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FreedomOne:
Why is there all this talk about concealed carry, where we can carry and not carry, when in our own Nebraska constitution and on the first page of this website it says the following:
Section I-1 of the Nebraska Constitution:

I-1 Statement of rights. All persons are by nature free and independent, and have certain inherent and inalienable rights; among these are life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and the right to keep and bear arms for security or defense of self, family, home, and others, and for lawful common defense, hunting, recreational use, and all other lawful purposes, and such rights shall not be denied or infringed by the state or any subdivision thereof. To secure these rights, and the protection of property, governments are instituted among people, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

Once this has been stated, there is no need for a ccw, or any of the "laws" about guns that are out there. They are in fact in error according to the above statement! If we do anything, we need to do a "revival" or a reawakening of what the law already is. Don't listen to the politicians, they don't run us! They work for us! We all need to remember that! Thank you!

ranger04:
This goes along with the 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, what part of "shall not be infringed" is so hard to understand?

Randy:
Preaching to the choir here my friends.

Jesse T:
I totally agree, however the reality is the words mean nothing when there are a hundred other laws on the books to convict you with.  If you argue this point in a court battle you will just end up looking like a loon.  Sad but true.

Jay:

--- Quote from: Jesse T on February 12, 2009, 08:29:29 AM ---I totally agree, however the reality is the words mean nothing when there are a hundred other laws on the books to convict you with.  If you argue this point in a court battle you will just end up looking like a loon.  Sad but true.

--- End quote ---

Agreed, but I also agree with the the original poster 100%, so my questions are, how did we get here, how do we remedy this, and more importantly, how do we keep the situation from deteriorating any farther?

Is there a valid argument that times have changed and the Constitution should be taken in the context of current times, or have we needlessly allowed a great and relevant document to be molested and disregarded by foolishly compromising our rights away?

I know I am asking this question to a one sided audience here, but I just want to remind ourselves that as right as we think we are, to a great many people we all seem like nothing but a bunch of loons, and we are at least partly to blame I think for allowing it to slowly happen.

So again, my question is this, what do we do now? Should our fight be directed at lawmakers, or do we need to spend more effort changing the attitudes of the public at large? Where can we do the most good, in the White House, or in our neighbor's house? Do laws change people's attitudes, or do the people's attitudes change our laws?

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