2nd Amendment Castrated

Over a month has passed since the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the people’s right to keep and bear arms.  Apparently, the actual words written in the Bill of Rights were too confusing for some of the Judges.  Passing by only one vote, the narrow miss in D.C. was far too close for comfort.

There is no doubt that the National Rifle Association, the nation’s largest gun owners association in America, was relieved by the vote.  With over 4 million members, the NRA is a force to be reckoned with.  They have fought and danced with politicians for years in favor of individual gun ownership.  Yet with such a seemingly huge victory the NRA is caught having to fight for the most important aspect of any Constitutional right; enforcement.  On July 31st, in cooperation with the NRA Congressmen Travis Childers, John Dingell, John Tanner, Mike Ross and Mark Souder introduced a bi-partisan bill to the Senate as (H.R. 6691).

This legislation hopes to overturns D.C.’s recently enacted emergency laws that continues to defy the Supreme Court ruling by restricting District of Columbia residents’ right to self-defense.  The simple fact that a group of Congressmen and the voice of over 4 million Americans have to stand and demand that the Constitution be upheld, in the very city that literally houses the document, is insane.

Chief of Police, Cathy Lanier has been quoted as stating that the city is not banning the private ownership of handguns, “Many officers, government agents, and security officials own guns.”  Can we say Police State?  Remember this is Washington D.C. we are talking about, not some parallel universe were the most powerful people work to protect the Constitution, yet do nothing to enforce it, or is it?

The unfortunate truth behind the Supreme Court ruling on District of Columbia vs. Heller is that a gun has become limited to self-defense within the home.  This description of use castrates the greatest force in the system of checks and balances, “We the People.”

The Second Amendment states, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”  The amendment was designed for the security of a “free state”, by means of a “well regulated Militia” consisting of all gun owning Americans, in which all citizens have an immovable right to own guns.

The security mentioned was not just from enemies abroad, but from government in general.  The American Revolution, Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights were created out of revolt against what was once our government.