Old Hat! Common sense simply....
1- PROTECT YOURSELF - “Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” — Thomas Jefferson
2- PROTECT YOURSELF FROM GOV"T - The Constitution preserves “the advantage o...f being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.” - James Madison
3- PROTECT YOURSELF FROM OBAMA - The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States. A military force, at the command of Congress, can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and constitutional; for they will possess the power.” — Noah Webster
Famous Quotes From The Founding Fathers On Our Right To Bear Arms
Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia:
“No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.” — Proposed Virginia Constitution, 1776
“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms. . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” — Jefferson`s “Commonplace Book,” 1774-1776, quoting from On Crimes and Punishment, by criminologist Cesare Beccaria, 1764
George Mason, of Virginia:
“[W]hen the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British Parliament was advised by an artful man, who was governor of Pennsylvania, to disarm the people; that it was the best and most effectual way to enslave them; but that they should not do it openly, but weaken them, and let them sink gradually.”. . . I ask, who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers.” — Virginia`s U.S. Constitution ratification convention, 1788“That the People have a right to keep and bear Arms; that a well regulated Militia, composed of the Body of the People, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe Defence of a free state.” — Within Mason`s declaration of “the essential and unalienable Rights of the People,” — later adopted by the Virginia ratification convention, 1788
Samuel Adams, of Massachusetts:
“The said Constitution [shall] be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms.” — Massachusetts` U.S. Constitution ratification convention, 1788William Grayson, of Virginia:
“[A] string of amendments were presented to the lower House; these altogether respected personal liberty.” — Letter to Patrick Henry, June 12, 1789, referring to the introduction of what became the Bill of RightsRichard Henry Lee, of Virginia:
“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 people always possess arms… The mind that aims at a select militia, must be influenced by a truly anti-republican principle.” — Additional Letters From The Federal Farmer, 1788
James Madison, of Virginia:
The Constitution preserves “the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation. . . (where) the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.” — The Federalist, No. 46Tench Coxe, of Pennsylvania:
“The militia, who are in fact the effective part of the people at large, will render many troops quite unnecessary. They will form a powerful check upon the regular troops, and will generally be sufficient to over-awe them.” — An American Citizen, Oct. 21, 1787“Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American . . . . The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people.” — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788
“As the military forces which must occasionally be raised to defend our country, might pervert their power to the injury of their fellow citizens, the people are confirmed by the next article (of amendment) in their right to keep and bear their private arms.” — Federal Gazette, June 18, 1789
Noah Webster, of Pennsylvania:
“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States. A military force, at the command of Congress, can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and constitutional; for they will possess the power.” — An Examination of The Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, Philadelphia, 1787
Alexander Hamilton, of New York:
“[I]f circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude, that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people while there is a large body of citizens, little if at all inferior to them in discipline and the use of arms, who stand ready to defend their rights and those of their fellow citizens.” — The Federalist, No. 29Thomas Paine, of Pennsylvania:
“[A]rms 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.” — Thoughts On Defensive War, 1775
Fisher Ames, of Massachusetts:
“The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people.” — Letter to F.R. Minoe, June 12, 1789Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts:
“What, sir, is the use of militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty. . . Whenever Government means to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise a standing army upon its ruins.” — Debate, U.S. House of Representatives, August 17, 1789
Patrick Henry, of Virginia:
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel.” — Virginia`s U.S. Constitution ratification conventionYou Might Also Like
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By the same token, said court can and should be able to restore the rights of an individual whom has demonstrated their fitness to exercise the right in a responsible manner.
Any law which bans a group of people from owning a firearm, is a clear violation of the Second Amendment, and is unconstitutional. The Lautenberg Amendment is such an example.
“The said Constitution [shall] be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, WHO ARE PEACEABLE CITIZENS, from keeping their own arms.” — Massachusetts` U.S. Constitution ratification convention, 1788
I oppose felons being permitted to vote, bear arms, hold office, possess illicit drugs (pot excluded). I oppose the ill-advised and hysterical Sen. Wellstone “OJ Act” that banned gun possession to those convicted merely of misdemeanors or merely civil domestic restraining orders.
I also oppose most vehemently the statute that denies an arrestee or indicted person on a felony from bearing arms before and until he is convicted of said felony. This happened to me when I needed a firearm to defend against someone who had already shot at me and against whom I was a principal witness.
The Aussie experiment has been shown quickly to be disastrous with violent crime exploding. I was extremely offended and outraged that the state of MA banned guns right there at Lexington and Concord, where the very Right was first exercised on American soil. As a law-abiding American, I could not bear arms right there under the statue of the Minuteman!
Look to Switzerland for low crime and responsive democracy, strength, precision, cleanliness, financial stability, high employment and advanced technology. Every Swiss home contains at least one military firearm.
Therefore, the Founders believed that every adult, American male citizen of sound mind and body had the duty to protect the country and its government. Hence, the “right to bear arms” in service of one’s country in one of 13 state militias. They clarified this intent when they passed the Militia Acts a few short years after the Constitution was ratified.
The idea that the 2nd Amendment gave Americans the right to overthrow the government, “of the people, by the people”, would have been viewed by the Founders as seditious, especially in the aftermath of Shay’s Rebellion.
Until 2008, when the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court broke with two centuries of legal precedent, no American court in the land had ever recognized an inherent right to armed self-defense outside of service in the militia. Even then, Justice Antonin Scalia clarified that the rights guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment were far from absolute.
Wrong. Read the Declaration of Independence: “That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
“I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”
Nothing about government in it at all. Does say all enemies foreign and domestic.
“While the oath-taking dates back to the First Congress in 1789, the current oath is a product of the 1860s, drafted by Civil War-era members of Congress intent on ensnaring traitors.
In 1789, the 1st United States Congress created a fourteen-word oath to fulfill the constitutional requirement:
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States.””
http://twothirds.us/the-oaths-of-office/
1. Presser v. Illinois, 116 U.S. 252 (1886)
2. Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
3. Duncan v. Louisiana, 391 U.S. 145 (1968)
4. Bliss v. Commonwealth (1822, KY)
5. Aymette v. State, 21Tenn. 154, 156 (1840)
6. Nunn v. Georgia (1 Ga. (1 Kel.) 243 (1846)
All these decisions refer to the right to keep and bear arms as an individual right that applies to all people, and not just people when members of a militia.
Article 1 Section 8 allows this, and still does today.
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They had the equivalent to the Gatling gun at the time of the signing of the Constitution.
James Puckle first built one in 1718.
Lorenzoni repeating flintlock pistol built in 1680.
Ferguson rifle First breech loading military rifle. Used by the British at the Battle of Saratoga 1777.
Girandoni air rifle built in 1779. Used a 20 round magazine. Used by the Austrian army 1780 – 1815
No they where well aware of the idea of a “machine gun” and magazine equipped firearms.
The Walther PPK is really not much smaller or more concealable than Jack Ruby’s US-made Colt Cobra. I understand today that no one can buy a Walther PP series pistol in California even if he is licensed to carry and is a retired policeman.