O6nop wrote:Gabriel Gomez, ex Navy Seal made this comment as quoted by The Republican from Massachussetts...
Gabriel Gomez wrote:It's not like I take the Constitution lightly. I don't think I'm going against the Second Amendment. I'm not taking our right away to get an assault weapon. I'm just saying if you want an assault weapon, join the Navy, go through SEAL training...
Perhaps we should rephrase the 2nd Amendment so that it conforms with the 'interpretation' of the former SEAL:
Instead of:
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 former SEAL proposes:
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the MILITIA to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
So the 2nd Amendment becomes meaningless except with respect to the MILITIA, i.e. the MILITARY.
The Framers used the word PEOPLE, for a reason.
The U.S. Constitution was created to prevent TYRANNY, by a single person or GROUP of persons, including obviously, the BRITISH ARMY who were enforcing British law and attempting to put down a rebellion.
The MILITIA were comprised of INDIVIDUALS who fought alongside Gen. Washington's regulars in the Continental Army. The Militia were sometimes at odds with the regulars because they were CIVILIANS and ruggedly independent farmers and ranchers who worked for and thought for themselves, as opposed to the regulars who were trained to follow and obey orders.
So much for those who ignorantly believe the framers intended ONLY regular soldiers should have the right to bear arms.
It doesn't (or shouldn't) take a scholar to figure this out.
But it does take some 'creative' reasoning by a pack of liars in the Judiciary and Congress (and elsewhere) to twist and 'interpret' (i.e. DISTORT) what the Founding Fathers actually intended when they instituted the 2nd Amendment which gave THE PEOPLE the RIGHT to BEAR ARMS which should NOT be INFRINGED.
Frankly, I should have the right to buy a tank, an F-16 (armed, of course) and any other weapon my heart desires, and my income would support.
But hey, that's just me.