A Brief History of the Right to Self-Defense - HUMAN EVENTS

A Brief History of the Right to Self-Defense - HUMAN EVENTS:

For the first 150-years of the existence of the U.S.A., the right of citizens to carry arms was so fundamental it was not considered worthy of debate. The Founders considered their right to keep and bear arms the ultimate and most fundamental guarantee of life and free-dom against crime, foreign invasion, and as a last resort, a despotic government. No knowledgeable American--from the founding of the United States through the mid-1950's--would have questioned that the Second Amendment to the Constitution meant exactly what it says, '… the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.' This was not a right of a Militia. The 'Militia' was--and under current law still is--all able-bodied adults, who are expected to keep their privately-owned arms similar to what is used by the military at the time."