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The 2nd Amendment

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The Evolution of American Freedom chart above shows that the American Revolutionaries used the same guns that the British military used and would be equivalent to our fully-automatic M4 Rifle or M-16—yes, our founding fathers wanted us (citizens/militia) to be able to defend ourselves against the government if it ever went tyrannical or against an invading foreign army that is why the 2nd Amendment was put in the Bill of Rights and this would include fully-automatic military rifles, which are currently outlawed. Shot guns and pistols are useless in fighting an invading army, terrorists, drug cartels or a tyrannical government. (It is not about hunting!) Therefore, semi-automatic rifles are an absolute necessity. Registration of guns always leads to confiscation. [See articles below under the heading Free Articles on the 2nd Amendment on what Nazi Germany did to the Jews, Stalin did to the Ukrainians (10 to 20 million exterminated) and what the United States did to the African-Americans—and are still doing in the black community--through gun registration, disinformation and disarmament.] Fully-automatic rifles were legal in America until they were banned by the National Firearms Act of 1934.

Brown Bess musket

The Brown Bess (.75 caliber/19.1 mm) musket was used by the American Revolutionaries (citizens/militia) and British (Red Coats)--it was the equivalent to our M-16.

 "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."          Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

What was the intent of the Framers of the Constitution regarding the 2nd Amendment?

The term "militia" was always understood to be every individual citizen rather than just an army. When the United States Congress passed the "Militia Act of 1792", it defined "militia" of the United States as every adult male, not as the Continental Army. The act required each adult to possess a firearm and a minimum supply of ammunition and military equipment--this was the law and enforced into the twentieth century. The law states: "The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 [and] under 45 years of age."  This act was incorporated and used by many States in their constitutions--the State National Guard units were always separate from the militia provision.

"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them..."  Richard Henry Lee, January 25, 1788, Letters from the Federal Farmer to the Republican 18.

"The militia is composed of free citizens. Samuel Adams, signer of the Declaration of Independence and father of the American Revolution.

"Who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people." George Mason, delegate to the Constitutional Convention and father of the Bill of Rights.

"A free people ought...to be armed..." George Washington. A speech given on January 7, 1790 and published in the Boston Independent Chronicle (January 14, 1790).

If you are a hunter, sportsmen, etc. and do not belong to a pro 2nd Amendment organization such as the NRA, you do not deserve to own a gun. The 2nd Amendment is not about sporting and hunting rights--it is about protecting oneself against a tyrannical government, self-defense or an invading army/enemy. The English tyrants had understood an armed citizenry was one of the only guarantee of liberty, which had many laws banning the owning of arms by its peasants--the Redcoats tried to seize the Rebel arms in Colonial America. Of course, if the people reject the true God of the Bible they will loose their freedoms. In other words, to paraphrase Dr. Gordon H. Clark, only Biblical Christian presuppositions justify civil governments of limited rights, whereas humanistic principles imply either anarchy or totalitarianism--since governments are divine institutions and get their authority from God, it follows that totalitarian governments are without authority beyond the limits set by God. 

You can ask my Polish Jewish friend, who is a "holocaust" survival, about the purpose of the 2nd Amendment. When Nazi Germany enacted "Regulations against Jews' possession of weapons," it made everyone register their firearms and then the SS would arrive and the owner sometimes disappeared in addition to his guns--the policies were promulgated in every country conquered by Hitler. The Nazi Weapon Law of 1938 made every citizen register their firearms--it was signed by Adolph Hitler. (The highly acclaimed motion picture Schindler's List left out the part when Oskar Schindler obtained guns for his workers at the Brinnlitz factory toward the end of the war.) Stalin also murdered between 10 to 20 million peasants--he wanted to exterminate the Ukrainians. The Soviet Union, with its anti-Christian Marxist agenda, used gun registration lists to confiscate weapons in the regions of Georgia, Ukraine, and Lithuania--the Soviet Union, between 1917 and 1953, murdered 36 million peasants and Christians. Christians were not allowed to own firearms in Turkey and this led to the massacre of 1.5 million Christian Armenians in the Ottoman Turkey Empire during 1915-1917. Muslim nations usually will not allow other religious groups in their countries to be armed. In Sudan today the Islamic north imposes firearm control on the south, where the majority of Christians live--the Christians are fighting against the imposition of Islamic (Sharia) law. Over 500,000 Christian Tutsi minority groups were murdered by the Hutu Animist/Humanist government of Rwanda on April 6, 1994--this occurred after enforcing vigorous gun control!  Gun licensing and other restrictions, for example, were used to suppress blacks before and after the Civil War.

State licensing laws have been a vehicle for banning firearms for well over a century. For example, New York City made any owner of "assault firearms" to register his/her firearm. During the Dinkins administration, all New York City registered assault firearm owners received threatening letters to turn in their legally purchased "assault firearm".

[The "Brown Bess" (.75 Caliber), considered on of the most effective muskets, was used by the Continental Army--it had a bayonet and was the equivalent to our M-16.] This is why the so-called "assault weapons," which are not fully automatic (the rapid-fire assault weapons were banned by the National Firearms Act of 1934), should be allowed in every State and is a 2nd Amendment right--they are semiautomatic firearms (with military cosmetics) and account for less than on-half of 1 percent of violent crime! Many law-enforcement personnel know that the positions taken by their superiors against firearms in general or the so-called "assault weapons" are the result of political pressure and are outright lies. A case in point: my friend--who retired as a "Major" in the New Jersey State Police--told me/alleged that the Colonel/Superintendent had to take an anti-gun position because the Governor at that time (1980's) told him to take that position.

