Teeth of the Constitution

"A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed."

The Second Amendment is arguably the most important: it is the "teeth" of our Constitution.

As Thomas Jefferson said, "The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."

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  • Tuesday, March 08, 2005

    Southwest Part of US Reported Stolen

    I recently received a comment from anonymous on my first post where I laid out in brief some of my thoughts on current issues. One of these was that I am anti-illegal alien.

    Anonymous, who appears to be Native American Indian, said that "This country was stolen from its original inhabitants."

    Well, back then, the world was under a different set of rules. One of them was "go forth and conquer". Just as one Indian tribe would wage war on another to reclaim or increase their territory, the White Man came and conquered what is now the United States.

    Anon. went on to say that "Now come the Mexicans, 8 or 9 million of them. They are not the blancos, but rather Indiana and mixed bloods, the poor campesinos. They are "taking over" in their numbers, and threaten the whiteness of the USA. Good for them. Perhaps one day TX, NM, CA, AZ etc will go back to Mexico, making up for their theft 150 yrs ago."

    Unfortunately for Anon., National borders are now clearly defined, and the rules for coming and going are explicit and generally well known. Because the people coming into the United States are breaking those rules, the United States has the right to throw them out and well should.

    I am neither condoning nor condemning what went on 150 years ago. That's just the way it was.

    In closing, I hope that we will always welcome those who wish to come here legally. That's one of the things that make us such a great Nation.

    1 Comments:

    Blogger Attila said...

    Your commenter is pro-illegal alien but anti-illegal alien when it comes to the illegals our ancestors all were on this continent (my own ancestors figuratively speaking).

    Wednesday, March 09, 2005 8:23:00 AM  

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