Why the 2nd Amendment - by Walter E. Williams

01-03-2013 • Lew Rockwell

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., shootings, said: "The British are not coming. ... We don't need all these guns to kill people." Lewis' vision, shared by many, represents a gross ignorance of why the framers of the Constitution gave us the Second Amendment.

2 Comments in Response to Why the 2nd Amendment - by Walter E. Williams

Comment by Powell Gammill

Entered on: 1/4/2013 3:09:15 PM

The Framers of the CONstitution didn't give us the Second Amendment. They were forced to after not getting enough states to ratify the damned thing, and two states who ratified trying to back out to prevent the mobs from hanging the signers. So the proposed a dozen spelled out sets of Rights including the Amendment that said just because something is not spelled out doesn't mean it is not our Right. Which of course means what IS spelled out IS spelled out like, "CONgress SHALL make NO law...."

Comment by Anon Commenter

Entered on: 1/4/2013 12:55:39 AM

A MUST READ!

An Open Letter to Members of Congress…

IS GUN CONTROL A ‘RIGHT’ OF THE GOVERNMENT?
http://dailyoddsandends.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/is-gun-control-a-right-of-the-government/

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