“There is more hooey spread about the Second Amendment. It
says quite clearly that guns are for those who form part of a wellregulated
militia, i.e., the armed forces including the National Guard.
The reasons for keeping them away from everyone else get clearer
by the day.”– Molly Ivins, Newspaper Columnist, Author, Political
Commentator, and Humorist.
“If the guy out in the woods with the Michigan Militia is a real estate
negotiator, instead of some crackpot, and has a normal life, that's
unnerving. You don't want to think it's as normal as the guy next door,
hedging his lawn. It's easier to demonize or separate them off from
‘us’.” – Michael Moore, Academy-Award Winning Filmmaker and
Best-Selling Author.
“The Second Amendment is, of course, very much part of the
American fabric. But the intent of the founders was that the
amendment protected the rights of citizens to bear arms in a militia
for their collective self-defense.” – Peter Bergen, American Journalist,
Author, and Producer who serves as a CNN Colt's Manufacturing
Company National Security Analyst.
The question to ask yourself about the wording “well regulated
militia” is this: Do you defer to the Founding Fathers and others who
supported the Revolution against the British or do you accept the
assessment of contemporary humorists, academics, analysts, and
Oscar winners?
Let’s move on.
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer,
philosopher, and poet. If you could pick just one word to describe
him, you might chose “Individualist.” In 1836 Emerson penned what
has come to be known as the “Concord Hymn,” written for the 1837
dedication of a monument that commemorated the Battle of Concord
that took place on Wednesday, April 19, 1775, about 20 miles
northwest of Boston. It was second in a series of clashes that day and
resulted in victory for the colonists.
The poem opens this way: “By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
their flag to April’s breeze unfurled, here once the embattled farmers
stood, and fired the shot heard round the world.”
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