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To: ealgeone
...it gives the People the people the right to defend themselves from government.

"...the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

The 2nd amendment doesn't "give" us this right. The 2nd amendment instructs the government that this pre-existing "natural right", shall not be infringed.

6 posted on 01/10/2013 8:34:08 PM PST by vortigern
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To: vortigern

The Constitution doesn’t ‘’give ‘or grant us our rights, it’s supposed to protect them. ‘’The rights of man are not given by the gracious hand of any state but are guaranteed therein.’’- Thomas Paine.


9 posted on 01/10/2013 9:03:54 PM PST by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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