the right to bear arms and how it can be used to defend from big government

[mornelithe]

sc94597 said:

mornelithe said:

-CraZed- said:

sundin13 said:

Sounds to me like this guy was in the wrong and created a big fuss leading to the law enforcement backing out because it wasn't worth the effort. I don't see why I should be on his side...

Additionally, the right to bear arms means something very different now than when the constitution was drafted and I honestly don't see any need why people would need certain types of guns. Yeah, pistols and hunting gear is fine but any further than that and you are infringing on other people's freedom to protect your own.

So I'm guessing all the other amendments mean something different now as well? Search and seizure? Free speech rights?

Silly argument, unless you're standing up for militias armed with black powder rifles/handguns. 

However, I do believe the Freedom of Speech laws should be re-addressed.  It should be emphatically illegal for any news company to run a story they know to be false.

So does the first amendment not apply to televeision, phone, and internet media? 

Have you not noticed the Government attempting to rewrite the laws for free speech on the internet?  Seriously?  If you haven't, then you've had the blinders on.  Look up the Stop Online Piracy Act, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, also PIPA.  The US Government has been trying to ram through this shit for years.