Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: The Pro-Gun Movement's Total Disregard for Our Constitution [View all]Atypical Liberal
(5,412 posts)I find the criticism of Nugent's remarks on par with those against Michelle Obama about People in this country are ready for change and hungry for a different kind of politics and
for the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback" remarks. No doubt Michelle was proud of the USA before her husband was elected president and this was clearly a reference to how she is even more proud now that America has at least broken through centuries of racism at least enough to see an African-American elected president.
I disagree with Nugent on many things, but I grok the gist of what he is saying about America: It isn't perfect, but in many ways it beats what goes on in much of the rest of the world. (except for things like labor rights, healthcare, etc. etc.)
Anyway. The key sentences in the article were these:
"Pro-gun leaders like NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre would have us believe that "the guys with the guns make the rules" in our democracy. But nothing could be further from the truth. In reality, our Founders ratified the Constitution to obviate the need for political violence."
And yet, the Founders included the second amendment to give the people the ultimate final recourse to security liberty. They created a government that put the military power in the hands of the civilians, and decentralized its command under the states!
Why would they do this if they had complete trust of the entity they were creating? The answer is simple: They didn't.