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.
I firmly believe that the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is the
cornerstone of all our liberties, and America's last defense against
all forms of tyranny ... foreign and domestic.
The Second Amendment is not about hunting, it's
not about target shooting, recreation or even self-defense.
The Second Amendment was placed in the Bill of Rights to guarantee
that this nation's citizens would always have the means to overthrow
their government should such drastic action become necessary.
Yes, overthrow! Our Founding
Fathers knew that it could become necessary for free men to
overthrow their government -- they did it --and they wanted
to make sure that their posterity would have the means to do so as
well.
It is an interesting paradox: as long as
the people are well-armed and capable of overthrowing their
government, they will probably never need to avail themselves of
that drastic measure. But if they are ever disarmed and
helpless before their government, rest assured that they will come
to wish that they had the means.
