Decisions by English kings led to our Second Amendment

“We must first understand that we did not invent the 2nd Amendment; we inherited it. The justification of the 2nd Amendment is rooted in late 12th and early 13th century England with the innovation of the Welsh; later called English, longbow.”
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“The 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was derived from our understanding of the British experience that militias were necessary to curb the tyrannical powers of the king. … Furthermore, like the militias of the English barons, these state militias were formed ad hoc from the populace as needed on short notice and therefore depended on the populace being already proficient in the art of arms. The only way the Founders of America could guarantee this capability was to encourage civil proficiency in arms and make private ownership and use of arms a tenet of the constitution establishing the government.”

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/12/the_real_second_amendment.html#ixzz2EiXS9NUO


It's history stuff, and nobody really reads history stuff any more. If it didn't happen in my time, it doesn't matter. I've got too much to do and I can't pay attention to something that happened a long time ago. I mean, what's it got to do with now?