Keith Olbermann: NRA Is a Terrorist Organization
By de Andréa
Opinion Editorialist for
‘THE
BOTTOM LINE’
Posted October 7, 2017
According
to Breitbart News Former
MSNBC host Keith Olbermann accused the NRA of “enabling” mass shootings like
the recent attack in Las Vegas, which saw more than 50 dead and
more than 500 wounded.
As for
the length of this article please don’t blame me, that responsibility lies
strictly with Americas Forefathers and their Infinite depiction of the necessity
of ‘We The People’ being armed.
As written by Breitbart:
“In
his latest video as part of his ‘The Resistance’ series,
Olbermann stated that the Second Amendment was originally written in the
Constitution “to keep federal government from taking away the right of each
state to maintain its own militia.” He claimed that the Amendment has since
been modified “into an excuse for why madmen of whatever heritage or political
purpose cannot be stopped from carrying at least ten long rifles into a hotel
room in Las Vegas and setting up a sniper’s nest and killing people.”
Olbermann claimed that the Second Amendment is outdated
and does not take into account modern weaponry. “Keep and bear … do not
mean ‘own’–period,” Olbermann said. “The Second Amendment is gun-control from
an era where the gun was a musket and not an automatic killing machine that
could be bought and stashed on the 32nd floor of a hotel in order to shoot
people 500 at a time.” Olbermann also called out President Trump for his
reaction to the Vegas shooting, saying, that “warmest condolences” are not
sufficient.
Olbermann then called for an end to the NRA and to
President Trump, stating: It is time to end refusing to call mass murderers who
do not have obvious political motives “terrorists.” It is time to end the
National Rifle Association. And it is time to end the career of any political
figure who made his way to the White House dog whistling to his Second
Amendment people.”
Olbermann
stated that “the Second Amendment was originally written in the Constitution to
keep federal government from taking away the right of each state to maintain
its own militia.” And, ”Keep and bear … do not mean ‘own’–period,” Olbermann
said.
He couldn’t
be more wrong my friend. Please read on and you will become an American convert of
the truth and the history of the Second Amendment. And what the people who
wrote the Constitution had to say about citizens being armed, and why.
A little history that is still available
despite the anti-American historical revisionists.
Even though now state and federal
governments seem to be bent on taking away as many rights as they possibly can
get away with, listen to what was going on because of the tyranny they had just
recently abolished.
Independence being declared in
1776, the states themselves began adopting their own bills
of rights,
several of which recognized “the right of the people” to have
arms for various purposes, such as self-defense and the common defense. While some states saw no need for
declarations of rights, the liberty of bearing arms was
universally recognized. At the same time, militias
composed of all male citizens were seen as necessary counter-weights to the
threat of a standing army.
A firestorm was sparked when
the Constitution was proposed in 1787 without a bill of rights. Federalists and
Antifederalists fiercely battled over the issue as the states began ratifying
the Constitution. In the first conventions, the Federalists defeated demands
for recognition of a bill of rights for fear of limiting their rights to a
short list until the 9th Amendment was purposed stating that citizens
rights are not limited to the previous eight listed. And then the tide turned in Virginia, where
Patrick Henry and George Mason prevailed in persuading the convention to demand
a bill of rights.
A great compromise was reached
when the Federalists and Antifederalists concurred that the Constitution would
be ratified subject to the agreement that the first Congress would consider
amendments. James Madison did just that
by proposing what became the Bill of Rights in 1787. Federalists explained that what became the Second Amendment would
protect the right of the
people to keep and bear their private arms, which would guard against
tyranny and the evils of a standing army. However, proposals to increase state militia powers were
rejected.
Thomas Jefferson, a life-long
hunter and gun collector, wrote just before his death in 1826 that “all power is inherent in the
people; . . . it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.” The understanding by his generation of the Second
Amendment was clear and unmistakable—as its text states, it recognizes “the
right of the people” to possess
and carry arms. The Constitution defines the respective powers of the
federal and state governments, but the entire
Bill of Rights speaks of individual rights.
And while the Second Amendment
clearly states that this right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be
infringed by any law contrary to it, the states as well as the federal
government have violated that law and have completely ignored the platform for
which stands the very unique freedom we as a nation possessed.
And as we watch our
Constitution and rights crumble into the very ash pile of tyranny that we as a
nation came from, we apathetically and ignorantly buy into this promise of security and nannyism.
While
I understand Mr. Olbermann’s anger at the recent abuse of fire arms by some
kind of nut going on a rampage murdering more than 50 young lives and seriously
injuring more than 500 others, because I am equally as angry. And although he
has a right to speak his mind no matter how ignorant and misdirected it is,
even to go on his own ignorant rampage and demonize the entire history of the
United States of America and its future. But then I also have the right to
present the documented truth which is so contrary to the lies that he and
others like him promote.
