The NRA Shoots At The Constitution
The NRA has recently come out in defense of their back-door dealings in the DISCLOSE ACT. Looks like in the end, the NRA is a one-issue group, and has no problem selling off portions of the constitution to shore up that one issue. Currently on the auction block: the first amendment.
The question is, “What good is the 2nd amendment without the 1st?” Gun rights, without the freedom to defend them against an overreaching tyrannical government, are unmanageable at best. When a special interest group’s back-door deals are cut to defend only a narrowly defined agenda, that group should not be surprised when the same tactics are used in opposition. Until the Special Interests (which we may find common ground on individual issues) come to defend their issues with the full backing of the Constitution as a whole, we will perpetuate the tribal destruction of our Supreme Law.
Individual Liberty was the idea. Liberty to gun ownership, liberty to speak freely, liberty to raise one’s family as he sees fit, liberty to associate and do business with those who we wish, liberty to be left alone, LIBERTY. Under proper government, and as laid out in our Founding documents, Natural Rights of the individual are protected. Crime under this system is realized in theft of, or fraudulent acts against another’s property.
It was never the intent of our system of checks and balances to pass laws that would raise hoops for some to jump through, only to be lowered for the more fortunate to step over.
Brock T. Southwick
wapitimo@gmail.com
Liberty Freelance writer
Nice write up it. it could be a bit longer though