Congress Threatens To Violate The Secound Amendment
The nations governors are once more opposing an attempt by the federal government to interfere with the National Guard. First it was the attempts of the Bush administration to cut the number of National Guard troops and now it is an attempt of Congress to usurp authority of the National Guard during emergency. Congress is using Katrina and the National Guards reaction speed during that event as an excuse but I well remember that the National Guards reaction was no slower than FEMA which is under federal control.
The central government ignores the Second Amendment in its greed for power. They are well aware that a single person has less power the greater in size the constituents grow and that the state governments are is capable as the federal government is of taking care of its own people. The state government is more concerned with its own people at the federal government has 50 states plus a number of territories to concerned with.
U.S. Constitution Amendment II
Originally the militia were under town control but that right was usurped by the states to create the state guards just after the Civil War. The state guard was further altered to become the National Guard in the beginning of the Twentieth Century. The ideal would be to return the Guard back to the control of the local communities or to create an alternative that would be in the towns control, but this would be a threat to the dominance of the federal government. It of course was meant to be a threat so that the rights of the people to rule themselves would be honored by both the state and federal governments.
I agree with Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco that the National Guard numbers should be increased as Guard members are citizen soldiers that are called up at need instead of regular soldiers that are always in service.
Source 1 is about Congress proposing removing state checks and balances before guard is placed under federal control.
Source 2 is about Bush administration plans to reduce the National Guard.
The central government ignores the Second Amendment in its greed for power. They are well aware that a single person has less power the greater in size the constituents grow and that the state governments are is capable as the federal government is of taking care of its own people. The state government is more concerned with its own people at the federal government has 50 states plus a number of territories to concerned with.
U.S. Constitution Amendment II
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.
Originally the militia were under town control but that right was usurped by the states to create the state guards just after the Civil War. The state guard was further altered to become the National Guard in the beginning of the Twentieth Century. The ideal would be to return the Guard back to the control of the local communities or to create an alternative that would be in the towns control, but this would be a threat to the dominance of the federal government. It of course was meant to be a threat so that the rights of the people to rule themselves would be honored by both the state and federal governments.
I agree with Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco that the National Guard numbers should be increased as Guard members are citizen soldiers that are called up at need instead of regular soldiers that are always in service.
Source 1 is about Congress proposing removing state checks and balances before guard is placed under federal control.
Source 2 is about Bush administration plans to reduce the National Guard.
posted by Kerwin | 8:47 PM
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