Kucinich’s Constitution, Minus Second Amendment

I will never understand some people's thinking. They of course get to live in walled estates and when they call the police things go to happening. They are prepared to leave us defenceless, both from criminals and tyrants. I'm not sure all are "thinking down the road" to a time when we would be easier to control being unarmed, but it is to be sure some are. this is the latest........



Kucinich’s Constitution, Minus Second Amendment

It was an eminently forgettable event at South Carolina State University. “No runs, no hits, no errors,” joked Democratic consultant Erik Smith about the “debate” between Democrat presidential hopefuls. “Nobody made any significant mistake, but nobody distinguished themselves.”

Dennis Kucinich “distinguished” himself, however, when he pulled out a pocket Constitution and called for the impeachment of Dick Cheney. Of course, this was a less than meaningless gesture, as Kucinich picks and chooses what sections of the document he favors. Kucinich is “drafting legislation to ban civilian ownership of handguns,” according to Sabrina Eaton, a direct affront to the Constitution. Naturally, the commoners shall not be allowed to defend themselves, even though Dennis “kept a pistol in his house after police learned of a Mafia plot to kill him during his tumultous stint as Cleveland’s mayor during the 1970s.”

“I have friends who both hunt and shoot. These are good people, they are not criminals, and they lock up their guns when not using them. I support their right to their hobbies, and I support the right to bear arms,” declares the politico from Cleveland on his web page. “By helping to develop a society which does not look to violence as a method of solving problems, my proposed Department of Peace will play a key role in this. Conflict resolution and alternatives to violence will constitute major areas of responsibility within this new Department, so that we can begin to lead by examples as well as by words.”

Let us dissect this nonsense. First and foremost, the Second Amendment was not drafted to protect the rights of duck hunters or tin can plinkers. It was included because the framers understood well enough that an unarmed and defenseless populace are chumps for tyranny. “No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms,” wrote Thomas Jefferson in draft of the Virginia Constitution in 1776. The Constitution, James Madison noted in the Federalist Papers, provides “the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation,” other nations where “governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.” As Kucinich understands, the protection afforded by firearms not only makes tyrannical government think twice, it also makes Mafia hit men reconsider as well. Dennis was not thinking about target practice or hunting when he packed a piece back in the 70s.

Is it possible Dennis’ “Department of Peace” will be on hand when a thug attempts a home invasion or, more pertinently, the next time an armed mental case enters a classroom? Unfortunately, violence, or rather self-defense, is the only way to solve problems in certain situations. Dennis may naively believe his Peace Department will “lead by examples as well as by words,” never mind the criminals and predators among us, ready and able to take advantage of a disarmed public. Criminals love this sort of touchy-feely nonsense, as they prefer unarmed and defenseless fawns waving peace signs to men and women versed in the use firearms and willing to do so should the situation arise.

Regardless of all the idle chatter on impeachment and his apparent willingness to consider a re-investigation of the events surrounding September 11, 2001, Dennis Kucinich should not be trusted, as he is obviously just another neolib angling for the White House, albeit with a unique game plan to set him apart from the field crowded with other despicable one-worlders, such as Clinton, Obama, Edwards, Biden, Dodd, Richardson, and Gravel (who?).

Turn them upside down, they’re all gun-grabbers.