First of all remember that our Constitution was not written for only lawyers, it was written for the common man, and anyone with any common sense can see that the first Eight Amendments are
Individual Rights.
Amendments nine and ten speak to States and Individual Rights.
Unlike Liberals who cherry pick or restate to
their own purpose what someone or something says, this Conservative will post
verbatim those Constitutional Articles referenced below.
Amendment I: Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of
the people peaceably to assemble, and to
petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment II: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to
the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be
infringed.
Amendment III: No Soldier shall, in time of peace be
quartered in any house, without consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner prescribed
by law.
Amendment IV: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against
unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, an no Warrants shall
issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and
particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Amendment V: No person
shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on
the presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising from the
land or naval forces, or int the Militia, when in actual service in time of War
or public danger; nor shall any person be
subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb,
liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be
taken for public use, without just compensation.
Amendment VI: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public
trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall
have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by
law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be
confronted with the witnesses against him;
to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have
Assistance of Counsel for his defense.
Amendment VII: In suits of common law, where the value in
controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be
preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any
Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common
law.
Amendment VIII: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor
excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments
inflicted.
Amendment IX: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment X: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Notice the nouns and pronouns in red in the above Amendments.
With regards to the word "people" in the First Amendment, outlining our most important rights, we have
understood for the many generations, since the Constitution was crafted, that it is
representing each and every individual person. If you doubt this amendment
guarantees an individual his or her rights, please give your reason.
The word "people", previously representing those who receive
individual rights in the First Amendment, just so happens to turn up in the next amendment in
importance as was listed by our Founders. If you doubt this amendment guarantees an
individual his or her rights, please give your reasoning for the founders to insert a State or
Federal right within a body of individual rights and still call it "a
right of the people" that "shall not be infringed."
The word "owner" appears in the Third Amendment as
being the object of this amendment's protection. Does anyone doubt that this
represents an individual right? If you doubt this amendment guarantees an
individual rights, please give your reason.
The words "person"
and its plural "persons" are
represented in the Fourth Amendment as receiving individual rights. If you
doubt this amendment guarantees an individual rights, please give your
reason.
The word "person" is again the recipient of
individual rights in the Fifth Amendment. If you doubt this amendment
guarantees an individual rights, please give your reason.
The word "accused" and referenced back to by the
pronoun "him" are used by the
Sixth Amendment to guarantee individual rights. If you doubt this amendment
guarantees an individual rights, please give your reason.
The Seventh Amendment and the Eighth Amendment are obvious
extensions of the Sixth Amendment and guarantee an individual rights. If you
doubt these amendments guarantee an individual his or her rights, please give your
reason.
The Ninth Amendment lets it be known that the enumeration of
the first Eight Amendments "shall not be construed to deny or disparage
others [rights] retained by the people."
Obviously the Ninth
Amendment is additionally confirming that the rights listed before the Ninth
Amendment were Rights of We The People, Individual Rights.
The
Tenth Amendment speaks to Rights and Powers not given to the United States, or
rights and Powers not prohibited to the States, belong to the States or the
"people."
Amendments Nine
and Ten guarantee that the first Eight Amendments, and those Rights enumerated
within, belong to the Individual.
It does not make sense that
only one of the First Eight Amendments, most prominently the Second Amendment,
would be an enumeration of a singular States' Right.
We The People must be ever vigilant that the Supreme Court, Congress or the President never remove any one or part of those Individual Rights
guaranteed by We The People in our great Constitution.
If such travesty were to stand then the
entire Constitution would be at risk for raiding by a few well chosen black
robed justices or politicians who render personal opinions or actions rather than opinions or actions based on and allowed by The
Constitution. All Individual Rights would be subject to their whims.
Additionally what sense would it make to call for the
militia, regular citizens, and when they arrived they had no arms to bear. Why
would our founders have noted "the right of the
people to keep and bear arms" as that
which, "shall not be infringed" if they intended for the States to
own the arms that the militia would use?
That makes no sense, just as
it would have made no sense to insert a "States' Right" second in a
body of eight individual rights.
Even President Barack Hussein Obama agrees that the Second
Amendment is an Individual Right, however he also believes that our
Constitution is “fundamentally flawed,” as with many Liberals, he believes it
to be an Inconvenient Truth.
This Proud American considers the Bills of Rights as "POSITIVE" Rights" and cannot accept the premise that they are "NEGATIVE Rights" as was asserted by our current President.
Democrat Rule
Number One
The Constitution Is An Inconvenient Truth!
We America
Proud American ~
Watchman
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