I enjoy history. I wouldn’t consider myself any sort of expert, I probably don’t even rank at “buff” level, but I do like to read, listen, and learn.
I will start off with a disclaimer here (that probably won’t save me any flames anyway). I hate a commie just as much as the next guy, so I want to nip that one in the bud up front.
I’ve recently been looking at some of the “red scare” anti-communist stuff, and the similarity and parallels to our 2A predicament kind of struck me a couple of times.
Same story, opposite side of the aisle, and yet, for the most part, the result is basically the same. The constitution (and by direct extension the people) get shit all over in the name of security. No need to dig too deep or explore the issue too much in order to find a “solution” to the “problem” it is clearly the pesky constitution, and its son-of-a-bitch amendments that are the culprit. Those old bastards had no idea what the future would hold, so how could they know what trouble our freedom would bring to the state one day?
I will start off with a disclaimer here (that probably won’t save me any flames anyway). I hate a commie just as much as the next guy, so I want to nip that one in the bud up front.
I’ve recently been looking at some of the “red scare” anti-communist stuff, and the similarity and parallels to our 2A predicament kind of struck me a couple of times.
Same story, opposite side of the aisle, and yet, for the most part, the result is basically the same. The constitution (and by direct extension the people) get shit all over in the name of security. No need to dig too deep or explore the issue too much in order to find a “solution” to the “problem” it is clearly the pesky constitution, and its son-of-a-bitch amendments that are the culprit. Those old bastards had no idea what the future would hold, so how could they know what trouble our freedom would bring to the state one day?