Left continues attack on rights of gun owners
Not only do the Court’s decisions benefit from textual support, there is no evidence from early common law that the right was intended to apply solely to active militia members. To the contrary, historical evidence demonstrates the founders’ unyielding dedication to an armed citizenry.
In words and deeds, the Constitution’s contemporaries plainly recognized the Second Amendment as an individual right essential to liberty.
But times have changed, sadly. There will be continued demands from the left to curtail our liberties, however incremental.
And it will be our responsibility to defend the Second Amendment, reminding bureaucrats that the government cannot circumvent our rights with excessive and unreasonable firearm restrictions.
Chris McDaniel
Laurel Leader Call
12/26/10
Magnolia Tribune
