I can’t count the times that I have wished that Paul or one
of the other new testament writers would have spelled things out so clearly
that there would never be any room for misunderstanding/misinterpretation. I feel similarly about the creators of the
constitution of the United States of America.
We are living in an age in America where owning guns, any
type of guns, no matter their deadly force, has taken on an almost religious
status. I’m certain that the creators of
our constitution never intended that. At
the time of the writing of our constitution, we were a brand new country, and
without proper organization could be vulnerable to attack. At that time, our primary weapon would be
hard-pressed to shoot one bullet every minute or two. Hence, as a country, we needed a well regulated militia in every state to ensure our country was unified and safe. We needed an adequate deterrent that showed
the world that we couldn’t and wouldn’t be easily over-thrown by outside
forces. If you come after us, you do so
at your own peril. What some gun owners
are forgetting is one thing…this type of deterrent needs to be WELL
REGULATED. You have to be able to work
together seamlessly, even between states, otherwise you have chaos. In reality, it seems the creators of our
constitution explained it pretty well but some people MISS the obvious. For instance, as a gun owner, are you meant
to be part of a well regulated militia? Are you part of the national guard? Yeah…you probably aren’t. You are much more
likely to be an individual that loves your guns more than just
about anything and has somehow made gun ownership part of your patriotic religion. In case you haven’t noticed, at this point in
time, we have a very well regulated/organized militia in every state, and a
federal military that defines the very picture of deterrent. At the time, the
creators of the constitution didn’t have the vision to know how advanced we
would become when it related to weapons and their killing power. My goodness, as we’ve mentioned, they were
still using muskets! The
founding fathers just didn’t know the future.
Now people hang on words they don’t fully understand in the context they
were given and then assign their own meaning to them. Hence, in ignorance they think it’s their
patriotic duty and right to buy the most devastating weapons that they
can. I’ll never believe that was our founding
fathers vision. If the founding fathers knew a time was coming
when just one numbskull, one malcontent, could easily and legally purchase a weapon
that could kill/wound a hundred innocent people in a moment or two, I’m most
certain they would have edited whatever they were thinking of saying and said
something far more limiting and defined.
Yeah, as a current/typical gun owner, are you part of a well regulated
militia, or are you just someone that thinks owning the most devastating
weapons on earth at this time is a fun hobby and confirms you as a patriot?
But what if some extremists out there are right? What if it wasn't really about a militia at all? What if the creators of the constitution, were, in actuality, so worried about their own integrity, as well as the integrity of any government official that followed, decided (under pressure - amendment) to allow the masses to be armed as a check on their own government's power? What if they decided that allowing the masses to possess/accumulate weapons was the answer to governing the government?
Yeah, the only problem with that line of reasoning is that the constitution doesn't say that.
How’s that working for you?
