The Right to Keep and Bear Arms

The right of the People to keep and bear arms is a major discussion today. The unfortunate thing is that it shouldn't be. This right, under the general description of self defense, is a God-given, inalienable right of all free men. The U.S. Constitution recognized that right and said it "...shall not be infringed." The political scene has become infested with those who think they know what is best for us and want to control every aspect of our lives. The right to keep and bear arms is a major impediment to them doing so, because that right allows free citizens to fight for their rights. I advise all free men to stand up and fight for their right to keep and bear arms. As said by Tench Coxe, one of the Founding Fathers:

"The power of the sword, say the minority of Pennsylvania, is in the hands of Congress. My friends and countrymen, it is not so, for The Powers of the Sword Are in the Hands of the Yeomanry of America from Sixteen to Sixty. The militia of these free commonwealths, entitled and accustomed to their arms, when compared with any possible army, must be tremendous and irresistible. Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves. Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birth-right of an American.... [T]he unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people."

If we desire to remain free, we need to stand up and fight those who would try to deprive us of the right that would defend all other rights, the Second Amendment. I, for one, will be one of the fighters. I swore an oath to defend and protect the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. It seems the domestic enemies are at the gates.

One of the best discussions of the Second Amendment I have read is: 

  

The Right of the People or the Power of the State
Bearing Arms, Arming Militias, and the Second Amendment

by

Stephen P. Halbrook

I highly recommend it:  http://constitution.org/2ll/schol/jfp6ch04.htm

Stand strong, Patriots! No Compromise, No Surrender!