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The reason for the Second Amendment was to face off the idea that the British Military would barge in on citizens, take all their food and feed their troops with it, leaving the family starving, madam. Now citizens COULD hold back unauthorized government troops if they were ever formed again to collect taxes or wage war against citizens. In 1789, the British, not southerners, were on the minds of those framing the Constitution and protections for the everyday citizen in a new realm, The United States of America.and not for nothing, this little bit of history is interesting
Thom Hartmann: The Second Amendment Was Ratified to Preserve Slavery | Alternet
Explains a lot of the slack jawed hysteria over proposed control. I think we should get the people in the inner cities more involved in organized neighborhood watch groups, and they should ALL register for fire arm licenses. What fun the response to that would be to watch.Sally E. Haden, in her book Slave Patrols: Law and Violence in Virginia and the Carolinas, notes that, Although eligibility for the Militia seemed all-encompassing, not every middle-aged white male Virginian or Carolinian became a slave patroller. There were exemptions so men in critical professions like judges, legislators, and students could stay at their work. Generally, though, she documents how most southern men between 18 and 45 including physicians and ministers had to serve on slave patrol in the militia at one time or another in their lives.
Rewritng history at this point because it's a feel-good issue for the left is a bad idea for the nation as a whole.
That was the 3rd Amendment, ditsy doodle.