A second chance for the Second Amendment

GGReporter · 02-19-2008, 10:32 AM

It`s election season, meaning candidates across the political spectrum will rediscover their love of shotguns and regale us with tender tales of hunting varmints. What this pandering actually tells us is that the acrimonious issue of gun ownership is settling in on the side of the Constitution. Though citizens hold varied opinions on how to govern possession, a majority believe that gun ownership is an individual right.

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Windwalker · 02-19-2008, 03:01 PM

Some of George Washington's letters leave no doubt that the Founding Fathers intended the Second Amendment to be a personal individual right.

LarryO1970 · 02-19-2008, 03:50 PM

"A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government." George Washington

"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence. The Church, the plow, the prairie wagon and citizens firearms are indelibly related." George Washington

... sounds like an individual right to me.

02-19-2008, 10:32 AM	#1
GGReporter Magazine Staff Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 847	A second chance for the Second Amendment It`s election season, meaning candidates across the political spectrum will rediscover their love of shotguns and regale us with tender tales of hunting varmints. What this pandering actually tells us is that the acrimonious issue of gun ownership is settling in on the side of the Constitution. Though citizens hold varied opinions on how to govern possession, a majority believe that gun ownership is an individual right. More...

02-19-2008, 03:01 PM	#2
Windwalker Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 3,937	Some of George Washington's letters leave no doubt that the Founding Fathers intended the Second Amendment to be a personal individual right. __________________ America: Love it and protect it or leave it

02-19-2008, 03:50 PM	#3
LarryO1970 "Blazing Saddles" GOV Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Johnson Creek, WI Posts: 3,720	"A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government." George Washington "Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence. The Church, the plow, the prairie wagon and citizens firearms are indelibly related." George Washington ... sounds like an individual right to me.