Monday, November 9, 2009

Our Rights As Americans To Keep And Bear Arms

By Daniel Sose

Everyone should understand the following: Our rights do not come from government, only our privileges come from government. Privileges granted by the government can also be taken away by the government. Our rights do not come from the Constitution either. The Constitution only protects our Rights that we have had long before the Constitution was even written.

Our Rights were given to us by God and therefore only God Himself can take them away. The only legitimate way a person can loose Rights is by voluntarily giving them up through actions that violate another's Rights. Government and people who violate these rights must see themselves as being superior to God. After all, they think that they have the "right" to take away our God-given Rights!

In the Constitution it states that Rights be identified as: speech, press, religion, etc. And all of these Rights fit into one of three categories: Life, Liberty, and or Property. The Pursuit of Happiness is based on possession of these basic Rights. If the government violates any one of the three categories, it is other wise known as tyranny.

We are to protect and defend our Rights with whatever means it takes. Our right to bear arms is the main right that protects and defends all of the other Rights. If we were to lose the Right To Bear Arms, all other rights could possibly be lost as well!

The right to keep and bear arms not only predates the writing of the Second Amendment, it also predates the discovery of firearms, because the right to defend one's right to Life, Liberty, and Property came with the Creation of Man.Do not let yourself get caught up in a discussion over which type of gun is "allowed" for hunting, sport shooting, etc. This has absolutely nothing to do with our Right to Keep and Bear Arms! The point is that we a have a Right and we should intend to keep it that way! See what some great men of our country had to say about this issue:

"The Constitution shall never be construed...to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms." Alexander Hamilton "Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence... From the hour the Pilgrims landed, to the present day, events, occurrences, and tendencies prove that to ensure peace, security, and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable...The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference--they deserve a place of honor with all that's good." George Washington.

"Arms in the hands of citizens [may] be used at individual discretion...in private self-defense..." John Adams. "No freeman 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." Thomas Jefferson.

"The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. A well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country..." James Madison "To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them..." Richard Henry Lee. - 16887

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