Originally Posted by
ShaolinLueb
time's were also very different 250 years ago. we were a new country. on the frontier settlers had to protect themselves from indians. the military was mostly a militia after the revolutionary war was over.
That is absolutely, 100% incorrect.
[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.
---James Madison,
The Federalist Papers, No. 46.
No Free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.
(Thomas Jefferson, Proposal Virginia Constitution, Jefferson Papers)
To disarm the people - that was the best and most effectual way to enslave them.
(George Mason)
Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
(James Madison)
The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
(Thomas Jefferson)