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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 988054" data-attributes="member: 14668">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The 2nd Amendment reads....&quot;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.&quot;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The standard liberal argument against the individual right to gun ownership has always been to say that the intent of the Amendment was to allow Militias to keep and bear arms.If this were the case....then why doesn&#039;t the Amendment simply say....&quot;the right of the Militias to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.&quot;?It doesnt say that. It says the people. The Founding Fathers distrusted standing armies and oppressive tyrannical governments, and believed that the people had the right to be armed for their own defense and the defense of the State. The people were (and still are) the militia.The Constitution is full of checks and balances. One of the most important of those checks and balances....is an armed populace.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 988054, member: 14668"] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 2nd Amendment reads.... "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of [B]the people[/B] to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The standard liberal argument against the [I]individual[/I] right to gun ownership has always been to say that the intent of the Amendment was to allow [I]Militias[/I] to keep and bear arms. If this were the case....then why doesn't the Amendment simply say...."the right of the [I]Militias[/I] to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."? It [I]doesnt say[/I] that. It says [B]the people[/B]. The Founding Fathers distrusted standing armies and oppressive tyrannical governments, and believed that [B]the people [/B]had the right to be armed for their own defense and the defense of the State. [B]The people [/B]were (and still are) the militia. The Constitution is full of checks and balances. One of the most important of those checks and balances....is an armed populace. [/QUOTE]

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