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To: Starman417

The point of the second Amendment was to ensure that a militia could be called together. Remember: the militia is just about any able bodied mentally competent adult. Therefore the right of the people [ ie: you & I ] to keep & bear arms can not be infringed if you want to maintain the capacity to assemble a militia - which comes in handy during times of increasing government tyranny or oppression. No wonder then that government shills & representatives advocate against private gun ownership. The entire Amendment spells this fact out quite clearly but the anti-second Amendment folks have distorted its meaning beyond all recognition.


15 posted on 12/23/2012 11:14:33 AM PST by Republican1795.
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To: Republican1795.
The right to keep and bear arms is ANCIENT ~ it predates the settlement of Europe by Indo-European people.

This is the one that makes some men nobles and other men their serfs.

The US Constitution announced to the whole world forever that in the United States of America all men are noblemen, and are free to think, and have the right to call down the very power of the state to resolve disputes if necessary.

What was it you said this was about?

What you need to do is read the first three amendments together ~ they are a reflection of a hard won understanding by the Huguenots in The Religious Wars and later that arms are required for the purposes set forth in the First Amendment ~ your basic freedom of conscience clause ~ and that government is not empowered to pass laws regarding arms ~ and further, the government is not authorized to use the armed forces to kick around private individuals.

25 posted on 12/23/2012 12:11:49 PM PST by muawiyah
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