Thoreau

The objections which have been brought against a standing army, and they are many and weighty, and deserve to prevail, may also at last be brought against a standing government. The standing army is only an arm of the standing government. The government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be abused and perverted before the people can act through it.

The meaning that i think this pasage is trying to say is that the people chose the government for the country but the government is the one who rules us. We the people will fail before the government fail itslef. The army works for the country but is not a part of the government. The army is a part of the government but the government controls them aswell.

Another Stab at the Constitution

The article I chose was Revisiting the Constitution: Do We Really Need the Second Amendment? The passage in the article I will talk about is the following, "The Second Amendment acknowledged the vulnerability of a nation in its infancy, but could not predict a world where some would move through life feeling more like targets than citizens. Now a mother watching her own fragile creation grow into black manhood, I would worry less if it were more difficult for him to find himself facing a gun held by boys or men who look like him or by those whose job it is to serve and protect." What she is trying to say is that we living in a world that we do not know when would be our last day. One day we can be normal citizens living life then the next we can either be facing a charge for a crime or dead. I personally think getting rid of the second amendment would not make a difference. There are people now that have illegal guns. If we do take out the second amendment there will be more people getting arrest. Now people that have guns legally use them to protect them self but there is also some problems. Having kids at home is one problem. Kids can get hold of their parents weapon and can do something bad. This amendment is a really hard one because if it stays in the constitution people will always get killed or arrested. If it gets removed the same crimes will be committed or even more because now guns are illegal.