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The founders and old revolutionaries fought a long, bloody war to free themselves from an arbitrary and tyrannical government based on a “living, breathing” constitution, only to see the people eventually embrace the very system they struggled to throw off.
The right to keep and bear arms is a natural right. Not a gift from government. Not a privilege. And not something that requires a permission slip.
Thomas Jefferson called the 10th Amendment the "foundation of the Constitution," because it tells us how to read the entire document. But he was far from alone. Even before the 10th was ever drafted, leading federalists - like James Wilson - repeatedly told us the constitution was written under this same structure.
We’ve all heard the terms - strict construction, living constitution, textualism, and originalism. Learn what they are. And find out which one - and only one - is the right way to read an 18th century legal document like the Constitution for the United States.
Calling these United States the “land of the free” is ignorant of what actually qualifies as a “free people” - at best. Or a dangerous state of denial that will only make things far worse in the long run. Wisdom and insight from Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Dickinson, Mercy Otis Warren, Thomas Paine - and Lysander Spooner.