{"id":475,"date":"2005-04-04T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-04T19:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=475"},"modified":"2009-04-12T19:57:10","modified_gmt":"2009-04-12T23:57:10","slug":"we-love-the-2nd-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/04\/04\/we-love-the-2nd-amendment\/","title":{"rendered":"We Love the 2nd Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, we&#8217;re <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">supposed <\/span>to, and we <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">should<\/span>, but apparently we don&#8217;t always. <\/p>\n<p>In any case, here&#8217;s some interesting articles on the subject. Read on!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billstclair.com\/rkba1982.htm\">A 1982 Senate Comittee Report on the 2nd Amendment<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usdoj.gov\/olc\/secondamendment2.htm\">A memorandum for the Attorney General on whether the 2nd Amendment secures an individual right<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guncite.com\/journals\/hardhist.html\">The Second Amendment and the Historiography of the Bill of Rights<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guncite.com\/journals\/hardcit.html\">Armed Citizens, Citizen Armies: Toward a Jurisprudence of the Second Amendment<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guncite.com\/journals\/hardfopa.html\">The Firearms Owners&#8217; Protection Act: A Historical and Legal Perspective<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, we&#8217;re supposed to, and we should, but apparently we don&#8217;t always. In any case, here&#8217;s some interesting articles on the subject. Read on!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","entry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-7F","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":449,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/03\/15\/45-caliber-justice-2nd-ammendment\/","url_meta":{"origin":475,"position":0},"title":"45-Caliber Justice: 2nd. Ammendment","author":"Keith Survell","date":"March 15, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Some selections from this article: \"The Second Amendment is in place in case they ignore the others.\" \"Only a government that is afraid of it\u2019s citizens tries to control and disarm them.\" \"When you remove the people\u2019s right to bear arms, you create slaves.\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2832,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2009\/10\/12\/all-i-want-in-a-state\/","url_meta":{"origin":475,"position":1},"title":"All I Want in a State&#8230;","author":"Keith Survell","date":"October 12, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I lay out my ideals for the \"perfect state\" - as in, the perfect state to live in.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;My Opinion&quot;","block_context":{"text":"My Opinion","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/personal\/my-opinion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":809,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2006\/10\/28\/taxes\/","url_meta":{"origin":475,"position":2},"title":"Taxes","author":"Keith Survell","date":"October 28, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"You might want to watch this - It's about taxes, specifically the United States Federal Income Tax - and how it may not be legitimate. The big argument is about whether or not there is a \"law\" that requires you to file a form 1040 and pay your taxes each\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":509,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/05\/31\/international-law-and-the-first-amendment\/","url_meta":{"origin":475,"position":3},"title":"International Law and the First Amendment","author":"Keith Survell","date":"May 31, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"I saw the word \"hegemony\" and instantly I was thinking of \"Ender's Game.\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":667,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/10\/26\/the-second-amendment-and-the-living-constitution\/","url_meta":{"origin":475,"position":4},"title":"The Second Amendment and the Living Constitution","author":"Keith Survell","date":"October 26, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Eugene Volokh has an excellent essay on the Second Amendment - and I think it's obvious that I wholeheartedly agree with him.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":242,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2004\/10\/29\/the-security-of-checks-and-balances\/","url_meta":{"origin":475,"position":5},"title":"The Security of Checks and Balances","author":"Keith Survell","date":"October 29, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"So true... alas. Here's hoping for the best this November 2nd.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}