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originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
originally posted by: Xcathdra
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
a reply to: Xcathdra
I got it I just don't agree, your point was illogical and not worth responding to.
Then you didnt get it. When you stop being a subject of the crown feel free to come back and join the discussion.
Your living in fantasy land, your guns won't save you from a tyrannical government.
originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: Xcathdra
"I see people learned nothing from Pierce Morgan"
Perish the thought. LoL
Opinions are like bungholes Xcathdra, everyone has one and most of them stink.
My opinion is America could do with losing the Guns, just the way it is im afraid.
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
a reply to: seeker1963
You think I'm a slave because I don't own guns?
What exactly do you have in the way of freedom that I don't have?
originally posted by: Xcathdra
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
a reply to: seeker1963
You think I'm a slave because I don't own guns?
What exactly do you have in the way of freedom that I don't have?
The right to not be owned by a Sovereign.
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
originally posted by: Xcathdra
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
a reply to: seeker1963
You think I'm a slave because I don't own guns?
What exactly do you have in the way of freedom that I don't have?
The right to not be owned by a Sovereign.
That's just dumb, guns don't make you free.
Historian David Ramsay provided an explanation at the dawn of American Independence:
“THE United States are a new nation, or political society, formed at first by the Declaration of Independence, out of those British subjects in America, who were thrown out of royal protection by act of parliament, passed in December, 1775. A citizen of the United States, means a member of this new nation. The principle of government being radically changed by the revolution, the political character of the people was also changed from subjects to citizens.
The difference is immense. Subject is derived from the Latin words, sub and jacio, and means one who is under the power of another; but a citizen is an unit of a mass of free people, who, collectively, possess sovereignty.
Subjects look up to a master, but citizens are so far equal, that none have hereditary rights superior to others. Each citizen of a free state contains, within himself, by nature and the constitution, as much of the common sovereignty as another. In the eye of reason and philosophy, the political condition of citizens is more exalted than that of noblemen. Dukes and earls are the creatures of kings, and may be made by them at pleasure: but citizens possess in their own right original sovereignty.”
originally posted by: Xcathdra
originally posted by: Willtell
Yeah, with all due respect, the idea that guns stop tyranny is a fantasy.
King George would disagree with you.
As would the founding fathers.
One of the most common claims one hears in the modern Second Amendment debate is the assertion that the Founders included this provision in the Constitution to make possible a right of revolution. But this claim, too, rests on a serious misunderstanding of the role the right to bear arms played in American constitutional theory.
In fact, the Founders engaged in large-scale disarmament of the civilian population during the American Revolution. The right to bear arms was conditional on swearing a loyalty oath to the government. Individuals who refused to swear such an oath were disarmed.
The notion that the Second Amendment was understood to protect a right to take up arms against the government is absurd. Indeed, the Constitution itself defines such an act as treason.
This is the stuff that make the anti gunners like the op jump on the "even good guy with guns are bad" band wagon.
a reply to: truthnlies
people like this old man give us responsible gun owners a bad name
originally posted by: Xcathdra
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
a reply to: Xcathdra
I got it I just don't agree, your point was illogical and not worth responding to.
Then you didnt get it. When you stop being a subject of the crown feel free to come back and join the discussion.
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
a reply to: Xcathdra
What freedom do you have that I do not?
Cmon lay it out I point form.
. We are to take the bullet if it's God's will and God will either take us home or bring us back to life as a witness. Or God will divert the bullet.