The people of the United States have allowed their Constitution to be, for all intents and purposes, rewritten. This document, along with the Declaration of Independence, outlines our form of government as well as reiterates the rights given to man by his Creator. As its preamble states, it was ordained and established to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. The Constitution is plain and easy to understand, but has basically been disregarded and dismantled to the point that now its application is a far cry from what it actually conveys. Our now second-rate Second Amendment is one example.
The Second Amendment declares, “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” This has come to mean that a free state is not that important, the people can be told who can keep and bear arms, how many and what kind of arms they can keep, and when and where they can bear them. The part about “shall not be infringed” has been thrown out the window. The keeping and bearing of arms is to provide “the security of a free state”, and since every citizen is part of a “state”, this means the security of the individual and the state. The keeping and bearing of arms has come to be thought by many to be a danger to security. “Gun free zones”, or at least gun limited zones (these can be called “infringement zones”), have been established in schools, churches, and other places, as if this will keep dangerous criminals from using guns in these areas. It doesn’t take a genius to realize that if someone or some group wants to kill or harm people, they will likely choose a place where they will receive little to no resistance, such as in an “infringement zone”.
Sadly, there are those who claim to advocate the Second Amendment while opposing the intention of it to allow all the right to protect themselves. Even Jesus told his disciples to arm themselves, and didn’t tell them to get a permit first: “…if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.” (Luke 22:36) Evidently, Jesus endorsed the right to keep and bear arms. Indeed, this right along with others was given to us by Jesus. The Declaration of Independence makes this clear when stating that we are endowed by our Creator with the right to life and liberty. Since we have been given these rights we have the right to defend them. Nowhere in the Bible, the Declaration of Independence, or the Constitution does it allow for a law abiding citizen that has his mental faculties to be made defenseless at any time. According to the Second Amendment, it is unlawful to require that a person be unarmed when entering a public place such as a courthouse, a schoolhouse, or a church house. This is forcing a person to depend on others for his defense, or depend on there being no one who breaks the unarmed rule and causes harm.
If a person is proven unfit to “bear arms”, then that right should be taken away or limited (infringed), but infringement before being proven unfit is being assumed guilty before proven innocent. Many if not all of the shootings that have occurred in “infringement zones” could have been mitigated or eliminated had the right to keep and bear arms not have been infringed. Instead of avoiding guns, the purpose of guns and gun safety should be taught at home, in the schools, and in the church. Before our government officials steered our country away from Christianity, there wasn’t much need to remain armed at all times, but until we return to that way of life, it is necessary. A second-rate Second Amendment provides second-rate security.
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