[threetango]

On the 2nd Amendment.

http://www.redding.com/opinion/spea...9c-3334-43b6-e053-0100007ff1c0-374520131.html

 

[SHOOTER13]

"I ask, sir, what is the militia ? It is the whole people. ... To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."

~George Mason

 

[SHOOTER13]

"A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves ... and include all men capable of bearing arms. ... To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms and be taught alike ... how to use them."

~Richard Henry Lee

 

[SHOOTER13]

"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. ... Horrid mischief would ensue were (the law-abiding) deprived of the use of them."

~Thomas Paine

 

[SHOOTER13]

"Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion ... in private self-defense."

~John Adams

 

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"The constitutions of most of our states assert, that all power is inherent in the people; ... that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed."

"No free man shall be debarred the use of arms within his own land."

~Thomas Jefferson

 

[SHOOTER13]

"(The Constitution preserves) the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every nation ... (where) the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms."

~ James Madison

 

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"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in American cannot enforce unjust laws ... because the whole body of the people are armed."

~Noah Webster

 

[SHOOTER13]

"The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms."

~Samuel Adams

 

[squirrelhunter]

Touche' on ALL of them.