06-28-2022, 02:59 PM
(06-28-2022, 01:47 PM)GMDino Wrote: Coincidentally one of the podcasts I listen to did a two-parter on the NRA from its early roots to now.
One of the interesting things brought up was how 2A was less about your right to own a weapon as much as training a militia that hadn't done so well during the war and needed to be prepared better. Why? Well some folks were afraid the slaves would get this CRAZY idea that ALL men were created equal and start an uprising of their own.
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/1002107670/historian-uncovers-the-racist-roots-of-the-2nd-amendment
https://law.rwu.edu/news/news-archive/bogus-slavery-and-2nd-amendment
So in essence while it was legal to have a gun there was concern that the federal government would interfere if slave states wanted to use their militia to enforce slavery. Therefore the amendment was pushed by politicians looking to keep power in those states.
You know what else was legal when the constitution was written?
Abortion.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/scarlet-letters-getting-the-history-of-abortion-and-contraception-right/?fbclid=IwAR0m1RyscYXw1Z2KdttXciOnwdlZ7ek8aIEx1gv1FFgoAcSx66kqs0BbhwI
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10297561/
https://www.history.com/news/the-criminalization-of-abortion-began-as-a-business-tactic?fbclid=IwAR3_vVE75lj-hPX7cQjD998usggvpTfRKQXFgX4M_DHaRz6UJ_n63ghbPmk
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2173793?fbclid=IwAR2xIrFS4nqyMrWIqvFLjn_3KTi_RSyd1D7CYXE1l4kmIz5jp9ASAV5sUlQ
But there wasn't a group of people who were worried about the federal government getting involved with it so why even mention it? I mean they didn't mention a lot of things because, why would they?
Let's face it, the whole thing is basically about white, male, land owners.
But we went backwards in a lot of ways (which you'll see if you read any of the links) and that was usually about, surprisingly, while males wanting to keep power. Weird, huh?
So now, in 2022, we go back 50 years because abortion "is not mentioned" in the constitution.
Fair enough.
"Good legal" thinking is just that. It is based on a a true fact that the word is not used in the constitution, and therefore folks can ignore the damage such a decision does to the rights to millions of women.
Anyway, I'm not going to change anyone's opinions. Just laying it out there that this is a damaging decision no matter how legal it was.
Yeah yeah... everything is those white male's fault. Nothing new here in bizzaro world. Bottom line, it's not in the Constitution, so it is not a Constitutional Right, and the decision is sent to the states to decide for themselves. If people want to make it a Constitutional Right, there is a process for amending the Constitution. Stamping your foot on the ground and shouting "But" is not the process, nor is assassinating Justices, breaking windows, rioting or any of the other crap going on. Meanwhile, abortion is still legal, no back alley clothes hanger abortions are going on, the vast majority are performed with a mail order 2 pill regimen, and the left continues to lie about it.
And since you bring race into the issue, it is not lost on me that people support unfettered abortion when percentage wise the majority of abortions are by minorities. Must be more of that racism stuff going on, right?
