Maryland COSA hands down a firearms ruling.

[Tilted]

Originally Posted by Nucklesack

Gotta love Lincoln!

True words. True words.

[Tilted]

Pushrod, I meant to add, the language which Madison proposed, which obviously was not accepted, was:

No state shall violate the equal rights of conscience, or the freedom of the press, or trial by jury in criminal cases.

I'm not sure whether or not that is what you were referring to.

[Pushrod]

Originally Posted by Tilted

Of course, for that to work, inclusion in the political bodies has to be voluntary, not compulsory. That's part of what separates a Republic from an Empire. Unfortunately, that particular battle was lost in 1865 - inclusion in the larger political body became compulsory, and thus the ground work was laid for the loss of the Republic.

Sadly, very true. I see no way of recovering what was lost then.

But, all of that having been said, we are where we are. And, in light of that, let's hope the Second gets incorporated. That way, we'll at least have another avenue through which to seek relief from oppression with specific regard to the right to keep and bear arms. As it is, the only avenue we have available to us doesn't lead anywhere good - surely the other one can't be worse.

Again I absolutely agree, even though in my heart I know that we tread down the wrong path than that our forfathers mapped out for us, it is the better of the two paths of the new fork before us.

At least with our arms, we can hopefully keep it from degenerating any further. Jefferson was correct when he stated:

"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.
The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is
wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts
they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions,
it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. ...
And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not
warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of
resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as
to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost
in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from
time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It is its natural manure."

[Pushrod]

Originally Posted by Tilted

Pushrod, I meant to add, the language which Madison proposed, which obviously was not accepted, was:



I'm not sure whether or not that is what you were referring to.

Yes, that is one that I was refering to. I'll check tonight in some of my tomes to see if there were others.

[Nucklesack]

Originally Posted by Tilted

True words. True words.

Wonder how many realize the difference between what the Founding Fathers wanted and what Lincoln enabled?