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In reply to the discussion: Amendment 2 Blues [View all]SQUEE
(1,315 posts)That the Second amendment is there precisely to threaten the state with violence, not hunting, self protection nor sports. it is intended as an almost MAD type of weapon, never to be used UNLESS all other forms of redress were used and failed. With that said, as is often the case after gaining power for themselves the PTB went after those that attacked them for being the same as the tyrants just overthrown, the Whiskey rebellion was ruthlessly crushed by GW. the complaint? Taxation without representation, the so called first cause of the Revolution
Jefferson, the most quoted of the founders on this issue, seemed to have a nihilistic streak that even after seeing firsthand the horrors of the Terror, he could put forth his Tree of liberty bullshit is worrisome.
But I do hold that it is a good thing that the Government has a fear of the people taking up arms, I would hope that this final check in the system is never used, and that any that would prematurely attempt violence in the stead of politics are crushed. I do believe that many in the 1% want us proles to be disarmed and at the mercy of their "benevolence" and reliant on them for our security as well as our livelihoods.
It seems to me the RKBA is more a class issue than a party issue. Look at the power-brokers that want you and I disarmed, wealthy with guards and a police state at their beck and call. A police force more than willing to apply "hickory shampoo", chemical agents and bullets to protect their masters. The Left needs to re-examine its stance on arming itself, before one day the only people with weapons are the police and military.