That Old, Tired Piece Of Paper

Wow. Such confusion about the 2nd amendment.

To me, it's "a controversy" fabricated by faux-liberals but I don't want to waste my breath on them.

There is no controversy. To me, again, the 2nd amendment was probably the most logical of all the amendments to the extent it mirrored human nature and man's relationship to the state. Until 1776 the world was nothing but about tyranny. They, the imperfect Framers, were aware of that. They also understood the undertaking of a Representative Republic was precarious - hence, prudently laying the right to bear arms - in whatever form. It's called "eternal vigilance." or as the Romans asked : who will guard the guardians?

 

Selling the Constitution to the people was a tough thing as everyone involved (maybe not so much Hamilton), had a natural, inherent distrust of government so the Bill of Rights was added to the Declaration of Independence to secure the rights of the people. They understood full well what they were writing in the 2nd amendment.

 

What I don't understand is all the revisionis garbage about the Constitution being "old/"

 

So is Greek Democracy and the writers of that time. So is Roman Law. So is the Magna Carta. But no one claims those ideals or documents as "old!"

 

Beethoven? Old! Dante? Old! Hugo? Old!

 

I contend there's a big picture with regards to The Old Paper. A picture that reminds us that all the great documents in Western culture were predicated on preserving the rights of man each building upon each other adding new attained knowledge at each interval of brilliance. 

 

The Constitution is nothing but a culmination of all the wisdom and experiences culled by great minds to that point.

 

That the government can pass a point to tyranny is not an exception but a rule to history.

 

It's pretty much what happened with Rome when Caesar was the trigger point of transferring it from Republic to Empire eventually paving the way to dictatorship under Augustine. 

 

As a side point, and one I choose to insert for argument's sake, there was Cicero - lone conservative voice speaking truth to power and logic - alone and ignored. Much like Burke about his ruminations on the abominations of the French revolution and Churchill's horror to liberal appeasement in the 20th century 1700 and 2000 years later respectively.