This is blowing my mind.. I am being told by some liberal Americans on my page here, the right to bear arms was not in The Federalist Papers! They say it was only for a militia LOL I have been searching through the quotes from the Federalist papers! Our founding fathers most certainly enforced and made it clear we have the right to bear arms, and if we ever lost this right we would loose our very basic freedoms! Article XIII of Pennsylvanias 1776 Declaration of Rights states: That the people have a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the state... Article XII from the same declaration says: That the people have a right to freedom of speech, and of writing, and publishing their sentiments; therefore the freedom of the press ought not to be restrained. In both of the above examples, the people means each citizen. Would anyone seriously suggest that Article XII protects only a collective right, or that the peoples freedom of speech and writing is limited to those who posses a printing press or to works appearing in the news media? Unfortunately for anti-individual rights advocates the historical record refutes one of the best arguments: Pennsylvania kept that same clause in a 1790 revision as follows: That the right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the state shall not be questioned. James Wilson, president of the convention which adopted that provision, a leading Federalist, and later Supreme Court Justice, explained it in a discussion of homicide when it is necessary for the defence of ones person or house. He continued: It is the great natural law of self preservation, which, as we have seen, cannot be repealed, or superseded, or suspended by any human institution. This law, however, is expressly recognised in the constitution of Pennsylvania. The right of the citizens to bear arms in the defence of themselves shall not be questioned. This is one of our many renewals of the Saxon regulations. They were bound, says Mr. Selden, to keep arms for the preservation of the kingdom, and of their own persons. [Web source of Wilson quote]
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 05:28:31 +0000
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