right to keep and bear arms (RKBA) |
Crime Statistics Clock - Shows crimes to-date. Includes defensive / protective use of guns by law abiding citizens.
2 October 2003 - Impact of Gun Control Laws Questioned, Kristen Wyatt, Associated Press/Yahoo News
4 November 2002 - Bellesiles
Resigns, Gun Book Disgraced – But Still In Print, by Sam Francis, Vdare.com
5 August 2002 - No
Peace For Gun Owners, by Michael Powers, Strike the Root.com
3 August 2002 - Echoes
of "Fahrenheit 451" Haunt England, by Dr. Michael S. Brown, Keep and Bear
Arms.com
18 June 2002 - How
Americans Have Changed, by Joe Sobran
| In Federalist No. 29 Hamilton used the phrase "a well regulated militia," which would be included in the Second Amendment. One purpose of the state militias, and of "the right of the people to keep and bear arms," was to enable the states to resist tyranny -- Federal tyranny. |
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prominent New England federalist and founding father Noah Webster wrote in 1787: "Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. [But] the supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States" |
17 April 2003 - Upset gun owners set to dump Bush; Shooters angered with White House support for firearm ban, by Jon Dougherty, WorldNetDaily
18 February 2003 - Official fights gun ban proposal School board wants firearms ordinance expanded, by Sydney B. Leavens, Concord Monitor
13 August 2002 - Tighter
airport security targets toys, Stevens Point Journal
5 August 2002 - Soldier
toy disarmed at airport, BBC News
4 August 2002 - Village
People imitator gun arrest, BBC News
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