For those who don't know, September 17th was Constitution Day. That's a day when we celebrate and remember the Constitution, obviously. It's a document that is, in my humble opinion, as close to a secularly sacred document as mere humans can create. It's with the Declaration of Independence in that regard. We remember the latter on July 4th, but Constitution Day flies under the radar all the time.
And in a press release from the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms that came in after I'd finished work for the day, they remind us to celebrate it.
Today, September 17, 2025 is “Constitution Day,” commemorating the 238th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution by delegates to the Constitutional Convention, and all Americans should celebrate this significant date in world history, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) declared.
“This is a special date,” noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “recognizing the adoption of our Constitution, which is not just the foundation of our government, but a contract between government and all of the people; a guarantee that the nation our forefathers founded would be, and remain, the home of liberty and justice for all.
“In layman’s terms,” he continued, “the Constitution is the instruction manual of freedom. Where else but in this wonderful document does one find the operational guidelines for making our nation work? Our Constitution has become the envy of the world, setting the rules and establishing boundaries on government, from town councils to Congress. Is it any wonder, after 238 years, why so many people from so many other places want to come to the United States?
“Our Constitution would eventually include the Bill of Rights, protecting the freedoms of speech, religion and the press,” Gottlieb observed. “It is the ‘rule book’ for a nation of free people, protecting the rights we have all come to cherish, including the right to remain silent, the right to legal counsel, and the right to keep and bear arms.
“But the Constitution is more than that,” he added. “Our Constitution puts the people in charge. Because of our Constitution, we all have a say in how this country works. We all have a vote and a voice. We elect representatives, not rulers. We can literally change the direction of government, because the Constitution empowers the people to just say ‘No,’ and make it stick.
“You bet this is a day to celebrate,” Gottlieb stated. “We may not always get things right, but the U.S. Constitution guarantees we can make things right. So far, nobody has come up with anything better. Not even close.”
As it stands, most nations have no respect for the right to keep and bear arms. They pretend the right doesn't exist within their borders. If they allow guns at all, they have no qualms about restricting away people's ability to effectively defend themselves, either from the government or garden-variety criminals. They don't value it.
And, as was always inevitable, they've also started going after other rights we preserved in the Constitution via the Bill of Rights. People are arrested for speaking out against groups they see as problematic. Doors are getting kicked in by police because of memes. People are afraid to speak up out of fear of the government cracking down on them, personally.
These aren't from dictatorships with a single despot at the top, one ruling by decree and with an iron fist.
No, these are nations like England and Germany, the latter of which you'd think would have learned its lesson about totalitarianism already.
The Constitution stands as a line of defense against that, and the one day we're supposed to remember that, most people straight out forgot. I saw mention of it on social media and largely left it alone, and I shouldn't have.
It's a document that preserves our right to resist. It's what our Founding Fathers wanted, and it's what we have an obligation to do when evil rears its head and somehow gets power.
We might disagree on when evil is in charge, but that's fine. The Constitution was meant for us to have that disagreement and have it openly. It was intended for us to hash it out with words, via the press, and with public demonstrations. Then, hopefully, the best ideas would prevail.
And when all else fails and it's time to water the tree of liberty, we have that means as well, though I pray we never have to do it in either my lifetime or my children's.
We shouldn't let Constitution Day pass so casually.
We need to remember it. To think about it and talk about how important it is for our society. We need to discuss the controversial aspects and why they were there, why the electoral college exists, or why tiny states get the same number of senators as large states. We should have these conversations on September 17th, if on no other day, all so we understand what our Founding Fathers accomplished.
Editor's Note: While the Constitution doesn't get the attention it truly deserves, many throughout the nation see it as more of an impediment to what they want to accomplish.
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