A disturbing thought. [View all]

[nadinbrzezinski]

In the 1850s a lot of states in the Old Confederacy passed were was known as nullification laws.

Now these lovely laws were meant to make sure that FEDERAL laws regarding slavery were not followed in the south. Essentially you were a Federal Official, you had no authority. Now since Sandy Hook we are seeing something really scary. Rachel went through some of them today.

Louisiana essentially made gun ownership a fundamental right. So even criminals will be able to have them. Michigan has allowed blind people to obtain concealed carry permits. And Missouri attempted, one vote short, to pass an honest to goodness nullification law. I do not like this pattern. And yes, I believe that some folks are willing to go to war to keep their right to keep and bear arms, (that goes back to slavery and slave suppression) intact. And it is as they understand it.

So yes, this is dark, but the balkanization has reached the point that perhaps some are willing to literally go to war. If that is the case, I suspect the Second will either go the way of Slavery, or the country will break apart. That is what civil wars do.

And no, not a nice thought. It is one of many reasons we are seeing the splintering of the country.