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.
In 1776, America's Founders came together in Philadelphia to draw up a "Declaration of Independence," ending political ties to Great Britain. Written by Thomas Jefferson, it is the fundamental statement of people's rights and what government is and from what source it derives its powers:
WE hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness--That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed.
The Founders were declaring that we are all equal, and that we are defined by rights that we are born with, not given to us by government. Among those rights is the right to pursue happiness--to live our lives as we think best, as long as we respect the right of all other individuals to do the same. The Founders also declared that governments are created by people to secure their rights. Whatever powers government has are not "just" unless they come from us, the people.
Thursday, October 18, 2018
"We often hear the term 'gun culture' being thrown around as invective," says David Harsanyi in his new ...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Andrew Cuomo recently blurted out that “America has never been great.” The remark generated the predictable reaction and ...
Monday, October 15, 2018
At a minimum, Kavanaugh appears to be a vote for the Supreme Court to consider cases involving the ...
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
"She is violating the Second Amendment," Republican Jay McMahon, a Bourne-based attorney challenging Healey in the Nov. 6 ...
Thursday, October 4, 2018
The notion that certain Americans are preemptively guilty of wrongdoing, whether there’s any corroborating evidence to back up ...
Friday, September 14, 2018
During a break in Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings on Sept. 4, the father of a ...
Friday, September 14, 2018
Gun rights advocates are stepping into the fight to push conservative federal appeals Judge Brett Kavanaugh across the ...
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said that he expects Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination to ...
Monday, September 10, 2018
Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Friday moved a step closer to being seated on the Supreme Court, as four ...
Friday, August 31, 2018
“Kavanaugh is a Second Amendment radical,’’ Murphy said. “He likely believes that Congress can pass virtually no laws, ...