{"id":33313,"date":"2013-04-21T22:17:37","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T04:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/21\/the-constitution-and-bullet-backstops.html"},"modified":"2013-04-21T23:03:18","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T05:03:18","slug":"the-constitution-and-bullet-backstops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/21\/the-constitution-and-bullet-backstops.html","title":{"rendered":"The Constitution and Bullet Backstops"},"content":{"rendered":"
I often hear Conservatives lament that Liberals have no trust in humanity, and thus feel obliged to shepherd them\u00a0to some sort of mush-headed salvation in spite of themselves.<\/p>\n

I'll balance that against this not-infrequent Conservative sentiment that shows no trust in humanity, and thus feels obliged to threaten to blow their brains out if they don't get their way.<\/p>\n

'We need to let those who will come in the future to represent us that we are serious. \u00a0The 2nd amendment means nothing unless those in power believe you would have no problem simply walking up and shooting them if they got too far out of line<\/strong> and stopped responding as representatives. \u00a0It seems that we are unable to muster that belief in any of our representatives on a state or federal level, but we have to have something, something costly, something that they will fear that we will use if they step out of line.'<\/i><\/p>\n

The same lengthy opinion piece in the Benton Co., Arkansas, GOP Newsletter (http:\/\/www.nogy.net\/bcgop\/Apr_2013\/index.html<\/a>, written by the husband of the party secretary, who publishes the newsletter), lamenting something about the state legislature acquiescing to (gasp) Obamacare, includes other references to "a quick implementation of my 2nd amendment rights to remove a threat domestic," but admits "I don\u2019t feel the same way about the Democrats as bullet backstops as I do about the Republicans who joined them."<\/p>\n

Y'know, it's funny — I keep looking at the Second Amendment, and while I see reference to "a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state," I just can't find anything about how the whole thing is designed to make legislators feel continuously in fear of their lives. \u00a0Can anyone help me here?<\/p>\n

(h\/t +<\/span>Les Jenkins<\/a><\/span>)<\/div>\n

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Benton, Arkansas GOP: ‘2nd Amendment Means Nothing Unless Those In Power Believe You’d Have No Problem Walking Up And Shooting Them’<\/a>
\n Taegan Goddard has the quote from the Benton County, AR Republican Party. “We need to let those who will come in the future to represent us [know] that we are serious. The 2nd amendment means nothi……\n <\/p>\n

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