{"id":56483,"date":"2014-11-18T14:04:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T19:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=56483"},"modified":"2014-11-18T14:04:34","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T19:04:34","slug":"the-constitution-just-gets-in-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=56483","title":{"rendered":"The Constitution Just gets in the way."},"content":{"rendered":"

Jonn’s post<\/a> on Robert Bateman’s Esquire article\u00a0<\/a>helped me to bring together several thought I have been trying to write about the for the last several days. \u00a0That topic would be our Constitutional Rights.<\/p>\n

What made me start thinking about the the Bill of Rights again was this Video<\/p>\n

[youtube http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1XExqABO4kc&w=500&h=300]<\/p>\n

It’s clear the the officer was way out of line. He has resigned and has been charged. The City and the officer are being sued for civil rights violations.<\/p>\n

I cant help but wonder how many other people this officer intimidated before now. How many people are afraid of the government?<\/p>\n

I can write the textbook explanation of why the Bill of Rights came into being. But the reason that I think is much more primitive. Fear, plain and simple fear. \u00a0Those 10 amendments are not intended to protect the people from each other. They are intended to protect the people from the government and to limit the power of the government.<\/p>\n

But here we are, we have more police officer like the one on the video than I care to think about, We have politicians trying to introduce and pass laws that directly \u00a0 contradict the Bill of Rights. They pass laws that try to impose limits on those rights. \u00a0What would have caused the people to yell in outrage in past generations is now met with outrage by only a few.<\/p>\n

Robert Bateman is a great example, he does not hesitate to use his title of Lt. Col (Retired) then he give his point of view on the 2ond amendment. If you notice he is careful not to bring up the Constitution, if he did he would be wrong, what he does is instills a fear. \u00a0Like in the Esquire article he brings fear into play. \u00a0That person may have a scary gun, lets be afraid of the gun. \u00a0Then he mocks and scorns the right in question. When he is called out on his actions he is quick to point out the he used to be in the Army, that he was an officer. He uses that credential to buy him credibility. He gives the illusion of being the sheepdog, when in reality he is only the loudest of the bleating sheep.<\/p>\n

It alarms me at how fast many of the people in this country are willing to set aside their Constitutional Rights for the illusion of greater safety. Mr. Bateman skirts this issue by using “God Given” in place of Constitutional. \u00a0They like to play the if game. “If we ban the scary assault weapons, then criminals wont have them” \u00a0If we let the police just search our homes for no reason, it will make catching criminals easier” \u00a0 “If you are exercising a constitutional right I don’t understand it scares me, because the press or the politicians have told me I should be scared” The reality is lost on them. \u00a0Giving any ground, on any right is the same as losing that right.<\/p>\n

Our rights are not “God Given” they were won with blood. They were fought for originally and \u00a0each generation has had to prove we are worthy in its own way. One of the things that has made this nation great is the people’s right to question and correct injustice. The power to do that come with Bill of Rights. \u00a0We protest for change, we question the Government because we can.<\/p>\n

I used two examples of how the rights of the people are being chipped away at, one was blatant. The police officer in a slightly different uniform could have been a Nazi, he forgot that his power comes from the people, not the government. \u00a0The other in the article that Mister Bateman wrote, his way is more subversive, so much so that I don’t think he even realizes \u00a0what he is doing. \u00a0He used his own assumptions to question another American’s rights. Right’s we hold so dear to our existence that just by simply being in this country \u00a0a person has them.<\/p>\n

I ask this of Robert Bateman Lt. Col. USA Retired, How dare you? \u00a0How dare you use your title to give credence to the idea that any American does not have the freedom exercise any \u00a0“Constitutional Right? \u00a0How dare you imply \u00a0that your Military rank gives you the voice of authority on any constitutional matter? \u00a0How dare you mock and scorn any man woman or child in this or any other country using that rank?<\/p>\n

You do not hold and elected office, you have no more authority than any other person, yet you act as if you are some great prophet who speaks for all of the military community. \u00a0You scorned and mocked my rights in a public manner so I am answering you in the same way, you pompous self important ass.<\/p>\n

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