'This Is a National Emergency': Dems Push for Assault Weapons Ban Amid String of Massacres

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[–]Drewski 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

No, the 4th Amendment is a fundamental right that protects our other freedoms and we will not relinquish it. We've seen what happens when you disarm the people, such as in Australia and New Zealand. Now they are authoritarian bio-medical police states with no way to resist their tyrannical overlords.

[–]jamesK_3rd 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Now do civil asset forfeiture or forceful COVID jabs..

The US Constitution is largely a dead letter. Held on to by a people who largely don't understand it, the declaration, or the values either document espoused.

[–]SeethingPeasant 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's not a dead letter. The people who don't understand it hate it. The people who do understand it cherish it. It's one of a kind, created by brilliant men, and has saved more people from poverty and tyranny than anything else in history.

[–]jamesK_3rd 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It is a dead letter..

While you may not agree with, like or understand the theological point of view, the following article does a good job laying out the difference in the constitution now vs the constitution of today and many differences therein.. the article argues from a civil rights late 60's, but I'd argue it was earlier, from the time of FDR. https://g3min.org/whats-the-truth-about-martin-luther-king-jr/

And ultimately, the "cherishing it" is to fundamentally not understand it, in the same way that those who "hate it" do. It wreaks of not understanding or knowing the declaration of independence, which is far more important than the constitution itself. One could argue the federalist papers are perhaps a close second.