07-20-2020, 02:26 AM
TexHill Wrote:People think that the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution gives us the right to bear arms when it does not. Our Creator has given us this right...That's an unsubstantiated belief, not a proven fact.
TexHill Wrote:...along with the other amendments in the Bill of Rights, not man, nor a government created by man.I'm pretty sure that James Madison -- a man, and member of the US government -- is credited with writing the amendments in the Bill of Rights.
TexHill Wrote:The purpose of the Bill of Rights - the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution - is to remind our government that these are God given rights...Really? There is no mention in any of the first ten amendments that they were bestowed by God, nor have I ever seen anyone claim that the 7A right to a jury trial came from God. Ditto for the 1A, 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A, 8A, 9A, and 10A, all of which appear to be human ideas.
TexHill Wrote:If you'll notice, all of the amendments in the Bill of Rights limit the federal government. They do not limit the citizens.And yet the US Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that government can limit the citizens' right to keep and bear arms...
