MEMBER BLOG TAG: second continental congress
| Thursday, September 16, 2010 2:58PM | | | | Second Amendment - first 10 words | Tags: Second Amendment, Constitution, Second Continental Congress, militia, guns
| | | | “A well-regulated militia, being necessary for a free state...” What did the “founding fathers” mean by those words?
Five politicians on the Supreme Court claimed that those words were meaningless, the founding fathers meant nothing by them. The National Rifle Association agreed that the words were idle chatter. Some white supremacists, politicians, and candidates for national office declare that the founding fathers intended the Second Amendment to enable citizens to rebel against the government.
Those who make such claims must overlook the written intention of the founding fathers, the militia acts, and history.
In 1777, “the Second Year of the Independence of America,” the founding fathers, sometimes referred to as the Second Continental Congress, adopted the Articles of Confederation. Article 6, paragraph 4: “every State shall... | | | | | |
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