Comments on: A Golden Mean Intimidates With Guns? http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2009/12/26/a-golden-mean-intimidates-with-guns/ A politically independent journal of the campaigns and legislation of the United States Congress. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:46:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: nicholas Ivan Ladendorf http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2009/12/26/a-golden-mean-intimidates-with-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-38370 nicholas Ivan Ladendorf Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:19:46 +0000 http://thatsmycongress.com/?p=2456#comment-38370 "This amendment clearly explains that the reason for a right to bear arms is to keep the government secure, not to intimidate it." I would argue the second amendment is to secure the nation not the government. As a nation birthed in insurrection I would hope people wouldn't confuse the two. And I've hardly promised the golden mean. I can see how one would think that from reading the introduction. But if you look at the actual positions I take they are not simply the middle ground. My position on the second amendment proves this more than it proves I've sought the golden mean. Saying that I take what is true from both sides of an issue before forming an opinion simply means that I actually attempt to inform myself instead of looking for information that supports an opinion I already formed. NIL “This amendment clearly explains that the reason for a right to bear arms is to keep the government secure, not to intimidate it.”
I would argue the second amendment is to secure the nation not the government. As a nation birthed in insurrection I would hope people wouldn’t confuse the two.
And I’ve hardly promised the golden mean. I can see how one would think that from reading the introduction. But if you look at the actual positions I take they are not simply the middle ground. My position on the second amendment proves this more than it proves I’ve sought the golden mean.
Saying that I take what is true from both sides of an issue before forming an opinion simply means that I actually attempt to inform myself instead of looking for information that supports an opinion I already formed.

NIL

]]> By: Congress Watcher http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2009/12/26/a-golden-mean-intimidates-with-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-38269 Congress Watcher Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:39:41 +0000 http://thatsmycongress.com/?p=2456#comment-38269 If the government is to be feared, and the government is trying to disarm citizens, how come it hasn't succeeded yet? Who has come to take your gun? If the government is to be feared, and the government is trying to disarm citizens, how come it hasn’t succeeded yet? Who has come to take your gun?

]]> By: Paul http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2009/12/26/a-golden-mean-intimidates-with-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-38267 Paul Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:21:32 +0000 http://thatsmycongress.com/?p=2456#comment-38267 The first step to enslave a country is to disarm the citizens. That is what the government has been trying to do for many years. The government must never be allow to disarm the citizens. At the end of WWII tje Japanese were asked why they did not invade the US after Pearl Harbor. Their answer was because most Americans are armed and would fight. Australia banned guns there and the crime rate soared because the criminals no longer had to worry about the citizens defending themselves. The first step to enslave a country is to disarm the citizens. That is what the government has been trying to do for many years. The government must never be allow to disarm the citizens.

At the end of WWII tje Japanese were asked why they did not invade the US after Pearl Harbor. Their answer was because most Americans are armed and would fight.

Australia banned guns there and the crime rate soared because the criminals no longer had to worry about the citizens defending themselves.

]]> By: Chris http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2009/12/26/a-golden-mean-intimidates-with-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-38204 Chris Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:37:32 +0000 http://thatsmycongress.com/?p=2456#comment-38204 "What, Sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty.... Whenever Governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise an army upon their ruins."- (Rep. Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts, spoken during floor debate over the Second Amendment August 17, 1789) “What, Sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty…. Whenever Governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise an army upon their ruins.”- (Rep. Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts, spoken during floor debate over the Second Amendment August 17, 1789)

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