... Founding Fathers" true intentions for the Second Amendment. Opponents to Ashcroft's policy statement argue that this decision reverses years of legal precedent and contradicts the true meaning of the right to bear arms. It is clear that the Founding Fathers intended the Second Amendment to protect the right of every individual to bear arms, when we review their writings on the subject ... or disarm the militia" (http://jpfo.org/sixaboutsecond.html). The statement shows that Adams, one of the most influential Founding Fathers, feels it is essential that the "right of the people to keep and...

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... how difficult it would be to initiate such an attack on the states without setting off massive alarms. As seen in this condensed statement. "the people and the States should, for a sufficient period of time, elect an uninterrupted succession of men ready to betray both (people and States); that the traitors (elected politicians) should ... uniformly and systematically pursue some fixed plan for the ... the last battle in which civilians with arms were successful in defeating the British. This separated us from the rest of the European nations. He criticized the European governments for ...

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