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Over the last 240 years of this nation of free people, many things have been corrected because we did not get it 100% right the first time. Slavery and voting rights come into mind as good corrections, neither of these caused someone else to pay or give something to another that should not have been taken or restricted from that person. These corrections were changed, not by edict, but by the process that was put into effect by the original law so that changes could be made by the majority and not a minority.

I believe that each State is like an individual nation that has agreed to join other individual nations in order to compliment and make stronger their own resources, with these common agreements with like nations. They did not want to be ruled by a central government but they did give a federal government the ability to enforce these common agreements between nations. Much like we give Law Enforcement the authority to enforce legal laws through service and not through being the boss.

The federal government has been given authority to enforce these common agreements and should come through service to the nations (states) and citizens and not through the strength of it's own intimidation to make the federal government supreme in all causes.

Lots of good intentions are paid for by a few to help a majority. While at the time, it seems good, it is also like a bee sting to the body, the body of a nation of citizens. However, after many small bee stings, the stings amass together and become toxic, to make the body sick and it can be even fatal to the body.

That is where I believe we are today. These states are no longer served by the federal government, but they are ruled over by the federal government. We call this great nation the USA or the UNITED STATES of AMERICA. This originally was just that - states that were united by common causes. It seems as if we are becoming states that are bound together by a Federal government that is overstepping it's authority in all facets of our being. It also seems, that the Federal Government sees itself as the ruler of subjects instead of the provider of service for citizens. The stronger this behavior becomes, closer we get to total tyranny.

The Second Amendment was about individual right to bear arms. Even the modern SC agrees with this in the decision of District of Columbia vs Heller. We citizens have a right to protect ourselves and families. This includes bad guys and ALL evil threats. Hunting and sport shooting is a by-product, not the original intent.

P.S. This post is not intended to support the overthrow of our Central Government or succession of any state in the USA. It is to encourage the voting citizen to think about which present choice would represent them best in protecting our unalienable rights. In some cases, we only get to choose who would be the slowest path of destruction, so that we may buy precious time to elect those who will defend those rights and reverse the obvious path this great Nation is seemingly on.