學習美國曆史,守護美國傳統
文章來源: arbor美德2021-11-20 07:39:47


威斯康星州基諾沙城( Kenosha)一陪審團於昨天宣布,2020年在一騷亂現場導2人死亡、1人受傷的少年裏滕豪斯(Kyle Rittenhouse)無罪總統拜登表示必須尊重陪審團的判決;前總統、川普表示,陪審團的裁決是公正的,他說:如果這(裏滕豪斯當時的行為)不是自衛,什麽是自衛?

 

這個判決,是件大事 ,是天大的事。將被載入美國史冊。

 

美國憲法第二修正案:

 

“A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.

紀律優良的民兵部隊對自由州的安全是必要的,因此,人民持有並攜帶武器的權利不可受侵害。

 

時年17歲的裏滕豪斯是民兵,合規攜槍,為商家守護,被迫開槍。捍衛了個人的生命權力。

 

 

這個槍聲,也堪比列克星敦獨立戰爭第一槍。

 

如果政府不作為,人民有權自衛,直至解散不作為的政府。

 

美國獨立宣言:

 

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.

我們認為這些真理是不言而喻的:人人生而平等,造物者賦予他們若幹不可剝奪的權利,其中包括生命權、自由權和追求幸福的權利。

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

為了保障這些權利,人類才在他們之間建立政府,而政府之正當權力,是經被治理者的同意而產生的。

That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience has shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

當任何形式的政府對這些目標具破壞作用時,人民便有權力改變或廢除它,以建立一個新的政府;其賴以奠基的原則,其組織權力的方式,務使人民認為唯有這樣才最可能獲得他們的安全和幸福。為了慎重起見,成立多年的政府,是不應當由於輕微和短暫的原因而予以變更的。過去的一切經驗也都說明,任何苦難,隻要是尚能忍受,人類都寧願容忍,而無意為了本身的權益便廢除他們久已習慣了的政府。但是,當追逐同一目標的一連串濫用職權和強取豪奪發生,證明政府企圖把人民置於專製統治之下時,那麽人民就有權利,也有義務推翻這個政府,並為他們未來的安全建立新的保障--

 

 

裏滕豪斯案的判決,是美國憲法、美國立國文本、美國精神的詮釋和體現。

 

做美國人,學習美國曆史,守護美國傳統。

 

附:本人背誦美國權力法案、獨立宣言二段視頻。