RE: 22,000 Virginians in Richmond: Gun Control and the Bigger Issues
True civil wars today are started when Generals break away from there commanders. I believe this could very well be the case if ordered to fire on fellow Americans.
What was the intent of the 2nd Amendment? To defend against a tyrannical government. Now think about when the 2nd Amendment was written. The average citizen could own the same weapons as the government and that was it's intent. The 2nd Amendment doesn't need to repealed or weakened, it needs to be expanded to meet today's technologies.
Now do I think every American needs to have the right to go down to Joe's Gun Shop and pick up a Surface to Air Missile? No. But I do think that there needs to be a law that allows, without fear of punishment, any member of the Armed Services the right to refuse orders to attack fellow citizens. That way General's and other high ranking officers could tell there troops to stand down. Then our elected leaders would have no option but to do the will of the people as opposed to there own possibly corrupt agendas.
This is an excellent proposition. Thank you for sharing this. You summed up the same concerns I having perfectly. I think you make a good point, too--allowing armed service members to refuse orders to attack fellow citizens. Fantastic discussion here.
Indeed ("fantastic discussion" here) - which makes me wonder if @quillfire is around. :)
This: "The Second Amendment was enacted not for American citizens to protect themselves from burglars, but so they could protect the nation from tyranny," so "who would stand to gain the most by repealing the population’s right to bear arms?" Hitler disarmed German civilians before the Gestapo started shooting everyone's Jewish neighbors and friends. How were unarmed citizens to fight the armed Nazi thugs? How many of us would just give up and die rather than fight for the right of another to live? These are thick, tangled questions.
Yes they are thick, tangled questions, ones I'd hoped we would never have to face in our lifetimes.