Why Did They Do That?

[wkmac]

Ever wonder why the folks who drafted the Bill of Rights in the First Amendment wrote:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

But then immediately followed writing that by then writing in the 2nd amendment:

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Why did they do that in that manner?

 

[soberups]

Ever wonder why the folks who drafted the Bill of Rights in the First Amendment wrote:



But then immediately followed writing that by then writing in the 2nd amendment:



Why did they do that in that manner?

Because the 2nd gurantees the first.

Without the 2nd Amendment, the Constitution is nothing but a piece of paper.

This is one of those historical truths that tends to make liberals feel very uncomfortable. Our founding fathers knew that the final defense against a totalitarian government was an armed populace.