[ExI] second amendment rights

Stefano Vaj stefano.vaj at gmail.com
Mon Jul 7 10:31:34 UTC 2008


On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 9:20 AM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 6:46 AM, Samantha Atkins wrote:
>> Freedom was the intent including freedom from government getting out of
>> hand.

As a total outsider, being born in a legal system where the way to
obtain the right to bear arms is to replace the previous government
and govern in its stead, I would only remark that the Second Amendment
reflects a fundamental difference in political mentality between
Eurasia and the US.

Here, the real point is whether the government (the King, the People
speaking through an elected Parliament, the Great Leader brought to
power by a revolution, whatever) legitimately and/or actually
represents its constituency and its will. Arming oneself at a popular
level is something one does to overthrow the existing constitutional
system, not to protect it directly or indirectly, and it is a decision
that strictly depends on one's views on the regime in place.

Stefano Vaj



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