Saturday, October 27, 2018

2nd Amendment Conditional Clause


This is what the 2nd would look like if the first part was conditional:

As long as Sally agrees that, A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, then and only then shall the right of the people to keep and bear arms, not be infringed.
What it really has is:

A statement of fact: You may disagree that it is a fact, but it is intended to state something they thought was obvious:

"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state,"

Followed by a rule:

"the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

Quoting Niemoller

First they came for the pro-life activists, and I did not speak out--because I was pro-choice.

Then they came for the Tea Party, and I did not speak out--because I did not agree that we are "taxed enough already"

Then they came for the Little Sisters of the Poor, and I did not speak out--because I really have no problem with government forcing people to participate in things that they (foolishly but sincerely) believe are evil.

But now I quote Niemoller in the hopes you will vote for the people who did all of these things.