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PHORTO
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“The Second Amendment protects and preserves that right, and the state of Idaho has a duty to protect the constitution and all the rights endowed upon us there.”
Words mean things. This is an excellent sentence, perfect were it not for this unfortunate phrase "endowed upon us". The Constitution doesn't "endow" rights, it guarantees them. The rights are endowed by our Creator, or by the laws of nature, if you prefer.
That phrase should be replaced with the simple, succinct word "guaranteed." The notion that our rights are "endowed" by any instrument or decree is dangerous, and the difference should be hammered home. |
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| Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached, and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of. Notwithstanding the military establishments in the several kingdoms of Europe, which are carried as far as the public resources will bear, the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. — James Madison, The Federalist Papers, No. 46 |
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