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Joe Biden: Second Amendment Does Not Say You’re ‘Entitled’ to Own a Gun
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<blockquote data-quote="Glocktogo" data-source="post: 3245903" data-attributes="member: 1132"><p>I like to describe it as a Constitutional Republic with democratic underpinnings. In a pure democracy, nothing voted on by the electorate or their representatives is off limits. If they voted in favor of instituting a monarchy, it would henceforth become a monarchy. The same goes for free speech, right to arms, etc.</p><p></p><p>In a Constitutional Republic, specific limits are set on the government which no amount of voting can alter. Even if 95% of the electorate and their representatives voted to restrict free speech, bearing arms or other elements of the Constitution and BoR, The People would have the option of armed revolution as a <u>legitimate</u> action to prevent it, even if the revolutionaries are in the minority. It's easy for despots and tyrants to take advantage of a pure democracy. It's more difficult with a properly formed Constitutional Republic.</p><p></p><p>I take great issue with the politicians and media not emphasizing that we're a Constitutional Republic, because it allows them to delegitimize the Constitution and pretend the judicial branch is the final arbiter of lawful vs. unlawful. They are not. We The People are the final arbiters and we have a duty to not abdicate that responsibility.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glocktogo, post: 3245903, member: 1132"] I like to describe it as a Constitutional Republic with democratic underpinnings. In a pure democracy, nothing voted on by the electorate or their representatives is off limits. If they voted in favor of instituting a monarchy, it would henceforth become a monarchy. The same goes for free speech, right to arms, etc. In a Constitutional Republic, specific limits are set on the government which no amount of voting can alter. Even if 95% of the electorate and their representatives voted to restrict free speech, bearing arms or other elements of the Constitution and BoR, The People would have the option of armed revolution as a [U]legitimate[/U] action to prevent it, even if the revolutionaries are in the minority. It's easy for despots and tyrants to take advantage of a pure democracy. It's more difficult with a properly formed Constitutional Republic. I take great issue with the politicians and media not emphasizing that we're a Constitutional Republic, because it allows them to delegitimize the Constitution and pretend the judicial branch is the final arbiter of lawful vs. unlawful. They are not. We The People are the final arbiters and we have a duty to not abdicate that responsibility. [/QUOTE]
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