2nd Amendment: The Untold Truth Schools Don’t Teach
โGovernments are afraid to trust the people with armsโ James Madison was a student of history. And this quote, from Federalist 46 – is no exception. He recognized, like so many others in the founding generation, that the individual, natural right to self-defense...
The Founders’ Case for a Strong Militia Over Standing Armies
โThe militia, sir, is our ultimate safety. We can have no security without it.โ Patrick Henry knew just what a real national defense was all about – a highly armed population, ready to defend their own country from all dangers – foreign and domestic. One...
The Militia vs. The Standing Army: Does the Distinction Matter?
Within the debate over the meaning of the Second Amendment, a lot of attention gets paid to the phrase โwell-regulated militia.โ Most of the time, the focus is on whether or not this phrase infers a collective right, or explains the need for the individual right to...