The
real problem here is that Mr. Keith Olbermann is allowing his emotions to
control his mind. And/or he doesn’t really have a grasp of what America is, the
Constitution and how it protects our freedom.
First
the Second Amendment was developed over time, several versions seen below of
the Amendment were considered. But you can see that in every case it refers to
the people’s right to keep and bear arms
not just the militia which you will see was also composed of the
body of the people.
June 8th 1789
The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be
infringed; a well-armed and well-regulated militia being the best security of a
free country; but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be
compelled to render military service in person.
August 17th 1789
A well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the
people, being the best security of a free State, the right of the people to
keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, but no person religiously scrupulous
shall be compelled to bear arms.
August 24th 1789
A well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the
people, being the best security of a free state, the right of the people to
keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; but no one religiously scrupulous of
bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person.
August 25th
A well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the
people, being the best security of a free state, the right of the people to
keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed, but no one religiously scrupulous
of bearing arms, shall be compelled to render military service in person.
September 4th
A well-regulated militia, being the best security of a
free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be
infringed
September 9th
A well-regulated militia being the security of a free
state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
September 21st
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
As
someone who has studied the U.S. Constitution and more importantly its history
I present the following as evidence of the real reason for the Second Amendment
as stated by those who were there and were instrumental in the development of
the Second Amendment. And so that there be no confusion or misunderstanding of
what the architects of the Constitution actually meant by the Second Amendment please
read what they have to say my friend.
The Founding Fathers on Arms
and the Second Amendment
"I
ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is
the best and most effectual way to enslave them." George Mason Co-author
of the Second Amendment during Virginia's Convention to Ratify the
Constitution, 1788
"A
militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves …"Richard Henry Lee writing
in Letters from the Federal Farmer to the Republic, Letter XVIII, May, 1788.
"The
people are not to be disarmed of their weapons. They are left in full possession
of them." Zachariah
Johnson Elliot's Debates, vol. 3
"And
that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe
the just liberty of the Press, or the rights of Conscience; or to prevent the
people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own
arms; …" Samuel Adams
quoted in the Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer, August 20, 1789,
"Propositions submitted to the Convention of this State"
"Firearms
stand next in importance to the constitution itself. They are the American
people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence … from the hour the
Pilgrims landed to the present day, events, occurrences and tendencies prove
that to ensure peace security and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally
indispensable … the very atmosphere of firearms anywhere restrains evil
interference — they deserve a place of honor with all that's good." George Washington First President of the United
States
"
The
supposed quietude of a good man allures the ruffian; while on the other hand
arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and
preserve order in the world as property. The same balance would be preserved
were all the world destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some
will not, others dare not lay them aside … Horrid mischief would ensue were the
law-abiding deprived of the use of them." Thomas Paine
"To
preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always
possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
Richard
Henry Lee American Statesman, 1788
"The
great object is that every man be armed." and "Everyone who is able
may have a gun…. Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing
degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense? Where is the
difference between having our arms in possession and under our direction and
having them under the management of Congress? If our defense be the real object
of having those arms, in whose hands can they be trusted with more propriety,
or equal safety to us, as in our own hands?" Patrick Henry American
Patriot
"Those
who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not." Thomas Jefferson Third
President of the United States
"The
constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the
people; that … it is their right and duty to be at all times armed; … " Thomas Jefferson letter to
Justice John Cartwright, June 5, 1824. ME 16:45.
"The
best we can help for concerning the people at large is that they be properly
armed." Alexander
Hamilton. The Federalist Papers at 184-8
"The
strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is,
as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."- Thomas Jefferson
"No
free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." Thomas Jefferson
"I
have a right to nothing which another has a right to take away." -- Thomas
Jefferson to Uriah Forrest, 1787. Papers, 12:477.
As to the
character and intelligence of Thomas Jefferson, John F. Kennedy held a dinner
in the white House for a group of the brightest minds in the nation at that
time. He made this statement: "This is perhaps the assembly of the
most intelligence ever to gather at one time in the White House with the
exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.”
On the issue of safety:
"They
that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania
(1759)
On the issue of
unconstitutional laws:
“
No legislative act, therefore, contrary
to the Constitution,
can be valid.
To deny this
would be to
affirm that the
deputy is greater
than his principal;
that the servant
is above his
master; that the
representatives of the people are superior to the people themselves.”- An Opinion by - John Jay, the first Chief
Justice of the US Supreme Court.
THE BOTTOM LINE: We can’t abolish freedom and everything that America stands
for, just because of the dictates of a few crazies no matter how
horrendous. Need I say more? I think
that says it all my friend. And as usual if you would like to challenge me
on anything in this article, I would welcome it.
Thanks for listening my friend. Now go do the right thing, pray and fight for truth and freedom.
-
de Andréa
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