Good, Short Essay on 2A

[midtennchip]

I thought this short essay might be of interest:

HTTP://WWW.doczero.org/2010/03/to-keep-and-bear-arms/

The best lines are, "Without the First Amendment, you are a slave. Without the Second, you are a child."

I read another essay very recently on the difference between the liberal definition of "rights" and the conservative definition of "rights" that made the same connection to being a child. In essence, adults are free to do as they choose, but have to deal win consequences (ie: money issues, criminal prosecution, etc.). As a child, you have freedom from the consequences but have things dictated to you. I'll leave it to you to decide which side's definition fits where. If I can find the other article, I will post a link.

[DavidD]

I really liked this paragraph:

"Sometimes liberals sneer at the idea we might keep arms against government tyranny, because a bunch of pistol-packing Tea Party types have no chance of repeating the success of the Revolution against a modern military force. This completely misses the point. A disarmed populace has little choice but to obey orders. If the population is armed, a tyrant’s forces have to do more than just brandish their weapons… they’d have to start pulling triggers. Victory for a righteous populace would come in the military’s refusal to pull those triggers. Tyranny should never be easy. Of course, it should never come to that again, in the United States. As long as the population is armed, this is an understanding, and a duty… not an assumption"

Must say, I've never thought about that way.