Second Amendment

Obama and Clinton miss the mark on gun rights

By Joe ⋅ April 20, 2008 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

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Without spending too much time on introductions, my name is Joe and it’s a pleasure to have the opportunity to share my brilliant insights and intellectual analysis with you here at the Conservative Intelligencer. Let’s get right down to business, shall we? Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are doing their best to redefine the Second Amendment of our Constitution, and worse, they are not being called out on it. This blatant misinformation needs to stop.

While Obama continues his efforts to persuade us that he supports the rights of hunters and sportsmen and Clinton goes on about her upbringing in the rural parts of Pennsylvania where she hunted ducks with a six shooter (that last part may not be a direct quote), the Founding Fathers are turning in their graves. Both Obama and Clinton are guilty of thinly veiled attempts at twisting the purpose of the 2nd Amendment, and we must not stand for it.

If these two politicians had their way, we’d somehow be led to believe that the 2nd Amendment was put in place so that duck hunting in 18th century America could not be infringed upon. If that sounds absurd, that’s because it is.

What Obama and Clinton fail to touch on is that citizens do not cling to guns out of bitterness or a desire to hunt fowl, but instead out of a desire to exercise basic rights and enjoy the freedom conferred upon them by God almighty. The power of arms guarantees a free citizenrys ability to defend life, liberty, and property. The power of arms guarantees the defense of the state, and of the union from enemies both foreign and domestic.

Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in 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 band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States.

This quote from Noah Webster gives us the plainest purpose of the 2nd Amendment, a fundamental and Constitutional protection from tyranny and a right to self defense. While we may never need to exercise our 2nd Amendment rights for this purpose, and I sincerely hope we never do, we must not let this purpose be clouded in the midst of changing times and political races.

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Although I have the misfortune of residing in the great state of Illinois, Land of Lincoln, where my 2nd Amendment rights are highly restricted, I would venture a guess that most citizens who carry openly or concealed will never have to use their weapon for the purpose of defense of self or nation. Those who would restrict our rights will use this to their advantage, they will tell us that we will “never need a gun”, or the probability of needing it will be very low. This is true, but it is also true that you may never need that fire extinguisher you keep in the closet. But, on the other hand, one day you might need it, and won’t it be a great feeling to know you have access to it? Won’t it feel great that you had the foresight to prepare for just such an emergency?

This is the true meaning and purpose of the 2nd amendment that Obama and Clinton will never acknowledge.

- Joe