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In reply to the discussion: The 2nd Amendment was NOT written "to protect us from our gov't," FFS... [View all]Android3.14
(5,402 posts)"Before a standing army can rule the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States." - Noah Webster
"As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize, and as the military forces which must be occasionally raised to defend our country, might pervert their power to the injury of their fellow-citizens, the people are confirmed by the next article in their right to keep and bear their private arms." - Tench Coxe, "Remarks On The First Part Of The Amendments To The Federal Constitution," Coxe was a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress in 1788-1789.