Synthaholic
Diamond Member
Wingnuts keep saying the Second Amendment is to keep the government in check.
Where is this written in the Constitution?
Where is this written in the Constitution?
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Wingnuts keep saying the Second Amendment is to keep the government in check.
Where is this written in the Constitution?
Wingnuts keep saying the Second Amendment is to keep the government in check.
Where is this written in the Constitution?
Wingnuts keep saying the Second Amendment is to keep the government in check.
Where is this written in the Constitution?
Are you blind? It's right there next to "Abortion Rights".Wingnuts keep saying the Second Amendment is to keep the government in check.
Where is this written in the Constitution?
Are you blind? It's right there next to "Abortion Rights".Wingnuts keep saying the Second Amendment is to keep the government in check.
Where is this written in the Constitution?
why do you insist on comparing gun owners to terrorists ??Wingnuts keep saying the Second Amendment is to keep the government in check.
Where is this written in the Constitution?
Wayne Lapierre wrote it in his book.
And Timothy McVeigh used to hand out pamphlets promoting that notion.
Do you have anything to back this up?It's not a long amendment so lets break it down in the language of the day. "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."
The militia are not regular military but instead are citizens free to pursue their usual occupations yet when called upon for defense they gather their arms and answer the call. Pay attention to the fact the founders were referring to the militia of a country. Those who insisted this be an amendment to the Constitution understood a state to be, as the 1828 dictionary and other historical documents of the day support, an independent nation. The 2nd Amendment was in place to remind the newly formed federal or general government each state's citizenry would be armed and ready to defend themselves should the need arise.
why do you insist on comparing gun owners to terrorists ??Wingnuts keep saying the Second Amendment is to keep the government in check.
Where is this written in the Constitution?
Wayne Lapierre wrote it in his book.
And Timothy McVeigh used to hand out pamphlets promoting that notion.
The 2nd reads as militias fighting for America not fighting the American government.
It's not a long amendment so lets break it down in the language of the day. "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."
The militia are not regular military but instead are citizens free to pursue their usual occupations yet when called upon for defense they gather their arms and answer the call. Pay attention to the fact the founders were referring to the militia of a country. Those who insisted this be an amendment to the Constitution understood a state to be, as the 1828 dictionary and other historical documents of the day support, an independent nation. The 2nd Amendment was in place to remind the newly formed federal or general government each state's citizenry would be armed and ready to defend themselves should the need arise.
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government"
-- Thomas Jefferson, 1 Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334
"...to disarm the people - that was the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
-- George Mason
Those took me about a minute to find.
Neither did the Federalist and Anti-federalist papers, which both went into explicit detail as to why that various provisions of the Constitution were put into place."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government"
-- Thomas Jefferson, 1 Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334
"...to disarm the people - that was the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
-- George Mason
Those took me about a minute to find.
hmmmmm. That didn't make it into the Constitution did it?
If these were such important sentiments, shared by the founders, why are they not included in the Constitution?"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government"
-- Thomas Jefferson, 1 Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334
"...to disarm the people - that was the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
-- George Mason
Those took me about a minute to find.
Irrelevant.If these were such important sentiments, shared by the founders, why are they not included in the Constitution?"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government"
-- Thomas Jefferson, 1 Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334
"...to disarm the people - that was the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
-- George Mason
Those took me about a minute to find.
I shouldn't have to read Jefferson's private papers to learn his feelings. On page 334, no less.
Do you have anything to back this up?It's not a long amendment so lets break it down in the language of the day. "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."
The militia are not regular military but instead are citizens free to pursue their usual occupations yet when called upon for defense they gather their arms and answer the call. Pay attention to the fact the founders were referring to the militia of a country. Those who insisted this be an amendment to the Constitution understood a state to be, as the 1828 dictionary and other historical documents of the day support, an independent nation. The 2nd Amendment was in place to remind the newly formed federal or general government each state's citizenry would be armed and ready to defend themselves should the need arise.
The 2nd reads as militias fighting for America not fighting the American government.