"Those who would trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither. Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security." -- Benjamin Franklin.
I think Mr. Franklin said it more eloquently and succinctly than I could and I shan't try to add to his point.
So if the second amendment doesn't mean the same thing now as it did when those who penned it wrote it, then I suppose none of the other nine in the Bill of Rights mean the same thing now as they did then either. If one can be taken away/abridged, so can all the rest. Careful there, you're playing with a double edged sword... and half a deck.
Not what Founders had in mind
"Those who would trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither. Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security." -- Benjamin Franklin.
I think Mr. Franklin said it more eloquently and succinctly than I could and I shan't try to add to his point.
December 21, 2012 at 11:43 p.m. permalink suggest removal
People with guns kill people
So if the second amendment doesn't mean the same thing now as it did when those who penned it wrote it, then I suppose none of the other nine in the Bill of Rights mean the same thing now as they did then either. If one can be taken away/abridged, so can all the rest. Careful there, you're playing with a double edged sword... and half a deck.
December 21, 2012 at 11:36 p.m. permalink suggest removal