I have seen reports that many History books now in use have this wrong.
So: "AMENDMENT II
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."
What must be understood, is that the Revolution shocked many Americans who a few years before, saw themselves as loyal English people. They loved the King and admired the Redcoats. The fact that the British government would try and oppress them and that Redcoats would fire on them, would have been unbelievable in 1770.
So when they set up a Constitution, one of the main goals was to insure that the PEOPLE would always have more arms than the Central government. They had been burned once...it was not going to happen again.
So: "AMENDMENT II
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."
What must be understood, is that the Revolution shocked many Americans who a few years before, saw themselves as loyal English people. They loved the King and admired the Redcoats. The fact that the British government would try and oppress them and that Redcoats would fire on them, would have been unbelievable in 1770.
So when they set up a Constitution, one of the main goals was to insure that the PEOPLE would always have more arms than the Central government. They had been burned once...it was not going to happen again.
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