sailortoo
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Well, the "Founding Fathers" made a number of statements referring to who should be armed:
"The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) asserts that all power is inherent in the People; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed."
Thomas Jefferson
"No freeman shall ever be barred the use of arms."
Thomas Jefferson
"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
"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people ... To disarm the people is the best and most effective way to enslave them."
George Mason
"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."
Richard Henry Lee
Some random samples of the intent of the Second Amendment, by the people that were the very foundation of this country and its' Constitution. I hope that these statements put to rest any conflict in your idea of what the 2A is all about. For me, there is no question what the one sentence that makes up the 2A does mean, and what it was intended to mean. The militia reference leading into the reason for ".. the Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms ..." is to emphasize the need for all the people to always be armed.
sailortoo
"The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) asserts that all power is inherent in the People; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed."
Thomas Jefferson
"No freeman shall ever be barred the use of arms."
Thomas Jefferson
"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
"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people ... To disarm the people is the best and most effective way to enslave them."
George Mason
"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."
Richard Henry Lee
Some random samples of the intent of the Second Amendment, by the people that were the very foundation of this country and its' Constitution. I hope that these statements put to rest any conflict in your idea of what the 2A is all about. For me, there is no question what the one sentence that makes up the 2A does mean, and what it was intended to mean. The militia reference leading into the reason for ".. the Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms ..." is to emphasize the need for all the people to always be armed.
sailortoo