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Supreme Court Upholds an Individual Right to Bear Arms
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>>>Except that, if it would not have occurred to them that they could forbid citizens to own guns, it should logically not have occurred to them to create the 2nd amendment either.
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>>Not at all. They were very sensitive to the idea of creating government that would not devolve into tyranny. The were actually a cynical bunch. They were not trying to create a New Man (ala the French and Russian revolutions) but were dealing with man as they perceived him to be - flawed, venal, and never to be given too much power over another. I think they wanted to make sure power was dispersed enough that there would always be counterbalances.
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>Sure, I understand that, but if, as you said, "it would not have occurred to any of the Founders that the Government could forbid citizens to own guns", how did it occur to them to make sure? Most times, if something could not occur to me, I generally don't rush out and make sure of doing something about it.

I agree with your sentiment, but I think what they knew was the tyranny of a dictatorship. They knew they had to construct the new government so that it specifically allowed people to be able to protect themselves. The well knew that a powerful government was not necessarily a good thing.
John Harvey
Shelbynet.com

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