Obama's Speech or Supreme Court on Gun Rights...which is more important?

[Dodece]

The reality of the situation is this. The Constitution of the United States is not an inviolable document. Entire passages can be nullified, and amendments can be rescinded. The precedent stands for such occurrences and thus they are utterly legal. These are the consequences of the removal of legal slavery, and the right to get blind drunk legally.

The Constitution like any religious text is subject to either a literal or subjective interpretation. This goes towards the intent of the document to preserve the public good. Which is the purpose of all government well all good government. Many of the principles that we hold so dear are actually only subjective determinations. The constitution does not forbid after all state religion. However it is implied that there is to be a separation, because the freedom of religion would be impacted by a state religion enforcing religious laws. With which certain individuals might take exception.

The second amendment embodies an ideal which sadly is antiquated. The majority of citizens no longer have a legitimate need for firearms, and more specifically have no need for weaponry which could be described as instruments of mass terror. We have to be realistic at the time a single man with a gun was only so much of a threat. He had one gun one shot. Now we have weaponry that in short order can dispatch dozens of people.

There isn't actually a logical defense to highly effective firearms. Which by the way are not hunting weapons. The statistics bare out that they are poor defensive implements. Usually being more hazardous to the owner, his family, and innocent neighbors then to any burglar. They aren't even a effective anarchist statement since in a state of rebellion the government would have the incredible military edge over your average citizen. We have to rely on the integrity of our military to disobey orders contrary to the public good. Your assault pistol isn't going to be very effective against a fuel air bomb, or against a military sniper at two thousand yards.

I think you will find that the Supreme Court is going to uphold gun control bans, but it isn't the end of the world the real gun fanatics will go to Montana where it will probably be very legal for a very long time.