Five Steps to Help Protect the 2nd AmendmentBy Michael Boldin BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE if people stop relying on the federal courts to protect their rights, this will never ever be over. As James Madison recommended in Federalist #46, states and individuals should employ a refusal to cooperate with officers of the Union, as one of four steps that make up a FIRST RESPONSE to the federal government. (learn more here) The STATE-level 2nd Amendment Preservation Act is an essential first step to draw a line in the sand on any new federal gun control proposals. Passing in multiple states will ensure their plans dont get off the ground. From there, we can build and work for the next steps refuse, reject, resist and nullify ALL federal gun control, including the acts of 1934 and 1968. Take these steps today: Michael Boldin [send him email] is the founder of the Tenth Amendment Center, where this article first appeared. He was raised in Milwaukee, WI, and currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.Follow him on twitter @michaelboldin, on LinkedIn, and on Facebook. Faith in the Second Amendment is misplaced. Think about it: The Amendment WITH the wording shall not be infringed is the MOST infringed, licensed, and limited Amendment of the entire twenty seven. Furthermore, a future generation of our posterity is likely to see the Second Amendment whittled away entirely or repealed altogether. This is inherent nature and danger of optional Enlightenment rights versus non-optional Biblical responsibilities, such as the following: Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword [or todays equivalent in their hand; to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; to execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye Yah. (Psalm 149:6-9) But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house [including spiritual and physical protection], he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. (1 Timothy 5:8) For more, listen to The Second Amendment: A Knife in a Gunfight, delivered at the Springfield, Missouri Firearms and Freedom Symposium. Click on my picture and then scroll about half way down our home page to our Featured Messages. At this same location, you will also find a radio interview Larry Pratt (Executive Director of Gun Owners of America) conducted with me on this same subject. I think youll find Mr. Pratts remarks especially interesting. If you prefer to read, see our blog article The Second Amendment is Doomed. 