More Brady Whining re: Washington D.C.
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Hugh Damright
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Re: States Rights - the Declaration of Independence, as well as my Virginia Bill of Rights, declare that the people have a right to alter or abolish governmet. This is a collective/States' right.
Re: The BOR limiting the States - I believe that the only reason the BOR limits the States is because of the 14th "Amendment" which failed but was forced upon us at gunpoint. I have no respect for that.
Re: Militia - I tend to focus on the right to revolution or secession as declared in the Declaration of Independence. And so I see the Militia as a State affair. I believe that Virginians have a right to keep and bear arms against government just as we did in 1776 and 1861. This sovereignty, this right to control government, is a right of the people, and is not a right of the National Guard or any such group. The NG has no right to alter or abolish government. So they do not fit my idea of militia.
Re: The BOR limiting the States - I believe that the only reason the BOR limits the States is because of the 14th "Amendment" which failed but was forced upon us at gunpoint. I have no respect for that.
Re: Militia - I tend to focus on the right to revolution or secession as declared in the Declaration of Independence. And so I see the Militia as a State affair. I believe that Virginians have a right to keep and bear arms against government just as we did in 1776 and 1861. This sovereignty, this right to control government, is a right of the people, and is not a right of the National Guard or any such group. The NG has no right to alter or abolish government. So they do not fit my idea of militia.
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The people can decide that the state no longer represents them and destroy the state.
That is the peoples right, not a state right.
A right is supposed to be the ultimate power (except for the creator who gave us these rights at birth). All other powers of the government are below the list of rights. It is the right of the people grant power to the government to run things and defend the people. It is the right of the people to take that power away. A right such as the right to exist does not apply to the state if the people can take it away.
The people grant the state power to defend the people's right to life and liberty.
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No it is the people's right to take power and authority away from the state.
The people can decide that the state no longer represents them and destroy the state.
That is the peoples right, not a state right.
A right is supposed to be the ultimate power (except for the creator who gave us these rights at birth). All other powers of the government are below the list of rights. It is the right of the people grant power to the government to run things and defend the people. It is the right of the people to take that power away. A right such as the right to exist does not apply to the state if the people can take it away.
The people grant the state power to defend the people's right to life and liberty.