Read this.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution>For wiki it is surprisingly accurate. On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 6:19 AM, Sharon Fuentes <[email protected]>wrote: > Mark was it that or so that we could call up a militia? Do you know which > of the Federalist papers dicuss this issue? It seems some 20+yrs ago in > poli-sci we discussed this in context of a Federalist paper. But old age > stress and a lot crap has diluted my memory. > > > > Thanks > S > On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 12:50 PM, THE ANNOINTED ONE > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Remember.... the Second amendment is in place not so we can repel >> invaders whether home or national border... it is there so we can >> protect ourselves from our own government. >> >> On Jul 3, 8:33 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: >> > ** >> > <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/stungunsandmace/> >> There >> > is No First Amendment Without a Second >> > Amendment.< >> http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2011/07/03/there-is-no-first-a...> >> > *Steve <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/stungunsandmace/>* >> | >> > July 3, 2011 at 4:27 am | Tags: Alan >> > Caruba<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=alan-caruba>, >> > Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and >> > Explosives< >> http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco.. >> .>, >> > Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear >> > Arms< >> http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=citizens-committee-for-th.. >> .>, >> > Michael Bloomberg< >> http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=michael-bloomberg>, >> > Obama administration< >> http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=obama-administration>, >> > Second Amendment >> > Foundation< >> http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=second-amendment-foundation>, >> > Second Amendment to the United States >> > Constitution< >> http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=second-amendment-to-the-u.. >> .>, >> > United States < >> http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=united-states> | >> > Categories: Constitution < >> http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=29050>, >> > crime <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=34945349>, Idiot Law >> > Makers <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=57323845>, Second >> > Amendment <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=102988>, Tea >> > Party<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=34918731>| URL: >> http://wp.me/pKuKY-7VU >> > >> > <http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/gunflash.gif> >> > >> > Like AMEX, Don 't Leave Home Without It. >> > >> > *A very timely reminder of just how and where we came from. And the >> > Consequences of ever giving up your second amendment right. Happy 4th Of >> > July, It's up to us to have many more. ~Steve~* >> > >> > *Reposted From Tea Party Nation.* >> > >> > http://www.teapartynation.com/profiles/blog/show?id=3355873%3ABlogPos. >> .. >> > >> > Posted by Alan Caruba< >> http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/profile/AlanCaruba>on >> > July 2, 2011 at 5:00pm >> > >> > Send Message <http://l/> View Alan Caruba's >> > blog<http://www.teapartynation.com/profiles/blog/list?user=wo5vy0y6lr5s >> > >> > >> > By Alan Caruba >> > >> > When we celebrate the Fourth of July< >> http://www.history.com/topics/july-4th>, >> > let’s keep in mind that the first >> > Americans<http://www.history.com/topics/states>won their independence >> > from England with the force of arms. It was, in fact, >> > a British effort in 1775 to confiscate military arms they believed were >> > stored in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts that sparked the war. >> > >> > The Founding Fathers were so aware of the need for an armed citizenry >> that, >> > after ensuring freedom of religion, speech, press and the right to >> > peacefully assemble in the First Amendment, the Second guaranteed their >> > right to bear arms. >> > >> > Wherever authoritarian regimes were established in the last century, >> they >> > took away this right and then proceeded to kill those deemed enemies of >> the >> > state. >> > >> > At this point in American history, the Obama >> > administration<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/obama-administration >> >constitutes >> > a threat to the Constitution in general and the Second >> > Amendment< >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Co.. >> .>in >> > particular. >> > *More than 80,000,000 Americans are gun owners.* >> > >> > Two of the organizations that have been fighting to protect these rights >> are >> > the Second Amendment >> > Foundation<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_Foundation >> >(SAF) >> > and the Citizens >> > Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear >> > Arms< >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_Committee_for_the_Right_to_Keep.. >> .>(CCRKBA), >> > both led by Alan M. Gottlieb. Three quarters of the SAF budget is >> > devoted to defending rights pertaining to the ownership of guns and to >> carry >> > them for self-defense. >> > >> > In March, the Huffington Post had an article titled "Obama Looking for >> Ways >> > Around Congress on Gun >> > Policy"< >> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/15/obama-gun-laws-congress_n_83.. >> .>by >> > Sam Stein. "Faced with a Congress hostile to even slight restrictions >> > of >> > Second Amendment rights, the Obama administration is exploring potential >> > changes to gun laws that can be secured strictly through executive >> action, >> > administration officials, say." >> > >> > *Since then we have learned of a U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco and >> > Firearms<http://www.atf.gov/>program, Fast and Furious, that actually >> > facilitated the sale and transfer >> > of guns to Mexico. How demented is that?* >> > >> > In May in my home state of New Jersey the SAF won a decision against >> > officials for the deprivation of civil rights under the color of law >> when >> > they had ruled that an applicant for a concealed carry permit had not >> > demonstrated a "justifiable need" for it. In point of fact, the >> applicant, >> > Philip Muller, had been kidnapped by members of a motorcycle gang who >> > threatened to kill him. They had, however, grabbed the wrong man. >> > >> > Despite support by local and state police, action on his application was >> > delayed for six months. Morris County Superior Court Judge David Ironson >> > issued a directive that a permit should be granted. The case is still >> > on-going with other plaintiffs that include a part-time sheriff’s >> deputy, an >> > applicant who carries large amounts of cash in his private business, and >> a >> > civilian employee of the FBI with legitimate concerns of an attack from >> a >> > radical Islamic group. >> > >> > Currently nearly thirty such cases have either been brought or joined by >> SAF >> > to stop abuses of this most fundamental right of American citizens >> ranging >> > from bans on interstate handgun sales, New York Mayor Michael >> > Bloomberg<http://www.biography.com/articles/Michael-Bloomberg-16466704 >> >’s >> > imposition of a $340 fee for a permit to keep a handgun in one’s home, >> and a >> > Chicago ban on gun ranges open to the public. These cases cost between >> > $60,000 and $80,000 each! >> > >> > *The greatest single threat to gun ownership right now is a United >> Nations >> > "Small Arms Treaty" falsely identified as an "international arms control >> > treaty" allegedly to fight terrorism."* >> > >> > "In reality," says Gottlieb, it is "a massive, global gun control >> scheme. >> > It’s a sham. It’s a fraud." If the U.S., under the Obama administration >> and >> > with the consent of the Senate, were to sign on to this treaty, it would >> > nullify the Second Amendment. >> > >> > Suffice to say that the Obama administration wants to have the power to >> > increase federal fees on guns and ammunition, to ban guns that are >> imported, >> > to extend the waiting periods for permits, to ban the use of guns on all >> > government property, and even to make it illegal if you own a gun and >> smoke! >> > >> > Americans do not have to "justify" gun ownership. It is guaranteed by >> the >> > Second Amendment. The reality is that enemies of this fundamental rights >> > continue to wage an assault on it. >> > >> > For information about SAF visithttp://www.saf.org/and CCRKBA athttp:// >> www.ccrkba.org/. >> > >> > © Alan Caruba, 2011 >> > >> > Add a comment to this >> > post< >> http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2011/07/03/there-is-no-first-a...> >> > >> > [image: WordPress] >> > >> > WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com/> | Thanks for flying with >> WordPress! >> > Manage Subscriptions< >> http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=5d39acfd19218362d540a3fc3dc3315d&;.. >> .>| >> > Unsubscribe< >> http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=5d39acfd19218362d540a3fc3dc3315d&;.. >> .>| >> > Express >> > yourself. Start a blog. <http://wordpress.com/signup/?ref=email> >> > >> > *Trouble clicking? 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