Your quote from Federalist #47 was very appropriate. I strongly recommend John Lott's book, "More Guns, Less Crime" if you havn't read it. It's been widely acclaimed
and is the most thoroughly researched book on the subject.
A professor (Gary Kleck) here in Fla. has written alot on
the subject from a criminologists' point of view. Anyone
who has seriously looked into the subject has seen the
mythology of "gun control" exploded. Those who advocate
such not only hate the Second Amendment but are of the same
ilk as the others who want to gradually take all our freedoms away in the name of Big Brother and tell us that
they know what's for the rest of us.
Madison not only proclaims private gun ownership, he brags
about it! Just another arrogant American........(he-he)