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Disgusting. If these Obama-worshippers would pause for a moment in the adoration of their "Saint", they might see that he and his administration (DoJ) are resp

Disgusting. If these Obama-worshippers would pause for a moment in the adoration of their "Saint", they might see that he and his administration (DoJ) are responsible for the largest power grab and human rights violation in the history of this country. The Second Amendment is not a "suggestion" or "subject to interpretation" (aside from a constitutional amendment). It is part of the bedrock of this nation that was founded on a profound distrust of arbitrary government power, and a belief that "We The People" must keep our government small, scared, and subject to the will of the governed, not the other way around.

kunai 13y ago
Your point stands, but name-calling and sarcasm is just low. Really low. And the Second Amendment was founded for two purposes -- so that this nation would be able to defend itself against an outside force that sought to destroy the U.S.'s independence, and so that this nation would be able to defend itself against an inside force that sought to destroy the U.S.'s independence, i.e. the government. I'm constantly amazed at how few moderates and independents exist. There seems to be an intense dichotomy with regards to politics; you're either blue or red. The indoctrination towards either party must stop.
- Retric 13y ago
  The second amendment was not about peoples ability to overthrow government it was about states ability to overthrow the federal government. Now days people don't think much about states as independent actors but back they where giving up on soverenty and wanted some protection.
Terretta 13y ago
> ...the largest power grab and human rights violation in the history of this country. The history of the country is a long time. Pretty sure slavery was a bigger human rights violation. But even talking within the last hundred years, pretty sure that would be the Patriot Act along with Homeland Security, TSA, and the rest of the perma-war apparatus wielded against citizens at home. Those freedoms are more useful on a daily basis to many more of us.
venomsnake 13y ago
I would recommend you to read this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_American_internment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_American_internment to know what real government power grab is.

kunai 13y ago

Your point stands, but name-calling and sarcasm is just low. Really low. And the Second Amendment was founded for two purposes -- so that this nation would be able to defend itself against an outside force that sought to destroy the U.S.'s independence, and so that this nation would be able to defend itself against an inside force that sought to destroy the U.S.'s independence, i.e. the government. I'm constantly amazed at how few moderates and independents exist. There seems to be an intense dichotomy with regards to politics; you're either blue or red. The indoctrination towards either party must stop.

Retric 13y ago
The second amendment was not about peoples ability to overthrow government it was about states ability to overthrow the federal government. Now days people don't think much about states as independent actors but back they where giving up on soverenty and wanted some protection.

Terretta 13y ago

> ...the largest power grab and human rights violation in the history of this country. The history of the country is a long time. Pretty sure slavery was a bigger human rights violation. But even talking within the last hundred years, pretty sure that would be the Patriot Act along with Homeland Security, TSA, and the rest of the perma-war apparatus wielded against citizens at home. Those freedoms are more useful on a daily basis to many more of us.

venomsnake 13y ago

I would recommend you to read this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_American_internment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_American_internment to know what real government power grab is.