Stand Up for America
If They Come for Your Guns… 
Dean Garrison
January 15, 2013 

In case you have not seen it, a blogger named Dean Garrison wrote a terrific article on what responsibilities we have as patriotic Americans who actually support and defend the Constitution upon which we are founded. His article has gone viral and we hope it goes further. 

In addition to the article, we want to add some understanding to further bolster his well written and clear thinking piece. The addition concerns wording in the second amendment that most people today do not fully understand. When reading the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, it is important to understand that our language has changed. Therefore, we must understand what the founders meant when they used the word ‘well-regulated’. 

The phrase “well-regulated” was in common use long before 1789, and remained so for a century thereafter. It referred to the property of something being in proper working order. Something that was well-regulated was calibrated correctly, functioning as expected. Establishing government oversight of the people’s arms was not only not the intent in using the phrase in the 2nd amendment, it was precisely to render the government powerless to do so that the founders wrote it. - Brian T. Halonen 

Adversaries who propose to ban or confiscate our guns clearly try to read new meaning into old words, or tell us that the Constitution is an old document that needs to be revised due to age; they are devoid of reason and understanding and certainly are not living up to their oaths of office. 

There is no definition of being armed in the Constitution, but it is clear why – tyranny of the masses or government must be prevented and defended against, by weapons that are ‘well-regulated’ meaning they work well and the owner is adept in their use. Reading new verbiage or intent into those words is just flat wrong. Words have meaning – learn the meaning before lashing out against it. The founders intended the citizenry to defend the country if needed, with arms that could effectively meet these ends. 

Therefore, any discussion of “reasonable restrictions” must be placed on those who wish to restrict, not on those who are law-abiding citizens whose inalienable right to defend oneself against all enemies, foreign and domestic, exists regardless of any government. It was in force through all of time and it is the responsibility as outlined by our founders that government protect this unalienable right – not remove it. 

(The author of the article has given permission to all to disseminate this piece with proper attribution, please make sure it is cited back to the original post.) 

If They Come for Your Guns, Do You Have a Responsibility to Fight?

By Dean Garrison – D.C. Clothesline 

I feel a tremendous responsibility to write this article though I am a little apprehensive. Thinking about the possibility of rising up against our own government is a frightening thing for many of us. I am not Johnny Rambo and I will be the first to admit that I do not want to die. The reason I feel compelled to write this, however, is simply because I don’t think the average American is equipped with the facts. I feel that a lot of American citizens feel like they have no choice but to surrender their guns if the government comes for them. I blame traditional media sources for this mass brainwash and I carry the responsibility of all small independent bloggers to tell the truth. So my focus today is to lay out your constitutional rights as an American, and let you decide what to do with those rights. 

About a month ago I let the “democracy” word slip in a discussion with a fellow blogger. I know better. Americans have been conditioned to use this term. It’s not an accurate term and it never has been a correct term to describe our form of government. The truth is that the United States of America is a constitutional republic. This is similar to a democracy because our representatives are selected by democratic elections, but ultimately our representatives are required to work within the framework of our constitution. In other words, even if 90% of Americans want something that goes against our founding principles, they have no right to call for a violation of constitutional rights. 

If you are religious you might choose to think of it this way… Say that members of your congregation decide that mass fornication is a good thing. Do they have the right to change the teachings of your God? The truth is the truth. It doesn’t matter how many people try to stray from it. Did I just compare our founders to God? In a way I did, but please note that I am not trying to insult anyone. For the purpose of the American Government our constitution and founders who wrote it are much like God is to believers. It is the law. It is indisputable. 

Our founders did not want a “democracy” for they feared a true democracy was just as dangerous as a monarchy. The founders were highly educated people who were experienced in defending themselves against tyranny. They understood that the constitution could protect the people by limiting the power of anyone to work outside of it much better than a pure system of popularity. A system of checks and balances was set up to help limit corruption of government and also the potential for an “immoral majority” developing within the American People. We have forgotten in this country that we are ultimately ruled by a constitution. 

Why is a democracy potentially just as dangerous as a monarchy? Let’s look at something that Benjamin Franklin said because it answers that question more fully and succinctly than I can. 

Read the rest of the article at Stand Up America