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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="ConstitutionCowboy" data-source="post: 3246055" data-attributes="member: 745"><p>When the Constitution was written, a constitution was defined as a form of government. We do (We the People) have democratically elected representation in the House of Representatives independent of the state wherein we reside and, before the Seventeenth Amendment went into effect, the several state's legislatures chose senators to represent the state as a whole. That made us a republic.</p><p></p><p>After the Seventeenth Amendment was ratified, we switched over to two houses of representatives instead of one house of representatives and one senate. While the Senate as it now stands still has power independent of the House of Representatives, it is more like a second house of representatives than a senate and threw our government head long into more of a democracy than a republic. The states lost most of their power to control what goes on in the Feral(Federal) Government, and demagoguery and populism have run rampant now with the lack of influence and council of a truly republican body that the Senate was.</p><p></p><p>Used to be that nothing passed unless it was beneficial to both the people and the several states(Constitutional or not!). Now, the Feral Government passes legislation that forces or cajoles the states to comply with all sorts of programs like Medicaid, welfare, environmental foolishness, educational standards that dumb down our children, and I'm sure you all can think of much more.</p><p></p><p>I liked it better when the Feral Government stayed out of our day-to-day lives and the several states could compete with each other for the best and brightest, enact viable and cost effective social programs, support a favorable business climate - all the while assuring the people have a pleasant and safe environment with good prospects for prosperity.</p><p></p><p>George Washington, in his farewell address, warned us not to make changes in the system(the Constitution) that will destroy the energy of the system. Both the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments and part of the Fourteenth amendment have done just that. To fix the system we must call upon the only overarching controlling authority to get it done. Who or what is that, you ask? It is We the People. We must do it ourselves, too. We must educate ourselves toward that end as well, because like someone's avatar on here states, "No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them."</p><p></p><p>To put a name on what we have, as has been said, will require some conjunctive footwork. I would start with "suzerain" and devolve from there. </p><p></p><p>Woody</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ConstitutionCowboy, post: 3246055, member: 745"] When the Constitution was written, a constitution was defined as a form of government. We do (We the People) have democratically elected representation in the House of Representatives independent of the state wherein we reside and, before the Seventeenth Amendment went into effect, the several state's legislatures chose senators to represent the state as a whole. That made us a republic. After the Seventeenth Amendment was ratified, we switched over to two houses of representatives instead of one house of representatives and one senate. While the Senate as it now stands still has power independent of the House of Representatives, it is more like a second house of representatives than a senate and threw our government head long into more of a democracy than a republic. The states lost most of their power to control what goes on in the Feral(Federal) Government, and demagoguery and populism have run rampant now with the lack of influence and council of a truly republican body that the Senate was. Used to be that nothing passed unless it was beneficial to both the people and the several states(Constitutional or not!). Now, the Feral Government passes legislation that forces or cajoles the states to comply with all sorts of programs like Medicaid, welfare, environmental foolishness, educational standards that dumb down our children, and I'm sure you all can think of much more. I liked it better when the Feral Government stayed out of our day-to-day lives and the several states could compete with each other for the best and brightest, enact viable and cost effective social programs, support a favorable business climate - all the while assuring the people have a pleasant and safe environment with good prospects for prosperity. George Washington, in his farewell address, warned us not to make changes in the system(the Constitution) that will destroy the energy of the system. Both the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments and part of the Fourteenth amendment have done just that. To fix the system we must call upon the only overarching controlling authority to get it done. Who or what is that, you ask? It is We the People. We must do it ourselves, too. We must educate ourselves toward that end as well, because like someone's avatar on here states, "No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them." To put a name on what we have, as has been said, will require some conjunctive footwork. I would start with "suzerain" and devolve from there. Woody [/QUOTE]
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