Lawmaker wants military patrols after child's murder

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100. Whether or not I agree with it...

...doesn't change the fact that I accept it and do not try to pretend that it is somehow meaningless.

Sad fact is, Dred Scott WAS the law of the land for a while, and it took some pretty serious work to get it changed. On a certain level, I actually agree with it. Do not interpret that to mean I agree with slavery (i find the idea repulsive), but i do agree that slavery as existed at the time was legal, and slaves were property.

Ultimately it was changed the right way, rather than simply pretending the facts as they were did not exist. Perhaps you completely missed the 13th and 14th Amendments?

In the case of the RKBA, changing that to mean what you insist in means in the face of all facts to the contrary, will require repealing the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 9th, 10th and possibly the 14th Amendments, AND require adding an additional amendment granting Congress the authority to legislate in that are as explicit authority is not granted in Art. 1, Sec. 8, regardless of what you THINK the commerce clause allows.

Now, if you want to start a shooting war over your belief that the 2nd Amendment does not protect a pre-existing RKBA, go for it. Besides the fact that it would be more than a little ironic, you could plan on losing...badly. The last time the legitimate government in these parts made a serious effort to disarm the populace we had this little dust up many of us like to call the American Revolution - and in that case, General Gage was actually on the 100% right side of the law.

Dan, you're not ever going to get the required majority to amend the Constitution to the degree required, and even if you somehow did, those who disagreed with the whole thing would put their lives on the line to correct your mistake. Not trying to sound like I'm saying "Love it or leave it", but if you really have that much of a problem with it, you would be far better served moving to a nation more in keeping with your beliefs.