The Second Amendment

"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."



The reason I started out with the second amendment is that it is the most important right that you have. This right enables you to protect yourself, your family, your property, and your liberty. We have this right to protect rights and liberties from oppression and tyranny not only from outside but from our own government. There is a lot of controversy these days as to what this right means. As already stated all rights are individual rights. Next, what does infringe mean? Webster defines it as: to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another. okay so now encroach - to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another (Webster). So any restriction on our right to bear arms would be an infringement and therefore a violation of the 2ND amendment. Still some say that is not the correct way to interpret it, that's not how we should interpret what our founding fathers meant. well without over analyzing what the sentences "means" lets listen to what our founding fathers had to say:

"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed."
- Alexander Hamilton

"That the said constitution shall never be construed to authorize congress to infringe just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience, or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms."
- Samuel Adams

"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order in the world as well as property. Horrid mischief would ensue when the law abiding are deprived the use of them."
- Thomas Paine

"The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation...Notwithstanding the military establishments in the several kingdoms of Europe, which are carried as far as the public resources will bear, the governments are afraid to trust their people to bear arms."
- James Madison

"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword, because the whole body of the people are armed and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, in any pretense, raised in the united states."
- Noah Webster

The following below are all from Thomas Jefferson.

"Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state."

"For people who are free and mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security."

"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."

"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."

"Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks."

"And what country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance, let us take arms. The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."


"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."

It is pretty clear to me what they meant when they wrote the second amendment. Our founding fathers would agree your right to keep and bear arms has been infringed. Do not be fooled, restricting the right to bear arms does not make you safer. People that do not respect the life, property and liberty of others will not obey the law. The only people that are made safer by a second amendment restriction are the lawmakers and the lawbreakers not the average citizen. Furthermore the government does not have the privilege to restrict the rights of the people. The people are supposed to be in charge, it's the people that restrict what the government can do.