Real Experts Speak Out Regarding Gun Control
October 18, 2009 · carl · Print This Article
For years, we have been subjected to numerous opinions on the issue of gun control.
On one side of the issue are those who believe that the “Right To Keep And Bear Arms” is an inherent American right granted to them by the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
On the other side are those who feel that the Second Amendment only applies to an organized militia.
Which side is correct?
In the hope of bring some clarity to the issue of gun control, we decided to find out the feelings of some real experts:
(And pay particular attention to the thoughs of the final person we quote.)
“The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.”
Samuel Adams
“The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.”
Alexander Hamilton
“Arms in the hands of private citizens may be used at individual discrestuion in private self-defense.”
John Adams
“False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it; that has no remedy for evils, except destruction. The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm those only who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.”
Cesare Beccaria
“Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. If we want the Arms Act to be repealed, if we want to learn the use of arms, here is a golden opportunity. If the middle classes render voluntary help to Government in the hour of its trial, distrust will disappear, and the ban on possessing arms will be withdrawn.”
Mohandas Gandhi
“If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.”
The Dalai Lama
“That rifle on the wall of the labourer’s cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.”
George Orwell
“There’s no question that weapons in the hands of the public have prevented acts of terror or stopped them.”
Israeli Police Inspector General Shlomo Aharonisky
“The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.”
Thomas Jefferson
Our final quote for today comes from the last person you might expect.
His brother spent decades as a legislator fighting for ever-harsher restrictions on the Second Amendment.
“By calling attention to ‘a well regulated militia,’ ‘the security of the nation,’ and the right of each citizen ‘to keep and bear arms,’ our founding fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy… The Second Amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic civilian-military relationships in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense of his country. For that reason I believe the Second Amendment will always be important.”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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I’d call that sufficient evidence of the intentions of the Founding Fathers, and verification by some very notable supporters of peace. When will people learn that being a doormat doesn’t equate to having peace?
The only statement that needs to be made is “Shall not be infringed upon”. There was a reason it was written that way. Any law that has ever be placed on the State or Federal level that goes against that statement should be repealed as UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Excellent point, Shane. But since when has Congress or this administration let a little thing like the Constitution stand in the way of doing what they want?
Over the last Century they have less and less, this Administration just lit it on fire to give Lady Liberty a case of “Hot Foot” and laugh about it. And the idiots wonder why even their own are turning on them in some instances. Their numbers are droppin and the American peoples tempers are flaring.
[...] Even JFK [Democrat] said “By calling attention to ‘a well regulated militia,’ ‘the security of the nation,’ and the right of each citizen ‘to keep and bear arms,’ our founding fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy… The Second Amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic civilian-military relationships in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense of his country. For that reason I believe the Second Amendment will always be important.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy Found Here [...]
i really don.t have any intentions of giving up my fire arms , but if i do decide to i expect all criminals and law enforcement to give up theirs also, because if no one has firearms there will be no need for law enforcement officers to have one either !!
Interesting article but there is one problem that I noticed. This sentence: On one side of the issue are those who believe that the “Right To Keep And Bear Arms” is an inherent American right granted to them by the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
The 2nd Amendment does not grant the right to keep and bear arms. It states that the government cannont infringe on the right. The rights in the Bill of Rights were recognized as God-given rights or natural rights that a person had at birth. The Bill of Rights doesn’t grant anything, we already have those rights. It tells the government what THEY CAN’T do. Apparently, it seems they rarely get the message, though.