Academics for the Second Amendment

The United States is very unique in that one of the basic laws of the land is the individual right to "keep and bear arms." This was done to ensure that the new government being installed would not be able to persecute and subjugate the citizens by being the only entity who has weapons in which to use against the people. After all, the only reason there IS a United States of America is the fact that every person in the colonies did have arms in which they could rise up and revolt against the United Kingdom.

 

Now most of the "liberals" who identify themselves as such in the United States are often associated with the Democrat Party. The agenda of the party (and loosely the United Nations) has been to eliminate the 2nd Amendment - legally - via incremental legislative laws to make it is only a right to keep and bear arms if you happen to be a law enforcement person (which in turn is limited to only select few hand picked organizations which in turn determine if you can be in one or even recognized as a law enforcement) and only reluctantly do they allow the military to have weapons.

 

A case that is going to the Supreme Court, the Parker Suit, is the first real test of the 2nd Amendment since 1932. This is the case where Washington D.C. has a law on the books that no person can have a weapon in their house that is assembled at any time (even if unloaded) - even if you are a law officer off duty. You are completely disarmed - not allowed to "bear arms" - and subject to the mercy of any criminal that breaks into your house who IS likely armed  with some type of weapon. To steal from someone the thief has to threaten them without being threatened of bodily harm.

 

Well, LOTS of people / organizations will be filing AMICUS CURIAE (friend of the court) brief both for and against the ruling by the 5th Circuit court which ruled that having arms is an individual right - not a right reserved only to the state militia as most liberals see it.  The 1900 era law that transformed the State Militias into the National Guard which placed them directly under control of the Federal Military altered that. It was passed by Congress in order to standardize equipment and training, so there really are no state militias anymore, they are all controlled by the Federal Government and follow THEIR rules and orders. A state has NO right over a National Guard unit at all. You do NOT see a state determining what equipment and what mission a National Guard Unit gets to do, it is all determined by the Federal Government and the State has no rights at all as to what a unit does.

 

To help fund a brief FOR the real 2nd Amendment - the right to bear arms is an INDIVIDUAL RIGHT - Academics for the Second Amendment is filling out one too. This will take around $50,000 in fees (anyone can file a brief, you just have to PAY for all sorts of filing, publication and other fees to do so).

 

They are a 501(c) (3) tax deducible organization.

Academics for the Second Amendment

P.O. Box 131254

St. Paul, Minn. 55113

 

Their Blog is at http://academicssecondamendment.blogspot.com/