Essay On Tyranny In Government

Fortunately our forefathers were not subsumed into mindless robotic obeisance, but understood the people’s rights. After being subjected to British tyranny, they were especially interested in having an individual citizenry well-armed enough to be able to take on whatever government might be in power. Thomas Jefferson appropriately stated, “When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.”1

On May 9, 1792, Congress passed the Uniform Militia Act (1 Stat. 264) which remained the basic militia law until the twentieth century; in as much,

Congress left the majority of details in regard to how the States would handle the details.2 A militia is a “citizen army,” an entity that is most definitely distinct from a professional military. Today the National Guard is equated with the militia; however, according to the Constitution, Congress can call the National Guard into federal service for three reasons: to enforce federal laws, to suppress insurrections, and to defend against invasions.3
The founding fathers intended the Bill of Rights to be an additional shield against federal tyranny.

In the 1st Amendment the first five words, “Congress shall make no law, essentially removes everything that follows from the field of federal jurisdiction. Our founders intended that freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition were to be left to the states and were not to be prevented, molested, or controlled by the federal government in any way. Over the past eight years the federal government has been a bully pulpit denying Christians & Jews their religious rights in policy and deed.4 For example, endangering women and children by subjecting them to the LGBT restroom laws with the federal government suing North Carolina for taking a stand.5 Assembly of the far left is no longer peaceful protests, but has declined into vulgarity (women dressed as labia’s), assault, and unlawful rioting. In regard to the 2nd Amendment, the far left used every device possible to establish gun regulation and registration, which is the first stage of disarming the populace.6 The first two clauses of the Second Amendment: (1) a militia, and (2) the people, cannot be divorced or elucidated individually, since one does not exist without the other. Bearing arms for individual protection was an unequivocal, God-given right in the minds of the Founding Fathers; ergo, just as it is in the minds of those who interpret the Constitution and Bill of Rights as our founders

did.
After the last eight years of a Constitution shredding administration, America now has a chance to return the Constitution to its central in American politics. The 9th Amendment affirms that Americans have more rights than those listed in the Bill of Rights, with unlisted rights presumptively in the People. The 10th Amendment holds that, unless the Constitution specifically reserved an affirmative right for the federal government or prohibits it to a state, all other rights (universal rights), whether or not articulated, belong to the states. Democrats find the Constitution frustrating and although they claim to be the party of the people, they are anything but. They are now the party of the champagne, progressive elite and have forgotten about the millions of Americans who live in the rust belt, the heartland, and the south. Actually, the left do not need to fear the new administration, since our President respects our constitutional structure which prevents demagoguery. I thank Hashem for hearing the lamenting of the people throughout America and giving us a chance to return to One Nation under God.7