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Dan McLeod: Will of the people supercede even the Constitution

Most Americans understand that government is divided into three co-equal branches. They are the legislative, the judicial and the executive. These institutions are considered separate but equal. For those who seek to curtail or eliminate our Second Amendment, please consider this: There is another branch of government no one ever mentions. It is superior to the three we commonly acknowledge and is even superior to our Constitution and the Bill of Rights. What is this elusive and mysterious body? It is “We The People” and the 2nd Amendment is our enforcement provision.

Dan McLeod, Atwater

This story was originally published June 20, 2016 at 12:46 PM with the headline "Dan McLeod: Will of the people supercede even the Constitution."

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