Punishing the Innocent for the Crimes of the Guilty

Punishing the Innocent for the Crimes of the Guilty
By Nick Hodge | Friday, January 18th, 2013
Nick Hodge

"I sincerely believe, with you, that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies…"  — Thomas Jefferson to John Adams

Last Saturday, I did two things: 1. I bought an AR-15; 2. I bought physical silver.

As an analyst, commentator, and concerned citizen, I feel it's important you understand why. Plus you read this letter to get moneymaking insights and opinions that cover the broad scope of the entire market...

What could be a better insight than telling you exactly where and why my skin is in the game?

Let's begin with a reading of the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution:

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.

Now a definition of infringe:

Rights Infringement

And now the first three gun control measures being proposed by President Obama, as printed by the Wall Street Journal:

  • Requiring background checks for all gun buyers [needs congressional approval]

  • Ban certain semiautomatic rifles [needs congressional approval]

  • Require a 10-round limit on ammunition magazines [needs congressional approval]

Now, I've taken a few logic, ethics, and rhetoric courses in my day... and the pathos here is in the toilet.

Any move to require something, to ban something, or to limit something is, by definition, infringing.

The Constitution is being violated — and it sets a very scary precedent. Your supposedly inherent rights are being dismantled before your very eyes.

Even more alarming, a good chunk of the zombified populace seems to condone it. In a survey of 1,500 adults last week, Pew found that 58% favor a ban on semi-automatic weapons.

I'll let Benjamin Franklin tell you what's wrong with this:

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. " — Benjamin Franklin, 1759

I refuse to give up essential liberty. I fully believe a right not exercised is a right lost. And I'm not alone...

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Comment by Patricia M. McBride on January 20, 2013 at 2:10pm
And while we are at it, using your logic to the extreme (and since none of the things you mentioned is in play at this time but guns and the clips for them are), we need to keep a tally on how many people got into a car today and got into an accident where someone was seriously injured or killed (and believe me the number will be far greater than those injured or killed with a gun) and seriously consider banning cars too, and how about hammers, knives, baseball bats, etc. if we are to ban guns...........because all of those things are as ridiculous as your comment and none of them are protected by the second amendment, but you better believe people would scream like banchies if someone tried to ban cars.  (They are not protected by anything in the constitution either so if Obumbler wants to run a power down on folks to show them who the boss is.....which is all this is, try taking away cars?)   I believe the 2nd amendment says the right of the people to keep and bear arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED, and the founders were very careful to keep things simple, but this one was important, because without it, we will lose all our rights period. Further, the AR 15 that is being banned is no different than another rifle that isn't being banned with the only different being a couple of added grips used by people who compete in gun competitions. They don't make the gun more dangerous; it only looks more dangerous and since people are totally stupid (and would follow Obumbler off a cliff while he lies his butt off to them and repeats and repeats and repeats his lies until everyone has internalized and been adequately brain washed), and no, I do understand this isn't about making it safer for children because it won't do that, but it is the nose under the tent again that will eventually result in the lunatic in the white house sending out his gestapo to confiscate our guns, which is why he wants a federal registry, so he knows who has what. Background check info is supposed to be disposed of after 30 to 60 days..............what do you think the chances of that happening under the head law breaker in chief?  In fact, what do you think the odds are that they have ever followed the law and disposed of that information?  I would say it is close to zip, but I don't trust a single one of these people............not a one.
Comment by Paul Davis on January 20, 2013 at 1:17pm

So your point is (using the same logic) that it is unconstitional to limit the use of fully automatic weapons, armor piercing ammo, RPGs, black hawk helipcopters, tanks and bombers by private individuals within the US?

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