Basis of Our Country’s Founding

Senator Marco Rubio sent me an email yesterday detailing his response to the recent killing of innocent lives within our borders by fellow Americans.

The following is my response to him and the junior Senator.

Was our country founded on the belief that:

A. “To secure [certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,] Governments are instituted among [the People], deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed” or

B. “The right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed [… being necessary to the security of a free State by a well regulated Militia]?”

I trust that you are familiar with history are you not?

Then you know that America was founded because we have unalienable rights endowed by our creator whereas our second form of government granted the Bill of Rights from which you selectively quote in your form letter in your response to recent murders from the ill use of weaponry (aka firearms, guns, etc…).

Our founding fathers believed, as so do I, that “whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends (i.e. our unalienable rights), it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.”  

Yet, your stance indicates that you believe it is acceptable that a certain number of people are expected to die annually so anybody can obtain a gun without:

1.            Demonstrating respect for everyone else’s unalienable rights and

2.            That they are of sound mind.

Your actions and words are the antithesis of our founding principles and either:

1. Blasphemous if you believe in God or

2. Disgusting and just shameful if you do not believe in God.

Furthermore, your choice, use and not use of certain words indicate that you do not truly understand our Constitution.  You feel it is right to lob off the prefatory clause of The Second Amendment (2A) just like five (5) Supreme Court Justices did so to effectively re-write 2A, which I contend was to appease special interest.  If people want to alter the Constitution then you should implement procedures spelled out in Article Five.

Soldiers Were Not The Only Ones to Make the Ultimate Sacrifice

Today we honor and remember those American soldiers who died defending our country in battle; arguably, those that recently died in battle sacrificed their lives willingly as we have an all-voluntary military for almost a half of century.  Most of the formal recognitions occur at cemeteries, the most well known being Arlington National Cemetery that has the most prominent memorial, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. 

But are these known and unknown soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice the only ones that lost their lives in the name of our government?  NO!  They are not the only ones.  The following UNWILLING sacrificed their lives for us to have an Unlimited Second Amendment (2A) right:

• Students at:
• Columbine High School,
• Virginia Tech, and
• Sandy Hook to truly name a few;
• Concertgoers in Las Vegas; and
• Office and factory workers in all fifty states.

If we are so willing to take a day off for soldiers who willingly went into battle knowing full well they may not live to see the sun rise the following day defending our government then I think we should also have a day of remembrance and a dedicated memorial for those who just happened to unfortunately win the lottery that ended their life, liberty and pursuit of happiness so anyone can obtained an instrument of death (i.e. a gun) without showing whether they are worthy and responsible enough to handle such an instrument because that is what have allowed as a society  It is the least we can do, is it not?