Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "GOP's Fake Concern For Kids Misses #1 Killer of Children" video.

@nedludd7622 Actually you are very very right except on the final point. The most important function of the second Amendment was providing SECURITY of a free state. There is NOTHING about the government. A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. What many Americans don't realise is that first part A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State,... had incredibly profound effects on the world. Prior to the American revolution most societies had people like sheriffs, marshals and bailiffs BUT NONE of them had a civilian police force separate from the military. All those sheriffs, marshals and bailiffs used regular military units or special units of the military like the Praetorians of Rome for enforcing government rule over civilians. EVERY country was (to some extent) a military dictatorship. When Pilot sent his men to get Jesus they were Roman soldiers, not police officers. The concept of what we now call a police force didn't exist. Then one day a group of people decided they'd had enough of that threw out their king and his soldiers and started this country called America. After deciding that (like the Athenian Greeks) every citizen could help choose the government they decided every citizen had some basic rights. The FIRST right was citizens could believe what they wanted, say what they wanted and most importantly tell the government what they didn't like (as in their grievances) and not be publicly executed for it. It was a truly revolutionary concept that most of the kings and emperors since have come to regret. The SECOND thing they decided was that it would be local citizens under local control who would supply security for the villages, towns and cities of this new nation. It was a revolutionary concept the federal government would not use the military to rule over the population and enforce laws. That task would be done by a "well organised militia". They went even so far that local people could not only vote on who would be their sheriff but who would be the lawyer responsible for trying criminal cases. Not every country since has taken it that far, but every developed nation since that has a civilian police force TOTALLY SEPARATE from their military owes that to the Founding Fathers of America. FYI - I'm Australian and studied engineering in America (late 80s) and a bunch of my frat brothers were pre-law and used to drag me into discussions on the Bill of Rights. So I had a fairly unusual introduction to American civics.
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What don't you stop for a moment and consider what this clown is actually saying. 1) What rights are actually being violated? These people are always screaming about how their rights are being violated and NEVER say what rights are actually being violated. 2) Look at the English language skills - "if want to suspend the constitution" Who this clown talking about? This is the language skill of a high school failure. 3) How would it even be possible for ANY American State or the Federal Government to "suspend the constitution" This is dog whistling at its dumbest and look at all the dogs barking.
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