Gun ban/Confiscation, 2nd Amendment Outdated.

For years it seems there"s the idea that a gun ban should be done in America, and the 2nd Amendment is outdated. I fear that are rights are at risk with this foolish idea that we as a nation will be more secure without the people being armed. So ill tackle the first issue that is most commonly used to say the 2nd amendment is outdated, "The founders did not think of how fire arms will be in the 21st century". But you see the founders if they were referring to their time of weapons would have said something along the lines of "Flintlocks" or "Musket" instead they used a timeless term of "arms" which refers today as Firearms, weapon equipment. Others would argue that the 2nd amendment only applies to those in the militia well let"s look at this. 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. Notice the sentence frame, starts with "well regulated militia", then as to clarify, "being necessary to the security of a free State"" This sentence structure shows the founders referring to the State to have a well regulated Militia present as a security measure. This was mainly due to the fact the constitution did not allow for a standing federal Army to be present during a time of peace. Therefore it was up to the state to provide for its defense in a way of a Militia as the State military army. This continues with ""the right of the people to keep and bear Arms"" At first look, it would seem to the common people this means the people of the militia to keep and bear arms. Yet this is not how the sentence structure is read, for inside this sentence structure it refers to two separate identities, one being the Organized Militia to protect the State, and The People to also have a right to keep and bear arms. "Keep" as in own, "bear" as in use, "Arms", which refers to weapons for this term does not limit to just "firearms". ""shall not be infringed." This last part just secures that the Militia and the right of The People to own and use weapons. Most arguments will point out that this was during a time when people"s security was not secured due to the land being tamed. Bandits and Indians raided peaceful colonist, now that we are a more civil and connected society, there is no need for the people to defend themselves. This may have played a part in the forming of this amendment, but in truth it dates to just before the revolution, 1774, the ban of importing of firearms and gunpowder. The same year till 1775 a confiscation of firearms and gunpowder was also acted upon by the Redcoats, seizing all public fire arms and gunpowder from the store houses. Lord Dartmouth, the Royal Secretary of State for America at the time, even sent a request for an outright confiscation in New England. General Thomas Gage replied stating he himself would love to, but such an action would not go peacefully without force. Why would Britain wish to disarm the public even though it was a dangerous frontier? For that answer I would refer to this quote. "To conquer a nation, first disarm its citizens." Got an idea who said this? The person is pretty famous was even nominated for Man of the Year by New York Times. Answer is Adolf Hitler; yes most opponents for gun control will state this is irreverent for its taking an extreme. I take this "extreme" for it works, and it is the embodiment that all mankind fears of. I"m sure people in Germany didn"t think it would happen, that the streets will be safe, Hitler would lead them to a golden age, and all will be right in the world. Hitler used the sweet words of security strategically and it landed him the seat of power in Germany where he can dictate the agenda he always wanted to act on since WWI. He continued with the sweet words of reducing crime and increasing security threw the registration of fire arms, the gun restrictions, and later gun confiscation of anyone who was not involved with the party and was a different race. With this I will rest my case of why gun Ban should never be considered in America and I will continue with the reason why the 2nd amendment was even placed in the Bill of Rights. "You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass." Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto Though the quote is sometimes considered to be US propaganda from the war the message is clear. Invading the mainland of the United States would be act of suicide, gun ownership of America is a deterrent for foreign nations to not attempt to invade, for not only does a foreign power have to deal with the army, but every able body of the nation as well. "Foreign and Domestic threats", another quote strait from the pledge are service men and women swear an oath to the constitution. We can understand where this "foreign" may come from, but domestic? What could threaten the constitution domestically? Well government, the same way people argue on how the 2nd amendment is "outdated" why would government not wish for an armed populous? Why did the King of Britain impose embargoes on gunpowder and fire arms being imported to the colonies? For a disarmed public who can"t effectively fight back can"t say anything to the government, they have no power over said government. Any protester threatened with death would eat the words they themselves preach. "Free Speech" in a government who disarmed the public is a regulated "free speech" only a shadow of the memory that once was called "free speech". Founders seen what a Tyrannical government would try to emplace to control the populous more effectively, so they established counter measures for the people to defend and take back what was established from them. If you don"t believe me how about a few quotes" "A free people ought to be armed." - George Washington "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin "I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery." - Thomas Jefferson "The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." - Thomas Jefferson (quoting 18th century criminologist Cesare Beccaria) "A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks." - Thomas Jefferson "The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed." - Thomas Jefferson "Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion in private self defense." - John Adams "To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them." - George Mason "I ask sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few politicians." - George Mason (father of the Bill of Rights and The Virginia Declaration of Rights) "Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe." - Noah Webster "The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops." - Noah Webster "A government resting on the minority is an aristocracy, not a Republic, and could not be safe with a numerical and physical force against it, without a standing army, an enslaved press and a disarmed populace." - James Madison "Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms." - James Madison "The ultimate authority resides in the people alone." - James Madison "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." - William Pitt "To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them." - Richard Henry Lee "Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined.... The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able might have a gun." - Patrick Henry "... arms ... discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property.... Horrid mischief would ensue were (the law-abiding) deprived the use of them." - Thomas Paine "The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms." - Samuel Adams "The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally, even if these are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist and triumph over them." - Joseph Story "What, Sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty .... Whenever Governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise an army upon their ruins." - Rep. Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts Sources: http://goo.gl...