The most pernicious lie of all is that the 2nd Amendment somehow justifies the people in taking up arms against their government. The framers of the Constitution did not write in a clause that said it would be acceptable for the citizens to murder them while they went about the business of governing the new nation.
The bit about overthrowing tyrants? That comes from de Declaration of Independence.
Unfortunately a lot of people do not know or care to know about their basic documents beyond the Cliff Notes version, and tend to confuse both of them quite a bit.
Which is why people like Rand Paul can say, or tweet in this case, something this stupid:
And then act surprised when someone actually takes them up on it.
The bit about overthrowing tyrants? That comes from de Declaration of Independence.
Unfortunately a lot of people do not know or care to know about their basic documents beyond the Cliff Notes version, and tend to confuse both of them quite a bit.
Which is why people like Rand Paul can say, or tweet in this case, something this stupid:
And then act surprised when someone actually takes them up on it.
“We can never undo what we have done. We can never go back in time. We write history with our decisions and our actions. But we also write history with our responses to those actions. We can leave the pain and the damage in our wake, unattended, or we can do the work of acknowledging and fixing, to whatever extent possible, the harm that we have caused.”
— On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World by Danya Ruttenberg
— On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World by Danya Ruttenberg