Posted by John Kuhn Bleimaier on June 26, 2008, 11:04 pm, in reply to "Re: Supreme Court "
When we read the pronouncements of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the 2nd amendment, it is plain that he envisioned a general right to bear arms. This right was not framed exclusively in order to allow citizens to defend their homes against intruders. The 2nd amendment was adopted to insure that a free people retained the right to defend themselves against a tyrannical government. Thus the 2nd amendment to the Constitution is a logical extension of the Declaration of Independence.