Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Constitutional Amendment Question No. 1

We were allowed to vote yes or no to the individual right to bear arms;armies. The Constitution says "The people have the right to bear arms for their defense and security."

Here is the explanatory statement. "The purpose of this amendment is to preserve constitutionally the right of a person to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family, home and state, and for all other lawful purposes, including hunting and recreation.

A vote FOR this amendment would constitonally preserve the right of a person to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family, home and state, and for lawful hunting and recreational use, and for any other lawful purpose.

A vote AGAINST this amendment would provide for no constitutional right of a person to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family, home and state, and for lawful hunting and recreational use, and for any other lawful purpose." End quote.

I did some research and went to the Wichita County Courthouse for more clarification on this matter. I found out that all that we were really supposed to decide was whether or not we wanted just a little of the wording to be changed in our Constitution. Originally it was worded this way: "The people have the right to bear arms for their defense and security." The proposed change was: "A person has the right to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family, home and state, for lawful hunting and recreational use, and for any other lawful purpose; but standing armies, in time of peace, are dangerous to liberty, and shall not be tolerated, and the military shall be in strict subordination to the civil power.: End quote.

I felt MUCH better about this proposed amendment after speaking with authorities on the matter and reading the ballot form more thoroughly.

According to election results that were coming in to the television stations last night, it looks like this passed fairly easily.

VLE-B

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