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Being a gun owner but skeptical about such explanations, I wanted to be more informed before responding. I found Thom Hartmann's book, "The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment." It cites historical references, including records of the states’ conventions when they considered adopting the Constitution following the General Convention in 1787. It shows that the framers of the Constitution didn't consider defense of oneself or for "hearth and home," overthrowing a tyrannical government, or repelling invaders as reasons for the Second Amendment. |
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MarkHamTownsend
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Idiot!
The founders left documents explaining their reasoning. Read THE FEDERALIST PAPERS or even THE ANTIFEDERALIST PAPERS.
The best succinct explanation for why the WA was written is IN the 2A itself; the "well regulated militia being necessary" for the preservation of "a free state." State, as in "condition," (which can be good) not "state" as in "California" --- which is not good.
This is not a hard thing to suss out.
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PHORTO
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| Yeah. An'an'an' the country was founded in 1619 on the backs of slaves, too! [I think I just threw up a little in my mouth....] |
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| The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally, even if these are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist and triumph over them. — Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States; With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States before the Adoption of the Constitution [Boston, 1833]. |
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