Note: Switzerland, which has a higher rate of firearms possession than the United States, was the only European country that the Germans were afraid to invade in both world wars. They knew every man was armed. The Swiss malecitizens are supplied free of charge by the government a fully automatic rifle! In addition, every Swiss male citizen is required to keep this rifle and ammunition at home, to participate in group training, and to enter shooting matches. The Swiss have maintained their freedom for seven hundred (700) years and they had a profound influence on America's Founding Fathers regarding the Second Amendment.

2nd Amendment Sites and Organizations

International Pro-Gun Sites--Africa

 Recommend Free Articles on the 2nd Amendment and the Right of Self-Defense and recommended magazines & books

  1. When is it Right to Fight? by Dr. Robert A. Morey
  2. Memorandum Opinion For the Attorney General on Whether the Second Amendment Secures an Individual Right (August 24, 2004)--PDF
  3. Supreme Court of the United States syllabus ET AL. District of Columbia v. Heller (decided June 6, 2008)--PDF
  4. Gun Bans & Schindler’s List--PDF
  5. Arms in the Hands of Jews are a Danger to Public Safety: Nazism, Firearm Registration, and the night of the Broken Glass--PDF
  6. Citizens in Arms: The Swiss Experience--PDF
  7. Original Intent –What the Founders Really Said About Guns by Clayton Cramer [a small booklet at a very low price (50 for $25)]; Call Intermedia Outdoors, 7819 Highland Scenic Rd, Dept. SGN Baxter, MN 56425 at 1-800-260-6397.
  8. http://www.wallbuilders.com/store/page1-ss4.html
    The Second Amendment--Preserving the Inalienable Right of Individual Self-Protection by David Barton [a small booklet].
  9. http://shop.jpfo.org/cart.php?m=product_list&c=11
    JPO [Gun Control Kills Kids and many other great booklets to hand out in College, High School or Middle School on the 2nd Amendment (50 for $17)].
  10. http://shop.jpfo.org/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=8
    JPO [Innocents Betrayed on DVD—170 million have died in the 20th century as a result of gun control.]
  11. A New Film entitled No Guns for Negroes that exposes the Racist Origins of gun control implemented on the Black Community(it features a prominent pro 2nd Amendment Black American activist, who is a member in a respected Black Civil Rights organization and former mayor of a Chicago suburb—he exposes the White Liberals and their “PC Pimps” in the Black Community)—PDF.
  12. Dave Kopel, Research Director, Independence Institute
  13. Shooting Back: The Right and Duty of Self-Defense by Charl Van Wyk
  14. Shooting Back: The Right and Duty of Self-Defense (DVD)
  15. Faith and Firearms by Dr. Peter Hammond--PDF
  16. Armed America by Clayton E. Cramer
  17. Obey? Bible says yes, if government's 'good'/'no civil rulers should be followed if orders inconsistent with God's'
  18. The Racist Roots of Gun Control--PDF
  19. Racist Origins of U.S. Gun Control--PDF
  20. Self-Defense—A Christian Viewpoint--PDF
  21. Should Christians own Firearms?--PDF
  22. Gun control precedes genocide--PDF
  23. Death by Gun Control--PDF
  24. Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy—“Would Banning Firearms Reduce Murder and Suicide”? by Don Yates, a Yale-educated attorney & Gary Mauser, a Canadian University professor--PDF
  25. Concealed Weapon Laws of Early Republic--PDF
  26. The History of gun control, part 1--PDF
  27. The History of gun control, part 2--PDF
  28. Can We Make Our Schools Safer?--PDF
  29. Students for Concealed Carry on Campus
    http://www.concealedcampus.org
  30. Students for the Second Amendment - Works on college and university campuses to bring them truth about our constitutionally protected rights to students who have been misled by the academic establishment (will help with setting up a club on campus and training in firearms).
    http://www.sf2a.org
  31. The Fifth Amendment, Self-Incrimination and Gun Registration
  32. http://www.nra.org/
    Guns, Freedom, and Terrorism by Wayne LaPierre.
  33. http://www.wallbuilders.com/store/page1-ss3.html
    The Second Amendment--Preserving the Inalienable Right of Individual Self-Protection by David Barton
  34. http://www.keepandbeararms.com/information/library.asp
    Keep and Bear Arms Law Library
  35. http://www.stephenhalbrook.com/
    See articles by Dr. Stephen P. Halbrook such as Nazism, the Second Amendment, & the NRA. Recommended book: The Swiss & the Nazis: How the Alpine Republic Survived in the Shadow of the Third Reich.
  36. http://www.ccrkba.org/
    The Journal of Firearms and Public Policy: An academic journal dedicated to scholarly discussion of firearms and public policy--the journal was started in 1989 and is published annually. (SAF Periodicals, P.O. Box 35, Buffalo, NY 14209 or call: (716) 885-6408, Price: $10).
  37. http://www.ccrkba.org/
    The Gottlieb-Tartaro Report: Here's a monthly newsletter that gives you inside information from the desks of active principals in the battle for the right to keep and bear arms. (Click the "ccrkba" link above to subscribe--once on website, it is on the left hand side column under "Recommended Publications".)
  38. http://www.ccrkba.org/
    Gun Week: Frustrated with gun news in the anti-gun mainstream media? You need Gun Week!--it is published three times a month and was started over 30 years ago. (Click the "ccrkba" link above to subscribe--once on website, it is on the left hand side column under "Recommended Publications".)
  39. http://www.ccrkba.org/
    Women & Guns: Finally, a magazine just for America's 15 million gun-owing women! Written and edited by women. (Click the "ccrkba" link above to subscribe--once on website, it is on the left hand side column under "Recommended Publications".)

 

 

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