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
One of the primary reasons the founders wanted a strong militia system with a well-armed general public was to minimize or even eliminate the need for a large, permanent standing army, even in times of peace.ย Most people in the founding generation were extremely wary...
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...