tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post5790549580631246622..comments2024-03-27T09:44:59.329-04:00Comments on Free North Carolina: Militia means you and meBrock Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-73887891240667910682014-06-13T18:59:36.893-04:002014-06-13T18:59:36.893-04:00It is a Natural Right and no more needs to be said...It is a Natural Right and no more needs to be said.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-67404678927108495352014-06-13T18:55:50.648-04:002014-06-13T18:55:50.648-04:00The right to be armed is not negotiable. With or w...The right to be armed is not negotiable. With or without a 2nd Amendment I will not negotiate.Why is it that you all continue to argue the point. Arms confer the ability to say NO; and make it stick. Without them you are property. I do not need or desire the cover of a legalistic piece of paper to arm myself and loved ones. <br />As a preacher fiend of mine once said; you can be so spiritually, or in this case legally good; that you are of no earthly use.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-4253953217434324032014-06-12T23:11:39.293-04:002014-06-12T23:11:39.293-04:00 rights granted by God that can not be altered or ... rights granted by God that can not be altered or taken away as a matter of freedom and liberty as the basic foundation of our country.<br /><br />Yes and they are our Natural Rights also.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-72869742946990887802014-06-12T23:02:50.017-04:002014-06-12T23:02:50.017-04:00Why are 'rights' as outlined in the Consti...Why are 'rights' as outlined in the Constitution/BOR's not absolute? Who said that and what was the original intent? Seems the founders and framers of the Constitution did in fact (IMHO) intend that there are rights granted by God that can not be altered or taken away as a matter of freedom and liberty as the basic foundation of our country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-60769732536517227322014-06-12T09:54:00.935-04:002014-06-12T09:54:00.935-04:00"For you to forbid me to bear arms on your pr..."For you to forbid me to bear arms on your property, is one thing, and arguably within your property right, though it may place some burden for my defense on you." I love that point you make. It is a little thought of truthAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-12016345107322056062014-06-11T19:56:58.639-04:002014-06-11T19:56:58.639-04:00Jim, your "f'rinstance" is a straw m...Jim, your "f'rinstance" is a straw man. Your property rights are absolute. Therefore, you determine who may and may not enter your property. If you say I may not enter, so be it.<br /><br />For you to forbid me to bear arms on your property, is one thing, and arguably within your property right, though it may place some burden for my defense on you. And for you to deny me the right to defend myself while on your property is another, one that your property rights most assuredly do not "trump".<br /><br />I do not understand your defining rights as "cognitive" or "contextual", though I'm pretty sure I would not accept at least the latter.<br /><br />Last, but not least, your second paragraph is logically inconsistent with your first. If there cannot be exceptions, and the right is unconditional, how then is it also contextual?LiberTarHeelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957414837617216970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-31714974103415120722014-06-11T12:16:37.743-04:002014-06-11T12:16:37.743-04:00"It is the nature of a right that it is - and..."It is the nature of a right that it is - and must be - absolute."<br /><br />Nice sentiment, but misleading. All things cognitive, like rights, are contextual. In this instance the context is, to quote Jefferson, "within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others." F'rinstance, you do not have the right to bear arms upon private property if the property owner doesn't allow it. His property rights trump anything about anyone else, since those are primary. But you do have the right not to go on his property.<br /><br />What there can't be, are exceptions, and especially not exceptions created by the very institution charged with protecting the rights in the first place. As far as grammar, the first clause in the 2nd is plainly an explanatory clause, not a qualifying or conditional clause. The right of self-defense is so fundamental that they not only codified it unconditionally, they also told us the reason why.Jim Kleinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-8377483907746719662014-06-11T11:14:12.563-04:002014-06-11T11:14:12.563-04:00Thus endeth the lesson.
:) Very good.Thus endeth the lesson.<br /><br />:) Very good.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-75794177181399885852014-06-11T07:46:39.976-04:002014-06-11T07:46:39.976-04:00Yes. But why confuse the twit more than she alread...Yes. But why confuse the twit more than she already is? :) she probably doesn't read here, anyway. Grognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-22261567644626333682014-06-11T01:09:44.330-04:002014-06-11T01:09:44.330-04:00Always interesting to see people who try to dillut...Always interesting to see people who try to dillute or deny the second ammenment of the constitution, but will cite other consyutional ammendments when it serves their agendas. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-77326098862480360242014-06-11T00:35:25.342-04:002014-06-11T00:35:25.342-04:00"She’s correct that no right is absolute, but..."She’s correct that no right is absolute, but we limit those rights cautiously and judiciously."<br /><br />And you were doing so well, Michael. For the first time, for the last time:<br /><br />It is the nature of a right that it is - and must be - absolute. If their are codicils, appendices, restrictions, howevers, and buts, then it is a privilege, granted and controlled by others.<br /><br />Thus endeth the lesson.LiberTarHeelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957414837617216970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-70096417180787525332014-06-10T23:54:28.774-04:002014-06-10T23:54:28.774-04:00On top of all that, is our Natural Right, which tr...On top of all that, is our Natural Right, which trumps all.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-1693710325794181262014-06-10T23:49:51.797-04:002014-06-10T23:49:51.797-04:00Ms. Kinnaird should review the foundation for the ...Ms. Kinnaird should review the foundation for the 2nd Amendment, which is still valid today, despite the attempts of the statists to pervert it, Madison's wording, to wit:<br /><br />"A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, being the best security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; but no person religiously scrupulous shall be compelled to bear arms"<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution<br /><br />Yes, I know it's Wikipedia, but it's still an accurate phrasing. <br /><br />This Right, and the other Rights we have as Citizens, are based in large part on Common Law, Blackstone, and other worthies of that time, and the Rights are reinforced by the DOI, BOR, and Constitution, not granted by it, as Brock knows, I know, and many others know, and there is no government that can diminish them. Ms. Kinnaird is a statist, and she will never agree. Grognoreply@blogger.com