Second 'Amendment' Rights

[Wake-up!]

The clip below was forwarded to me by a friend who spent 20-some years in the military. So he's a stickler for laws and regulations. The military teaches one thing above all else, it teaches obedience (no, not leadership, as the government claims). There is always someone you say "Sir, yes Sir" to. So my buddy expects laws to be obeyed, and therefore he expects laws to be productive in society.

Congressman Matt Gaetz says, "Before we go and pass a bunch of new laws, that could potentially deprive law-abiding people of their 2nd Amendment rights, let's make sure we are doing everything to enforce our current laws." That sums up the Republican viewpoint pretty well. Apparently Gaetz also expects laws to be productive.

It also shows how idiotic most Congress men and women sound, just what they miss about Law. People do not have 2nd Amendment rights, nor first, nor 3rd through 10th amendment rights. People have inherent Rights, ones no dang piece of paper, called an Amendment or otherwise, can change. Protecting our persons and property is one of those inherent Rights. The so-called Bill of Rights does not confer or grant Rights, it prohibits ANY government from violating or denying our inherent Rights.

Someone needs to remind Gaetz, and other Congress men and women, of just what the Bill of Rights is and does. No words on paper, of any sort, can deny or violate our Rights. Nor can words on paper grant us Rights. Words on paper merely grant us privilege. Congress also needs reminding that the Supreme Court has stated that any laws passed by Congress that are repugnant to the Constitution (and Bill of Rights) are null and void. The Court said this in Marbury vs.Madison. Although the case was heard and the decision was made in 1803, it has legal standing today, as much as a Court decision made last year.