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September 22nd, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Of course we wouldn’t need an article in the Bill of Right protecting the right to keep and bear arms if that right were forever popular. It is for precisely those times when it becomes unpopular that the second amendment is intended. To put it bluntly, the 2A (and the entire Bill of Rights) is an anti-democratic measure, designed to protect the individual from the tyranny of the majority.
The argument in favor of the RKBA is not that it is popular, but that it is right and just. It was in fact well known to the Founders that the RKBA would be at times unpopular, else they wouldn’t have bothered with the amendment.
It is an abomination that we have to worry about its popularity. It shows how far we have fallen that a legislator can take an Oath to uphold and protect the constitution, then set straight out to lobby against an enumerated right and not only stay out of jail, but remain in office, while we worry over opinion trends.