly inspire the inclination, to resist the execution of a law which appears to them unjust and oppressive."
Thomas Jefferson also realized the importance of citizens protecting themselves against the government through arms when he wrote, "And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.... The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
While many elected officials across party lines have spoken out in support of the Court's decision today, one has to ask, where were our "leaders" voices for the past 30 years while American citizens suffered under unconstitutional conditions?
Every elected official takes an oath to protect and defend the Constitution, yet on this, and many other issues, our elected officials sit in silence while the American people are forced to live under an unjust regime.
Such is the reason why the Framers guaranteed our right to bear arms, and fought to give power to the American people, not the government.
This case should be a warning to all Americans that it is their personal duty as citizens to know and protect their Constitutional rights in the face of radical judges and lawmakers, because obviously our elected officials are not looking out for our freedom.
"This case should be a warning to all Americans that it is their personal duty as citizens to know and protect their Constitutional rights in the face of radical judges and lawmakers, because obviously our elected officials are not looking out for our freedom."
We need to do something to strike fear into these politicians before we all end up in complete slavery.
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Sure thing buddy, why don't you go "strike some fear" into their hearts? Bring the vast conspiracy down before the liberal politicians take over this country and socialize us all into slavery with their secret plan!
Or better yet, exercise your right to free assembly and continue to make your voice heard by keeping things like this from happening.
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I never said it was a liberal conspiracy, the Republicans surely aren't helping us out that much either.
And it's not a secret plan, anyone with some sense can see what's going on in this country, they just turn their heads and look away!
We do need more assemblies, and for people to wake up!
How many more decades are we gonna live under unconstitutional laws?
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It is not a matter of conspiracy but rather a matter of fear. The Congress of the United States has the power to vacate a Supreme Court decision if they feel that the Supreme Court has overstepped its bounds as they did in giving Constitutional Rights to foreigners.
The problem stems from the fact that the Liberals in Congress use the Supreme Court to get their agenda's passed and fear that challenging the Court will result in the alliance being broken and the initiatives that the left has not been able to push through the Congress will no longer be ordered into existence by the Court.
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