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The 2A was written to prevent a standing army.
“What, Sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty….” ~Rep. Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts, spoken during floor debate over the Second Amendment, I Annals of Congress at 750, August 17, 1789
"This [citizen-militia] appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army..." ~Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist, Number 29
Now Republicans think the 2A applies only to the unconstitutional Standing Army. Next: it applies only to the King himself.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Jun 18, 2013, 1:25:35 PM
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