Thread: Potential Ban/Brady Bill part deux?

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

If there were no Second Article to the Constitution we probably would have lost that liberty a long time ago, governments down through history have a tendency to entrench their power. Reminds me of the time during WWII when Stalin made a deal with the convicts, freedom for those who would fight. After the war they went back to the gulag.

If there were never a 2nd Article to the Constitution and this was the time to settle the issue I think I would do everything I could to insure it became an amendment to the Constitution.

You only have to look to most Western European countries to see that this is just not true.
We don't have a lot of gun ownership, and we are still very much in control over our governments.
Besides, if the government was corrupt and did have control over the army, then your private gun ownership would be as effective as a kamikaze flea hitting a steamroller. They'll see your AR-15 and raise you an apache helicopter.

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

BTW I dont think the 2nd Article is a dead horse, she seems to be trotting along just fine.

Regardless of what you think of gun ownership, the 2nd amendment is ill phrased, and a lot of debate and ambiguousnoess could have been prevented if it had been phrased more appropriately. For example, it is mum about the purpose of said weapons, and where and to what it applies. Because it is rather silly that you can be allowed to carry a 44 magnum but not a switchblade