5 to 4?

"The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." Thomas Jefferson.

Let me start off by saying, I don’t own a gun, never wanted too, and probably never will. That’s a personal choice and I hope it always will be. However, I’m not so sure.

In 1976 the District of Columbia passed the most strict gun law in the nation. For all practical purposes handguns were banned, which left its citizens unarmed. For 32 years the law laid without challenge. Two things surprise me on this. One, what took so long? And two, why was it so close?

5 to 4 ruling, are you kidding me? This isn’t a lesser known amendment, incase no one noticed it’s in the top ten, number two to be exact! Something our founders called the “Bill of Rights.”

If Jefferson and Madison got anything right it was the first 10 amendments, (by the way Jefferson got everything right when it came to freedom.)

The Bill of Rights existed without interpretation for over 200 years. I would assume that meant the first 10 amendments were an unshakable foundation which built our freedom and defined our liberty.

Anytime someone wants to challenge the Constitution, especially the Bill of Rights, I say bring it on. Nothing is clearer than the Bill of Rights and it should always be a slam-dunk 9 to 0 in favor of the Framers. But 5 to 4? What happened, or better yet, what’s happening?

Antonin Scalia appointed by Reagan had it right when he said, “The Constitution is dead.” Case closed. It doesn’t live and flow with the times. The Framers said what they meant and meant what they said, yet some people don’t get it. I’m all for argument and a free flow of ideas. Nothing is better than a good debate. However, all conversation ends when the Bill of Rights begins. It’s that concrete, it’s that forever. But 5 to 4?

By the grace of God and one Supreme Court Justice, this country, for now, still has the Second Amendment. But what if it went the other way? The precedent would be set for Second Amendment laws to be challenged throughout this country and slowly we loose one of the precious ten. Then what’s next, speech, religion?

Jefferson warned of this and had little faith the Constitution would survive. I’m afraid it’s been downhill since Thomas. You ever wonder what if today’s politicians found themselves 200 years into the past. Could you imagine the politically correct document they’d come up with?

The 5 to 4 decision boggles the mind

One more thing, ask yourself this question. How many Supreme Court Judges will President Scooter appoint?