President Obama’s Most Serious Mistake

Published in Diario de Noticias
(Portugal) on 9 August 2012
by Ferreira Fernandes (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Deonca Williams. Edited by Janie Boschma.
The following is one of the most deadliest legal phrases in American history: "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." In Milwaukee a few days ago seven people were killed. In Aurora, we have 12 dead ... Is this a repetitive horror game from Columbine where 15 were killed? The list continues all because of that one anachronistic phrase which was added to the U.S. Constitution in 1791 known as the Second Amendment. This was supposed to be a phrase of freedom. The Second Amendment bore the mark of the era: The need for a state armed police, the people back then needed to be able arm themselves in order to avoid being subjected to a tyrannical power. But after democracy was installed, how does one justify this old law? Justifying the Second Amendment now allows the citizen the right to arm his or herself with an entire arsenal since this is what is needed to resort to tyranny. Speaking of bullshit, the Second Amendment exists because a powerful private lobbyist, known as the National Rifle Association, has a mission that does not have the public’s welfare in mind. Gun control is the most notorious flops of Obama's mandate that is to continue to allow people to be able to buy any type of weapon such as bazookas and machine guns. This is not about a failed constitutional amendment, but more for fear of losing the election. Al Gore lost the election in 2000, because he wanted to control the sale of guns. As a result, there will therefore be more unknown American cities in the future that will be remembered for the numbers killed by weapons.


O mais grave falhanço de Obama
por FERREIRA FERNANDES09 agosto 2012 53 comentários

É das frases legais mais mortíferas: "Sendo necessária à segurança de um Estado livre a existência de uma milícia bem organizada, o direito ao povo de possuir armas e usar armas não poderá ser impedido." Agora foi Milwaukee, sete mortos; há dias, Aurora, 12 mortos... Um horror repetitivo como um jogo. Columbine? 15 mortos... E assim por diante, por causa daquela frase anacrónica. Acrescentada à Constituição americana, em 1791, como Segunda Emenda, era uma frase de liberdade. Ela trazia a marca da época: precisando o Estado de uma polícia armada, o povo também deve poder armar-se para não ficar sujeito a um poder tirânico... Mas depois que a democracia se instalou, como justificar a lei antiga? Ou, justificando-se, pode permitir-se ao cidadão atual armar-se com arsenal nuclear, já que é esse o patamar daqueles que se podem transformar em poder tirânico? Conversa da treta, a Segunda Emenda existe porque um poderoso lobby privado, a National Rifle Association (NRA), tem uma vontade que não tem os defensores da causa pública. Este é dos mais notórios falhanços do mandato de Obama: continuar a permitir que, na prática, quem quer que seja compre qualquer tipo de arma (leia-se bazucas e metralhadoras). E se falhou não foi respeito constitucional, foi por medo eleitoral: Al Gore, em 2000, perdeu porque queria controlar a venda de armas. Haverá, pois, mais cidades americanas desconhecidas que vamos decorar com um número à frente.
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