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this sums it up...and is why we are having this debate today...

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More people define themselves as progressives. Progressivism goes back to Teddy Roosevelt and the chief architect of it in the US, Woodrow Wilson.

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“No doubt a lot of nonsense has been talked about the inalienable rights of the individual, and a great deal that was mere sentiment and pleasing speculation has been put forward as fundamental principle,” wrote Wilson, attacking the very individual rights that have made America great.

He rejected the principles of “separation of powers” and “checks and balances” that are the foundation of American government: “Government does now whatever experience permits or the times demand….” wrote Wilson in The State.

No fan of democracy or constitutional government, he wrote the following in Constitutional Government in the United States: “The President is at liberty, both in law and conscience, to be as big a man as he can. His capacity will set the limit….” Sounds like a devotee of the imperial presidency.

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“The old theory of the sovereignty of the States, which used so to engage our passions, has lost its vitality. The war between the States established at least this principle, that the federal government is, through its courts, the final judge of its own powers... We are impatient of state legislatures because they seem to us less representative of the thoughtful opinion of the country than Congress is. We know that our legislatures do not think alike, but we are not sure that our people do not think alike...”

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There's a whole new generation of progressives who think the Constitution is outdated and lost it's usefullness. The only hope to retain individual rights as meant by the founders will be a political backlash against the progressive movement afoot. The future of laws pertaining tot he second amendment will be decided in the voting booth.