Monday, December 19, 2005

Quotes From the Founders

An Open Request to Katherine Letellier

Dear Ms. Letellier,

You apparently possess knowledge that many of us interested in the Second Amendment have been seeking for some time to no avail.

In your published op-ed, you state:

Each side can cite Colonial history and quote from the Founding Fathers. Because both sides in this debate offer challenging and convincing arguments, both deserve equal time in your paper, if the intent truly is to educate readers on the Bill of Rights.

Yet according to Constitutional law scholar Stephen P. Halbrook:

In recent years it has been suggested that the second amendment protects the "collective" right of states to maintain militias, but not the right of "the people" to keep and bear arms. If anyone entertained this notion in the period in which the Constitution and Bill of Rights were debated and ratified, it remains one of the most closely guarded secrets of the eighteenth century, for no known surviving writing of the 1787-1791 period states that thesis.

Ms. Letellier, I’ve always believed that debates should be about determining the truth. You have publicly made a remarkable claim that refutes the leading authorities on the subject. If substantiated, your claim will have significant impact on current understanding and future court cases.

Both you and Prof. Halbrook can’t be right. One of you must be wrong.

What “challenging and convincing arguments” did the Framers make to disparage the right of individuals to keep and bear arms?
Would you please provide some of those quotes and their sources that you say exist, so that we can “truly…educate readers on the Bill of Rights”?

Sincerely,

David Codrea

Well, There's YOU and Then There's US...

A federal judge placed former Cedar Bluff town manager Ricky Steele on three years probation for his part in the sale of guns from a police evidence room.

Seems I read something once that covered this sort of thing...it went kind'a like:
No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States...No State shall...grant any Title of Nobility.

I also remember something along the lines of:
No State shall...deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Give me time. I'm sure I'll remember where I saw this.

It'll be nice to know there are guarentees ensuring the rest of us would receive the same treatment as Mr. Steele should we ever find ourselves in a similar predicament.

Prove You're WORTHY of Rights

Possessing even a single illegal gun should be classified as a violent felony that carries guaranteed prison time, unless the defendant can show proof of being an otherwise upstanding citizen.
Yes. None of that "innocent until proven guilty" tomfoolery in New York! And none of that "right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" nonsense, either!

I , for one, am damned glad the New York Daily News is there to act as champion for our rights and watchdog against governement abuse.

BREAKING NEWS!

The establishment media "leans left."

Who'da thunk?

Thanks to establishment academia for this stunning revelation.

I'd comment more, but I need time for this to truly settle in.