Second Amendment Scoreboard

[Uncle Joe]

89. That's a good answer establishing the basis of the Founders' reasoning but it seems to me

today this Amendment has only served to put the American People in an arms race with "We the People."

Increasing numbers of the police force have been militarized, we have a growing for profit prison industry and an unending war against an ambigous code word of "terrorism."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_Rights_1689

The Bill of Rights[1] is an Act of the Parliament of England passed on 16 December 1689.[2] It was a restatement in statutory form of the Declaration of Right presented by the Convention Parliament to William and Mary in March 1689 (or 1688 by Old Style dating), inviting them to become joint sovereigns of England. It lays down limits on the powers of the crown and sets out the rights of Parliament and rules for freedom of speech in Parliament, the requirement for regular elections to Parliament and the right to petition the monarch without fear of retribution. It reestablished the liberty of Protestants to have arms for their defence within the rule of law, and condemned James II of England for "causing several good subjects being Protestants to be disarmed at the same time when papists were both armed and employed contrary to law".

James II's primary transgression wasn't the taking of arms but an infringment against freedom of religion. He was selective in the arms he confiscated only taking those of the Protestants in an attempt to give the Catholics an advantage.

The United States has an elected government not a monarchy and our most powerful Amendment is the First as it has been used twice in American History to overturn looming tyranny; the Alien and Seditions Act and McCarthyism.

It seems to me that if the people should ever rise up and use arms against an overwhelmingly superior United States government it will only open the door to major civil war, martial law and most probably some form of dictatorship.

The present day result of the 2nd Amendment has only served to make the killing of the American People by the people easier, more convenient and effective.

I don't have all the answers but I believe the 2nd Amendment should be revisited and updated to modern times and today's reality.